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Four-Alarm Fire Crashes Wedding At Popular Bergen County Venue, No Injuries Reported Four-Alarm Fire Crashes Wedding At Popular Bergen County Venue, No Injuries Reported
Four-Alarm Fire Crashes Wedding At Popular Bergen County Venue, No Injuries Reported A wedding was underway when a boiler fire broke out at a popular Bergen County event venue early Thursday night, authorities said. The four-alarm fire extended to the second floor of The Rockleigh on Paris Avenue after igniting in the boiler room shortly before 6 p.m., Northvale Police Chief Howard Ostrow said. Firefighters had it under control in under 40 minutes, the chief said. Rockleigh and Northvale firefighters were able to control the raging blaze with help from their colleagues from Norwood, Closter, Harrington Park, Old Tappan, Demarest and Emerson, along with New York smoke eater…

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UPDATE: Tree Worker Recovered By Firefighters In Closter Pronounced Dead At Scene UPDATE: Tree Worker Recovered By Firefighters In Closter Pronounced Dead At Scene
Update: Tree Worker Recovered By Firefighters In Closter Pronounced Dead At Scene UPDATE: Authorities were trying to determine how long a tree worker who died on the job in Closter had been suspended in the air. The worker was tethered in a harness nearly 40 feet up, supported by climbing ropes attached to several parts of the tree, when he apparently suffered a medical emergency outside a home on Anderson Avenue on Saturday, Police Lt. Vincent Aiello said. The homeowner, who'd dialed 911 around noon, didn't know how long he'd been up there, Aiello said. Responding police officers shouted but couldn't revive the worker from the ground, the lieutenant said. He was …

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Police: Retired Englewood Officer Knocked Cold, Leg Broken By Norwood Driver Outside 7-Eleven Police: Retired Englewood Officer Knocked Cold, Leg Broken By Norwood Driver Outside 7-Eleven
Police: Retired Englewood Officer Knocked Cold, Leg Broken By Norwood Driver Outside 7-Eleven A retired Englewood police officer was knocked cold and had his leg broken by a Norwood driver in the parking lot of a borough 7-Eleven, authorities said. John Culligan, 56, surrendered on Friday to be charged in connection with the incident, which was captured on surveillance video, Norwood Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said. Timothy Reilly apparently was sitting in his car eating a sandwich in front of the Livingston Street convenience store around 2 a.m. Wednesday when Culligan pulled up and beeped his horn, apparently because he needed the parking space, the chief said. The 56-year-old …

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Fire At Closter Waste Management Company Sends Employee To Hospital Fire At Closter Waste Management Company Sends Employee To Hospital
Fire At Closter Waste Management Company Sends Employee To Hospital A pre-dawn fire at a waste management facility in Closter sent an employee to the hospital for observation, responders said. The fire broke out in the Interstate Waste Services transfer station garbage bays on Railroad Avenue shortly after 4 a.m. Thursday, Detective Lt. Vincent Aiello said. Two employees tried to extinguish the blaze with a fire hose before firefighters took over, he said. One of the employees was brought to Hackensack Meridian Health's Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood with smoke inhalation, Aiello said. Demarest firefighters joined their Closter colleagues at t…

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by Jerry DeMarco