Sunday, June 16, 2013
Other top stories include the passage of the $45M municipal budget, a plan to hire more school administrators in Ridgewood, and a new program to identify and treat at-risk students.
Eighteen-year-old Tristan Rodas was arrested at the school on Tuesday. Ridgewood's Michael Feeney was one of 28 kids suffering from a chronic illness named police chief for a day as part of a Bergen County law enforcement program. The $45.3 million budget passed 4-1 Wednesday night. District expected to bring two therapists from Sage Day School to provide early intervention therapy, identify at-risk students. The program could save significant money, officials said. Ridgewood superintendent requesting a total of seven new administrators to refill positions lost during cuts in recent years. Traditional arrangement where parents are seated on the field will remain, Superintendent Paula Valenti said. Salary guide item in 2014-2015 school year…
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
State officials announced Friday that a body found in a Passaic County reservoir Wednesday had been identified as Cathy Ann Debono, an Oakland woman missing since 2008. An 18-year-old Glen Rock High School senior was arrested Tuesday at the school on charges of heroin distribution, according to borough police. Wyckoff detectives participating in a Bergen County task force investigating "known burglars" have linked a Teaneck man to a February burglary in the township, police said Thursday. A dentist from Mahwah who pleaded guilty earlier this year to running a $2 million dental scam was sentenced to 21 months in prison, US Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced in a release Wednesday. Stephen A Beukas, 47, owned three dental practices in the …
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
Mahwah Police are investigating the alleged robbery and sexual assault of a 20-year-old Fair Lawn man whom police say drunkenly encountered two Mahwah teens on a train from New York City last week. According to Mahwah Police Chief Jim Batelli, police suspect two Mahwah teenagers forced the Fair Lawn man to perform sexual acts on them and then stole his iPad and a wad of cash after the duo met the man on the train at around 3 a.m. last Thursday. A 26-year-old East Orange man tried to make his escape from the Garden State Plaza after cops say he stole $300 worth of goods and punched an officer, but instead scurried across Route 4 and into the arms of authorities. Two Englewood police officers scaled a fire escape to arrest a drunken man who …
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Check out the news in Ridgewood and Glen Rock this week.
Funds haven't materialized for private group Game On! Glen Rock, and now the borough is considering whether to purchase bonds to pay for the Lower Faber Field complex. Roberto Rivera, who was indicted Friday, was prohibited from possessing firearms after having been institutionalized for a mental disorder, Northjersey.com reports. The Lucklow Pavillion in Paramus has installed two hives - and as many as 12,000 honeybees. Jeff Haas, RHS band director since 1988, is in the running to win a music educator award from the Grammy Foundation. Goaltender Noah Pounds leads the way with 12 saves, bumping Ridgewood into the Tournament of Champions. Hundreds of thousands of dollars – possibly millions – would be spent if the town decides to pick up …
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Car fires, council controversies, and a message of hope for victims of tragedy round out the top stories in Ridgewood and Glen Rock this week.
Middle school student's father had appealed the district's finding of bullying, which concluded the boy had called a classmate "fat" and "a horse" on multiple occasions, The Star-Ledger reports. The engine compartment of a Pontiac suddenly caught fire, and flames spread to three nearby vehicles. The controversial handicap ramp at Graydon Pool will not be ready for the summer, the DEP said. Residents say council colleagues "bullied" Riche over phone system installation work his company performed for the village in 2012. The council did not appropriate $8,000 for emergency work at fire headquarters, though it was approved by town officials. District leaving national lunch system, seeks to offering better, healthier food to students. …
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
An upscale Wyckoff restaurant and an East Rutherford cafe are among 29 New Jersey bars accused of pulling a switch on patrons, selling low-end liquors from high-end bottles and charging customers the higher price, the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control announced Wednesday. Middle school student's father had appealed the district's finding of bullying, which concluded the boy had called a classmate "fat" and "a horse" on multiple occasions, The Star-Ledger reports. Michael Fugee's lawyer contended Wednesday that the embattled former Wyckoff pastor is innocent of charges he violated a court order in his continued work with children. Fugee was arrested and charged Monday with seven counts of contempt of a court order, for allegedly …
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Other top local stories include a drug bust, the reinstatement of crossing guard posts, a Valley Hospital expansion traffic report and more.
"The nightmare is not over for many affected by Sandy," says Ridgewood resident Frank Del Vecchio. The Fairview police chief will be running from Moonachie to the Jersey Shore over 30 hours to raise funds for storm victims. Narcotics task force members arrested 27-year-old Ryan Mulholland on drug possession and distribution charges Thursday night. Borough mayor John van Keuren ordered crossing guards posts to continue at Maple and Waldron, as well as Ackerman and Harding on a limited basis. Convicted bank robber John Edward Stevens could face life in prison for allegedly sticking up an Oakland bank in April. No one was inside the Oak Street storefront – once Bernard's – when the interior ceiling collapsed, officials said. Democrats Sean …
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
Teaneck police are searching for four men who beat a motorist before one of the attackers stole his minivan in a road rage attack early Sunday, authorities said. Police found a homeless man from Hackensack hiding underneath a bed in a Mahwah home Wednesday morning, authorities said. A 27-year-old man is facing charges of drug distribution after authorities raided a Ridgewood home Thursday night. Armed with a search warrant, a dozen Bergen County Narcotics Task Force detectives and Ridgewood police officers descended on Pershing Avenue Thursday just after 6:30 p.m., multiple neighbors told Patch. A drop ceiling constructed of wood and heavy plaster in a Ridgewood storefront collapsed late Tuesday afternoon, prompting a flurry of first …
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
Security camera footage and partial license plate led to man's arrest after 7-Eleven incident, city police say. Ridgewood detectives are looking to track down two men and one woman accused of stealing nearly 30 bottles of liquor bottles from a village Stop & Shop. Parking ticket leads to arrest on drug charges for an upstate New York woman passing through Englewood Cliffs. Five officers injured in violent confrontations over two weeks, police say. The band performed this week in support of their 2013 post-hardcore release "Renacer." Teaneck Marine Corps veteran says he is "honored" to speak after officials pulled his Memorial Day invitation. Infographics and an interactive map of shoplifting trends in Fair Lawn since 2008 shows that nearly…
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Here are the top headlines from around Bergen County, brought to you by the Patch editors who know those towns best.
More than 100 people face charges in a drug investigation prompted by a "stunning increase" in heroin overdose deaths across Bergen County, Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Thursday. The approximately 120 arrests ranged from drug traffickers moving the heroin between Trenton and Paterson to dozens of buyers from leafy North Jersey communities, Molinelli said. Last year, Bergen logged 28 overdose deaths, a more than 100 percent jump over the prior year. Eleven men and women were arrested on charges of stealing identities to open credit cards in an alleged scheme that is believed to have defrauded more than 70 victims. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office announced Friday the culmination of a task force's efforts to probe numerous …
Jeanette L
5:23 pm on Sunday, June 16, 2013
No one seems to notice that he had all his money and how could his parents have not known that? I could understand not knowing he was taking them right away, it takes a while for it to become obvious that your child is on serious drugs, however, they didn't notice he had all this money? Did they even question him about it? That's something I'd like to know. more ›