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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
Teaneck Man Critically Injured In Double-Pedestrian Crash Had Donated Kidney To Grandmother Teaneck Man Critically Injured In Double-Pedestrian Crash Had Donated Kidney To Grandmother
Teaneck Man Critically Injured In Double-Pedestrian Crash Had Donated Kidney To Grandmother One of two men critically injured when they were struck crossing the street outside a Teaneck synagogue Thursday night was to receive an award this weekend for donating a kidney that saved the life of a grandmother. Micah Kaufman, 41, and Sheldon Mermelstein, 75, both members of congregation Beth Aron on Queen Anne Road, were coming from Congregation Bnai Yeshurun when they were struck by a sedan while crossing West Englewood Avenue around 6:20 p.m. Thursday, authorities said. Mermelstein succumbed to his injuries on Saturday: https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/teaneck/police-fire/…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Funeral Mass Set For Popular Bergen County Sheriff's Officer, 34 Funeral Mass Set For Popular Bergen County Sheriff's Officer, 34
Funeral Mass Set For Popular Bergen County Sheriff's Officer, 34 A funeral Mass was scheduled in Ridgewood this Thursday for former Bergen County Sheriff’s Officer Scott Emerson, who died suddenly this past weekend.  Visiting hours are from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at Vander Platt-Caggiano Funeral Home at 13-31 Saddle River Road in Fair Lawn, (201) 797-3500. Thursday's 10 a.m. funeral will be at Our Lady of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Ridgewood. Burial will follow in George Washington Cemetery in Paramus. "If someone asked 100 different people to describe you," good friend Ryan Ward wrote in tribute, "I can guarantee somewhere in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Park Rededicated 72 Years To Day Lyndhurst Police Officer Was Killed In Line Of Duty Park Rededicated 72 Years To Day Lyndhurst Police Officer Was Killed In Line Of Duty
Park Rededicated 72 Years To Day Lyndhurst Police Officer Was Killed In Line Of Duty A Lyndhurst park that bears the name of a borough police officer who died in the line of duty was rededicated Monday – 72 years to the day that he was gunned down. Lyndhurst Police Officer Thomas J. Albino, 41, was accompanying a constable serving an eviction notice on Clinton Terrace when a shotgun blast through the front door killed him in 1947. The gunman, 57-year-old Charles Longboat, himself was killed during a gunfight with police. "Regardless of the time that's passed since one of the darkest days in our community's history, the memory of Officer Albino and his sacrifice will cont…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bergen County Police Chiefs' BBQ For Vets Deemed Huge Success Bergen County Police Chiefs' BBQ For Vets Deemed Huge Success
Bergen County Police Chiefs' BBQ For Vets Deemed Huge Success Active and retired police chiefs from Bergen County brought more than barbecue to the Paramus Veterans Home. The Bergen County Police Chiefs Association Foundation also donated a large fish tank that was set up in one of the day rooms. Active, retired and associate/affiliated chiefs at Thursday's event included the foundation chairman, retired Emerson police chief Donald Rossi. "I must say it was very well received," said Old Tappan Police Chief Thomas M. Shine, the president of the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association. The day went so well, in fact, that the association intends to mak…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Neighbors
Englewood Soccer Club Youngsters Bring Holiday Cheer to City Elderly Englewood Soccer Club Youngsters Bring Holiday Cheer to City Elderly
Englewood Soccer Club Youngsters Bring Holiday Cheer to City Elderly Young members of the champion Englewood Soccer Club brought some cookies and holiday cheer to residents of a city senior complex.The club is a not-for-profit organization created to teach Englewood kids the fundamentals of the soccer. The Christmas Eve visit reinforced the idea among member of the ESC U12 of caring for others and paying forward, organizers said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Santa Would Blush: Bergen PBA Toy Drive Hums With Teamwork, Smiles, Blessings (PHOTOS, VIDEO) Santa Would Blush: Bergen PBA Toy Drive Hums With Teamwork, Smiles, Blessings (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
Santa Would Blush: Bergen PBA Toy Drive Hums With Teamwork, Smiles, Blessings (Photos, Video) “We filled three military trucks,” police veteran Don Nicoletti said Wednesday afternoon as officers, National Guard members and others continued piling immense bags of presents into vehicles at the Closter firehouse. The 30th annual Bergen County PBA Toy Drive, helmed by Nicoletti, not only set a record for the number of law enforcement agencies involved – a whopping 53. It may also have been the most efficient transfer ever of toys, board games electronics and more all brought to the firehouse, sorted, bagged and taken to hospitals and other locations for terminally ill, ailing and needy…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bergen Sheriff Donates Toys Gathered At His Election Victory Bash Bergen Sheriff Donates Toys Gathered At His Election Victory Bash
Bergen Sheriff Donates Toys Gathered At His Election Victory Bash Paying it forward, newly-elected Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton collected nearly 125 toys from attendees at his victory party that he delivered this week to the county Office for Children. Nearly six dozen attendees brought the Christmas gifts to the Pinnacle in Lodi to celebrate Cureton’s victory in a special election on Nov. 6, which was called following former Sheriff Michael Saudino’s resignation. “The greatest joy in winning the election is having the opportunity to give back to the community, especially the children,” Cureton told Daily Voice. “I have been blessed to have the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Lodi 3rd-Graders Who Supported Local Police Get Surprise Pizza Party Lodi 3rd-Graders Who Supported Local Police Get Surprise Pizza Party
Lodi 3rd-Graders Who Supported Local Police Get Surprise Pizza Party After reading the story “My Rows and Piles of Coins,” students at a Lodi local elementary school took the life lesson and gave back to their community. In the story, the main character saves his coins to buy a bicycle for his family to get back and forth to work. The 51 Washington School third graders, in turn, saved up their coins, created a Christmas money tree and donated it to Lodi PBA Local #26, along with a signed card. As a thank-you for their kindness, generosity and respect for their local law enforcement officers, PBA President Javier Hernandez, members of the local’s executive b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bergen Law Enforcement Feeds The Needy At Thanksgiving Bergen Law Enforcement Feeds The Needy At Thanksgiving
Bergen Law Enforcement Feeds The Needy At Thanksgiving Members of Bergenfield PBA Local 309 put together and distributed 10 Thanksgiving Day baskets for families in need, while Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton and members of his staff continued a week-long holiday tour. The Bergenfield baskets were made possible by donations from the members and their families, who bought the items, assembled the baskets and delivered them. On Thursday, Cureton’s crew -- who collected more than 700 turkeys during this year's drive -- brought Thanksgiving dinner to the needy at Thomas Jefferson Middle School in Teaneck.  Sheriff Cureton's crew collecte…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
THIS WEEKEND: Hackensack's Deputy Mayor Giving Away Free Turkeys THIS WEEKEND: Hackensack's Deputy Mayor Giving Away Free Turkeys
This Weekend: Hackensack's Deputy Mayor Giving Away Free Turkeys Giving thanks is about giving back for Hackensack Deputy Mayor David Sims.  For the second year in a row, Sims will be giving Thanksgiving turkeys to local families in need as part of of Hackensack Jr. Basketball’s (HJB) Turkey Give-A-Way. The deputy mayor will be in Carver Park on Saturday, Nov. 17 from 10 a.m. until noon. Recipients have been selected in advance by local churches and organizations and vouchers have been distributed.  Last year, 140 turkeys were distributed. Participating organizations this year include Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated Be…

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by Cecilia Levine
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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