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What Do You Do When Hawthorne Truck Gets Stuck? Call For Another What Do You Do When Hawthorne Truck Gets Stuck? Call For Another What Do You Do When Hawthorne Truck Gets Stuck? Call For Another
What Do You Do When Hawthorne Truck Gets Stuck? Call For Another HAWTHORNE, N.J. — A heavy-duty tow truck was called to free a rental box truck from an unexpected predicament in Hawthorne. No injuries were reported when a big, yellow Penske box truck got stuck after backing out of a Goffle Road driveway, and sustained minimal damage.
Prosecutor: Police Justified In Using Deadly Force Against Paterson Man Prosecutor: Police Justified In Using Deadly Force Against Paterson Man Prosecutor: Police Justified In Using Deadly Force Against Paterson Man
Prosecutor: Police Justified In Using Deadly Force Against Paterson Man PATERSON, N.J. — The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office recently announced it has completed its investigation into the fatal police shooting of a Paterson man and concluded that the use of deadly force against him by police was legally justified. "The BCPO has determined that it is not necessary to present this matter to the Grand Jury because there are no material facts in dispute,"  Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal said. The entire investigation was conducted in accordance with the July 28, 2015 Attorney General Supplemental Law Enforcement Directive Regarding Uniform St…
Hackensack Firefighters Battle Heavy Smoke In House Blaze Hackensack Firefighters Battle Heavy Smoke In House Blaze Hackensack Firefighters Battle Heavy Smoke In House Blaze
Hackensack Firefighters Battle Heavy Smoke In House Blaze HACKENSACK, N.J. -- An anxious Hackensack woman refused treatment as firefighters battled heavy smoke during a house blaze Wednesday afternoon. No one was home when the two-alarm fire broke out on the second floor at 173 High Street just before 3:20 p.m., the woman's nephew, Gary Jackson, told Daily Voice. Neighbors called it in, he said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS
Romanian Love Story: Couple Lives American Dream With Lyndhurst Restaurant Romanian Love Story: Couple Lives American Dream With Lyndhurst Restaurant Romanian Love Story: Couple Lives American Dream With Lyndhurst Restaurant
Romanian Love Story: Couple Lives American Dream With Lyndhurst Restaurant LYNDHURST, N.J. — First they started a family and then they started a Lyndhurst restaurant. Dorian Neacsu and his wife, Cecilia Coman, recently opened Ryan's BBQ on Stuyvesant Avenue in Lyndhurst, appropriately named after their almost 2-year-old son. "It was love at first sight and then nothing else mattered," said Neacsu, who met his wife at a Romanian restaurant in Queens."We've put together a family and a restaurant." Both hail from backgrounds in the food industry. Neacsu started as a busboy in 1999 when he moved to the U.S., and spent the following 20 years managi…
Board: Napping Rutherford Doc Fined For Falsifying Dead Patient's Records Board: Napping Rutherford Doc Fined For Falsifying Dead Patient's Records Board: Napping Rutherford Doc Fined For Falsifying Dead Patient's Records
Board: Napping Rutherford Doc Fined For Falsifying Dead Patient's Records RUTHERFORD, N.J. — A Rutherford doctor who falsified a patient's medical records at an area hospital after he woke up from a nap is facing fines, the New Jersey State Board of Medical Examiners announced. Internist Jaroslaw S. Pondo was ordered to complete a course in medical ethics and discharged from the Hackensack University Medical Center staff after detailing that he performed a history and physical on a patient three hours after he had been declared dead, the ruling said. Pondo had been treating the patient for five years when the patient was found unresponsive at his home in 2015, ac…
Frozen Yogurt Shop Opens In Teaneck Pizzeria Frozen Yogurt Shop Opens In Teaneck Pizzeria Frozen Yogurt Shop Opens In Teaneck Pizzeria
Frozen Yogurt Shop Opens In Teaneck Pizzeria TEANECK, N.J. — A new kosher, frozen yogurt shop is now open in Teaneck. Berrylicious recently opened in Pizzalicious on Cedar Lane under new ownership. The entire store is cholov yisroel and located at 439 Cedar Lane.
Christian-Born Teaneck Pizza Shop Owner Feels Connected To Kosher Community Christian-Born Teaneck Pizza Shop Owner Feels Connected To Kosher Community Christian-Born Teaneck Pizza Shop Owner Feels Connected To Kosher Community
Christian-Born Teaneck Pizza Shop Owner Feels Connected To Kosher Community TEANECK, N.J. — A Jewish star hangs around Hanna Mendez' neck as she tends to business in her Teaneck store. But Mendez, who recently took over Cedar Lane's Pizzalicious — and added frozen yogurt section Berrylicious to it — is not Jewish: She was born and raised a Christian in Mexico. Working at the kosher shop and several others like it, though, has become a way for Mendez to live in a community she's long wanted to be a part of. "People will never understand when you're not Jewish but you feel that you are," said Mendez of White Plains, N.Y. "It's something that pulls so …
1800 Bags Of Heroin Seized From Driver, Passenger In Paramus 1800 Bags Of Heroin Seized From Driver, Passenger In Paramus 1800 Bags Of Heroin Seized From Driver, Passenger In Paramus
1800 Bags Of Heroin Seized From Driver, Passenger In Paramus PARAMUS, N.J. — A driver and her passenger are facing charges of possession of heroin with intent to distribute after police found more than 1800 bags in their vehicle over the weekend, Paramus police said. Driver McKenna Gordon, 20 of Albany, N.Y., and passenger Larry Hunt, 45 of Jersey City, were arrested on Sunday and transported to Paramus Police Headquarters where they were booked and processed, according to Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg. On Sunday, Paramus Police Officer Connor Nutland observed a grey, 2007 Dodge Charger, with New York registration driving upwards of 70 miles…
Fort Lee PD: Palisades Park Hit-Run Driver Injured Mom, Child In Crosswalk Fort Lee PD: Palisades Park Hit-Run Driver Injured Mom, Child In Crosswalk Fort Lee PD: Palisades Park Hit-Run Driver Injured Mom, Child In Crosswalk
Fort Lee PD: Palisades Park Hit-Run Driver Injured Mom, Child In Crosswalk FORT LEE, N.J. — Fort Lee police arrested and charged a 71-year-old Palisades Park driver who they said got out of his car before re-entering it and fleeing after he hit a mother and her 5-year-old child while he was on his cellphone. Eui H. Shon, voluntarily went to borough police headquarters after they found his 2001 Acura TL at his Palisades Park residence, Capt. Patrick Kissane said Tuesday night. A short time earlier, he'd had the damage repaired at an auto body shop, Kissane said. The mother declined hospital transportation after she and her child sustained minor injuries in the 4:3…
Glen Rock Dad In New York Times: Why I'm Giving Kids Inheritance Now Glen Rock Dad In New York Times: Why I'm Giving Kids Inheritance Now Glen Rock Dad In New York Times: Why I'm Giving Kids Inheritance Now
Glen Rock Dad In New York Times: Why I'm Giving Kids Inheritance Now GLEN ROCK, N.J. — Paul B. Brown of Glen Rock knows wealth. "I have worked for a man who owns his-and-her 747s. Another former employer has a 10,000-acre hobby farm he visits about 10 times a year," he writes in the New York Times. "And, in a total coincidence, I have been hired by two people who each happen to own one of the 25 largest yachts in the world, boats that come with 12 times the living space of my house and are equipped not only with fully stocked wine cellars but also with helicopters and submarines. "So I know what wealthy is. And I know my wife and I are n…
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