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NEW DETAILS: Missing NJ State Park Hiker Found In Rockland, Thanks To Facebook, Ring NEW DETAILS: Missing NJ State Park Hiker Found In Rockland, Thanks To Facebook, Ring
NEW Details: Missing NJ State Park Hiker Found In Rockland, Thanks To Facebook, Ring 𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A 63-year-old hiker from Wayne who'd gone missing in Ringwood State Park was found a few miles away the next day across the state line in Rockland County, authorities said. Police say they can thank Ring and Facebook. Carol Fumiko Heimbach was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern after she was located in Sloatsburg around 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 4, said Caryn Shinske, the senior press officer for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. She was none the worse for wear, although still a bit disoriented from a night in the woods, responders said. Heimback, who r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Weather
Midweek Downpours Expected To Bring 3 Inches Of Rain, Travel Delays To East Coast Midweek Downpours Expected To Bring 3 Inches Of Rain, Travel Delays To East Coast
Midweek Downpours Expected To Bring 3 Inches Of Rain, Travel Delays To East Coast A new storm system tracking along the East Coast is expected to drop several inches of rain on the region in the next two days, meteorologists say. Rainfall is expected to begin along the mid-Atlantic Tuesday night, Dec. 26, and make its way north through Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the New York City area on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 27. Flooding and travel delays are to be expected from Virginia to New England, the Passaic, Ramapo and Raritan rivers in New Jersey most likely to experience flooding, according to AccuWeather. This is not good news for municipalities across Passaic County w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
COVID-19: Another Staff Member Tests Positive At Park Ridge High School COVID-19: Another Staff Member Tests Positive At Park Ridge High School
Covid-19: Another Staff Member Tests Positive At Park Ridge High School A second faculty member has tested positive for COVID-19 at a Bergen County high school that closed last week due to a different positive case among employees. A non-teaching staff member at the Park Ridge Junior-Senior High School returned a positive Oct. 13. On Oct. 19, the community received an update saying the test was a lab-confirmed positive. On Saturday, Oct. 24, Superintendent Robert M. Gamper sent a letter to the community reporting a PRHS staffer tested positive with a rapid Oct. 23, and is experiencing mild symptoms. The test was being confirmed in the lab as of Saturday, Gamper…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police: Ramapo Lobster Tail Thief Caught In Mahwah Police: Ramapo Lobster Tail Thief Caught In Mahwah
Police: Ramapo Lobster Tail Thief Caught In Mahwah MAHWAH, N.J. – A transient admitted stashing a safe and several cases of lobster tails stolen from a Ramapo seafood store at a Mahwah home, said authorities who arrested him. Clark Judge, 49, cut himself breaking a window at J&R Lobster and Seafood in a Route 59 strip mall, leaving blood behind, while taking the tails and the safe, with $500 inside, authorities said. After linking the burglary to Judge, Ramapo police contacted their Mahwah counterparts, who found a car he’d been driving parked on First Street, Mahwah Police Chief James N. Batelli said. Officer Christopher Fasulo ended …

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by Jerry DeMarco