Northern Highlands, NJ
Police & Fire
HEROES: Upper Saddle River Responders Rescue Unresponsive Man, 58 HEROES: Upper Saddle River Responders Rescue Unresponsive Man, 58
Heroes: Upper Saddle River Responders Rescue Unresponsive Man, 58 UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- A 58-year-old Upper Saddle River man wasn't breathing and didn't have a pulse when borough police arrived at his home. Officers Kevin McWilliams and Colin Gurney began CPR and attached a defibrillator as ambulance corps members and paramedics responded, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. The victim's pulse returned and he was rushed to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, the lieutenant said. He was back at work six weeks later. The grateful man and his family attended a recent borough council meeting, making powerful speeches thanking the emergency workers for thei…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
Police & Fire
'Kidnapped' Fair Lawn Student OK After Scam Ransom Call To Dad 'Kidnapped' Fair Lawn Student OK After Scam Ransom Call To Dad
'Kidnapped' Fair Lawn Student OK After Scam Ransom Call To Dad RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A woman on the other end of the line yelled for help before a scam caller from a phone number in Mexico told an employee at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood that his teenage daughter was being held for ransom late Thursday morning. It was bogus. The employee "believed the caller had the wrong number and hung up on the caller and contacted the Ridgewood police, Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Village police, in turn, asked their colleagues in Fair Lawn, where the girl goes to school, to check on her, the chief said. She was "safe and in school as expected,"…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Obituaries
Saddle Brook Nurse Keith Hubner Dies, 27 Saddle Brook Nurse Keith Hubner Dies, 27
Saddle Brook Nurse Keith Hubner Dies, 27 Keith Hubner of Saddle Brook died on Sunday, Jan. 21. He was 27 years old. Keith worked for Valley Hospital and most recently Englewood Hospital as a registered nurse. He is survived by his parents, Richard Hubner and Dorothy Cervone; best friend and sister Christine Ramos and her husband Omar of Rochelle Park; and brothers Brian and Steven Hubner.  He is also survived by niece and nephews Mason, Lucas and Lyla, and many loving friends. Visitation will be Jan. 26 at the Vander Plaat Memorial Home in Paramus, from 4 to 7 p.m. A memorial service will be held immediately following visitati…

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by Cecilia Levine
Ridgewood, NJ
Neighbors
Couple Says ‘I Do’ At Valley Hospital Before Major Surgery Couple Says ‘I Do’ At Valley Hospital Before Major Surgery
Couple Says ‘I Do’ At Valley Hospital Before Major Surgery RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood was recently transformed into a special wedding venue for one patient and his partner. “Mark DeBenedectis expressed to Cheel 4 Neuro Charge Nurse Michelle Bower, RN, his wish to marry his partner, Greg, before he was scheduled to have major surgery,” Valley Health System shared in a Facebook post. With DeBenedictis’ surgery just two days away, staff and volunteers transformed the hospital’s terrace into a wedding venue for the Emerson couple. Staff and volunteers thought of and coordinated all the details -- including decorations, flowers,…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson
Paramus, NJ
Neighbors
Hero Civilians Aid Paramus Rollover Victim Hero Civilians Aid Paramus Rollover Victim
Hero Civilians Aid Paramus Rollover Victim PARAMUS, N.J. — Not all heroes wear uniforms: Three in Paramus on Monday morning sported winter coats, along with gashes on their fingertips. The trio of strangers -- William Tiernan, Paul Delmonico and U.S. Airman Darwin Polo -- were outside a 7-Eleven in an East Ridgewood Avenue strip mall across from the Fashion Center when Tiernen spotted a car across the roadway barreling through snowbanks just before 11:30 a.m. He called for help and ran toward the car. Delmonico and Polo, hearing his cries, saw the car speed down a hill, briefly go airborne and land in the parking lot behind the Fas…

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by Cecilia Levine