Ridgewood, NJ
News
Pickup Driver In Horrific Head-On Ridgewood Crash With 80-Year-Old Motorist Was DWI: Police Pickup Driver In Horrific Head-On Ridgewood Crash With 80-Year-Old Motorist Was DWI: Police
Pickup Driver In Horrific Head-On Ridgewood Crash With 80-Year-Old Motorist Was DWI: Police A driver from Hawthorne was drunk when his pickup truck slammed head-on into an SUV driven by an 80-year-old Waldwick woman in Ridgewood, authorities charged. Thomas Michalski, 59, was headed south on North Monroe Street when his Chevy Silverado crossed the double-yellow line Fairmount Road and collided with a northbound Honda CRV around 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Both drivers were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. What was left of the Chevrolet Silverado.Boyd A. Loving Michaski was charged with DWI, making an unsafe l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
News
Motorist From Waldwick Charged In DWI Hit-And-Run: Franklin Lakes PD Motorist From Waldwick Charged In DWI Hit-And-Run: Franklin Lakes PD
Motorist From Waldwick Charged In DWI Hit-And-Run: Franklin Lakes PD A motorist from Waldwick was intoxicated when police in Franklin Lakes found her and her disabled Jeep near the scene of a single-vehicle hit-and-run crash, authorities said. Andrea L. Wilkin, 44, was turning left onto Ewing Avenue from Franklin Lake Road when her 2021 Wrangler left the roadway and smashed into a curb shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Capt. Mark McCombs said. Wilkin, who apparently wasn’t injured, drove her partially disabled vehicle off instead of waiting for police, the captain said on Monday, Jan. 16. The Jeep broke down up the road on George Street near Ramapo Hig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
News
UPDATE: Sedan Crashes Off Route 17 UPDATE: Sedan Crashes Off Route 17
Update: Sedan Crashes Off Route 17 A sedan flew over a guardrail on Route 17, sending its driver to the hospital. The 2013 BMW ended up in a wooded area just past a bus shelter on the southbound side near Sheridan Avenue in Waldwick shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Police Lt. Troy Seifert said. Waldwick firefighters freed the 48-year-old driver from Newark, who suffered a suspected head injury, the lieutenant said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by members of the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps. The BMW ended up in a wooded area on the other side of the guardrail on southbound Route 17 in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood, NJ
News
Horrific Head-On Crash In Ridgewood Leaves Twisted Wreckage Horrific Head-On Crash In Ridgewood Leaves Twisted Wreckage
Horrific Head-On Crash In Ridgewood Leaves Twisted Wreckage A driver from Hawthorne was drunk when his pickup truck slammed head-on into an SUV driven by an 80-year-old Waldwick woman in Ridgewood, authorities charged. Thomas Michalski, 59, was headed south on North Monroe Street when his Chevy Silverado crossed the double-yellow line Fairmount Road and collided with a northbound Honda CRV around 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Both drivers were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. Michaski was charged with DWI, making an unsafe lane change and not wearing a seat belt, she said. Ridgewoo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
News
'Was That An Earthquake?' North Jersey Asks 'Was That An Earthquake?' North Jersey Asks
'Was That An Earthquake?' North Jersey Asks "What was that?" was the question that rumbled through a large swath of North Jersey and into New York State early Wednesday afternoon. Mine blasting? A sonic boom? Seneca guns? Unconfirmed reports of an earthquake or "seismic-like event" stretched from Newton and Sparta in Sussex County to as far east as the Palisades in Alpine beginning at 12:52 p.m. Jan. 11.  There were similar calls in several southern New York State counties, as well as in the Poconos in Pennsylvania. All are basically in the area of the Ramapo Fault Line. The longest and oldest in the Northeast -- at 185 m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
News
Violent Fugitive From Bergen County Captured Violent Fugitive From Bergen County Captured
Violent Fugitive From Bergen County Captured A violent fugitive being sought by state authorities forced some schools in northwest Bergen County to shelter in place during a manhunt that ended in his capture early Tuesday, authorities said. Ex-con Justinian Rocco, 26, of Allendale was seized by Waldwick police shortly after 7:30 a.m. Jan. 3 after colleagues from Saddle River, Midland Park and Wyckoff -- along with a K-9 unit --  converged on the area to assist, they said. Rocco had absconded from a state facility last Thursday, Dec. 29, after spending time behind bars for a variety of convictions. Then came a call early Tuesday …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
News
Glen Rock Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Waldwick Crash Glen Rock Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Waldwick Crash
Glen Rock Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Waldwick Crash A 62-year-old motorcyclist from Glen Rock was hospitalized after crashing in Waldwick over the New Year's weekend, authorities said. There were no witnesses to the single-vehicle crash on Sheridan Avenue near Route 17 around 1 p.m. New Year's Day, Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. Members of the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps and paramedics from the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood treated the rider before he was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the lieutenant said. There was no update on his condition. ****** ALSO SEE: A motorcyclist from Bergenfield survived being thrown o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
News
Nasty Crash Near Route 17 Sends Two To Hospital Nasty Crash Near Route 17 Sends Two To Hospital
Nasty Crash Near Route 17 Sends Two To Hospital Two people were hospitalized following a crash at a busy Ho-Ho-Kus intersection. The collision at the five corners at Sheridan and Hollywood avenues near Gilbert Road around 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30 severely damaged an SUV and a wagon. Both victims were taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren't immediately considered life-threatening. Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters killed power to the vehicles and cleaned up a fuel spill. Ho-Ho-Kus police and EMS also responded, as did a paramedic team from Valley. Waldwick police assisted with traffic control. Boyd A. Loving took the p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Lifestyle
Did Portnoy Just Settle Nellie's-Kinchley's Pizza Rivalry? Did Portnoy Just Settle Nellie's-Kinchley's Pizza Rivalry?
