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Driver Extricated, Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Downtown Ramsey Jewelry Store Driver Extricated, Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Downtown Ramsey Jewelry Store
Driver Extricated, Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Downtown Ramsey Jewelry Store A driver was extricated by firefighters and hospitalized with serious injuries early Saturday after a large SUV slammed into a jewelry store in Ramsey's downtown business district. It was shortly before 7 a.m. May 13, when the Mercedes-Benz GLS smashed through the front of Apolo Jewelers, between Bici Restaurant and a Delta gas station at Main and Arch streets. The vehicle obliterated the entire front of the business, smashing cases and ripping off portions of the facade. It also took out a light pole, snapped a small tree and knocked two garbage cans onto Main Street. The vehicle obl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Gruesome Injuries Suffered By Suffern Pedestrian Knocked Over Route 17 Median In Ramsey UPDATE: Gruesome Injuries Suffered By Suffern Pedestrian Knocked Over Route 17 Median In Ramsey
Update: Gruesome Injuries Suffered By Suffern Pedestrian Knocked Over Route 17 Median In Ramsey UPDATE: Yet another pedestrian who was struck trying to cross a deadly stretch of Route 17 in Ramsey suffered a gruesome fate, responders revealed. Both his lower left leg and part of his right foot were amputated after he was knocked over the highway divider, they said. The 66-year-old Suffern resident was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after the tragic mishap shortly before 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, Ramsey Police Chief Brian M. Lyman said. "The initial investigation reveals the pedestrian was attempting to cross the highway and was on, or near, the center divider when he…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen Driver, 73, Struck By His Own SUV Bergen Driver, 73, Struck By His Own SUV
Bergen Driver, 73, Struck By His Own SUV A 73-year-old driver from Upper Saddle River was hospitalized after he was struck by his SUV on Thanksgiving, authorities said. The victim had gotten out of what he thought was his parked 2020 Land Rover near the corner of Lake Street and Pheasant Run when it began rolling and the driver's side door hit him shortly before 6 p.m., Detective Capt. Edward Kane said. Police found the victim conscious and alert with a hip injury, Kane said. Members of the Ramsey Ambulance Corps took him to Hackensack University Medical Center.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ramsey Police Chief Says Protest Leader Was Warned 2X Before Charges, Group Demands Concessions Ramsey Police Chief Says Protest Leader Was Warned 2X Before Charges, Group Demands Concessions
Ramsey Police Chief Says Protest Leader Was Warned 2X Before Charges, Group Demands Concessions Ramsey’s police chief said he's justified in charging the founder of a local protest group with disorderly conduct for blocking traffic during a recent downtown demonstration. Nicholas Haas had already received two written warnings for blocking the roadway during other marches when he led members of the Ramsey Alliance for Social Equality (RASE) up East Main Street on Jan. 10 “without requisite approval,” Police Bryan Gurney said. Haas "did not heed either the multiple written warnings…nor his own words stating he would notify the Ramsey Police beforehand on any events in the street,” Gurne…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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BMW Slams Into Utility Pole Outside Route 17 BMW Dealership BMW Slams Into Utility Pole Outside Route 17 BMW Dealership
BMW Slams Into Utility Pole Outside Route 17 BMW Dealership A driver was hospitalized after his BMW convertible slammed into a utility pole Saturday morning on Route 17 in front of a BMW dealership. "He's lucky to be alive," one responder said. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood following the crash outside of BMW of Ramsey on the southbound highway just after 7 a.m. Members of Ramsey Rescue extricated him. The Ramsey Ambulance Corps took him to the hospital. Two lanes of southbound Route 17 were closed for a few hours while the wreckage was cleared and the damage repaired. Borough police and firefighters also responded, a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Firefighters Douse Ramsey Basement Blaze Firefighters Douse Ramsey Basement Blaze
Firefighters Douse Ramsey Basement Blaze Firefighters doused a basement blaze in Ramsey Monday afternoon. No one was injured in the smoky two-alarm fire on Grove Street. Ramsey Rescue and borough firefighters were joined by their colleagues from Mahwah, Allendale, Wyckoff and Franklin Lakes, as well as borough police, the Ramsey Ambulance Corps and the borough OEM.

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by Jerry DeMarco