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Feds: Serial Burglar Makes Bogus Calls To Divert Police Before Multiple NJ Drug Store Break-Ins
A hapless burglar tried to keep police in a half-dozen Bergen County towns busy with bogus calls of carjackings, kidnappings and other threats to try and buy himself time to break into local drug stores, federal authorities said.
Michael J. Gynegrowski, 34, hit pharmacies in Cresskill, Hackensack, Oradell, River Vale and Teaneck, usually by breaking a window, they said.
Six of a reported 10 attempts failed, but Gynegrowski did swipe a significant amount of Oxy, promethazine and other medications from an Englewood drug store, investigators told Daily Voice.
Police in the various towns …
Teterboro Airport Noise Persists: Newly-Formed Group Pushes FAA For Alternate Flight Path
Residents who live near Teterboro Airport have had enough with the noise.
More than 840 people in the Pascack Valley region, who have formed the group Taxpayers for Airport Noise Solutions, have signed a petition requesting the FAA to change the flight plans for flights into Teterboro Airport Runway 19, by having them fly over Route 17.
Signers include the mayors of Emerson, Hillsdale, Montvale, Old Tappan, Oradell, Park Ridge, River Vale, Washington Township, Westwood, and Woodcliff Lake. Residents say this route avoids Hackensack University Medical Center and the Pascack Valley regio…
These Are The Top-Ranked Private High Schools In Bergen County, Website Says
We've seen the list of Bergen County's best public high schools, but what about the private ones?
Niche has a report for that, too.
The community and school ranking site has released its 2023 report of "Best Private High Schools in Bergen County."
These five private schools, which all earned an A+, were ranked among the best in the county by Niche:
No. 1: Dwight-Englewood School, Englewood
No. 2: Primoris Academy, Westwood
No. 3: Saddle River Day School, Saddle River
No. 4: Bergen Catholic High School, Oradell
No. 5: Academy of the Holy Angels, Demarest
Going to…
July 4th Fireworks In North Jersey
Happy 247th birthday America!
If you're looking to celebrate by watching fireworks displays, you've got plenty of options across North Jersey.
Here are fireworks events to catch in the area this weekend (many are day-long events but this list is just for fireworks):
Allendale, Crestwood Lake, Tuesday, July 4 from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Clifton, Clifton Stadium, $3 per person, fireworks at dusk
Denville, Gardner Field, Tuesday, July 4, 9:15 p.m.
Dover, Hamilton Field Complex, Monday, July 3, fireworks at dusk, adults $4, students $3, seniors $1.
East Hanover, Lurker Park, Tuesday, Ju…
Bergen Motorist Severely Injured In Rear-End Crash Receives $760,000 Settlement
UPDATE: A Bergen County woman received a $760,000 settlement after she was seriously injured when her car was rammed from behind on a busy Oradell street, according to a published report.
Mary Kathlynne "Kat" Flanders, 47, was stopped in traffic on Kinderkamack Road on April 29, 2017 when another vehicle rear-ended hers, the New Jersey Law Journal reported.
The impact knocked her vehicle into the one in front of her, the report says.
Flanders suffered four herniated discs and nerve damage, among other serious injuries, according to the Law Journal.
Spinal injections didn't work, forcing h…
