Franklin Township, NJ
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These Public NJ High Schools Are The Best In America, US News Says These Public NJ High Schools Are The Best In America, US News Says
These Public NJ High Schools Are The Best In America, US News Says A school isn't just a building. It's a home: A a place for children to foster self-confidence, learn social skills and explore their strengths. Many factors go into what makes a great school, and US News has crunched that data to compile its latest ranking of the best public schools in America.  The Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics and Engineering Technologies, comes in at No. 23 on that list, and Union County Magnet School No. 49. Here are the top public high schools in New Jersey, according to US News: 10. Academy for Allied Health Sciences (Scotch Plains) 9.…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
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Free Food, Pet Supplies Offered To Bergen Residents At 'No Empty Bowls' Free Food, Pet Supplies Offered To Bergen Residents At 'No Empty Bowls'
Free Food, Pet Supplies Offered To Bergen Residents At 'No Empty Bowls' Free pet food and necessary supplies will be distributed to Bergen County pet owners in need beginning next month. The "No Empty Bowls" pet food bank will be open Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. -- except holidays -- beginning May 8 at the Bergen County Animal Shelter in Teterboro (100 United Lane). There's no appointment needed to be served during the special collaboration between the Bergen County Animal Shelter and the Bergen County SPCA. The one thing you do need is identification proving that you are a Bergen County resident. No appointment needed. Just ID and proof of residency.B…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
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Paramus Officer Nabs Armed Teen Who Tried To Bolt Traffic Stop Paramus Officer Nabs Armed Teen Who Tried To Bolt Traffic Stop
Paramus Officer Nabs Armed Teen Who Tried To Bolt Traffic Stop A 17-year-old Newark boy had a loaded gun in his pants -- and wasn't happy to see Paramus police -- during a rush-hour traffic stop, authorities said. Officer Michael Mordaga stopped a 2019 Acura TLX with “extremely tinted side windows and a heavily tinted windshield” on Paramus Road near the Garden State Parkway shortly after 5 p.m. Monday, April 18, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. None of the three occupants – all 17 – had a driver’s license or knew whom the car belonged to, the chief said. Mordaga had all three get out of the sedan as Sgt. Keith Bland joined him, he said. The rea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Career Criminal Caught With Drugs, Theft Proceeds After Stolen Car Crash: Hasbrouck Heights PD Career Criminal Caught With Drugs, Theft Proceeds After Stolen Car Crash: Hasbrouck Heights PD
Career Criminal Caught With Drugs, Theft Proceeds After Stolen Car Crash: Hasbrouck Heights PD A convicted drug-addicted car thief with a decades-long criminal record was found with crack, heroin and the proceeds from several vehicle burglaries after he crashed a stolen car overnight, Hasbrouck Heights police said. John Petsu, 42, of West Milford failed a field sobriety test administered by Sgt. John Behr after crashing a 2019 Nissan Altima near the interchange for Routes 17 and 46, Detective Sgt. Jeffrey Werner said. The sedan had been stolen out of Hackensack, although the owner didn’t immediately know it was gone, the sergeant said. Besides the drugs, Petsu had “multiple items fr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Where Does Ben Stiller Get A Great Thin-Crust Pie? At The Lido In Hackensack, Of Course Where Does Ben Stiller Get A Great Thin-Crust Pie? At The Lido In Hackensack, Of Course
Where Does Ben Stiller Get A Great Thin-Crust Pie? At The Lido In Hackensack, Of Course Ben Stiller has popped up throughout New Jersey over the years, including at the Montclair Film Festival. He recently stopped in for the famed thin-crust pizza at a New Jersey landmark, the Lido in Hackensack. Stiller was raised on the Upper West Side of Manhattan by parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, once a popular comedy pair in the Sixties and Seventies (Jerry made his mark decades later as George Costanza's kasha-eating father on "Seinfeld"). The Lido turns 56 this year. It was closed for several months in late 2018 while its new owners -- Lorraine and Bogota Mayor Steve Lonega…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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Report Of Infant Thrown From Car On Route 46 Unfounded, Police Say Report Of Infant Thrown From Car On Route 46 Unfounded, Police Say
Report Of Infant Thrown From Car On Route 46 Unfounded, Police Say What authorities said turned out to be an unfounded report that someone tossed a baby from a vehicle on Route 46 early Thursday night might've been the result of a language barrier. Firefighters set up lights as responders converged on the area near Green Street in Teterboro at the South Hackensack border after receiving the report following a motor vehicle accident in Hasbrouck Heights shortly before 5:30 p.m., they said. The responders combed the area intensively before canceling an ambulance. "It appears unfounded," a ranking officer told Daily Voice just after 6 p.m. They continued se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Dog Back In Shelter After Being Returned By North Jersey Family Dog Back In Shelter After Being Returned By North Jersey Family
Dog Back In Shelter After Being Returned By North Jersey Family A dog that was adopted from a North Jersey animal shelter months ago was returned by her new family and is once again looking for a furever home. Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, based in Teterboro, said in a social media post that Luna — a loving 7.5-year-old Pit mix adopted about a month ago — was returned after having been in the shelter since June 2021. A post from her initial adoption stated that four different families had met her and passed her up because she wasn’t “overly social.” A very happy adoption update from Luna! 💜 This sweet senior pittie was finally…

