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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
Elections Clerk: Machine Error Mailed Some Bergen County Voters Ballot With Wrong Candidates
New Jersey has a vote-by-mail election -- what could possibly go wrong? The same day that a North Jersey mail carrier was charged with dumping 1,800 pieces of mail including elections ballots, the Bergen County Elections Clerk issued a letter saying some residents had been mailed ballots with the wrong candidates. A programming error by an outside vendor sent some Teaneck voters ballots with the wrong candidates for the House of Representatives for the upcoming general election, according to a letter issued to residents Wednesday. "The Board of Elections has been made aware and alread…
Pascack Valley, NJ
On Your Side
Longtime Bergen County Restaurant Chain Shutters After 30 Years In Business
A pair of longtime Bergen County restaurants are going out of business. Golden Dynasty's Hillsdale location will close Nov. 2, while the Franklin Lakes location has already shuttered. The Hillsdale restaurant opened in 1991 and the Franklin Lakes location opened in 2004. The Hillsdale site on Kinderkamack Road was listed for sale last May, but it is unclear if it ever sold. "It has been our pleasure to be part of the community for almost 30 years, Golden Dynasty Hillsdale said in a Facebook post. "So many of you have become our family over the years. We are so grateful to …
Elizabeth, NJ
Breaking News
U.S. Marshals Capture Fugitive Wanted In Sex Assault Of Union County Girl
A fugitive wanted in a 2018 Union County sexual assault of a child was found in Tennessee, authorities said Wednesday. Jose A. Donis, 53, was taken into custody by members of the U.S. Marshals Service Tuesday evening in the Whispering Hills neighborhood of Nashville, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo and Plainfield Police Director Lisa Burgess said. Donis had been renting a room in the Plainfield building in which the victim lived when he sexually assaulted her from early June 2018 to late September of 2018, Ruotolo and Burgess said last month. A warrant was issue…
Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
Use Of Force By Jersey City Police Breaking Up Massive Street Fight Deemed Justified
The use of force by Jersey City police officers breaking up a massive street fight in May has been deemed justified, authorities in Hudson County announced Wednesday. Multiple 9-1-1 callers reported 20 to 100 people screaming, punching and kicking in a street fight that broke out on Bostwick Avenue between Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and Ocean Avenue just after 5:15 p.m. on May 5, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. This incident that quickly went viral on social media occurred during the Executive Order signed by Gov. Phil Murphy that required people to stay home and socia…
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
Your Community
Covid-
19: Positive Case Closes Sussex County Elementary School
A Sussex County elementary school will be closed for two weeks with students learning remotely after a COVID-19 test from an individual at the school came back positive. The Clifton E. Lawrence School was closed Monday and Tuesday after the individual tested positive on a rapid test, Sussex-Wantage Regional School District Superintendent Michael Gall said. The official results returned positive, and so students were switched to remote learning on Oct. 19 for Cohort A and Oct. 20 for Cohort B. The case is associated with someone from outside fo the school community, the superintendent said.…
Paterson, NJ
Your Community
Covid-
19: Group Of Passaic County Students Switched To Remote After 1 Tests Positive
A Passaic County student has tested positive for COVID-19, district officials said Wednesday. A group of students at School No. 1 in Little Falls will be learning remotely until Oct. 20, according to a letter sent to parents by Superintendent Tracey Marinelli. Students at the Stevens Avenue school have been attending in-person classes in "hives," and use a single entrance and are limited to specific areas of buildings. The student who tested positive was reportedly in the "Gold Hive" at School No. 1. The students in the Gold Hive will attend online classes with their usual teacher u…
Franklin Township, NJ
Breaking News
New Brunswick Man Charged With Causing OD Death Of Somerset County Woman
A New Brunswick man is accused of providing a woman with the cocktail of drugs including fentanyl and cocaine that killed her last January, authorities said Wednesday. Lashawn D. Boyd, 24, met up with the 37-year-old Bedminster woman for a drug deal on Jan. 19, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor and Bedminster Township Police Chief Karl Rock said. The next day, the woman died of a heart attack, Rock and Fodor said. An autopsy revealed the cause was adverse effects of cocaine, fentanyl and sertraline …
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
East Orange Student, 16, Shot Dead Nearly Half-Mile From School
An East Orange High School student was killed in a shooting Tuesday evening, authorities said. Antoine Sanga-Niangara, 16, was shot near 165 Lincoln St. -- approximately half-a-mile from his school -- around 1:50 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and East Orange Police Director Domingos Saldida said Wednesday. The teen was pronounced dead at the scene. No arrests have been made. The investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force at 1-877-TIPS-4EC or 1…
Newark, NJ
Obituaries
Newark Officer Who Once Disrupted Armed Robbery While Getting Haircut Dies, 47
A veteran Newark police officer who once disrupted an armed robbery while getting a haircut died this week after a long illness, officials said. Dexter Bright died Tuesday Oct. 6. He was 47 years old. Bright joined the Newark Police Division in August 2001. He was assigned to the traffic section, motorcycle unit and patrol assignments in the 3rd and 5th Precincts. “Our hearts are broken by this tragic loss of one Newark’s finest officers,” Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. “I stood alongside Officer Bright when he was presented the Valor Award by The 200 Club of Essex County…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Your Community
Covid-
19 Case Reported At This Bergen County Elementary School
An individual at another Bergen County elementary school tested positive for COVID-19 this week In a letter to parents sent Tuesday, Wyckoff Superintendent Dr. Kerry L. Postma told parents of Sicomac Elementary School students that they would have already gotten a call if their child came in close contact with the individual. Those who did have been told to quarantine. "The status of this situation is fluid," said Postma, "and we are monitoring it closely." The school, which reopened late last month with a hybrid schedule, has already been cleaned and disinfected. Click here for a l…
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