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Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation Of Fair Lawn Synagogue Amid Nationwide Rise In 'Swatting' Calls Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation Of Fair Lawn Synagogue Amid Nationwide Rise In 'Swatting' Calls
Bomb Threat Forces Evacuation Of Fair Lawn Synagogue Amid Nationwide Rise In 'Swatting' Calls Fair Lawn police evacuated a local synagogue and the immediate area after a caller claimed to have planted two pipe bombs there. The Thursday night incident comes with Rosh Hashana about to begin at sundown Friday, Sept. 15 -- and amid a frightening nationwide increase of anti-Semitic "swatting" calls. A caller to the Fair Lawn Police Dispatch Center at 8:01 p.m. Sept. 14 claimed to have planted both bombs in a black backpack at Congregation Ahavat Achim on Saddle River Road, Sgt. Eric Eleshewich said. Police cleared the building and neighboring homes, and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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There's A Car In There Just Off Route 208 (VIDEOS) There's A Car In There Just Off Route 208 (VIDEOS)
There's A Car In There Just Off Route 208 (Videos) Firefighters doused a fully involved car blaze off Route 208 late Tuesday afternoon. No injuries were reported in the impromptu Jan. 3 bonfire at the Harristown Road exit around 4 p.m. The spectacle thickened the northbound highway with rubberneckers. Motorists on the southbound side slowed, as well. Firefighters doused a fully involved car blaze off Route 208 late Tuesday afternoon.Boyd A. Loving Firefighters then cut their way into the KIA Rio to kill the battery. Harristown Road off northbound Route 208 in Fair Lawn.Boyd A. Loving Fair Lawn firefighters were joined by borough p…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver, 87, OK After Sedan Plows Into Fair Lawn Convenience Store (PHOTOS) Driver, 87, OK After Sedan Plows Into Fair Lawn Convenience Store (PHOTOS)
Driver, 87, OK After Sedan Plows Into Fair Lawn Convenience Store (Photos) An 87-year-old driver from Glen Rock escaped injury when her sedan smashed through the front of a Fair Lawn convenience store. No other injuries were reported, either. The Toyota Avalon barreled into the Quick Mart in a mini-shopping center on Broadway when the driver accidentally hit the gas shortly before 10 a.m. Tuesday, Police Sgt. Sean Macys said. Fair Lawn police and firefighters responded to the crash at the Quick Mart on Broadway.Douglas Lee for DAILY VOICE Borough police and firefighters -- including members of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad -- responded.  A building inspector de…

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PHOTOS: Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Cuts Out Windshield To Free Driver PHOTOS: Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Cuts Out Windshield To Free Driver
Photos: Fair Lawn Rescue Squad Cuts Out Windshield To Free Driver A driver whose car rolled onto on its side refused medical attention Thursday night after Fair Lawn Rescue members cut out a portion of the windshield to free her. An electrical box was damaged in the northbound Saddle River Road crash just south of Fair Lawn Avenue around 8:40 p.m. A flatbed tower righted and removed the Toyota Prius. Fair Lawn police and firefighters responded, as did a PSE&G crew. Saddle River Road southbound was closed at Fair Lawn Avenue while crews worked.   Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Fair Lawn Rescue members cut out a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Worker, 51, At Fair Lawn Warehouse Rescued After 6,300 Pounds Of Granite Falls On Leg Worker, 51, At Fair Lawn Warehouse Rescued After 6,300 Pounds Of Granite Falls On Leg
Worker, 51, At Fair Lawn Warehouse Rescued After 6,300 Pounds Of Granite Falls On Leg UPDATE: A 51-year-old employee was rescued Tuesday morning after a beam gave way and dropped 6,300 pounds of granite on his leg at a stonework warehouse in Fair Lawn, authorities said. Membes of the Fair Lawn Rescue Squad used inflatables and forklifts to remove the Paterson resident, who was sedated, after the 10 a.m. incident at ICM Stone on Wagaraw Road, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Sean Macys said. It took about an hour to finally get him out, after which the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps took him to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson, Macys said. Nine pieces in all fell o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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VIDEOS: Torrent Tosses Vehicles Through Route 46 Dealer Lot In Little Falls VIDEOS: Torrent Tosses Vehicles Through Route 46 Dealer Lot In Little Falls
Videos: Torrent Tosses Vehicles Through Route 46 Dealer Lot In Little Falls A rushing torrent of muddy water during Saturday's rainstorm sent vehicles floating and crashing into one another at a Route 46 dealership in Little Falls. No injuries were reported after the torrent raged through Route 46 Chrysler Jeep Dodge RAM. Route 46 was closed in both directions. ****** (ALSO SEE) HEROES at WORK: Fair Lawn firefighters, with help from their Elmwood Park colleagues, rescued the occupants of a sedan stranded by Saturday's flash flooding. https://fairlawn.dailyvoice.com/police-fire/rainstorm-fair-lawn-elmwood-park-firefighters-rescue-stranded-car-occupants/740792/

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PHOTOS: Saddle Brook Firefighters Rescue 3 Dogs From House Blaze PHOTOS: Saddle Brook Firefighters Rescue 3 Dogs From House Blaze
Photos: Saddle Brook Firefighters Rescue 3 Dogs From House Blaze SADDLE BROOK, N.J. -- Saddle Brook firefighters rescued three dogs from a fast-moving blaze that blew through the roof of their home Monday -- two blocks from the scene of another devastating fire this weekend. The rear of the two-story, wood-frame house on Spruce Street was engulfed when firefighters arrived just after 11:30 a.m.  Responders said they initially had trouble getting there because of a freight train. They had the bulk of the fire knocked down by noon. The roof had partially collapsed. "Due to the quick and heroic actions of the first responding Saddle Brook firefighter…

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by Jerry DeMarco