Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Business
CMX Cinemas Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy CMX Cinemas Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
CMX Cinemas Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Cinemex Holdings USA, Inc. and Cinemex USA Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (CMX) filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection amid the COVID-19 pandemic. CMX -- the dine-in, luxury movie theater chain -- has a location in Closter and another planned for the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford. "We are in a state of complete uncertainty as to when we can re-open our theaters and when our customers will feel safe and secure in returning to them given that there is presently no vaccine against the virus," according to a news release. "We cannot forecast when — if ever — customer numbers will retu…

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by Cecilia Levine
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Police & Fire
Closter Bicyclist, 63, Seriously Injured, Police Say Closter Bicyclist, 63, Seriously Injured, Police Say
Closter Bicyclist, 63, Seriously Injured, Police Say A 63-year-old bicyclist was flown to a local hospital by a medical chopper after he was struck Sunday afternoon in Closter, authorities said. The victim was found lying face down, bleeding and unconscious – but breathing – after he was struck by a Toyota Camry shortly after 1:30 p.m. at the corner of Knickerbocker Road and Harington Avenue, Sgt. Daniel Hargrave said. The bicyclist was traveling northbound on Knickerbocker Road when the southbound vehicle hit him while making left onto Harrington Avenue, police said.A medical chopper landed at Tenakill Field and took the victim to Hackensack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Police & Fire
NYC Men Nabbed By Closter Police In ID Thefts Free Again NYC Men Nabbed By Closter Police In ID Thefts Free Again
NYC Men Nabbed By Closter Police In ID Thefts Free Again Two accused identity thieves from New York City were in the wind again after being arrested by Closter police. Rory Bartley, of Brooklyn, and Isaiah Penny, of Queens were arrested on identity theft charges in December and subsequently released pending further court action, Closter Police Chief John McTigue said. Detectives drew up additional charges after they said they tied them to what amounted to more than 50 bogus IDs. The pair, both 22, were “involved in a conspiracy to defraud multiple victims’ identities, bank accounts and other personal financial accounts,” McTigue said. Police re…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Closter, Tenafly Police Pursue Fleeing Car Burglars SEE ANYTHING? Closter, Tenafly Police Pursue Fleeing Car Burglars
SEE Anything? Closter, Tenafly Police Pursue Fleeing Car Burglars Closter police sought the public’s help finding an SUV connected to overnight vehicle burglaries at a local shopping center. Police tried stopping the black Chevy Tahoe with Florida license plate CTK-W25 around 6 a.m. in connection with two vehicle burglaries roughly 15 minutes earlier at Closter Plaza, Sgt. Vincent Aiello said. The driver sped off south on Piermont Road and a pursuit ensued, with Tenafly police chasing the SUV to westbound Route 80 before breaking off the chase, Aiello said. Anyone who saw anything, sees the Tahoe or knows where to find any of the occupants is asked to co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
HEROES: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Fought Flames Trying To Save Their HQ HEROES: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Fought Flames Trying To Save Their HQ
Heroes: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Fought Flames Trying To Save Their HQ Three Palisades Interstate Parkway police officers who were pulling New Year’s Day duty came running when they smelled smoke in their chief’s unoccupied office. They broke down the locked door and turned extinguishers on the blaze. But the heat and smoke from the quickly-spreading fire forced them out of the stone building, built as a private residence in the Alpine section of Palisades Interstate Park nearly a century ago, Lt. Jock Watkins Jr. said. By that time, a dispatcher had summoned firefighters and rushed to the second floor to retrieve a bicyclist who’d stopped to use the bathroo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Lodi Serial Killer Confesses To 1960s Bergen Schoolgirl Murders Lodi Serial Killer Confesses To 1960s Bergen Schoolgirl Murders
Lodi Serial Killer Confesses To 1960s Bergen Schoolgirl Murders Decades-old murders ordinarily require DNA evidence to solve, but not with a notorious New Jersey serial killer who authorities said admitted slaying three teenage schoolgirls in Bergen County more than 50 years ago. “Dogged investigation and relentless interviews” by BCPO Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti and Detective Capt. James McMurrow over the course of nearly 15 years got the confessions from Richard Cottingham, said author Peter Vronsky, who’s writing a book about a slew of cold-case New Jersey female killings. SEE: New Jersey Girl Murders Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Bergen College Student Charged With Child Porn Blackmail Following Raid Bergen College Student Charged With Child Porn Blackmail Following Raid
Bergen College Student Charged With Child Porn Blackmail Following Raid A 23-year-old Dean's List student tried to blackmail a victim using child pornography, said New Jersey State Police who arrested him during an early-morning raid at his Closter home. Pritkumar Patel, who recently attended Berkeley College, remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing. He's charged with: Cyber harassment by sending or posting obscene material with the intent to harm or cause fear; Criminal coercion through the threat of exposure or ridicule (blackmail); Extortion; Child endangerment by storing and/or maintaining child pornography; Sexual con…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Downed Utility Lines Spark Leaf Blaze, Cut Power To Norwood Businesses Downed Utility Lines Spark Leaf Blaze, Cut Power To Norwood Businesses
Downed Utility Lines Spark Leaf Blaze, Cut Power To Norwood Businesses Fallen utility lines knocked out power to several area businesses and sparked a leaf blaze in Norwood that was doused by firefighters on Monday. The lines fell in the area of Broadway and Livingston Street outside the Chase Bank shortly before noon. Norwood firefighters were joined by their colleagues from Closter, Demarest, Harrington Park, Haworth and Northvale, as well as borough police and EMS and the Closter Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Corps. An Orange & Rockland crew repaired the lines and restored power. ****** ALSO SEE: Ramsey firefighters doused separate mini-blazes …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Business
Bareburger Opens In Morristown Bareburger Opens In Morristown
Bareburger Opens In Morristown Morristown will soon have its own Bareburger. Online job postings say the restaurant will be opening Nov. 4 on South Street. The rapidly-expanding eatery boasts "local, organic, and sustainable burgers," along with salads, shakes, fries and plenty of sides. This will be Bareburger's first Morris County location, with others in Ridgewood, Woodcliff Lake, Montclair, Hoboken and Closter. The rapidly-expanding eatery boasts "local, organic, and sustainable burgers," along with salads, shakes, fries and plenty of sides.Bareburger Bareburger, 11 South St., Morristown.Screengrab Bareburge…

