Bergenfield, NJ
Schools
STORM: North Jersey Schools Announce Early Dismissals Wednesday STORM: North Jersey Schools Announce Early Dismissals Wednesday
Storm: North Jersey Schools Announce Early Dismissals Wednesday North Jersey is expecting three to five inches of snow on Wednesday. Several school districts have already announced early dismissals. Check with your school district for details and more information. The districts that have already announced early dismissals are: BERGEN COUNTY Bergenfield Bogota Dumont Edgewater Little Ferry Mahwah Midland School (Rochelle Park) Oradell Palisades Park Paramus Ridgefield Park River Edge Teaneck MORRIS COUNTY Butler Craig High, Boonton Craig School, Mountain Lakes Denville Dover Madison Mendham Morris Morris Plains Mount Arlington Parsippany-Troy Hills Ra…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Charges Upgraded After Victim In Rockaway Crash Dies Charges Upgraded After Victim In Rockaway Crash Dies
Charges Upgraded After Victim In Rockaway Crash Dies Charges against a Rockaway woman were upgraded after the passenger in her car died as a result of injuries sustained in the crash, authorities said. Samantha Viscardi, 22, was behind the wheel of a vehicle that crashed near Green Pond Road on Feb. 2, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Rockaway Police Chief Martin McPardland, Jr. said in a joint release. The passenger in the vehicle was critically injured after Viscardi's vehicle went into a guardrail, closing the area around 4:30 p.m., according to multiple reports. Viscardi was initially charged with assault by auto b…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Schools
Delayed Openings: These Morris County Schools Have Late Starts Wednesday Delayed Openings: These Morris County Schools Have Late Starts Wednesday
Delayed Openings: These Morris County Schools Have Late Starts Wednesday Rain and ice Tuesday night will make for slippery conditions Wednesday. These schools/districts will have delayed openings on Feb. 13: Butler Borough Public Schools 90-minute delay Craig School Boonton, Mountain Lakes 10 a.m. Dover Public Schools (check schedule) East Hanover 2-hour delay Edith Decker, Mount Arlington 2-hour delay Hanover Park Regional 90-minute delay Jefferson 2-hour delay Kinnelon 90-minute delay Lincoln Park 2-hour delay Madison 2-hour delay Mendham 2-hour delay Montville Twp 2-hour delay Morris Hills Regional 2-hour delay Morris Plains 2-hour delay Mount Arlington Publ…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Schools
SNOW DAY: Morris County Schools Closings For Tuesday SNOW DAY: Morris County Schools Closings For Tuesday
Snow DAY: Morris County Schools Closings For Tuesday Much of North Jersey is looking at anywhere from two to five inches of mixed precipitation overnight Monday making for slippery conditions Tuesday. These Morris County school districts have announced closures for Tuesday, Feb. 12: Butler Chatham Chester Denville Dover Florham Park Kinnelon Madison Mendham Mine Hill (CAS) Montville Morristown Morris Plains Mount Arlington Mountain Lakes Mount Olive Parsippany Riverdale Rockaway CHECK BACK FOR MORE & EMAIL [email protected] WITH UPDATES. Check your district's website for details.

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
PROSECUTOR: Rockaway Woman Charged With Assault By Auto, Passenger Sustained Serious Injuries PROSECUTOR: Rockaway Woman Charged With Assault By Auto, Passenger Sustained Serious Injuries
Prosecutor: Rockaway Woman Charged With Assault By Auto, Passenger Sustained Serious Injuries A 22-year-old Rockaway woman was charged with assault by auto after her one passenger sustained "serious bodily injuries" in a crash over the weekend, authorities said. Samantha Viscardi was arrested and charged with the third-degree crime following the Feb. 2, single-car crash near Green Pond Road, Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp and Rockaway Police Chief Martin McPardland, Jr. said in a joint release. Viscardi's vehicle went into a guardrail, closing the area from approximately 4:50 to 6:45 p.m., the Daily Record reports. Viscardi is an employee of BMW Morristown and a Roxbury …

