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HEARTBREAKING HISTORY: Suicidal Teen Rescued From Hackensack River For 4TH Time In Two Years HEARTBREAKING HISTORY: Suicidal Teen Rescued From Hackensack River For 4TH Time In Two Years
Heartbreaking History: Suicidal Teen Rescued From Hackensack River For 4TH Time In Two Years A troubled young local girl brought rescuers to a bridge over the Hackensack River for the fourth time in less than two years on Friday.  And like twice before, she nearly drowned. The girl also had guardian angels on her side once again -- this time a group of New Milford police officers. The youngster, now 16, was sitting on the edge of the Old New Bridge when Lt. Nelson Perez arrived around 2 p.m. April 12, New Milford Police Chief Brian Clancy said. The officer had gotten within 10 feet when she jumped, the chief said. The teen was treading water when Perez climbed over the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Troubled Teaneck Man Hospitalized In Custody Again After Assault: Police Troubled Teaneck Man Hospitalized In Custody Again After Assault: Police
Troubled Teaneck Man Hospitalized In Custody Again After Assault: Police A mentally ill Teaneck man with a history of violent episodes was hospitalized in police custody after authorities said he cut another man’s neck and arm with a flash drive during a fight. Camwren Cole, 25, was taken for what over the past few years has become a series of psychiatric evaluations at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, March 23. It followed what police said was an assault at Cole's Kipp Street home. The victim was treated at the scene by members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps and refused further medical attention, Police Chief Andrew Mc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Sighting Of Gunman At FDU Not Substantiated, Search On For Pair Who Reported It: Police Sighting Of Gunman At FDU Not Substantiated, Search On For Pair Who Reported It: Police
Sighting Of Gunman At FDU Not Substantiated, Search On For Pair Who Reported It: Police UPDATE: FDU's Teaneck Campus briefly went into a shelter-in-place Monday morning following what turned out to be an unsubstantiated report of a man with a gun. Two people walking a dog claimed to have seen the gunman in the Teaneck campus's Northpointe parking lot near the pedestrian footbridge on Monday morning, Dec. 11, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. They told this to another civilian, then continued walking their dog across the Spirit Bridge over the Hackensack River into Hackensack, the chief said. That person then stopped a passing campus security guard, he said. "FDU secur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
FDU Shelter In Place Lifted (UPDATE) FDU Shelter In Place Lifted (UPDATE)
FDU Shelter In Place Lifted (Update) FDU's Metro Campus briefly went into a shelter in place Monday morning following what turned out to be an unsubstantiated report of a man with a gun. Two people walking a dog claimed to have seen the gunman in the Teaneck campus's Northpointe parking lot near the pedestrian footbridge on Monday morning, Dec. 11, Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. They told this to another civilian, then continued walking their dog across the Spirit Bridge over the Hackensack River into Hackensack, the chief said. That person then stopped a passing campus security guard, he said. "FDU security immedi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Fleeing Suspect Survives Eight-Story Jump From Route 80 Overpass Fleeing Suspect Survives Eight-Story Jump From Route 80 Overpass
Fleeing Suspect Survives Eight-Story Jump From Route 80 Overpass A suspect chased into New Jersey by the NYPD was in serious condition after jumping from a bridge on Route 80 in Bogota, authorities said. The man apparently was selling catalytic converters and robbed a would-be buyer in the Bronx when city police tried stopping his vehicle around 11:30 p.m. Friday, June 30, they said. He headed across the George Washington Bridge onto I-95 to westbound Route 80 through a few towns, Bogota Police Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. The suspect eventually stopped near Exit 67, then jumped over a wall on a bridge above an area between what used to be the Bogota Golf C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Looks Like It's Flooded: Van Dives Into Hacky Looks Like It's Flooded: Van Dives Into Hacky
Looks Like It's Flooded: Van Dives Into Hacky A delivery driver told police he accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake, sending his van barreling nose-first into the Hackensack River on Monday. The 45-year-old driver from Pennsylvania refused aid after climbing out the back. He didn't immediately receive any summonses. A tow truck pulled the van from the shallow, murky riverbank near the Taco Bell on South River Street. There was minor property damage to a railing, police said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Granite Spill Temporarily Closes Route 46 Bridge Granite Spill Temporarily Closes Route 46 Bridge
