Beloved Bergenfield Music Teacher Helaine Mundt Pfeiffer, 78 Beloved Bergenfield Music Teacher Helaine Mundt Pfeiffer, 78
Beloved Bergenfield Music Teacher Helaine Mundt Pfeiffer, 78 Former Bergenfield music teacher Helaine “Leni” Mundt Pfeiffer died on Friday, March 22. She was 78 years old. A graduate of Hamilton High School (New York) and the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music (Ohio), Leni pursued a career in music that led her back to Hamilton High School as a music teacher. She continued to teach in Bergenfield after her marriage to John Pfeiffer in 1982. Dedicated to and admired by her students, Leni extended her professional career by contributing her skills to orchestras in Cleveland as well as in Syracuse and Utica.  Her annual selection to the P…
Police Probe Posted Online Threat Targeting Child In Westchester Police Probe Posted Online Threat Targeting Child In Westchester
Police Probe Posted Online Threat Targeting Child In Westchester The investigation into an online threat targeting a child in Westchester has led to the identification of three minors who allegedly posted the threat over the weekend. Investigators at the Scarsdale Police Department were notified on Saturday, Nov. 24, of an online threat that had been posted about a local resident’s child. Scarsdale Capt. Thomas Altizio said that the department’s Investigations Section immediately launched an investigation into the source of the threat.  The investigation led police to three juveniles from Chicago and Cleveland.  Altizio said that the investi…
Ultra Runner Goes 24 Hours Nonstop To Honor Late North Jersey Mom's Valiant Cancer Battle Ultra Runner Goes 24 Hours Nonstop To Honor Late North Jersey Mom's Valiant Cancer Battle
Ultra Runner Goes 24 Hours Nonstop To Honor Late North Jersey Mom's Valiant Cancer Battle The most tragic element of Kerri Prettitore's battle with colon cancer to Chad Lapp of Ridgewood was that after just one chemotherapy treatment, her condition worsened. Tests indicated that 42-year-old Prettitore had suffered from a condition called Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency (DPD), which was caused by the chemotherapy and prevented her body from breaking down one of the chemotherapy drugs. Lapp will be honoring Prettitore, who died of medical complications while battling cancer, and raising awareness toward DPD by running a 24-hour race in the Northcoast 24 Hour Endurance R…
This Fairfield County City Ranks Among 50 'Most Stressful' In Nation This Fairfield County City Ranks Among 50 'Most Stressful' In Nation
This Fairfield County City Ranks Among 50 'Most Stressful' In Nation Two cities in Connecticut rank among the top 50 Most Stressed Cities in America, according to a new study by a financial website. One is in Fairfield County: Bridgeport ranked 33rd. The other is New Haven in New Haven County -- which ranked 41st based on an analysis that considered stress in four areas: the workplace, finances, family, and health and safety. The top-10 "most stressed cities" in America, according to the WalletHub analysis, were Detroit, Newark, Cleveland, Birmingham, Toledo, Baltimore, Wilmington, Milwaukee, Gulfport and St. Louis.  Bridgeport ranked 17th in wo…
Cliffside Park Chinese Restaurant Named One Of America's Best Cliffside Park Chinese Restaurant Named One Of America's Best
Cliffside Park Chinese Restaurant Named One Of America's Best It may not be the newest or the trendiest but it's your favorite neighborhood eatery for a reason: The food's good, cheap and it feels like home. From dumpling stands in a Cleveland supermarket to a landlocked fish market in Tulsa, America is brimming with thousands of neighborhood eateries that locals swear by. Among the 80 on Bon Appetit's list of favorited neighborhood restaurants is one right here in Bergen County. Petite Soo Chow on Gorge Road is not just another Chinese restaurant, Yelpers say. "My mom brought me here to have dinner for my birthday and told me that my brother a…
New Bergen Cold Case Unit: Deportee Charged In 1999 Englewood Rape, Murder New Bergen Cold Case Unit: Deportee Charged In 1999 Englewood Rape, Murder
New Bergen Cold Case Unit: Deportee Charged In 1999 Englewood Rape, Murder A Nicaraguan man who remained at large following the 1999 rape and murder of an Englewood nail salon worker became the first defendant targeted by Bergen County’s first-ever Cold Case Homicide Unit. Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo and state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal on Thursday announced the creation of the unit – a collaboration between the prosecutor’s office and New Jersey State Police that’s dedicated solely to the review of cold-case homicides in the county. Prosecutor's detectives have investigated cold cases for years, but the new collaboration with their state co…