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by Cecilia Levine
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Police & Fire
Shuckin’ Sweet: Couple Finds Pearl In Closter Restaurant’s Oyster Shuckin’ Sweet: Couple Finds Pearl In Closter Restaurant’s Oyster
Shuckin’ Sweet: Couple Finds Pearl In Closter Restaurant’s Oyster A Tenafly couple dining at a popular new restaurant in Closter got a surprise from a sweet, petite oyster. Anton and Sheryl Schermer were enjoying an oyster sample at Stern & Bow on Schraalenburgh Road when he “bit down, wasn’t sure what it was and found a small pearl,” owner Russell Stern said. Pearls are extremely rare -- nature’s lottery, you could say. Oyster expert Kevin Joseph has shucked “thousands upon thousands upon thousands” of oysters and never found a pearl, Stern said. It was even more surprising that the pea-sized gem came from a Taylor Kumamoto, a tiny but plump oyste…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
Palisades Parkway Police Rescue Suicidal Closter OD Victim In Locked Car At Alpine Lookout Palisades Parkway Police Rescue Suicidal Closter OD Victim In Locked Car At Alpine Lookout
Palisades Parkway Police Rescue Suicidal Closter OD Victim In Locked Car At Alpine Lookout Palisades Interstate Parkway police rescued a suicidal 50-year-old Closter man after he’d overdosed in a moving car at the State Line Lookout in Alpine. Officers pulled behind the victim’s locked 2018 Lexus, which backed into their patrol unit, disabling it, as they tried to wake him on Sunday, Lt. Jock Watson Jr. said. They eventually forced their way into the car, put it in park and got him out of the driver’s seat, Watson said. His vital signs improved after they administered Narcan, but he remained unconscious, the lieutenant said. Closter Volunteer Ambulance and Rescue Corps and Hack…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Business
Get Dinner And The Show At Closter's New Restaurant 'Stern And Bow' Get Dinner And The Show At Closter's New Restaurant 'Stern And Bow'
Get Dinner And The Show At Closter's New Restaurant 'Stern And Bow' Stern and Bow is bringing dinner and a show to Closter. Restaurateur Russell Stern has opened the American eatery replacing Azucar on Schraalenburgh Road. The 155-seat eatery includes three separate bars for raw, pizza and liquor -- each with its own experience. "I wanted a restaurant where the theater is exciting as the food," Stern said. "The type of theater involving watching chefs in action, in a beautiful but relaxed setting." Stern and Bow has a raw, pizza and liquor bar.Anthony Bianciella A self-proclaimed food fanatic, Stern is recreating regional cuisine from some of his favo…

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by Cecilia Levine