Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Rockland Driver With Busted Brake Light Charged With Giving River Vale Officer Bogus License Rockland Driver With Busted Brake Light Charged With Giving River Vale Officer Bogus License
Rockland Driver With Busted Brake Light Charged With Giving River Vale Officer Bogus License A Rockland woman was arrested just across the border in River Vale for giving a bogus driver's license to a police officer who stopped her for having a broken brake light, authorities said. Baiba Beitan, 27, who doesn't have a valid license, was stopped on Rivervale Road near Oak Drive, Detective Sgt. Peter Martin said. After handing over the fake license, she was taken to police headquarters in custody, processed and released pending a court hearing, Martin said. Police charged her with unsworn falsification and gave her summonses for the busted brake light and driving without a license, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Pre-Dawn Thanksgiving Blaze Damages Hillsdale Home Pre-Dawn Thanksgiving Blaze Damages Hillsdale Home
Pre-Dawn Thanksgiving Blaze Damages Hillsdale Home Firefighters doused a pre-dawn Thanksgiving Day blaze in a Hillsdale home. The fire broke out just after 2 a.m. in the second-floor bedroom of the Lincoln Avenue home and quickly went to two alarms, borough fire officials said. All of the occupants got out OK, they said. The fire was contained to the bedroom and declared under control around 3 a.m., less than an hour after the call came in, fire officials said. Mutual aid was provided by firefighters from Park Ridge, River Vale, Westwood and Woodcliff Lake.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
River Vale PD: Security Cam Catches House Cleaner From Garfield Swiping $900 From Homeowner River Vale PD: Security Cam Catches House Cleaner From Garfield Swiping $900 From Homeowner
River Vale PD: Security Cam Catches House Cleaner From Garfield Swiping $900 From Homeowner Thanks to a home surveillance camera, River Vale police nabbed a longtime local house cleaner from Garfield as she walked out of a residence with $900 in her pocket, authorities said. The Holiday Farms homeowner “suspected cleaning personnel had been stealing money and installed a video camera,” Detective Sgt. Peter Martin said. He immediately called police after the camera caught 56-year-old Ana Mata in the act, Martin said. Approached by officers as she left the home, Mata pulled out the cash and handed it over, he said. The Holiday Court resident claims Mata took $2,500 since Septemb…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Obituaries
Remember Sabrina Ferrara Of River Vale, 27, When You See A Butterfly Flutter By Remember Sabrina Ferrara Of River Vale, 27, When You See A Butterfly Flutter By
Remember Sabrina Ferrara Of River Vale, 27, When You See A Butterfly Flutter By The next time you see a butterfly, remember Sabrina Ferrara. That's what the 27-year-old's family has kindly requested in a heartfelt obituary they penned in her memory, following her death on Sept. 29. Scroll down for service information. Animals, traveling and obstacle racing were some of the things that the River Vale resident loved. "Sabrina had a wonderful smile that would light up a room," they wrote.  "She was creative, artistic and displayed an unrelenting enthusiasm for any endeavor she set her mind to." Animals, traveling and obstacle racing were some of the things that Sab…

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by Cecilia Levine
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Deadline To Register For River Vale Junior Police Academy: This Friday Deadline To Register For River Vale Junior Police Academy: This Friday
Deadline To Register For River Vale Junior Police Academy: This Friday Want to see a SWAT unit and bomb squad in action? Visit inmates at the county jail? See Metlife Stadium from behind the scenes? Time is running out to register for the 2019 River Vale Junior Police Academy: The deadline is this Friday, Oct. 4. Registration is ONLINE ONLY: www.RiverValeNJ.org The academy is open to River Vale residents in the 7th and 8th grades who will: learn about cyber crimes;  test your skills as an eyewitness;  participate in a mock airplane hostage rescue at the Federal Air Marshal service training center;  take a behind-the-scenes tour of MetLife …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Lifestyle
Winning Mega Millions Tickets Sold In River Vale, Lincoln Park Winning Mega Millions Tickets Sold In River Vale, Lincoln Park
Winning Mega Millions Tickets Sold In River Vale, Lincoln Park A pair of winning New Jersey Lottery tickets were sold in Morris and Bergen counties. The third-tier prizewinning tickets from Tuesday's drawing matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn. Those were: 08, 12, 23, 39 and 43; and the Gold Mega Ball was 06.  The Megaplier Multiplier was 02. The tickets were sold at: Shop Rite of Lincoln Park: 80 Beaver Brook Road ($20,000) Convenience Food Stop, 184 River Vale Road ($10,000) Seventeen other players matched four of the five white balls drawn making each ticket worth $500.  Five of those tickets…