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by Valerie Musson
Towson, MD
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DWI Eastern Shore Motorist Arrested In NJ With Gun, Pot, Open Booze In Car, Police Say DWI Eastern Shore Motorist Arrested In NJ With Gun, Pot, Open Booze In Car, Police Say
DWI Eastern Shore Motorist Arrested In NJ With Gun, Pot, Open Booze In Car, Police Say A driver from Cecil County was arrested after local police in New Jersey said they found pot, booze and a loaded gun in his car during a traffic stop. Moonachie Police Chief Richard Behrens said Officers Matthew Veltri and Frank Tamargo stopped Damian Roscoe Brooks, 39, of Elkton, for driving recklessly on eastbound Route 46 in Teterboro, NJ, which is 17 miles outside of Manhattan. After having him step out of his 2012 Honda Accord, the officers spotted several open alcoholic beverage containers and a Glock 9mm that turned out to be loaded with hollow-point bullets, Behrens said. The chief…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
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VIDEO: Bergen Animal Shelter Worker Seen Abandoning Kitten VIDEO: Bergen Animal Shelter Worker Seen Abandoning Kitten
Video: Bergen Animal Shelter Worker Seen Abandoning Kitten Authorities are investigating the actions of an animal shelter caretaker caught on home security video abandoning a kitten on a Bergen County street. Ring video (see below) shows the Bergen County Animal Shelter and Adoption Center volunteer pulling up in an SUV and leaving the kitten on a snow-shoveled sidewalk on Diamond Way in Moonachie shortly before 2:30 p.m. this past Sunday. There apparently is a colony of strays up the street, which may explain why the woman dropped the cat in that neighborhood. The homeowner, Barbara Morales, said she scooped up the kitten, returned her to the she…

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by Jerry DeMarco
North Hunterdon, NJ
Business
Another NJ Walmart Closes Due To COVID-19 Another NJ Walmart Closes Due To COVID-19
Another NJ Walmart Closes Due To Covid-19 Another New Jersey Walmart will be temporarily closed due to COVID-19. The Phillipsburg location announced on Saturday that it would be closed until Monday at 6 a.m. for deep cleaning and sanitization. Several other New Jersey Walmart stores closed due to COVID-19, as well. Three of those stores closed earlier this week and will reopen Sunday. They are: Hamilton on Nottingham Way  North Bergen on Tonnele Avenue  Teterboro on Route 46 The Walmart Supercenter in Linden was briefly closed after several employees tested positive for COVID-19. It has since reopened.

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
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Tractor-Trailer Topples Two Poles On Route 46, KOs Power To Teterboro Muni Building Tractor-Trailer Topples Two Poles On Route 46, KOs Power To Teterboro Muni Building
Tractor-Trailer Topples Two Poles On Route 46, KOs Power To Teterboro Muni Building A tractor-trailer downed two utility poles -- and with them two transformers -- Tuesday morning outside the Teterboro Municipal Building on westbound Route 46. Utility workers said they expect power to the building to remain out for the day and that it would likely be "well into the evening" before their work is completed, authorities said. The driver got out under his own steam and was OK following the early-morning crash across from Teterboro Airport, responders said. The cause wasn't immediately determined. Moonachie police were investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco
New City, NY
Police & Fire
Rockland Brothers Seized After Pointing Fake Gun, Throwing Fireworks On Bus, Police Say Rockland Brothers Seized After Pointing Fake Gun, Throwing Fireworks On Bus, Police Say
Rockland Brothers Seized After Pointing Fake Gun, Throwing Fireworks On Bus, Police Say An extremely tense situation ended safely when police in Bergen County seized two underage Rockland brothers who they said threatened passengers on a commuter bus with a fake gun and fireworks. Police in Montvale stopped the Monsey Trails bus on Chestnut Ridge Road around 10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16 after receiving multiple calls that one of the Monsey brothers – ages 14 and 16 – pointed a pistol at fellow passengers, Montvale Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. The pair also threw lighted fireworks at them, the chief said. Fellow officers from Woodcliff Lake, Upper Saddle River, Park Ridge…

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by Jerry DeMarco