Pittsfield, MA
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Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refuses To Load $60K Wheelchair From Logan Airport Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refuses To Load $60K Wheelchair From Logan Airport
Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refuses To Load $60K Wheelchair From Logan Airport A man was bedbound for 19 hours after an airline broke his wheelchair in Boston and then refused to load it onto a plane in Charlotte, NC, he and his New Jersey wife said on social media. Matt Wetherbee, age 34, tweeted from a bed during a layover at Charlotte Douglas International Airport that American's crew at Boston Logan International Airport had damaged his chair.  Then, the crew in Charlotte refused to load it onto the plane he was boarding with wife and Kaitlyn Kiely -- an Old Tappan, NJ native -- due to a lack of space. The couple made headlines in 2018, when Keily pushed Wetherbee…

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by Cecilia Levine
Elizabeth, NJ
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Quadriplegic Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refused To Load $60K Wheelchair Quadriplegic Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refused To Load $60K Wheelchair
Quadriplegic Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refused To Load $60K Wheelchair A quadriplegic man was bedbound for 19 hours after the airline broke his wheelchair in Boston and then refused to load it onto a plane in Charlotte, NC, he and his New Jersey wife said on social media. Matt Wetherbee, 34, tweeted from a bed during a layover at Charlotte Douglas International Airport that American's crew at Boston Logan International Airport had damaged his chair.  Then, the crew in Charlotte refused to load it onto the plane he was boarding due to a lack of space. After my chair was damaged twice on 2 separate @AmericanAir flights, grounds crew in Charlotte refused to l…

