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High Schooler Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed Teaneck Mom High Schooler Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed Teaneck Mom
High Schooler Charged With Vehicular Homicide In Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed Teaneck Mom UPDATE: A high school student who caused a crash that killed a Teaneck mom near her home has been charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a fatal crash, authorities announced on Tuesday. Dymond T. Fryson, 40, briefly clung to life following the horrific 7:52 a.m. Jan. 25 crash at the intersection of Palmer and Sherman avenues. Witnesses said the other driver, a Bogota High School student who was with a classmate, sped through multiple stop signs before his 2015 Ford Explorer slammed into Fryson’s 2022 Nissan Rogue three blocks from the high school. The impact sent Fryson’s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Funeral Service Scheduled For William Hennecke, 32, Of Fair Lawn Funeral Service Scheduled For William Hennecke, 32, Of Fair Lawn
Funeral Service Scheduled For William Hennecke, 32, Of Fair Lawn A funeral service is scheduled this week for 32-year-old Fair Lawn native William "Billy" Hennecke. Hennecke was graduated from Fair Lawn High School and Bergen County Tech, where he studied carpentry, his obituary says. He went on to work as an irrigation technician for Garden State Irrigation and Lighting. In his free time, he enjoyed fishing in local lakes and rivers and riding dirt bikes with family and friends. Hennecke, who died in a tragic Thanksgiving Day accident, is survived by his parents Hans and Eileen. He also leaves his sisters, Maureen Flax and her husb…

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by Jerry DeMarco and Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Grandfather Struck, Killed By Fellow Senior Parishioner Outside Fairview Church Grandfather Struck, Killed By Fellow Senior Parishioner Outside Fairview Church
Grandfather Struck, Killed By Fellow Senior Parishioner Outside Fairview Church A 77-year-old grandfather from Ridgefield was laid to rest following a funeral at a Fairview church where he was fatally struck by a runaway sedan a week earlier. Athanios Dimitriou and a 56-year-old companion from North Bergen were having lunch under a canopy in the parking lot of the Ascension Greek Orthodox Church on Anderson Avenue when both were struck by a BMW 328 shortly before 11:30 a.m. Sept. 11. The driver – a fellow parishioner who, coincidentally, is also 77 – had accidentally hit the gas and backed into them, Fairview Police Capt. Michael Martic said. Detective Sgt. Anthony Sc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Sports
Bergen County High Schools Mourn Loss Of Beloved 'Coach H' Bergen County High Schools Mourn Loss Of Beloved 'Coach H'
Bergen County High Schools Mourn Loss Of Beloved 'Coach H' Jeff Horohonick -- a beloved and accomplished North Jersey high school softball coach -- died on Sept. 27. He was 60 years old. Those who knew him say his death was a combination of COVID-19 and complications of heart failure. Horohonich -- affectionately known as "Coach H" -- worked as a softball and girls basketball coach at Immaculate Heart and Lodi Immaculate. He was the head softball coach in Saddle Brook at the time of his death. "The great Anthony LaRezza was Coach 'H's' assistant at IHA for many years. Have to believe that Anthony welcomed his pal home, with that great grin of …

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
TRIBUTE: Oradell Cancer Survivor Brian Low Had Profound Impact On Many Battling Addiction TRIBUTE: Oradell Cancer Survivor Brian Low Had Profound Impact On Many Battling Addiction
Tribute: Oradell Cancer Survivor Brian Low Had Profound Impact On Many Battling Addiction Brian Low of Oradell is being remembered for the impact he had helping others battling addiction. A Bergen Catholic graduated, Low died on Jan. 3 at 28 years old.  "Brian Low is and forever will be a stand up guy," Mike Jack wrote on Facebook, "who even at his worst was getting help to those that needed it." During his junior year of college at Franklin & Marshall, Low was diagnosed with cancer. He overcame the disease through "strength and determination," and spent the last several years of his life dedicated to helping those battling drug or alcohol addiction. Brian LowRachel G…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Bogota Native Loses Wife Suddenly; Support Surges For Kids Bogota Native Loses Wife Suddenly; Support Surges For Kids
Bogota Native Loses Wife Suddenly; Support Surges For Kids Bergenfield native Crystal Janine Walcott Spill died suddenly Friday. She was 31 years old. She leaves behind her husband, David Spill (Bogota native), and children, Aria, 6, and Colton, 2. Family friend Andrew DeTerlizzi started a GoFundMe to help the family, which had amassed more than $4,500 as of Saturday night. "I can’t begin to comprehend the pain their family is going through and all the questions he is asking himself trying to figure out if this actually happened or if this is just some sort of nightmare," he said.  "Crystal loved her kids so much and to think about…

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by Cecilia Levine