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Police & Fire
WATCH: Sheriff's Program Provides Freedom To Bergen Police, Navy Vet Who Suffered Stroke WATCH: Sheriff's Program Provides Freedom To Bergen Police, Navy Vet Who Suffered Stroke
Watch: Sheriff's Program Provides Freedom To Bergen Police, Navy Vet Who Suffered Stroke Sometimes you don’t have to move heaven – just a little bit of earth -- to help someone in need. Retired Washington Township Police Capt. Joe Sacchi spent most of his adult life serving others while on the local force and in the U.S. Navy. So it was with immense respect and pride that a team of law enforcement officers united with a group of inmates to assist Sacchi, 81, who suffered a stroke several years ago. It had begun getting more difficult for Carol Sacchi to get her husband in and out of their home as they aged. But Township Police Sgt. Roy Scherer found the answer – as well as a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Quick-Acting Staffers Get Developmentally Disabled Children To Safety In Pre-Dawn Wyckoff Fire Quick-Acting Staffers Get Developmentally Disabled Children To Safety In Pre-Dawn Wyckoff Fire
Quick-Acting Staffers Get Developmentally Disabled Children To Safety In Pre-Dawn Wyckoff Fire Wyckoff firefighters quickly doused a damaging, pre-dawn blaze Wednesday at a retreat for children with developmental disabilities. A staff member with minor smoke inhalation was the only reported injury in the 4:46 a.m. two-alarm fire in the Oak Lodge at the Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat, Wyckoff Police Chief David Murphy said. Staffers quickly moved the occupants to another facility at the Mountain Avenue campus, he said. Fire companies from surrounding towns joined Wyckoff firefighters, police and EMS either at the scene or in borough coverage, Murphy said. The cause appeared el…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Neighbors
Young Mom From Belleville Needs Help After Stroke Leaves Her Partly Blind Young Mom From Belleville Needs Help After Stroke Leaves Her Partly Blind
Young Mom From Belleville Needs Help After Stroke Leaves Her Partly Blind Friends and family of a 27-year-old Belleville mother are raising funds on her behalf after she suffered a stroke that left her unable to work and pay for medical treatment.  Delilah Crespo is now blind in one eye, has lost use of one leg and has speech problems. Unable to work and not eligible for disability having just recently started a job, Crespo can't afford physical therapy her doctors say is necessary for her recovery.  "No one knows the full effect that this stroke will have on her. So we need to act fast to get her the help she needs," organizers of a GoFundMe campaign w…

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by Paul Milo
Business
North Jersey Friendship House Launches New Food Truck, Thanks To Oritani Bank North Jersey Friendship House Launches New Food Truck, Thanks To Oritani Bank
North Jersey Friendship House Launches New Food Truck, Thanks To Oritani Bank The OritaniBank Charitable Foundation recently announced that the $60,000 grant it provided to the North Jersey Friendship House (NJFH) in 2017 for the food truck purchase, equipment and training of staff members has come to fruition. On Tuesday, July 24, the staff of NJFH rolled up to the bank with the new truck and set up lunch for the staff and Board of Directors to say “thank you” and show them how the grant money was being spent. Headquartered in Hackensack, the volunteer service’s mission is to assist persons with disabilities on their path to wellness and recovery with the goal of imp…

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