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Bergen Boulevard, Palisades Park, NJ

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HEROES: Pizzeria Employee Gets His Stolen E-Bike Back Thanks To Palisades Park PD HEROES: Pizzeria Employee Gets His Stolen E-Bike Back Thanks To Palisades Park PD
Heroes: Pizzeria Employee Gets His Stolen E-Bike Back Thanks To Palisades Park PD Palisades Park pizzeria employee Jose Romero thought he’d never seen his electric bicycle again after he let a prospective buyer take a test drive. Then borough police got involved. Romero, who works at Johnny’s Pizzeria on Bergen Boulevard, was contacted by Samuel Pena-Garcia, 30, of Guttenberg soon after posting a Facebook Marketplace ad, Detective Alex Monteleone said. Pena-Garcia asked to try it out before buying the bike for $1,299, Monteleone said. He never returned, the detective said. Just weeks ago, borough detectives recovered another electric bike for a Fairview victim. This …

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
New Milford Driver Charged With Fleeing Critical Palisades Park Pedestrian Crash New Milford Driver Charged With Fleeing Critical Palisades Park Pedestrian Crash
New Milford Driver Charged With Fleeing Critical Palisades Park Pedestrian Crash A New Milford driver who sped off after his vehicle struck and critically injured a pedestrian in Palisades Park was arrested after witnesses got his license plate number, authorities said. Nicholas Sodano, 57, was behind the wheel of a vehicle that struck the 53-year-old woman shortly before 1:30 p.m. last Thursday outside the Chase Bank building on Bergen Boulevard, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The victim, who was found on the side of the roadway with several injuries, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, where her condition worsened, responders said. She rem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Palisades Park Pedestrian, 70, Struck By Car Palisades Park Pedestrian, 70, Struck By Car
Palisades Park Pedestrian, 70, Struck By Car A 70-year-old pedestrian was struck by a turning vehicle Thursday afternoon in Palisades Park. The 27-year-old borough driver was making a left from East Edsall Boulevard when his Volkswagen Jetta struck the woman, also from Palisades Park, as she crossed Bergen Boulevard, responders said. She sustained minor injuries, they said. The driver received summonses, including for failing to yield to a pedestrian.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Meson Madrid In Palisades Park Temporarily Closed, Reopening Planned On Yelp Page Meson Madrid In Palisades Park Temporarily Closed, Reopening Planned On Yelp Page
Meson Madrid In Palisades Park Temporarily Closed, Reopening Planned On Yelp Page Popular Spanish restaurant Meson Madrid in Palisades Park has temporarily shuttered. But don't worry -- according to its Yelp page, the Bergen Boulevard locale will open May 3. Meson Madrid, which opened more than a decade ago, is known for its authentic Spanish cuisine and generous serving sizes. No word on whether the location will reopen under new or original ownership. For more on Meson Madrid, visit the website.

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Man Wanted For Beating Victim Who Was Then Run Over Captured By Palisades Park Police Man Wanted For Beating Victim Who Was Then Run Over Captured By Palisades Park Police
Man Wanted For Beating Victim Who Was Then Run Over Captured By Palisades Park Police A man wanted for knocking out a beating victim who was then accidentally run over outside a Palisades Park karaoke bar last year was arrested this week after he inadvertently brought police to him. Borough officers responding to a medical call on Sunday recognized Young Min Choi, 39, of West Central Boulevard from alerts and took him into custody, authorities said Tuesday. Choi had been indicted by a grand jury in Hackensack in connection with a brutal July 21 beating outside the Rock21 Club on Bergen Boulevard that left a 33-year-old man permanently disabled. "Surveillance video recovered…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Victim Knocked Cold, Run Over In Palisades Park: Driver, Others Sought SEE ANYTHING? Victim Knocked Cold, Run Over In Palisades Park: Driver, Others Sought
SEE Anything? Victim Knocked Cold, Run Over In Palisades Park: Driver, Others Sought A 33-year-old man remained hospitalized in critical but stable condition Friday after he was knocked out during a fight and then accidentally run over by an SUV outside a Palisades Park karaoke bar. Authorities were searching for three men who beat the victim, as well as for the driver, all of whom fled following last Sunday’s 2:14 a.m. incident outside Rock 21 Bar & Karaoke off Bergen Boulevard. "Surveillance video recovered from the area indicates that the victim was assaulted by three unknown males and left unconscious in the eastbound lane of East Palisade Boulevard, west of the int…

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by Jerry DeMarco