Granite Spill Temporarily Closes Route 46 Bridge A noontime mishap closed the Route 46 bridge over the Hackensack River on Monday. The delay was temporary after a truck carrying granite and quartz spilled most of its load on the 89-year-old span between Little Ferry and Ridgefield Park on March 13. A New Jersey Department of Transportation crew with a front-end loader and dump truck cleaned up the spill and the road was reopened. No injuries were reported.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Stolen Car Trio Nabbed On FDU Campus After Pursuit UPDATE: Stolen Car Trio Nabbed On FDU Campus After Pursuit
Update: Stolen Car Trio Nabbed On FDU Campus After Pursuit UPDATE: A trio of Newark thieves were captured on the FDU campus in Teaneck after they led police on a stolen car chase out of Franklin Lakes. Paramus Police Officer Sean Casey began pursuing the white 2017 Audi 7 on eastbound Route 4 shortly after 9:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, Deputy Police Chief Robert M. Guidetti said. Teaneck police headed to the scene after the Audi collided with a civilian's vehicle four or so miles away on eastbound Route 4 at River Road in Teaneck. Paramus police remained with that vehicle as the suspects exited the highway onto southbound River Road with other units…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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North Jersey Submarine Burglar From Long Island Enters Program That Can Clear His Record North Jersey Submarine Burglar From Long Island Enters Program That Can Clear His Record
North Jersey Submarine Burglar From Long Island Enters Program That Can Clear His Record A Long Island man who was accused of breaking into the flooded USS Ling submarine on the Hackensack River with four other people was admitted to a program that will erase the charges against him if he keeps his nose clean. Robert J. Hemberger, 41, of Island Park, NY, must complete 10 hours of community service, among various conditions of the New Jersey Superior Court Pre-Trial Intervention Program, for his role in the summer 2018 invasion of the World War II submarine. Hemberger was one of five people charged with looting the landmark museum after it had been flooded. The intruders parked…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Troubled Teaneck Man, 24, Fished From Hackensack River Has History Of Incidents UPDATE: Troubled Teaneck Man, 24, Fished From Hackensack River Has History Of Incidents
Update: Troubled Teaneck Man, 24, Fished From Hackensack River Has History Of Incidents UPDATE: An emotionally troubled man who jumped into the Hackensack River and then fought responders who pulled him out has had a history of incidents, including a particularly violent attack that made local headlines. Teaneck police went to the Kipp Street home of 24-year-old Camwren T. Cole shortly before 2 p.m. Friday after a caseworker requested a welfare check, a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the incident told Daily Voice. Police on both sides of the river are familiar with Cole.  Last year, he smashed windows at a Teaneck pediatric office and a neighboring dry clean…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Stopped For Tinted Glass, Phone Use Also Had Loaded Gun, Hollow Points: Little Ferry PD Driver Stopped For Tinted Glass, Phone Use Also Had Loaded Gun, Hollow Points: Little Ferry PD
Driver Stopped For Tinted Glass, Phone Use Also Had Loaded Gun, Hollow Points: Little Ferry PD An out-of-state motorist who was stopped for talking on his cellphone had a gun loaded with hollow-point bullets in a high-capacity magazine in his glove compartment, Little Ferry police said. Officer James Serio spotted the 2017 Acura sedan with tinted windows in the area of eastbound Route 46 and Bergen Turnpike shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday, Police Chief James Walters said. Serio activated his lights and siren, stopping the vehicle on the other side of the Hackensack River bridge in Ridgefield Park, he said. Jamir Budd, 21, of Virginia Beach, VA, had a driver's license on him and proo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Troubled Teen Rescued After Tense Moments On Hackensack River Troubled Teen Rescued After Tense Moments On Hackensack River
Troubled Teen Rescued After Tense Moments On Hackensack River A troubled teen was quickly pulled from the Hackensack River by emergency responders before dawn Saturday. New Milford Police Lt. Scott Petrie and Officers Jillian Agnello and Daniel O’Neill found the girl on the bridge on Old New Bridge Road around 3 a.m. She'd been reported missing earlier, Capt. Kevin Van Saders said. The officers were joined by a member of the Bergen County Regional Crisis Negotiation Team, New Milford firefighters, the Bergen County scuba team and River Edge police, the captain said. They were talking with the girl when she went into and then under the wate…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Troubled Teen On Hackensack River Bridge Saved By Officer Whose Brother Recently Rescued Her Troubled Teen On Hackensack River Bridge Saved By Officer Whose Brother Recently Rescued Her
