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Visitor, 68, Injured In Kessler Elevator Accident Visitor, 68, Injured In Kessler Elevator Accident
Visitor, 68, Injured In Kessler Elevator Accident A 68-year-old visitor to the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in Saddle Brook had to be hospitalized Thursday night after an elevator accident, authorities said. Authorities are trying to determine what exactly happened around 7 p.m. Sept. 28, said Police Capt. John Zotollo, the officer in charge of the department. The victim was riding the elevator with his adult son, having visited a relative at the Market Street facility, when the door opened and his arm and leg got stuck between floors, the captain said. "The cause is unknown at this time," Zotollo said shortly before 9:30 p.m. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Dog Rescued In Saddle Brook Fire Dog Rescued In Saddle Brook Fire
Dog Rescued In Saddle Brook Fire A house fire was extinguished Wednesday afternoon in Saddle Brook. A dog was rescued as Saddle Brook firefighters doused a basement blaze on Elm Avenue shortly before 4 p.m. April 26. Two people also were reportedly treated for smoke inhalation. Firefighters had it knocked down in well under a half hour and under control 20 minutes or so after that. The most serious damage was confined to the basement of the 2½-story, wood-frame home. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Elmwood Park, Rochelle Park and Wallington at the scene and Fair Lawn and Garfield in coverage.Saddle Bro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Minivan Slams Into Elmwood Park Storefront Minivan Slams Into Elmwood Park Storefront
Minivan Slams Into Elmwood Park Storefront A runaway minivan slammed into a vacant storefront in Elmwood Park. The middle-aged female driver emerged unscathed after the southbound Honda Odyssey with Illinois license plates crashed into the front of the Mola Boulevard storefront shortly after 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 2. There was no apparent structural damage to the building, which also houses Premiere Entertainment and the Studio D hair salon between the Garden State Parkway overpass and Market Street. The Mola Boulevard building also houses Premiere Entertainment and the Studio D hair salon between the Garden State Parkway overpas…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SEE ANYTHING? Arson Investigators Probe String Of Suspicious Fires At Bergen Park SEE ANYTHING? Arson Investigators Probe String Of Suspicious Fires At Bergen Park
SEE Anything? Arson Investigators Probe String Of Suspicious Fires At Bergen Park A half-dozen suspicious fires at a county park in Elmwood Park over the past several months have drawn the scrutiny of local and county investigators. No one was injured in any of the brush fires that began last December at Artesian Fields, a passive park with walking and running trails, said Police Chief Michael Foligno, who is also the borough administrator. The most recent was mid-Friday morning. Elmwood Park firefighters doused them all relatively quickly, Foligno said. Foligno's detectives are investigating with their colleagues from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Arson Investigation…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Firefighters Douse Fair Lawn House Blaze Firefighters Douse Fair Lawn House Blaze
Firefighters Douse Fair Lawn House Blaze Firefighters quickly stopped a Wednesday afternoon blaze from doing serious damage to the interior of a Fair Lawn home. The two-alarm fire severely damaged the front of the 32nd Street residence just off southbound Route 208. A passerby sustained a minor injury trying to put out the flames shortly after 5:30 p.m., Fire Chief Michael Salvini said. Roughly 40 firefighters quickly converged on the scene, the chief said. Firefighters quickly converged on the 32nd Street home in Fair Lawn.Priscila Krischer / Fair Lawn Fire Department photographer “Our members quickly knocked down the exter…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities ID Boy Whose Body Was Pulled From Passaic River Authorities ID Boy Whose Body Was Pulled From Passaic River
Authorities ID Boy Whose Body Was Pulled From Passaic River UPDATE: The drowning of a 17-year-old boy whose body was pulled from the Passaic River over the Memorial Day weekend isn't considered suspicious, authorities said Wednesday. Elmwood Park firefighters pulled the body of Joshua Hames from the water after a fisherman spotted it tangled in debris against an abutment of the Broadway (Route 4) bridge at Elmwood Park/Paterson border at 11:20 a.m. Sunday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed. It had been in the water about a week, responders said. At the scene of the body recovery along the Passaic River in Elmwood Park.Boyd A. Lovi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Boy, 17, Whose Body Was Found In Passaic River Identified Boy, 17, Whose Body Was Found In Passaic River Identified
Boy, 17, Whose Body Was Found In Passaic River Identified The drowning of a 17-year-old boy whose body was pulled from the Passaic River over the Memorial Day weekend isn't considered suspicious, authorities said Wednesday. Elmwood Park firefighters pulled the body of Joshua Hames from the water after a fisherman spotted it tangled in debris against an abutment of the Broadway (Route 4) bridge at Elmwood Park/Paterson border at 11:20 a.m. Sunday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed. It had been in the water about a week, responders said. An autopsy by the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office found no trauma to the body or any othe…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PHOTOS: Authorities Recover Body Stranded On Bridge Pillar In Passaic River PHOTOS: Authorities Recover Body Stranded On Bridge Pillar In Passaic River
