Paramus, NJ
Business
UPDATE: Fairway Market's NJ Stores Could Stay Open After All UPDATE: Fairway Market's NJ Stores Could Stay Open After All
Update: Fairway Market's NJ Stores Could Stay Open After All Fairway Market stores in New Jersey could stay open, after all. Although the New York Post on Wednesday reported the New York City grocer planned on filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy and closing all 14 of its locations, Fairway apparently has new plans in place. Fairway -- which has stores in Paramus and Woodland Park -- filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy Thursday, after denying The Post's report of filing for Chapter 7 Wednesday. The New York City grocer reached a deal to sell its distribution center and five NYC stores to Village Super Market (which operates more than two dozen ShopRite stores) …

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by Cecilia Levine
Monsey, NY
Police & Fire
Monsey Hannukah Knife Attack Suspect From Orange County, 37, Identified Monsey Hannukah Knife Attack Suspect From Orange County, 37, Identified
Monsey Hannukah Knife Attack Suspect From Orange County, 37, Identified The NYPD identified the man accused of attacking five people with a knife during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi's home in Monsey late Saturday night as an Orange County resident. City police said they arrested Grafton Thomas, 37, of Greenwood Lake, after identifying the license plate on his Nissan Sentra as it crossed the George Washington Bridge around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. Officers David Radziwon and Giovanni Mattera stopped and arrested him on 144th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (7th Avenue) in Harlem a short time later and held him for Ramapo police. Grafton was being char…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
NYPD: Hannukah Machete Attack Suspect Captured In Harlem NYPD: Hannukah Machete Attack Suspect Captured In Harlem
Nypd: Hannukah Machete Attack Suspect Captured In Harlem The NYPD identified the man accused of attacking five people with a machete during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi's home in Rockland County late Saturday night as a Greenwood Lake resident. City police said they arrested Thomas Grafton, 37, after identifying the license plate on his Nissan Sentra as it crossed the George Washington Bridge around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. Officers David Radziwon and Giovanni Mattera stopped and arrested the Orange County resident on 144th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (7th Avenue) in Harlem a short time later and held him for Ramapo police. Grafto…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monroe, NY
Police & Fire
Five Stabbed During Hanukkah Celebration In Apparent Anti-Semitic Attack In Rockland Five Stabbed During Hanukkah Celebration In Apparent Anti-Semitic Attack In Rockland
Five Stabbed During Hanukkah Celebration In Apparent Anti-Semitic Attack In Rockland Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Rockland Hannukah Knife Attack Suspect  A suspect is in custody after five people were stabbing during a Hanukkah celebration in an apparent anti-Semitic attack in Rockland County. The incident happened just before 10 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28 at the home of  Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg on 47 Forshay Road in Monsey. Two victims are in critical condition, including one with wounds to the head, according to authorities. The rabbi's son was also one of the victims and is recovering, authorities said. Fifty to 60 people were in…

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by Joe Lombardi
Somers, NY
News
Westchester Man Among NYC Drug Ring Members Nabbed In Bust, Feds Say Westchester Man Among NYC Drug Ring Members Nabbed In Bust, Feds Say
Westchester Man Among NYC Drug Ring Members Nabbed In Bust, Feds Say A Westchester man is among a dozen involved in a crack cocaine distribution ring in Manhattan facing drug and weapons charges for their roles in the operation, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. New Rochelle resident Ronald “Jeter” Nixon, 42, was among 12 arrested for operating the drug distribution ring in the area of 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman announced. Six of the suspects were arrested on Wednesday, Dec. 11 and appeared in federal court on Thursday, Dec. 12. One is already in state custody and five remain at large. “This case highli…

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by Zak Failla
Northern Highlands, NJ
Police & Fire
Killer Of Midland Park Mom Sentenced To Life In Prison Killer Of Midland Park Mom Sentenced To Life In Prison
Killer Of Midland Park Mom Sentenced To Life In Prison A disgraced former NYPD officer who threw himself in front of a New York City subway train after he stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in her Midland Park driveway was sentenced Friday in Hackensack to life in prison for her gruesome murder. Arthur Lomando -- who lost both feet in the suicide attempt -- ambushed Suzanne Bardzell on Oct. 22, 2016, stabbing her 34 times in what prosecutors called one of the most heinous killings in Bergen County history. Ignoring his defense attorney's bid for a 30-year prison term, Superior Court Judge Margaret M. Foti gave Lomando life on Friday for his Fe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Briarcliff, NY
Police & Fire
NYPD Officer From Hudson Valley Shot In Chest During Fatal Incident Involving Armed, Naked Man NYPD Officer From Hudson Valley Shot In Chest During Fatal Incident Involving Armed, Naked Man
Nypd Officer From Hudson Valley Shot In Chest During Fatal Incident Involving Armed, Naked Man An NYPD officer from the Hudson Valley was shot during a call involved an armed, naked man. The incident took place around 1:50 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23, when eight police officers responded to a 911 call by a resident in Harlem, saying a male neighbor was harassing her, banging on doors and breaking glass, said NYPD Police Commissioner James O'Neill. The officers went to the second floor of the building to investigate the complaint and to locate the man, O'Neill said. As the officers fanned out to search the second-floor hallway, one officer, identified as Christopher Wintermute, 34, of …