Troubled Teen On Hackensack River Bridge Saved By Officer Whose Brother Recently Rescued Her SIBLING HEROES: A suicidal teen who threatened to jump into the Hackensack River was rescued by a New Milford police officer whose brother saved the very same girl two months ago, authorities said. Responding Officer Sam Doran found the troubled 14-year-old sitting on the railing of the Old New Bridge Road bridge shortly before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Police Chief Brian Clancy said. It took a half-hour or so, but Doran established a rapport with the girl -- enough so that she was willing to fist-bump him, the chief said. As she did, the officer grabbed the youngster and pulled her from the rail…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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DRAMATIC RESCUE: Hero Police Officer Saves Troubled Girl, 14, Who Jumped Into Hackensack River DRAMATIC RESCUE: Hero Police Officer Saves Troubled Girl, 14, Who Jumped Into Hackensack River
Dramatic Rescue: Hero Police Officer Saves Troubled Girl, 14, Who Jumped Into Hackensack River A rookie River Edge police officer dove into the Hackensack River to rescue a troubled teen who quickly began drowning after she jumped in. Officer Maclane Doran and the 14-year-old girl both went under at least once as the current took her under a footbridge late Wednesday, April 27, River Edge Police Chief Michael J. Walker said. "Then the girl began to go limp -- probably the onset of hypothermia," the chief said. "The river temp was about 50 degrees." Doran brought the girl to the shoreline. Sgt. Marc Abate and Officer Edward Blue helped get her out before she was taken to Hackensack U…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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This Was Literally A Dumpster Fire This Was Literally A Dumpster Fire
This Was Literally A Dumpster Fire An afternoon Dumpster fire in the garbage room of a Bogota apartment complex sent smoke up to the third and fourth floors and out the roof, firefighters said. Bogota firefighters saw the smoke as they arrived at the Atwater Luxury Apartments along the Hackensack River off West Fort Lee Road around 2 p.m. They were joined at the two-alarm blaze by their firefighting colleagues from Ridgefield Park, Hackensack and Teaneck. They contained the fire within minutes and continued dousing it after rolling the trash bin into the parking lot. The fire sent smoke through the Atwater Apartments b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Little Ferry PD: Caller Leads Police To Aluminum Thief At Apartments Along Riverfront Little Ferry PD: Caller Leads Police To Aluminum Thief At Apartments Along Riverfront
Little Ferry PD: Caller Leads Police To Aluminum Thief At Apartments Along Riverfront An aluminum thief was nabbed by Little Ferry police moments after hopping a fence into a locked area of an apartment complex along the Hackensack River, authorities said. Officers Joseph Gaglioti and Dominick Verdi were responding to a call at Waterside Village when they found more than two dozen pieces of crushed aluminum gutters, Police Chief James Walters said. Then they spotted borough resident Joshua Purvis, 22, he said. Purvis had been freed under New Jersey's 2017 bail reform earlier this year after police said a Little Ferry homeowner awoke to find him in his bedroom. The victim ch…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack SWAT Standoff Ends, Man Wanted In Earlier Teaneck Incident Arrested Hackensack SWAT Standoff Ends, Man Wanted In Earlier Teaneck Incident Arrested
Hackensack SWAT Standoff Ends, Man Wanted In Earlier Teaneck Incident Arrested UPDATE: A man who was seized following a SWAT standoff at his Hackensack home had gone after another man with a handgun and a machete earlier in the day in Teaneck, prompting a lockdown of FDU and a local high school, authorities said Thursday. Andrew Deininger, 48, chased the other man through part of the Fairleigh Dickinson University campus following a dispute near the corner of Beverly and River roads around 2 p.m. Wednesday, Teaneck Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. "Although no specific threat to the campus community was known at the time, the FDU campus was placed into a lockdown fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Ridgefield Park Officers Talk Suicidal Teaneck Man Off Bridge HEROES: Ridgefield Park Officers Talk Suicidal Teaneck Man Off Bridge
Heroes: Ridgefield Park Officers Talk Suicidal Teaneck Man Off Bridge Ridgefield Park police talked a distraught Teaneck man off a bridge over the Hackensack River on Saturday. A concerned passerby called police, who found the 33-year-old man "acting irrationally and apparently having a mental health episode" on the Ridgefield Park side of the Winant Avenue (Route 46) bridge shortly after 9 a.m., Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Officer Camryn Garcia was joined by Officers Corey Buljeta and Joseph Avila and Sgt. Will Morton, the chief said. The man told them that they'd "ruined his plan of jumping off the bridge," Rella said. However, he "was calm and coopera…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Body Pulled From Hackensack River ID'd As Missing Palisades Park Man Body Pulled From Hackensack River ID'd As Missing Palisades Park Man