Photos: Authorities Recover Body Stranded On Bridge Pillar In Passaic River UPDATE: Authorities suspect a man whose body was pulled from the Passaic River in Elmwood Park may have been involved in a shooting in Paterson last week. An autopsy Monday aimed to identify him and how he died. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/saddlebrook/police-fire/man-whose-body-was-found-in-passaic-river-may-have-been-involved-in-paterson-shooting/788459/ ****** ORIGINAL STORY: A body found stuck on a bridge pillar in the Passaic River was recovered Sunday afternoon. The body was stuck on a pillar of the Broadway bridge in Elmwood Park around 12:15 p.m., reports say.  Dive tea…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Ex-Elmwood Park Fire Captain Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Department Ex-Elmwood Park Fire Captain Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Department
Ex-Elmwood Park Fire Captain Charged With Embezzling $100,000 From Department A now-former Elmwood Park fire captain stole nearly $100,000 from the department, said authorities who arrested him. Robert E. Daubenberger, a 55-year-old former volunteer captain, was charged with theft by deception, forgery and falsifying records after surrendering to authorities, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. The single, unemployed Daubenberger, who was the department’s treasurer, drew attention after fire officials told police that more than $48,000 was missing from Defender Company #2’s accounts and over $50,000 from the Elmwood Park Fireman’s Relief Association’s …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PHOTOS: Saddle Brook Police Officer Rescues Cat From Smoky House Blaze PHOTOS: Saddle Brook Police Officer Rescues Cat From Smoky House Blaze
Photos: Saddle Brook Police Officer Rescues Cat From Smoky House Blaze UPDATE: A Saddle Brook police officer rescued a cat from a smoky fire that destroyed a local resident’s home Tuesday. Officer Matt Benus was the first responder at the two-alarm Hutter Street blaze. The 60-something woman got out safely, while her cat remained inside. Benus rushed in, found the feline in the living room and completed the rescue. The 7 a.m. fire -- the third residential blaze in the township in a week – broke out in the basement and quickly roared out the back of the 864-square-foot, wood-frame home, responders said. Firefighters had to open the roof to vent the fire whi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PHOTOS: Saddle Brook Police Officer Rescues Cat From Smoky House Blaze PHOTOS: Saddle Brook Police Officer Rescues Cat From Smoky House Blaze
Photos: Saddle Brook Police Officer Rescues Cat From Smoky House Blaze UPDATE: A Saddle Brook police officer rescued a cat from a smoky fire that destroyed a local resident’s home Tuesday. Officer Matt Benus was the first responder at the two-alarm Hutter Street blaze. The 60-something woman got out safely, while her cat remained inside. Benus rushed in, found the feline in the living room and completed the rescue. The 7 a.m. fire -- the third residential blaze in the township in a week – broke out in the basement and quickly roared out the back of the 864-square-foot, wood-frame home, responders said. Firefighters had to open the roof to vent the fire whi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HERO: Veteran Elmwood Park Firefighter Revives Drowning Girl, 4 HERO: Veteran Elmwood Park Firefighter Revives Drowning Girl, 4
Hero: Veteran Elmwood Park Firefighter Revives Drowning Girl, 4 An Elmwood Park fire chief bolted from his home after a neighbor whose 4-year-old daughter was drowning in a backyard pool banged on his door Sunday night shouting for help. Second Battalion Chief Robert Bruce Sr., 43, scooped up the lifeless youngster, who by that point was “already turning blue,” Elmwood Park Fire Chief William Shadwell said. "Just a few compressions" and the girl was breathing again, he told Daily Voice early Monday. The 23-year volunteer firefighter "acted calmly and professionally,” Shadwell said. “Everyone was in a panic, but he kept the situation calm…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PHOTOS: Sedan Downs Elmwood Park Hedge, Fence, Slams Into Minivan, House PHOTOS: Sedan Downs Elmwood Park Hedge, Fence, Slams Into Minivan, House
Photos: Sedan Downs Elmwood Park Hedge, Fence, Slams Into Minivan, House ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A car slammed into an Elmwood Park house -- narrowly missing a gas meter -- after downing part of a fence and a hedge, hitting a minivan and barreling across several lawns late Saturday morning. The 80-something driver was hospitalized with a severe leg injury after the chain-reaction crash on East 54th Street. After her sedan mounted a resident's lawn, the driver put it into reverse and hit the accelerator instead of the brake, knocking down a hedge and the fence before hitting the minivan, neighbor Dominick Scalcione told Daily Voice. "She then went forward, j…

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by Jerry DeMarco