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Business
3 Morris County Restaurants Ranked Among NJ's Most Popular 3 Morris County Restaurants Ranked Among NJ's Most Popular
3 Morris County Restaurants Ranked Among NJ's Most Popular Pasta, brunch or bubble tea? Why not all three?  Morris County eateries were named top 2018 restaurant favorites among Yelp users in a new NJ.com report. "'Best' is measured using an algorithm that looks at the number of reviews and star rating for a business between Jan. 1, 2018 and Dec. 1, 2018," the site said.  Here's how Morris County stacks up. 12. Saigon Subs & Café, Morristown: Serving traditional Vietnamese sandwiches, summer rolls, green papaya salads, bubble tea, hot tea, flavored iced tea, desserts and Vietnamese drip coffee. Saigon Subs & Cafe's grilled lemongrass…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Sports
Fit Cops: Rockaway Dad, Fairview Police Chief Is His Own Toughest Critic Fit Cops: Rockaway Dad, Fairview Police Chief Is His Own Toughest Critic
Fit Cops: Rockaway Dad, Fairview Police Chief Is His Own Toughest Critic It's 5 a.m. at HackensackUMC Fitness and Wellness Center and the flat-brimmed hat pulled over Martin Kahn's head is dark as the sky outside. "BEAST," the hat says. Because for the next two hours, that is what the Rockaway dad and Fairview police chief will become. With his duffel bag slung over one shoulder and AirPods in his ears, Kahn makes his way from the treadmill to the weights at the Maywood gym off Route 17. He slides his bag off his shoulder and turns up the volume on his phone. He picks up a pair of 100-pound dumbbells and locks eyes with his toughest critic in the room: himsel…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Schools
DELAYED: These Morris County Schools Have Delayed Openings Thursday DELAYED: These Morris County Schools Have Delayed Openings Thursday
Delayed: These Morris County Schools Have Delayed Openings Thursday Sub-zero wind chills and extreme cold has prompted delayed openings for many Morris County schools Thursday. Calais School, Whippany  Celebrate the Children, Denville Chancellor Academy, Pompton Plains Chapel Hill Academy, Lincoln Park Craig High School, Boonton and Mountain Lakes Denville Public Schools Dover Public Schools Jefferson Public Schools Lincoln Park Public Schools Madison Public Schools Morris Hills Regional, Rockaway Morris School District, Morristown Mount Arlington Elementary  Netcong Elementary Randolph Public Schools Rockaway Public Schools Ro…

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by Cecilia Levine
Paramus, NJ
Police & Fire
Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen
Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen An Essex County man who robbed employees at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Paramus at gunpoint -- as well as those at 13 other hotels in New Jersey and Rockland County -- was sentenced Tuesday to 21 years in federal prison. Tremone Burnett, 46, of Orange, must serve just about all of the term: There's no parole in the federal prison system. That means he'll be in his late 60s when he's eventually released. Burnett told a federal judge in Newark three months ago that he tied the victims’ hands and feet in some of the holdups. SEE: Gunman Robs Cash From Paramus Hotel He also fired the gun during…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Obituaries
Garfield Native Christopher Kanarski Dies, 35 Garfield Native Christopher Kanarski Dies, 35
Garfield Native Christopher Kanarski Dies, 35 Christopher Kanarski died on Nov. 16. He was 35 years old.  Kanarski was born and Passaic and raised in Garfield. He moved to Rockaway and graduated from Rockaway High School in 2001. Kanarski earned his associates degree from Morristown Community College and had been working for Verizon in East Hanover. Services were held Friday. Interment was at St. Mary's Cemetery in Saddle Brook.

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by Cecilia Levine
Tarrytown-SleepyHollow, NY
Police & Fire
Home Burglary, Stolen ID, Hoarding Incident, Top Scarsdale Police Blotter Home Burglary, Stolen ID, Hoarding Incident, Top Scarsdale Police Blotter
Home Burglary, Stolen ID, Hoarding Incident, Top Scarsdale Police Blotter An opportunistic burglar broke into a home that was under construction over the weekend, making off with several pieces of jewelry, police said. Officers from the Scarsdale Police Department were dispatched to Sylvan Lane at approximately 10 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15, where there was a report of a burglary that had taken place between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. that night. The investigation into the burglary determined that a suspect entered the kitchen through a ripped piece of plastic that had been set up as a dining room wall due to renovations that are in progress. The suspect then went to the…

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by Zak Failla
Englewood, NJ
Police & Fire
New NJ Civil Rights Director Rachel Wainer Apter Of Englewood Boasts Prestigious Law Record New NJ Civil Rights Director Rachel Wainer Apter Of Englewood Boasts Prestigious Law Record
New NJ Civil Rights Director Rachel Wainer Apter Of Englewood Boasts Prestigious Law Record Rachel Wainer Apter of Englewood already had a distinguished resume when New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal appointed her Thursday as the new director of the state Division on Civil Rights. Apter, 38, most recently has served as Grewal’s counsel on civil right and immigration – and led the New Jersey team that defeated a motion by Texas and seven other states to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). “This is a unique time for civil rights law in New Jersey,” Apter said. “While civil rights are under siege at the national level, the New Jersey legislature has been dram…

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by Jerry DeMarco