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Social Studies Teacher Sues Local Bergen County District Over Suspension For Hitler Assignments Social Studies Teacher Sues Local Bergen County District Over Suspension For Hitler Assignments
Social Studies Teacher Sues Local Bergen County District Over Suspension For Hitler Assignments A Bergen County grade-school social studies teacher who was indefinitely suspended over assignments about Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany claims the district superintendent told him that he’d upset “Jewish people” in town and then ordered him to “fix” it. In a lawsuit filed against the Woodcliff Lake School District, Robert Welsh of Park Ridge says he was made a “scapegoat” amid complaints from parents because he’s a “socially conservative Christian in a community with a large Jewish population.” Welsh, 53, wrote a letter to the parents explaining why he considered the lesson necessary and ap…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Three Extricated From Minivan, Nine Injured In Palisades Interstate Parkway Pileup Three Extricated From Minivan, Nine Injured In Palisades Interstate Parkway Pileup
Three Extricated From Minivan, Nine Injured In Palisades Interstate Parkway Pileup UPDATE: Five minivan occupants had to be hospitalized -- three of whom were extricated by police -- following a multi-vehicle crash that closed the northbound Palisades Interstate Parkway on Saturday for nearly an hour and a half, authorities said. The 2008 Chrysler minivan, a 2013 BMW X5 SUV and a 2013 Toyota coupe were involved in the 12:30 p.m. crash at Exit 4 on the parkway's northbound side in Alpine, PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said. Nine occupants in all required attention after Parkway police extricated three trapped victims from the minivan, Walter said. The five…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Dominican National Who Brought 2 Pounds Of Heroin To NJ From NY Gets 34 Months In Fed Pen Dominican National Who Brought 2 Pounds Of Heroin To NJ From NY Gets 34 Months In Fed Pen
Dominican National Who Brought 2 Pounds Of Heroin To NJ From NY Gets 34 Months In Fed Pen A Dominican national who smuggled more than two pounds of heroin from Rockland County into New Jersey was sentenced Thursday in Newark to a plea-bargained 34 months in federal prison. Bienvenido Perez Lazala, 31, who previously admitted his role in moving the drug, must serve the entire sentence because there's no parole in the federal prison system. Federal agents were listening as plans were made for Lazala to collect the heroin in Haverstraw and bring it to New Jersey, where he sold it to a buyer who turned out to be a law enforcement officer, U.S. Craig Carpenito said. In addition to t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Men Wanted For Fatal New York Shooting Caught In North Bergen Men Wanted For Fatal New York Shooting Caught In North Bergen
Men Wanted For Fatal New York Shooting Caught In North Bergen Two men have been charged and the victim has been identified after a 20-year-old man was shot and killed at an apartment complex in Rockland. It happened at about 11 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 1 in Spring Valley in the area of the complex at 150 Liberty Parkway, police said. Police say Paul Miller, 20, of Haverstraw, and Jayden Rodriguez, 17, of North Bergen, New Jersey, were arrested and charged with second-degree murder in the death of Emerson Jean-Baptiste, of Spring Valley. Spring Valley Police said the suspects fled to North Bergen after the shooting and were apprehended there. They are curre…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Elizabeth Team Is Headed To Little League World Series Elizabeth Team Is Headed To Little League World Series
Elizabeth Team Is Headed To Little League World Series The Troopers of Elizabeth lived up to their name Saturday by defeating a team from New York and earning the chance to compete in the Little League World Series.  The Elmora Youth League team bested Haverstraw 19-4 in the Mid-Atlantic Regional Final in Bristol, Ct., Saturday. The boys are now headed to Williamsport, Pa., where the World Series starts Thursday.  Teams from eights regions of the U.S. as well as eight international teams compete in the tournament, which is scheduled to conclude Aug. 25. It's the first trip to the big show for the Troopers.  Elmora kicks off its …

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by Paul Milo
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Elizabeth Team One Game Away From Little League World Series Elizabeth Team One Game Away From Little League World Series
Elizabeth Team One Game Away From Little League World Series The excitement is building in Elizabeth, where residents are rooting for some young local ballplayers who are on the verge of competing in youth baseball's premiere championship.  The Elmora Youth League team, the Troopers,  defeated Northwest Washington 5-0 Friday night in an elimination game played in Bristol, Ct. With the win, Elmora now advances to the regional final against a team from Haverstraw, N.Y. That game is scheduled for Saturday night.   The winner of that game earns a berth in the Little League World Series, which is scheduled to begin Thursday in Williams…

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by Paul Milo