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GOTCHA! Police From Neighboring Towns, Sheriff's K9 Help Hillsdale PD Nab Career Criminal GOTCHA! Police From Neighboring Towns, Sheriff's K9 Help Hillsdale PD Nab Career Criminal
Gotcha! Police From Neighboring Towns, Sheriff's K9 Help Hillsdale PD Nab Career Criminal Teamwork with their colleagues in neighboring Pascack Valley towns helped Hillsdale police capture a drug-addicted repeat offender as he fled yet another crime, authorities said. Ex-con Daniel Margulies, 32, of Teaneck bolted from the Walgreens at the Plaza at Hillsdale with several items late Sunday afternoon, Feb. 18, Officer Jordan Bruce reported. He made it to the train station when Bruce and Officer Sean Marro him moments later.The officers chased him down Broadway before Margulies began ducking through backyards, he said. To call Margulies “known to police” overstates the obviou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Bergen County Figure Skating Community Mourns Loss Of 'Rink Mom' Rosanna Alfieri Bergen County Figure Skating Community Mourns Loss Of 'Rink Mom' Rosanna Alfieri
Bergen County Figure Skating Community Mourns Loss Of 'Rink Mom' Rosanna Alfieri The Bergen County figure skating community is mourning the loss of Rosanna Alfieri, who many say served as a mom to them. Alfieri died due to COVID-19 complications on April 10. She was 57 years old. A GoFundMe for Alfieri's daughter, Alexa Nazarko, had raised more than $6,700 as of Monday morning. Nazarko is a 3-time National US Games Champion. She competes for Germany but trains at Hackensack's Ice House, Westwood's Fritz Dietl Ice Skating Rink and the Montclair State University Rink. Alfieri has been a part of the figure skating community for more than a decade and being remembered as…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hackensack Ice-Skating Coach Charged With Sexually Abusing Child Hackensack Ice-Skating Coach Charged With Sexually Abusing Child
Hackensack Ice-Skating Coach Charged With Sexually Abusing Child An ice skating coach from Hackensack sexually abused a youngster in Edgewater, authorities charged. Andrew Lavrik, 32, of Summit Avenue was released Monday pending further court action following a detention hearing in Hackensack on charges of criminal sexual contact and child endangerment. Lavrik – a coach/instructor at the Ice House in Hackensack who once was an international ice dancer -- was arrested after Edgewater police received a report last month of an alleged incident in November, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Monday. Calo’s Special Victims Unit and Edgewat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Sports
Teen Bergen County Olympian Alexia Paganini To Return Home Without Medal Teen Bergen County Olympian Alexia Paganini To Return Home Without Medal
Teen Bergen County Olympian Alexia Paganini To Return Home Without Medal Alexia Paganini, the 16-year-old from Greenwich who trains at the Ice House in Hackensack, represented Switzerland in the ladies' singles Friday. She came in No. 21 (of 24). Short Program: 55.26 (19/24) Free skating score: 101.00 (22/24) Total score: 156.26 (21/24) Russia's Alina Zagitova earned the gold medal with 239.57 points. Russia's Evgenia Medvedeva took silver with 238.26. Canada's Kaitlyn Osmond took bronze with 231.02.  "This is the reason I work every single day, every sacrifice I’ve made for this sport is all worth it for moments like this," she said in a post on In…

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by Cecilia Levine
Sports
Top 10 Olympic Finish For Bergen County Figure Skaters Top 10 Olympic Finish For Bergen County Figure Skaters
Top 10 Olympic Finish For Bergen County Figure Skaters Despite being the first team to break 180 points in the  2018 Winter Olympics ice dancing competition, Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje of Fort Lee finished in the top 10 of the event. The pair -- representing Team Canada -- went into Monday evening's competition with a short dance score of 74.33, before scoring 107.65 and finishing with a 181.98. They ended up finishing in seventh place, their teammates Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir taking first with 206.07 points. Weaver, 28, and Poje, 30 are affectionately known together as WEAPO and train at Hackensack's Ice House. They have been skating …

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
VIDEO: Skating Rink Doubles As Coolest Hackensack Night Club VIDEO: Skating Rink Doubles As Coolest Hackensack Night Club
Video: Skating Rink Doubles As Coolest Hackensack Night Club HACKENSACK, N.J. — By day, athletes from across New Jersey hone their skills at the Ice House in Hackensack. After hours, the rink becomes one of the hottest -- err, coolest -- night clubs around. On Friday nights, the Ice House lights go off and colorful lasers illuminate the rink. A DJ is set up near one of the penalty boxes, playing top hits for skaters to jam to. At one point in the evening, the DJ encourages skaters to move to the center of the rink and put their dance moves to the test -- with songs like "Cupid Shuffle" and "Wobble" coming through the speakers. T…

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by Cecilia Levine