Body Pulled From Hackensack River ID'd As Missing Palisades Park Man UPDATE: For days, a Palisades Park detective searched in vain for a troubled borough man whose worried wife had reported him missing. Detective Alex Monteleone sent alerts to local law enforcement agencies, asked Port Authority and Palisades Interstate Parkway police to keep a lookout and called area hospitals. A GPS search for the missing man's Lexus at the bridges and tunnels and throughout the state returned nothing. There was no trace of the 51-year-old resident for days after he left his house without a word last Monday, depressed over health issues. Until this weekend. The Hac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Body Pulled From Hackensack River Body Pulled From Hackensack River
Body Pulled From Hackensack River UPDATE: For days, a Palisades Park detective searched in vain for a troubled borough man whose wife had reported him missing. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/hackensack/news/body-pulled-from-hackensack-river-idd-as-missing-palisades-park-man/805957/ ****** Authorities were trying to identify a man whose body was pulled from the Hackensack River in Little Ferry. Borough police Sgt. John Schwedhelm was on patrol when a trucker flagged him down around 3 p.m. Saturday, Police Chief James Walters said. He pointed the sergeant toward what appeared to be two legs sticking out of the water dur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Attendant, 60, Found Dead At Route 46 Gas Station, No Foul Play Suspected Attendant, 60, Found Dead At Route 46 Gas Station, No Foul Play Suspected
Attendant, 60, Found Dead At Route 46 Gas Station, No Foul Play Suspected Authorities don't suspect any wrongdoing in the death of a 60-year-old attendant whose body was found at a Little Ferry gas station early Wednesday. The day-shift attendant called police shortly before 7 a.m. after coming to work and finding his co-worker's body at the desk of the Sunoco station store on eastbound Route 46 at the Bergen Turnpike, an interchange once known as the "Little Ferry Circle" at the foot of the Winant Avenue Bridge over the Hackensack River. The man apparently had been texting with his ex-girlfriend before he died, the chief said, adding that there were no signs of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Rescuers Rush To Hackensack River After Lodi Woman Threatens To 'End It' Rescuers Rush To Hackensack River After Lodi Woman Threatens To 'End It'
Rescuers Rush To Hackensack River After Lodi Woman Threatens To 'End It' A search for a suicidal Lodi woman who threatened to "end it" in the Hackensack River ended when she was found safe, authorities said. Hackensack police received a 1:30 a.m. 911 call on Friday from the 53-year-old woman, who said that she was on the riverbank near a storage facility and "will end it," Lt. Anthony DiPersia said. City firefighters responded with a marine unit and summoned their Oradell colleagues' Water Rescue Unit to the boat launch at Court and South River streets. "A short time later we learned the caller was in Lodi, where she resides," DiPersia said. Lodi police were n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Firefighters Rescue Suicidal Accused Burglar Who Jumped Into Shallow Hackensack River Firefighters Rescue Suicidal Accused Burglar Who Jumped Into Shallow Hackensack River
Firefighters Rescue Suicidal Accused Burglar Who Jumped Into Shallow Hackensack River The tide was rolling out when a suicidal local man suspected in a series of burglaries jumped into the Hackensack River Monday night. City firefighters pulled the troubled 32-year-old local resident from hip-deep water after he plunged more than 10 feet from a pedestrian bridge on the FDU campus around 7:40 p.m., police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. He was treated for exposure to the elements and taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment of possible trauma and a mental health evaluation, DeWitt said. The jumper was recently captured and ordered released by a Central Judicial…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Body Of Missing Bogota Man, 48, Recovered From Hackensack River Body Of Missing Bogota Man, 48, Recovered From Hackensack River
Body Of Missing Bogota Man, 48, Recovered From Hackensack River UPDATE: A body recovered Thursday afternoon from the Hackensack River was that of a Bogota man who went missing last week, responders said. He'd been in the water for several days, they said. Felix Enrique Martinez, 48, left his home and headed toward Palisades Avenue last Thursday morning (Aug. 20), borough police said at the time.  He appeared in need of medical attention, they said. Responders from Hackensack and Ridgefield Park searched the river soon after Martinez was reported missing without success. Responding this Thursday were Hackensack firefighters, the Bogota and Ridgefield…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Secaucus Police Officers Stop Suicidal Bridge Jumper, 22 HEROES: Secaucus Police Officers Stop Suicidal Bridge Jumper, 22
Heroes: Secaucus Police Officers Stop Suicidal Bridge Jumper, 22 Depressed and hopeless, a 22-year-old East Orange man sat with his legs dangling over a Route 3 bridge. He had every intention of ending his life. Thanks to a pair of Secaucus police officers, the man gets another lease on life. Multiple 9-1-1 calls came in around 9 a.m. Thursday, reporting a jumper from the East Bridge -- which runs over the Hackensack River, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Upon arrival, Officer Taylor Ensmann saw the man sitting on the bridge, his legs dangling over the marsh area below. The officer -- who is in charge of the department's th…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By
Feds: 12-Year-Old Jersey City Girl Shot When Allied Gangs Attack Rivals In Drive-By A 12-year-old Jersey City girl was wounded in a drive-by shooting earlier this month when three members of a group of allied Jersey City gangs opened fire on a rival gang in retaliation for a previous attack, federal authorities said Wednesday. Marc “Bando” Taylor, Jashawn “Trilly” Tate and Damari “Juggy” Blackwell, all 18 years old, were scheduled for first appearances via videoconference Thursday before U.S. Magistrate Judge James B. Clark III in Newark, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Taylor, Tate and Blackwell are associated with violent street gangs tied to three neighborhoods -- t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Stuck In The Mud: Rescuers Retrieve Three Stranded In Hackensack River Stuck In The Mud: Rescuers Retrieve Three Stranded In Hackensack River
Stuck In The Mud: Rescuers Retrieve Three Stranded In Hackensack River Rescuers had to retrieve a trio of boaters who got stuck in the low-tide mud in the Hackensack River. The three got stuck near dusk Tuesday just off River Road in Teaneck. Teaneck firefighters brought them to shore. Also responding were firefighters from Hackensack and River Edge, with Bogota firefighters providing coverage in Teaneck.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Real Estate
Jersey City Moves Forward With Largest Mixed-Income Development Site In Tri-State Area Jersey City Moves Forward With Largest Mixed-Income Development Site In Tri-State Area
Jersey City Moves Forward With Largest Mixed-Income Development Site In Tri-State Area The first phase of the redevelopment plan for Jersey City's Bayfront property -- the largest mixed-income development site in the region -- was announced Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Bayfront Redevelopment Plan will transform the once contaminated site along the Hackensack Riverfront into the centerpiece of the West Side revitalization, Innovate JC said in a release.  Jersey City expects to break ground on Bayfront's infrastructure work in the fall. Phase one consists of the development of four parcels within the area upon which a total of 1,092 units will be built in mu…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Fatal Crash: Motorcyclist Ejected Off Route 3 Bridge Into Hackensack River Fatal Crash: Motorcyclist Ejected Off Route 3 Bridge Into Hackensack River
Fatal Crash: Motorcyclist Ejected Off Route 3 Bridge Into Hackensack River A 28-year-old motorcyclist from Paterson was killed late Tuesday when he was ejected off a Route 3 bridge into the Hackensack River in Secaucus, responders said. Firefighters from Secaucus and East Rutherford recovered the body of the as-yet unidentified victim near the Clarion Empire Meadowlands Hotel south of the bridge about a half-hour after the 11 p.m. crash, they said. They also found his helmet. An ALS unit made the pronouncement. The highway was reopened around 4 a.m.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Police-Involved Shooting Leaves Man Dead In Secaucus Domestic Incident, Authorities Say UPDATE: Police-Involved Shooting Leaves Man Dead In Secaucus Domestic Incident, Authorities Say
Update: Police-Involved Shooting Leaves Man Dead In Secaucus Domestic Incident, Authorities Say What began as a domestic incident at a Secaucus condo Sunday night turned into a shootout with police that left a man dead, authorities said. Following protocol, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said his office was investigation the police-involved shooting death in the 300 block of Sea Isle Key in Harmon Cove. Secaucus Mayor Mike Gonnelli told reporters at the scene that the incident began as a domestic dispute that required a police response around 5:45 p.m. Responders said a subject was barricaded. Local police were joined by a Hudson County SWAT team, Hudson County sheriff’s of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Suicide Try: Man Found In Hackensack River Jumped From Route 46 Bridge, Little Ferry Police Say Suicide Try: Man Found In Hackensack River Jumped From Route 46 Bridge, Little Ferry Police Say
Suicide Try: Man Found In Hackensack River Jumped From Route 46 Bridge, Little Ferry Police Say UPDATE: A 47-year-old Palisades Park man pulled from the Hackensack River in Little Ferry Wednesday morning had jumped from the nearby Route 46 bridge moments earlier in an attempted suicide, authorities said. "He's expected to live," Detective Lt. Ronald Klein Jr. said. "He's just a little out of it." Two workers in a Ridgefield Park warehouse spotted the man, who was wearing a t-shirt, underwear, socks and sneakers, Klein said. He wasn't carrying any ID, the lieutenant said. A Ridgefield Park Fire Department boat pulled the man toward the shore at Gates Road, Klein said.  Little F…

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by Jerry DeMarco