Elmwood Park Police Seek Public's Help In Gas Station Holdup
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- The third armed robbery in Elmwood Park in a week -- this one of a local gas station on Saturday night -- had police turning to the public for help.The robber pulled up to the...
View ArticleAuthorities: Shot Garfield Robber Held Up Same Elmwood Park Store Twice
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- Two armed robberies of an Elmwood Park convenience store in less than a week were committed by a Hasbrouck Heights sex offender shot in the groin by a retired NYPD detective...
View ArticleMahwah Mom Knocked Out By Rolling SUV With Son, 10, Inside
MAHWAH, N.J. -- A 45-year-old Mahwah woman was knocked unconscious late Sunday morning after she desperately tried to stop her SUV from rolling down a driveway with her 10-year-old son inside,...
View ArticleFugitive Formerly From Saddle Brook Caught In Texas
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- A former Saddle Brook ex-con with a history of drug-related offenses -- including for burglary and theft -- was captured in Texas, according to published reports.Timothy Tucci,...
View ArticleSaddle River Day School Grad Paints 9/11 Remembrance
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Schandra Singh lived, breathed and smelled every painful second of the Sept. 11 attacks on New York City. Less than two months later, an undisturbed canvas in her apartment 1½...
View ArticleBergen County Prosecutor Asks: How Are We Doing?
HACKENSACK, N.J. – Bergen County residents and merchants are invited to give their opinion of the county prosecutor’s office as part of a process known as accreditation.Department members are...
View ArticleRidgewood Cancer Survivor's Invention Featured On 'Today' Show
RAMSEY, N.J — Had you been watching the "Today" show this morning you would've seen a Ramsey woman's invention.Hoda Kotb featured breast cancer survivor Amanda Fredericks' "Necessity Bags" in the "Our...
View ArticleMonday Night Vigil Honors Mahwah Teen Killed In Crash
MAHWAH, N.J. — A candlelight vigil honoring Nicholas Lauerwald is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at the Mahwah High School football field.The 17-year-old was killed in a crash Saturday night. His peers...
View ArticleDNA Ties Teaneck Ex-Con To 2015 Paramus Home Burglary
PARAMUS, N.J. -- DNA evidence found after a June 2015 Paramus house burglary led to charges against a Teaneck ex-con -- with a nearly 20-year rap sheet -- who already was in jail, authorities said...
View ArticlePaterson Ex-Con Found With Gun Faces 20 Years
PATERSON, N.J. – A Paterson ex-con faces up to 20 years in prison after jurors convicted him of carrying a gun.Luis J. Rosario, 27, was arrested on Sept. 1, 2015 by city detectives canvassing the area...
View ArticleProsecutor's Office Probing Crash That Killed Mahwah High School Student
MAHWAH, N.J. -- Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Gurbir S. Grewal formally announced Monday afternoon that detectives from his Fatal Accident Investigation Unit were looking into what caused a weekend...
View Article#LGBTequality: Senate Majority Leader Will Moderate NCJW Forum
BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- Every November, the National Council of Jewish Women Bergen County Section conducts a community-wide advocacy forum. The year's program will be "LGBT Equality: Our Work Has Just...
View ArticleUpstate NY Man Held On $1M Bail In Mahwah Murder For Hire
MAHWAH, N.J. – An upstate New York man who agreed to commit a murder for hire drove to a Mahwah restaurant to meet what turned out to be an undercover detective who took him into custody, Acting...
View ArticleAuthorities ID Dad Who Died Holding Boys In Wanaque Bridge Leap
WANAQUE, N.J. -- Friends knew the couple was having trouble, but no one could have dreamed that John Spincken would snatch up their two boys after a fight with his wife, drive to the Route 287 bridge...
View ArticleBeyond Bambi: Paramus Forum Deals With Suburban Wildlife
PARAMUS, N.J. — If you see a deer in the wild with a broken leg, just let it be, a Wanaque wildlife rehabilitator told a crowd of animal lovers at Bergen Community College (BCC) in Paramus on...
View ArticleFort Lee Mom Hopes To Cycle Into World Games Again
FORT LEE, N.J. — It wasn't a medal that cyclist Camie Kornely of Fort Lee was after when she competed in the World Championships in Manchester, England last summer.Rather, she was on a mission to...
View ArticleRidgewood Whole Foods Buoys Local Food Rescue In Need
PASSAIC, N.J. -- The New Jersey Food & Clothing Rescue recently completed an outreach in Newark that helped 500 people on World Homeless Day. But now the volunteer organization — which...
View ArticleCheers! Saddle Brook's Plank Pizza Wins Bergen's DVlicious Best Craft Bar
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Bergen is full of watering holes that would please even the nerdiest of beer experts. But only one -- The Plank Pizza Co Beer Parlor -- won the overwhelming majority, making it...
View ArticleGlen Rock Mom Opening Voiceover Studio Can Do Any Accent But Australian
GLEN ROCK, N.J. — Chances are you’d recognize Khristine Hvam Kies’ voice before her face.The professional voiceover artist and Glen Rock mom has recorded hundreds of audiobooks, radio commercials and...
View ArticleFriend Of Dad Who Held Sons In Wanaque Suicide Leap 'Lost For Words'
WANAQUE, N.J. -- Friends knew the couple was having trouble, but no one could have dreamed that John Spincken would snatch up their two boys after a fight with his wife, drive to the Route 287 bridge...
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