Did Portnoy Just Settle Nellie's-Kinchley's Pizza Rivalry? Four years after sampling the pizza at Kinchley's Tavern in Ramsey, Dave Portnoy stopped by its rival, Nellie's Place in Waldwick. The Barstool Sports CEO gave the pizza at Kinchley's a 7.5 when he came to town in 2018. So, what's Portnoy's verdict on Nellie's? He gave the pie a 7.9. No, scratch that, he gave it an 8.1. That's right, Portnoy changed the score.  Nellie's Place was founded in 1989 on Franklin Turnpike by a family with Irish roots. Nellie's also serves pub-style appetizers, burgers, seafood, steaks and wings — which Portnoy also sampled. Nellie's Place, 9 Franklin Tpke…

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by Cecilia Levine
Yonkers, NY
Police & Fire
Uber Driver From Yonkers Struck After Getting Out To Help Ill Passenger Uber Driver From Yonkers Struck After Getting Out To Help Ill Passenger
Uber Driver From Yonkers Struck After Getting Out To Help Ill Passenger An Uber driver from Westchester was struck by a passing car after he got out to help an ill passenger, authorities said. The 31-year-old Yonkers man pulled his 2019 Cherokee to the side of the southbound highway on Route 17 in the borough of Waldwick in Bergen County, New Jersey, just past the Sheridan Avenue exit shortly after midnight on Saturday, Dec. 3, "when he learned that his rear passenger was not feeling well in the back seat," Waldwick Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. The Uber driver was then struck in the right lane by a 2018 Honda Civic operated by a 37-year-old Bergenfield resi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
News
Uber Driver Struck On Route 17 After Getting Out To Help Ill Passenger Uber Driver Struck On Route 17 After Getting Out To Help Ill Passenger
Uber Driver Struck On Route 17 After Getting Out To Help Ill Passenger An Uber driver was struck by a passing car after he got out to help an ill passenger on Route 17 in Waldwick, authorities said. The 31-year-old Yonkers driver pulled his 2019 Cherokee to the side of the southbound highway just past the Sheridan Avenue exit shortly after midnight on Saturday, Dec. 3, "when he learned that his rear passenger was not feeling well in the back seat," Waldwick Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. The Uber driver was then struck in the right lane by a 2018 Honda Civic operated by a 37-year-old Bergenfield resident, the lieutenant said. The victim was taken to Hackens…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
News
BUSTED: Mahwah Woman, 40, Charged With Shooting Up Former Waldwick Neighbor's SUV BUSTED: Mahwah Woman, 40, Charged With Shooting Up Former Waldwick Neighbor's SUV
Busted: Mahwah Woman, 40, Charged With Shooting Up Former Waldwick Neighbor's SUV UPDATE: A 40-year-old Mahwah woman was charged with shooting up an SUV parked in the driveway of a former neighbor in Waldwick. Megan Dzugay spent the night in jail after being seized in Mahwah by Waldwick detectives, assisted by Mahwah police and a Bergen County Regional SWAT team, Wednesday evening, Nov. 30, Waldwick Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. She's charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and criminal mischief resulting in property damage in connection with the 3:35 a.m. shooting on Grove Street in Waldwick. The 5-foot-4-inch gr…

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by Jerry DeMarco