Fort Lee, NJ
Business
Latest Restaurant Openings, Closings In Bergen County Latest Restaurant Openings, Closings In Bergen County
Latest Restaurant Openings, Closings In Bergen County The baby back ribs. The mac & cheese. The famous Boiling Pot cajun boil. Those favorites and more from JD's Steak Pit in Fort Lee will only be available for two more weeks, as the restaurant announced it will be closing in early June. But don't worry, there are plenty of other restaurants to try around Bergen County. Royal Spice, Fort Lee: " Royal Spice Hotpot is a fusion of a thousand years of Chinese health food therapy with secret recipes passed on by word-of-mouth," its website says. And it's all you can eat. Takayama, Edgewater: Sushi, sashimi and bento boxes galore. Regina's S…

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by Cecilia Levine
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
Police: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex Police: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex
Police: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex Mahwah police captured a trio of overnight car burglars from Pascack Valley thanks to an alert patrol officer and several residents, authorities said. Officer Dan Stewart spotted a woman attempting to avoid attention by leaning back in the driver’s seat of a 2004 Ford Explorer parked at the Paddington Square condo complex just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. Sage Maxon, 18, of Washington Township, “claimed she was there to pick up a friend who lived nearby,” Jaffe said. A check of the address she gave Stewart turned out bogus, the chief said. A search of the ve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Odd Coincidence: Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say Odd Coincidence: Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say
Odd Coincidence: Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say UPDATE (MAY 8, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Police & Fire
Spring Valley Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT Team, Prosecutor Says Spring Valley Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT Team, Prosecutor Says
Spring Valley Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT Team, Prosecutor Says An unemployed Spring Valley man called in a bogus report of an active shooter at a Bergen County home, bringing a SWAT team, among other responders, said authorities who took him into custody. Austin Parks, 48, was already in the Rockland County Jail in connection with another arrest when investigators identified him, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Wednesday. Parks used technology to block his number when he made the April 17 call, claiming there was an active shooter at a residence in Park Ridge, Calo said. Detectives from the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit and Park Ridg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge
Bergen Prosecutor: Rockland Stalker's Bogus 'Active Shooter' Call Brings SWAT To Park Ridge UPDATE (MAY 8, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Career Burglar With More Than 2 Dozen Arrests Charged In Clifton Jewelry Heist Career Burglar With More Than 2 Dozen Arrests Charged In Clifton Jewelry Heist
Career Burglar With More Than 2 Dozen Arrests Charged In Clifton Jewelry Heist Clifton detectives cracked the theft of a large amount of jewelry from a residence with the arrest of a Haledon ex-con with a history of more than two dozen arrests -- mostly for burglary. Detectives investigating the Feb. 12 break-in on Rooney Street developed Jose Malave Jr. as a suspect, Lt. Robert Bracken said. Malave had broken in through a basement window, Bracken said. Malave spent two days in the Bergen County Jail last month before a judge ordered his release following an arrest for a burglary in Park Ridge. He's also awaiting trial on burglary charges in Bloomfield, among others…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
News
NEW RANKINGS: These North Jersey High Schools Among Nation's Best In U.S. NEW RANKINGS: These North Jersey High Schools Among Nation's Best In U.S.
NEW Rankings: These North Jersey High Schools Among Nation's Best In U.S. Where does your high school rank nationally? Now, you can find out. More than 17,000 schools nationwide are numerically ranked, up from last year's 2,700 schools in this year's U.S. News & World Report rankings of the best high schools in the nation. The six factors weighed in the rankings were graduation rates, number of AP courses offered, college readiness, reading and math proficiency, reading and math performance, and underserved student performance. "Our mission with the Best High Schools rankings has always been to educate families about the schools in their district," said…

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by Cecilia Levine
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Officers From Pascack Valley Towns Get Special 'Micro-Training' On Domestic Violence Incidents Officers From Pascack Valley Towns Get Special 'Micro-Training' On Domestic Violence Incidents
Officers From Pascack Valley Towns Get Special 'Micro-Training' On Domestic Violence Incidents More than 40 police officers from seven Pascack Valley towns attended a special "micro-training" session in River Vale on how to handle domestic violence incidents. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Jessica Gomperts, who runs her office’s Domestic Violence Unit, discussed complete and proper investigations. River Vale police were joined by their colleagues from Hillsdale, Montvale, Old Tappan, Park Ridge, Westwood, and Woodcliff Lake. The local venue and succinct nature of “micro-training” -- the first of its kind in the Pascack Valley area -- enabled on- and off-duty officers to atten…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
RECOGNIZE HIM? Video Shows $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery RECOGNIZE HIM? Video Shows $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery
Recognize HIM? Video Shows $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery UPDATE (MAY 9, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE (VIDEO): Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say UPDATE (VIDEO): Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say
Update (Video): Bogus Park Ridge Active Shooter Call, Bank Robbery Unrelated, Authorities Say UPDATE (MAY 8, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Bogus 'Shots Fired' 911 Call Made Before $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery UPDATE: Bogus 'Shots Fired' 911 Call Made Before $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery
Update: Bogus 'Shots Fired' 911 Call Made Before $32,000+ Park Ridge Bank Robbery UPDATE (MAY 9, 2019): As coincidences go, it's odd: A bogus 911 "active shooter" call that brought a SWAT team and swarms of other responders to a Park Ridge home had nothing to do with a bank robbery across town that occurred at almost the same time, authorities said. Questions of a possible connection arose after authorities last week announced that Austin Parks, 48, of Spring Valley had been charged with making the April 17 call. However, a senior law enforcement official told Daily Voice that the call was "unrelated...oddly" to the robbery at nearly the same time of an Oritani Bank bran…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Online Threat To Park Ridge High School Staffer Brings SWAT Units, Activates Shelter-In-Place Online Threat To Park Ridge High School Staffer Brings SWAT Units, Activates Shelter-In-Place
Online Threat To Park Ridge High School Staffer Brings SWAT Units, Activates Shelter-In-Place An online threat to staff at Park Ridge High School proved unfounded, said authorities who activated a shelter-in-place Thursday as a precaution. All school activities were canceled for the remainder of the day after borough police, assisted by two roving Bergen County Regional SWAT units and their police colleagues from Montvale and Woodcliff Lake, responded, Capt. Joseph Rampolla said. The tactical squad helped escort the students during dismissal, the captain said. An investigation into the source was continuing, he said. Anyone who has information that can help find whoever was r…

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by Jerry DeMarco