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by Kathy Reakes
DV Plus - Westchester, NY
Lifestyle
This Mariandale Sister Has Given Many Hope: Disaster Victims, The Homeless, And Now, The Earth This Mariandale Sister Has Given Many Hope: Disaster Victims, The Homeless, And Now, The Earth
This Mariandale Sister Has Given Many Hope: Disaster Victims, The Homeless, And Now, The Earth Beekeeper, peacemaker, fracking protester, advocate for earthquake victims and the homeless. 72-year-old Bette Ann Jaster is not an ordinary woman dressed in a habit. You wouldn't be surprised to hear she is an advocate for Jesus but you would be to hear she is an advocate for the Earth as are the other sisters at Mariandale in Ossining. Sister Bette Ann Jaster says she sees community as a constellation. A lifetime of serving the sick and poor has led her back to spiritual roots. The week after a devastating earthquake in Haiti, Jaster organized the largest-ever public event at Mariandal…

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by Jon Craig
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Business
Irishmen Replacing Rivera's In Fair Lawn With Modern Bar & Restaurant Irishmen Replacing Rivera's In Fair Lawn With Modern Bar & Restaurant
Irishmen Replacing Rivera's In Fair Lawn With Modern Bar & Restaurant Philip Quilter and David Casey came to the U.S. in the early 1990s with a few hundred bucks and a dream. Fast-forward nearly three decades later, and the Irishmen own three thriving New York City bars -- and soon a fourth in Fair Lawn. Quilter and Casey are transforming Rivera's Owl Pub on Maple Avenue into "The Craftsman," a family-friendly restaurant during the day that will become a modern bar at night. "The name is homage to craftspeople in general like bartenders, gunsmiths, cobblers, etcetera," Quilter said. "We have black and white photos on the walls in our place in Harlem paying…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
FBI Nabs Accused Accomplice In $4M Manhattan Diamond District Heist, Ringleader May Be In NJ FBI Nabs Accused Accomplice In $4M Manhattan Diamond District Heist, Ringleader May Be In NJ
FBI Nabs Accused Accomplice In $4M Manhattan Diamond District Heist, Ringleader May Be In NJ With one of three men wanted in a $4 million armed robbery in Manhattan’s Diamond District last month nabbed by the FBI in Florida, authorities continued searching for the ringleader, who they said may be hiding out in New Jersey or the Stamford area in Connecticut. Pedro Davila, a 27-year-old Bronx native with Harlem connections, was captured by surveillance cameras during the brazen noontime holdup on Aug. 25 at Avianne & Co. Jewelers on West 47th Street, authorities said. Davila, who was identified through facial recognition technology, was scheduled for an appearance in U.S. Distri…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Lawyer Made Famous In 'American Gangster' Admits Stealing $20K In Morris County Court Lawyer Made Famous In 'American Gangster' Admits Stealing $20K In Morris County Court
Lawyer Made Famous In 'American Gangster' Admits Stealing $20K In Morris County Court A lawyer from Bloomfield who once ran a Newark law firm admitted he stole $20,000 from clients, the state Attorney General's office said.  Richard Roberts, 81, pleaded guilty to perjury and failure to make required disposition of property during a trial this week in Morris County Superior Court. His former partner Gerald Saluti was testifying Tuesday when Roberts entered his plea.  Roberts admitted taking the money from the firm's trust account in order to make alimony payments. He now faces up to 364 days in jail and must surrender his law license when he's sentenced in August.&n…

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by Paul Milo
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
Teaneck Pedestrian Hit-Run: Harlem Man Turns Himself In Teaneck Pedestrian Hit-Run: Harlem Man Turns Himself In
Teaneck Pedestrian Hit-Run: Harlem Man Turns Himself In A Harlem driver surrendered to police after leaving the scene of a Teaneck crash that sent a pedestrian to the hospital with severe injuries, authorities said Wednesday. Barrett Lewis, 55, came to police headquarters about a half-hour after the 11:13 p.m. crash Tuesday and said he was the driver whose SUV hit the 48-year-old victim on Teaneck Road near Bedford Avenue and then sped off, Police Chief Glenn O’Reilly said. The Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the unconscious man to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries so severe that the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Fatal Accid…

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by Jerry DeMarco