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Anthony Merlino

Bricks Fall From Ridgewood Building Bricks Fall From Ridgewood Building
Bricks Fall From Ridgewood Building No one was hurt when several bricks fell from the facade of a Ridgewood building. The bricks on the three-story building on East Ridgewood Avenue that houses a ground-level Citibank branch with apartments above gave way shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday, March 6. Ridgewood police, firefighters and emergency services workers responded, along with village Building Department Director Anthony Merlino. Members of the Emergency Services Division created a sidewalk detour with cones for temporary pedestrian traffic.  Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story. East Ridgewood Av…
Babysitter Falls Through Floor Of Ridgewood Home, Child OK Babysitter Falls Through Floor Of Ridgewood Home, Child OK
Babysitter Falls Through Floor Of Ridgewood Home, Child OK A babysitter was hospitalized after partially falling through the floor of a single-family Ridgewood home under renovation. The young boy wasn't hospitalized at the father's wishes after members of the Ridgewood Ambulance Corps checked him out following the incident on Prospect Street early Friday afternoon, Feb. 18. The adult sitter's leg had fallen through the floor, responders said. She was taken to The Valley Hospital. Hardwood floors in the home were being replaced when the mishap occurred, Village Building Department Director Anthony Merlino said. "A piece of subfloor weakened by a …