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by Cecilia Levine
West Milford, NJ
Real Estate
PHOTOS: 5 Homes That $1M Can Get You In Bergen County PHOTOS: 5 Homes That $1M Can Get You In Bergen County
Photos: 5 Homes That $1M Can Get You In Bergen County Most have five bedrooms. Most are around 4,500 square feet. All of these Bergen County homes are just around $1 million. Here are some homes that a million bucks can get you in Bergen County. FORT LEE, $999,000 ($79,000 price cut), 2413 1st St., 4 beds, 4 baths, 3,350 square feet: Newly-built smart home with intercom system, electric car charging station, two gas fireplaces, surveillance system. Fort Lee, 2413 1st St.Zillow Fort Lee, 2413 1st St.Zillow RAMSEY, $970,000, 113 De Baun Ave., 5 beds, 5 baths, 5,100 square feet: Features spacious great room, master suite with walk-in cl…

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by Cecilia Levine
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Paramus Police Interrupt Suspected Car Thief On Ransacking Spree Paramus Police Interrupt Suspected Car Thief On Ransacking Spree
Paramus Police Interrupt Suspected Car Thief On Ransacking Spree An 18-year-old man ransacking cars in Paramus was arrested after leading officers on a chase through backyards, said authorities who charged him. Police responded to Lambert Place around 12:55 a.m. on reports of at least two men trying to break into cars, Paramus Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The suspect, later identified as Jose Cereno Del Rio of Passaic, took off on foot when Paramus police officers Chris Bores and Mike Mordaga spotted him, the chief said. Del Rio ran through several backyards before the officers caught up with him and placed him under arrest, Ehrenberg said.…

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by Cecilia Levine
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Police & Fire
Propane Gas Leak At Storage Tank On Route 303 Causes Road Closures Propane Gas Leak At Storage Tank On Route 303 Causes Road Closures
Propane Gas Leak At Storage Tank On Route 303 Causes Road Closures A stretch of Route 303 was shut down for several hours in Rockland County as first responders dealt with a leaking propane storage tank, police said. First responders were dispatched to the Beckerle Lumber Supply Company on Route 303 in Orangeburg shortly after 1:50 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17. Upon arrival, it was determined that a large propane storage tank that is used to fill smaller propane tanks was leaking gas. Fire and Hazardous Material Units from the Orangetown Police Department responded to the scene to assess and address the condition of the leak. While the investigation into th…

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by Zak Failla
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Police & Fire
Ex-Pearl River HS Athlete Who Crashed Car In NJ Charged With DWI Ex-Pearl River HS Athlete Who Crashed Car In NJ Charged With DWI
Ex-Pearl River HS Athlete Who Crashed Car In NJ Charged With DWI A multi-sport athlete from Pearl River was drunk when his car jumped a curb, toppled a street sign and slammed into a telephone pole just across the New Jersey border, authorities said. Raymond Amato, 22, was behind the wheel of a speeding car on Rivervale Road when an officer pulled behind him shortly before 3 a.m. May 26, River Vale police said. Amato turned on to Prospect Avenue and immediately crashed, they said. The officer found him assessing the damage, Detective Sergeant Peter Martin said. He "immediately detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage on the driver’s breath," Martin s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Former High School Athlete Charged With DWI After River Vale Crash Former High School Athlete Charged With DWI After River Vale Crash
Former High School Athlete Charged With DWI After River Vale Crash A multi-sport athlete from Rockland was drunk when his car jumped a curb, toppled a street sign and slammed into a telephone pole in River Vale, authorities said. Raymond Amato, 22, of Pearl River was behind the wheel of a speeding car on Rivervale Road when an officer pulled behind him shortly before 3 a.m. May 26, police said. Amato turned on to Prospect Avenue and immediately crashed, they said. The officer found Amato assessing the damage, Detective Sergeant Peter Martin said. He "immediately detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage on the driver’s breath," Martin said. The officer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
Unattended Pot Ignites Westwood Condo Fire Unattended Pot Ignites Westwood Condo Fire
Unattended Pot Ignites Westwood Condo Fire Firefighters from several Pascack Valley companies rallied to the aid of their Westwood colleagues during a Friday morning kitchen fire at a local condo. Rapid response helped firefighters contain the two-alarm blaze, which apparently was ignited just after 11 a.m. by an unattended pot on a stove in a first-floor unit at the Roxbury condominium complex on Fairview Avenue. An adjacent unit sustained smoke damage, responders said, adding that dozens of others had door locks damaged as firefighters went on unit-by-unit search to be sure the flames hadn’t spread. One firefighter sustained a ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco