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Rockland Couple's SUV Tumbles Into Brook Between Shopping Center, High School In Montvale Rockland Couple's SUV Tumbles Into Brook Between Shopping Center, High School In Montvale
Rockland Couple's SUV Tumbles Into Brook Between Shopping Center, High School In Montvale A pair of Rockland County grandparents escaped serious injury when their SUV barreled over an embankment and into a brook Saturday afternoon at a shopping center in Montvale, authorities said. The husband apparently hit the gas instead of the brake pulling into a handicapped parking space in the parking lot of the Fresh Market bordering St. Joseph Regional High School on Chestnut Ridge Road Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. That sent their Lincoln into a brook between the two properties, he said. Both were taken to the Valley Hospital with minor injuries, the chief said. A tow truck rem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Rockland Man, 71, Falls Nearly 20 Feet From Ladder Helping Mahwah Friend After Storm Rockland Man, 71, Falls Nearly 20 Feet From Ladder Helping Mahwah Friend After Storm
Rockland Man, 71, Falls Nearly 20 Feet From Ladder Helping Mahwah Friend After Storm A 71-year-old Rockland man trying to help a Mahwah homeowner remove a tree branch from his roof following Tuesday’s storm lost his balance and fell nearly 20 feet off a ladder, authorities said. The victim, from Spring Valley, was conscious and alert but had a large cut on his forehead when officers arrived at the Wyckoff Avenue home shortly after 8 p.m., Mahwah Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. He'd been helping his friend remove a branch that fell earlier, the chief said. The officers controlled the bleeding until Mahwah EMS and an ALS unit from the Valley Hospital arrived, Jaffe said. M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Construction Worker Struck By Backhoe In Midland Park Construction Worker Struck By Backhoe In Midland Park
Construction Worker Struck By Backhoe In Midland Park A construction worker was hospitalized after being struck Wednesday afternoon by a backhoe in Midland Park. The Kemsco Construction and Equipment Company (Newark) worker was injured shortly before 4:30 p.m. behind the Midland Park Shopping Center on Godwin Avenue. Members of the Midland Park Ambulance Corps tended to the worker and took him to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. There was no immediate word on the extent of the injury. OSHA was notified. Midland Park and Wyckoff police also responded.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Boy, 3, Who Stopped Breathing At Wyckoff YMCA Revived By Police HEROES: Boy, 3, Who Stopped Breathing At Wyckoff YMCA Revived By Police
Heroes: Boy, 3, Who Stopped Breathing At Wyckoff YMCA Revived By Police A 3-year-old boy who'd stopped breathing and was turning blue at the Wyckoff YMCA was revived Friday by a pair of police officers, authorities said. YMCA staff were tending to the boy, who "was unresponsive and cyanotic" when Officers Robert Schlossberg and Michael Scalise around 12:30 p.m., Lt. Joseph Soto said. The officer conducted CPR while clearing the boy's airway of obstructions, Soto said. "The boy began to breathe on his own and was transported to the hospital by the Wyckoff Ambulance Corps and paramedics from Valley Hospital," the lieutenant said. Wyckoff police extended "best w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HERO: Visiting Doctor Rescues Drowning Boy, 3, At Bergen County Hotel Pool HERO: Visiting Doctor Rescues Drowning Boy, 3, At Bergen County Hotel Pool
Hero: Visiting Doctor Rescues Drowning Boy, 3, At Bergen County Hotel Pool Fate intervened this weekend when an emergency room doctor revived a drowning 3-year-old boy pulled from a hotel pool near the New Jersey/New York border. Police who responded within a minute to the call of an unresponsive child at the Courtyard by Marriott on Chestnut Ridge Road in Montvale at 4:20 p.m. Saturday found Dr. John Blundell of Buffalo reviving the New York City boy, Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. "Officers administered oxygen and worked to calm the child," Sanfilippo said. Officers from Woodcliff Lake and Park Ridge also responded to assist, he said. Tri-Boro Volunteer…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Kind, Generous Fair Lawn Grandfather Dies Kind, Generous Fair Lawn Grandfather Dies
Kind, Generous Fair Lawn Grandfather Dies Tributes continued to mount as news spread of the death of a beloved 75-year-old Fair Lawn man over the weekend. Andrew Feci, 75, was pronounced dead at the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, where his wife works, after he went into cardiac arrest behind the wheel of his SUV on Saturday. Andy Feci had a strong mind, a soft heart and a constant smile, those who knew him said. He was "kind, generous and would do anything for anyone," a family friend wrote in tribute. "It came from the heart." The retired over-the-road trucker and his wife "had a love like no other through thick and thin and rais…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Donate Material To Waldwick Women Sewing Face Masks For Healthcare Workers Donate Material To Waldwick Women Sewing Face Masks For Healthcare Workers
Donate Material To Waldwick Women Sewing Face Masks For Healthcare Workers Three Waldwick women are combining forces in an effort to create and send masks to healthcare workers amid the COVID-19 crisis. Johanna Laliberte, Pat Laliberte and Tami Moses’ sewing skills have helped them make masks of all sizes to be delivered to Valley Hospital in Ridgewood and other local healthcare facilities. The trio started a production line and sent more than 30 masks as of Monday afternoon. “Thank you, God, for giving my mom the creative ability to sew and for filling her with the physical strength to make these masks,” Johanna wrote in a Facebook post Sunday. Meanwhile, two m…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
SUVs Collide In Fair Lawn, Three 70-Somethings Hospitalized SUVs Collide In Fair Lawn, Three 70-Somethings Hospitalized
SUVs Collide In Fair Lawn, Three 70-Somethings Hospitalized Three Fair Lawn residents were hospitalized Monday, including a driver who had to be freed by firefighters, after two SUVs collided, police said. Fair Lawn police, firefighters, EMS and Heavy Rescue responded to the 11:43 a.m. crash, which toppled a street sign at the intersection of George Street and Hopper Avenue. The 77-year-old driver of a Ford was taken to the Valley Hospital, while the 72-year-old extricated driver of a Toyota and his 70-year-old passenger were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. All three complained of chest pain, he said. Boyd …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Ridgewood Firefighters Free Driver In Rollover Crash Ridgewood Firefighters Free Driver In Rollover Crash
Ridgewood Firefighters Free Driver In Rollover Crash Ridgewood firefighters extricated a driver who was trapped after her SUV got knocked onto its side in a collision Wednesday afternoon. The woman was hospitalized after her Subaru Forester collided with a Hyundai Santa Fe on East Glen Avenue at Corona Place around 2:30 p.m. Paramedics from the Valley Hospital joined the Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps and village police and firefighters at the scene. A flatbed truck was called to remove the Subaru. No other injuries were immediately reported. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Wyckoff Pedestrian Hospitalized After Crash Wyckoff Pedestrian Hospitalized After Crash
Wyckoff Pedestrian Hospitalized After Crash A 57-year-old Wyckoff resident was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after being struck by a car Thursday night, authorities said. The victim was crossing Crescent Avenue going east when she was struck around 6:40 p.m. by the vehicle as its driver – a 38-year-old Wyckoff woman – turned left from eastbound Franklin Avenue, Lt. Joseph Soto. The Wyckoff Ambulance Corps took her to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. The driver remained at the scene. No summonses were immediately issued, Soto said. An investigation was continuing. Police everywhere continue to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Glen Rock Police: Driver, 19, In Late-Night Crash Had Too Many Passengers Glen Rock Police: Driver, 19, In Late-Night Crash Had Too Many Passengers
Glen Rock Police: Driver, 19, In Late-Night Crash Had Too Many Passengers A 19-year-old Glen Rock driver was one of six people crammed into a car built for five that crashed in the borough late Sunday, sending the other driver to the hospital, authorities said. The younger driver’s 2017 Volkswagen Jetta collided with a 2013 Chrysler 300 driven by a 22-year-old Midland Park woman at the intersection of Central and Ackerman avenues around 10:30 p.m., Police Chief Dean Ackerman said. The Midland Park woman was taken by ambulance to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, Ackerman said. A 15-year-old Glen Rock girl was picked up at the scene by her mother, who later calle…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
A Life Well-Lived: Mahwah's Alix Morriss, 93, Was Mother, Businesswoman, Volunteer & Traveler A Life Well-Lived: Mahwah's Alix Morriss, 93, Was Mother, Businesswoman, Volunteer & Traveler
A Life Well-Lived: Mahwah's Alix Morriss, 93, Was Mother, Businesswoman, Volunteer & Traveler Alix Elizabeth deMarees Morriss, 93, died in her home in Mahwah on Dec. 7 surrounded by her children. Born in Germany in 1926 from a noble lineage, with a title of Baroness, she went on to grow up in a country at war. Alix left home as a teenage refugee to complete a fulfilling and engaging life in Bergen County. There wasn’t a challenge she didn’t face head on. Since arriving to the United States, she sought opportunities wherever they appeared: from working on Wall Street with no experience to getting a Master’s degree at Montclair State while simultaneously working as a teacher at Imma…

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