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by Cecilia Levine
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mahwah Man, 20, Struck, Killed On Route 17 Mahwah Man, 20, Struck, Killed On Route 17
Mahwah Man, 20, Struck, Killed On Route 17 A 20-year-old Mahwah man was struck and killed overnight Thursday on Route 17 in Ramsey, authorities confirmed. Erik Eidner had been with a group of people at his home late Wednesday and apparently went out for food sometime after midnight, Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. The 2019 Mahwah High School graduate had gotten out of the vehicle and was in the left lane of the northbound highway outside Wendy's, the chief said, when he was struck and killed by what responders said was a tractor-trailer. His body was then run over by a passenger car. What Eidner was doing in the roadway wa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
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AFTERMATH OF IDA: Passaic Passenger, 70, Drowns In Floodwaters, North Jersey Begins Cleanup AFTERMATH OF IDA: Passaic Passenger, 70, Drowns In Floodwaters, North Jersey Begins Cleanup
Aftermath OF IDA: Passaic Passenger, 70, Drowns In Floodwaters, North Jersey Begins Cleanup A 70-year-old passenger drowned in the overflowed Passaic River, despite furious efforts to save him, authorities said, as North Jersey took stock Thursday of the damage from Tropical Storm Ida. Firefighters and police rescued other members of his victim’s family, Passaic Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said, as the region surveyed the aftermath in the sun-drenched light of day. “I believe just like every other municipality in the state as a whole and the tri-state area, we were caught by surprise,” Lora said. “No one could have predicted the storm would have taken such a turn for the worst.” Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Police: Rockland Patron Assaults Old Tappan Restaurant Employee Over Request For Water Police: Rockland Patron Assaults Old Tappan Restaurant Employee Over Request For Water
Police: Rockland Patron Assaults Old Tappan Restaurant Employee Over Request For Water A Rockland man surrendered to police who charged him with beating a worker at a Bergen County Italian restaurant, authorities said. Luca Saggio, 46, of Stony Point asked the passing Bosfa Restaurant employee for water and didn’t like the response, witnesses told responding officers, Old Tappan Police Chief Joseph J. Tracy said. Saggio then “followed the employee into the kitchen of the restaurant and punched him in the head,” Tracy said. The employee suffered “a significant injury to his eye and head area,” the chief said. Responding officers rendered medical aid before an Old Tappan Ambu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Police & Fire
Rockland Patron Assaults Old Tappan Restaurant Employee Over Request For Water, Police Say Rockland Patron Assaults Old Tappan Restaurant Employee Over Request For Water, Police Say
Rockland Patron Assaults Old Tappan Restaurant Employee Over Request For Water, Police Say A Rockland man surrendered to police who charged him with beating a worker at a Bergen County Italian restaurant, authorities said. Luca Saggio, 46, of Stony Point, asked the passing Bosfa Restaurant employee for water and didn’t like the response, witnesses told responding officers, Old Tappan Police Chief Joseph J. Tracy said. Saggio then “followed the employee into the kitchen of the restaurant and punched him in the head,” Tracy said. The employee suffered “a significant injury to his eye and head area,” the chief said. Responding officers rendered medical aid before an Old Tappan Amb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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HEROES: Bergen Mom, Son Rescued From Rising Floodwaters HEROES: Bergen Mom, Son Rescued From Rising Floodwaters
Heroes: Bergen Mom, Son Rescued From Rising Floodwaters Floodwaters had reached the bottom of their SUV's windshield when heroes from Norwood rescued a Demarest woman and her young son during Tuesday's downpour. It was one of several saves throughout the late-afternoon thunderstorms that rocked North Jersey. First, DPW Supt. Robert Tracy grabbed hold of the Mercedes to keep the swollen brook from sweeping it under a Walnut Street bridge, Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said. Then Police Officer Daniel Sullivan and Detective Perry Duelfer got the mom and her 10-year-old boy out, assisted by Sgt. Sal Russino, the chief said. Both were fine, he sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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SEEN THIS CAR? New Photos Released In Smash-Grab Theft From Old Tappan Woman Followed Home SEEN THIS CAR? New Photos Released In Smash-Grab Theft From Old Tappan Woman Followed Home
Seen This CAR? New Photos Released In Smash-Grab Theft From Old Tappan Woman Followed Home Police issued new surveillance photos of a vehicle whose driver stole an Old Tappan woman's handbag after following her home. The Toyota Camry had no front license plate and its rear license plate covered when the thief followed the victim’s SUV into the parking lot of a Russell Avenue complex shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, Police Chief Joseph Tracy said. He parked next to her and got out as she headed into her home, then walked around the SUV, looking inside, before breaking the rear passenger window and snatching a large Coach bag, the chief said. Hearing her alarm, the owner…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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SEE ANYTHING? Bandit Breaks Old Tappan Driver’s Window, Flees With Coach Bag SEE ANYTHING? Bandit Breaks Old Tappan Driver’s Window, Flees With Coach Bag
SEE Anything? Bandit Breaks Old Tappan Driver’s Window, Flees With Coach Bag Police issued new surveillance photos of a vehicle whose driver stole an Old Tappan woman's handbag after following her home. The Toyota Camry had no front license plate and its rear license plate covered when the thief followed the victim’s SUV into the parking lot of a Russell Avenue complex shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, Police Chief Joseph Tracy said. He parked next to her and got out as she headed into her home, then walked around the SUV, looking inside, before breaking the rear passenger window and snatching a large Coach bag, the chief said. Hearing her alarm, the owner confronte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Old Tappan Boy, 2, Dies From Drowning Old Tappan Boy, 2, Dies From Drowning
Old Tappan Boy, 2, Dies From Drowning UPDATE: A 2-year-old Old Tappan boy who was pulled from a backyard swimming pool died despite furious efforts to save his life, authorities said Friday. "They worked on him in the ER for 20 minutes before pronouncing him" at Hackensack University Medical Center, a responder said. Responding police officers conducted CPR and got a pulse after the boy was pulled from the pool around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, they said. It wasn't immediately clear how long he'd been in the water. EMS workers took over and continued CPR after AirMed One touched down at nearby Stone Point Park around 7 p.m.  T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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UPDATE: Old Tappan Boy, 2, Dies From Drowning UPDATE: Old Tappan Boy, 2, Dies From Drowning
Update: Old Tappan Boy, 2, Dies From Drowning UPDATE: A 2-year-old Old Tappan boy who was pulled from a backyard swimming pool died despite furious efforts to save his life, authorities said Friday. "They worked on him in the ER for 20 minutes before pronouncing him" at Hackensack University Medical Center, a responder said. Responding police officers conducted CPR and got a pulse after the boy was pulled from the pool around 6:30 p.m. Thursday, they said. It wasn't immediately clear how long he'd been in the water. EMS workers took over and continued CPR after AirMed One touched down at nearby Stone Point Park around 7 p.m. T…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
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Northvale Firefighters Free Two 22-Year-Olds Trapped By Live Wires In Utility Pole Crash Northvale Firefighters Free Two 22-Year-Olds Trapped By Live Wires In Utility Pole Crash
Northvale Firefighters Free Two 22-Year-Olds Trapped By Live Wires In Utility Pole Crash Northvale firefighters extricated two 22-year-old men from the area who avoided serious injury when their sedan slammed into a utility pole, shattering it and strewing live wires across the vehicle. The 2019 Acura was headed east on Paris Avenue near the Rockleigh border when it left the roadway and slammed into the pole around 10 p.m. Sunday, Police Chief Howard J. Ostrow said. Firefighters got the Westwood driver and his male Old Tappan passenger out safely, Ostrow said. An Orange & Rockland Utilities crew cleared the lines and pole, pieces of which had fallen in a driveway, the chie…

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by Jerry DeMarco