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Cross-Dressed Robber Whacks Lodi ATM Customer With Hammer, Caught Using Rita's Restroom Cross-Dressed Robber Whacks Lodi ATM Customer With Hammer, Caught Using Rita's Restroom
Cross-Dressed Robber Whacks Lodi ATM Customer With Hammer, Caught Using Rita's Restroom A cross-dressed robber from Ridgefield whacked a Lodi bank customer in the head with a hammer, then was captured after someone spotted him ducking into the women's bathroom at a Rita's Ice shop, authorities said. The 48-year-old borough victim was headed to the ATM at the Capital One Bank on Essex Street shortly before 7:30 p.m. July 11 when he was clobbered from behind by Nicholas GIordano, 27, Lodi Police Sgt. Dominic Miller said. Giordano " continued to chase the victim around the lot but eventually got fatigued and fled on foot" empty-handed after trying and failing to take the victim's…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
'MIRACLE': SUV Barrels Through Two Ridgefield Shopping Center Lots Without Hitting Anyone 'MIRACLE': SUV Barrels Through Two Ridgefield Shopping Center Lots Without Hitting Anyone
'Miracle': SUV Barrels Through Two Ridgefield Shopping Center Lots Without Hitting Anyone A driver climbed out of her SUV after it careened through the parking lots of not one but two small shopping centers off Broad Avenue in Ridgefield. The driver apparently lost control of her Nissan Pathfinder, which first sped straight through a lot anchored by a Dunkin Donuts at Marion Place around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, responders said. It then smashed between two Dumpsters, sending them flying, and careened over a short wall before rolling onto its side in a lot anchored by a Dairy Queen and the Circle Cycle repair shop. The driver was hospitalized with what were considered relatively min…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Route 95 Tractor-Trailer Fire Jams Morning Rush Route 95 Tractor-Trailer Fire Jams Morning Rush
Route 95 Tractor-Trailer Fire Jams Morning Rush Firefighters doused an early morning tractor-trailer blaze that jammed early rush-hour traffic on Route 95. Flames spread across the highway after the fire broke out on the highway's southbound side near mile marker 117 in Ridgefield around 5 a.m., responders said.The rig, toting plastic corrugated tubing, was fully involved when firefighters arrived. Fort Lee firefighters brought a tanker and engine to assist. The blaze was knocked down within 20 minutes and under control within another half-hour, with firefighters briefly hitting hot spots. No injuries were reported.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Ellen DeGeneres Surprises Ridgefield Teacher, Colleague On TV Ellen DeGeneres Surprises Ridgefield Teacher, Colleague On TV
Ellen DeGeneres Surprises Ridgefield Teacher, Colleague On TV A teacher from Ridgefield and her colleague got the surprise of a lifetime from Ellen DeGeneres on national television. Maria Morgana (technology teacher) and Susan Saab (Title 1 teacher) of the McKinley School in North Bergen were sitting in the talk show host's audience when the screen flashed to their school back in New Jersey. Standing there waving were all of their students and an Ellen DeGeneres Show staff member, who surprised them with a check from Walmart worth $50,000. Morgana said she was going to be more than a teacher for her students when in the first month, one child came to…

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by Cecilia Levine