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ICY MORNING (UPDATE): One Dead, Highways Closed, Dozens Injured In North Jersey Crashes ICY MORNING (UPDATE): One Dead, Highways Closed, Dozens Injured In North Jersey Crashes
ICY Morning (Update): One Dead, Highways Closed, Dozens Injured In North Jersey Crashes UPDATE: One victim was confirmed dead and westbound Route 3 in East Rutherford was temporarily closed Wednesday morning following what was the most serious in a series of crashes on icy North Jersey roads. Here's a listing of incidents. Mark Kolta, 31, of North Bergen had been involved in an earlier chain-reaction crash on the Hackensack River bridge on westbound Route 3 shortly after 6:30 a.m., East Rutherford Deputy Police Chief Phillip Taormina said. He was struck in another pileup after getting out of his vehicle, the deputy chief said. Kolta was pronounced dead at a local hospital a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Local Mom Opens Bergenfield Bakery Local Mom Opens Bergenfield Bakery
Local Mom Opens Bergenfield Bakery A new bakery and cafe has opened in Bergenfield. Zai's Dessertery on North Washington Avenue has been in the works for several months and is a dream come true for owner Zainab Illyas. A grand opening will be held Sept. 14. The local mom promises the best macarons in Bergen County, and will make custom cakes and cookies for catering orders. The storefront offers an array of cupcakes, cookie bars, cookies (oatmeal raisin, chocolate chip, snickerdoodle), crepes, ice cream and hot drinks. Zai herself with her new Blodgett ovens.Zai's Dessertery S'mores cookie barsZai's Dessertery C…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Defendant In $500,000 Federal Bank Fraud Case Caught Trying To Cash Bogus Checks In Bergenfield Defendant In $500,000 Federal Bank Fraud Case Caught Trying To Cash Bogus Checks In Bergenfield
Defendant In $500,000 Federal Bank Fraud Case Caught Trying To Cash Bogus Checks In Bergenfield Thanks to a quick-moving bank employee, a federal probationer accused last year of conning banks out of $500,000 was caught trying to cash $1,834 in bogus checks in  Bergenfield, authorities said Friday. Officers responding to the Chase Bank on North Washington Avenue Thursday afternoon arrested 21-year-old Yaseen Salih, who also tried to use a debit card in someone else’s name, Detective Lt. William Duran said. Borough police charged Salih with ID theft, forgery and fraudulent use of a credit card and sent him to the Bergen County Jail. U.S. Marshals placed a detainer on Salih under which…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bergenfield Brawl: Officer Punched In Face, Assailant Subdued At 7-Eleven Bergenfield Brawl: Officer Punched In Face, Assailant Subdued At 7-Eleven
Bergenfield Brawl: Officer Punched In Face, Assailant Subdued At 7-Eleven BERGENFIELD, N.J. – A man arrested for causing a disturbance in a Bergenfield 7-Eleven before dawn Thursday punched an officer in the face, cutting his lip, authorities said. Darian Perry, 23, of Bergenfield threatened responding Officer James Acito and others in the North Washington Avenue store after police were called just after 4 a.m. about him “walking in and out of the business, causing a disturbance,” Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. Perry struggled as Acito began to arrest him – striking the officer in the face, “causing a laceration to the officer’s lip and a hand injury” – before being …

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by Jerry DeMarco