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Hackensack SWAT Standoff Ends, Man Wanted In Earlier Teaneck Incident Arrested Hackensack SWAT Standoff Ends, Man Wanted In Earlier Teaneck Incident Arrested
Hackensack SWAT Standoff Ends, Man Wanted In Earlier Teaneck Incident Arrested UPDATE: A man who was seized following a SWAT standoff at his Hackensack home had gone after another man with a handgun and a machete earlier in the day in Teaneck, prompting a lockdown of FDU and a local high school, authorities said Thursday. Andrew Deininger, 48, chased the other man through part of the Fairleigh Dickinson University campus following a dispute near the corner of Beverly and River roads around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. "Although no specific threat to the campus community was known at the time, the FDU campus was placed into a lockdown fo…

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FDU Sheltered In Place Following Incident FDU Sheltered In Place Following Incident
FDU Sheltered In Place Following Incident UPDATE: A man who was seized following a SWAT standoff at his Hackensack home had gone after another man with a handgun and a machete earlier in the day in Teaneck, prompting a lockdown of FDU and a local high school, authorities said Thursday. Andrew Deininger, 48, chased the other man through part of the Fairleigh Dickinson University campus following a dispute near the corner of Beverly and River roads around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. "Although no specific threat to the campus community was known at the time, the FDU campus was placed into a lockdown fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
North Jersey Teen Wins $25G For Groundbreaking Correlation Between MS, Osteoporosis North Jersey Teen Wins $25G For Groundbreaking Correlation Between MS, Osteoporosis
North Jersey Teen Wins $25G For Groundbreaking Correlation Between MS, Osteoporosis A North Jersey teen is one of 20 students from across the U.S. to be recognized for projects that have the potential to benefit society. Deena Shefter of Ridgewood, 17, won a $25,000 Davidson Fellows Scholarship for her project, Modeling the Effects of Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide on Pre-Osteoblast Differentiation. The Bergen Academies student's fascination with diseases of the nervous system inspired her to investigate the connection between multiple sclerosis (MS) and osteoporosis, conditions that affect millions of people globally.  Considering that osteoporosis and MS impact different…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Bergenfield Mom Gets Youngsters Off Smoky School Bus In Paramus Bergenfield Mom Gets Youngsters Off Smoky School Bus In Paramus
Bergenfield Mom Gets Youngsters Off Smoky School Bus In Paramus Thick exhaust smoke billowed from the back of a school bus Monday as Bergenfield mom Michele Williams pulled up behind it on Century Road near George Washington Memorial cemetery in Paramus. While a daughter's friend dialed 911, Williams got out and found the driver walking toward the back of the Bergen Academies bus -- and more than a dozen students still aboard. "He was yelling in Spanish on his cellphone," Williams said. "The back of the bus was engulfed in smoke. "I got on the bus and asked the kids what was going on. They said: 'We don't know. It smells like gasoli…

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by Jerry DeMarco