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Hit-run
: Fair Lawn Girl, 10, Struck Bicycling To School
A 10-year-old Fair Lawn girl told authorities that a hit-and-run driver sideswiped her as she rode her bicycle to school Tuesday morning. The Memorial Middle School pupil sustained a minor knee injury when she was knocked down at 12th Street and Norma Avenue, Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The incident was reported from the school at 8:30 a.m. but had apparently occurred earlier, Metzler said. The girl told police the male driver was behind the wheel of a red vehicle -- either a sedan or small SUV -- with a Fair Lawn marching band magnetic sticker on the back, the sergeant said. Anyone w…
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Heroes
: Elmwood Park Firefighters Find Missing Girl, 11
FOUND! A search for a missing 11-year-old Elmwood Park girl ended Thursday afternoon when a trio of volunteer firefighters found her safe and sound in a shopping center sandwich shop. Police pinged Janiah Townes's cellphone to the Elmwood Park Shopping Center on Broadway around 3:30 p.m., then "flooded the area with volunteer firefighters and officers," Police Chief Michael Foligno said. A short time later, Firefighters Alexian Cruz, Mohammed Makanast and Scott Karcz found little Janiah at the Blimpie's -- a little over two hours after she was reported missing. "It was an all-ha…
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Heroes
: Elmwood Park Firefighters Find Missing Girl, 11
FOUND! A search for a missing 11-year-old Elmwood Park girl ended Thursday afternoon when a trio of volunteer firefighters found her safe and sound in a shopping center sandwich shop. Police pinged Janiah Townes's cellphone to the Elmwood Park Shopping Center on Broadway around 3:30 p.m., then "flooded the area with volunteer firefighters and officers," Police Chief Michael Foligno said. A short time later, Firefighters Alexian Cruz, Mohammed Makanast and Scott Karcz found little Janiah at the Blimpie's -- a little over two hours after she was reported missing. "It was an all-ha…
Schools
Covid-
19 Cases Reported At These Bergen, Passaic County Schools
More North Jersey schools are going remote due to increasing COVID-19 cases. All Fair Lawn schools will go remote Dec. 7 until Jan. 15. The Edison School and Fair Lawn BOE offices were remote as of Monday, Nov. 23. The high school and Memorial Middle School went remote Nov. 19, while Warren Point and Forrest School were expected to return to in-person learning on Nov. 30. Ridgewood Schools reported nearly two dozen cases since the beginning of the academic year. An additional four cases were reported this week: Two each at Benjamin Franklin Middle School and Ridgewood High School. T…
Schools
Central Jersey Middle School Goes Remote Due To Technical Glitch
A technical glitch forced middle schoolers in one Monmouth County school district to remote learning only next week, education officials said. A statement on the Marlboro Public Schools website cited "pockets of performance issues with Zoom" as the issue -- particularly in some of the new staff Chromebooks that have the latest operating system. Superintendent Eric Hibbs made the announcement Thursday in a letter to parents, the Asbury Park Press reports. Students in the Memorial and Marlboro middle schools are effected. “While the district planned all summer for the reopening of schoo…
Police & Fire
Another Swastika Found At Fair Lawn School
Police on Thursday were investigating a swastika found etched into an auditorium chair at Fair Lawn's Memorial Middle School -- a week after another was found in a boy's bathroom stall, district officials said. The auditorium was closed immediately following the discovery of the second swastika Thursday for removal, Superintendent Nick Norcia said in an email to parents. Last week, a swastika was found carved into a bathroom stall in the boy's locker room, Norcia said. "As I stated last week, hate-based behavior is intolerable and has no place in society and in our schools," the emai…
Obituaries
Tribute
: 'Brain Cancer Warrior' Josephine Palman Of Woodland Park Dies, 13
When Josephine Palman was young, she donated her long hair to those battling cancer. The Woodland Park teen affectionately known as Pepa, died on June 5 at at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick after a battle of her own with DIPG brain cancer. More than $36,700 had been raised as of Tuesday morning on a GoFundMe for Josephine's medical bills. Josephine, an eighth grader at Memorial Middle School, was remembered as a brain cancer warrior, having fought for 16 months. "She fought and never complained, always believing she would defeat DIPG, because she loved …
Police & Fire
Bomb Threats Reported At 2 Fair Lawn Schools, Maywood Store
A string of bomb threats across the country were being investigated Thursday by law enforcement agencies. Among them were threats to two Fair Lawn schools and a Maywood furniture store, local police said. Threats to both Memorial Middle School and Radburn Elementary School were dismissed early and Maywood Furniture were deemed not credible, authorities said. “The mass robo-email threats were sent all across the country this afternoon to schools, businesses, and government offices,” Fair Lawn Police Chief Glenn Cauwels said. “The threats stem from an unknown writer’s demand for bitcoin in …
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