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Police & Fire
Grenade Scare At Midland Park Home Proves Unfounded
What turned out to be a harmless grenade shell found at a Midland Park home Saturday morning brought the Bergen County Bomb Squad. "It had no internal mechanism," Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton said. "Just an old shell found in our garage while knocking it down," homeowner Megan McCombs said. "[S]till had pin in." Not taking any chances, Midland Park police summoned the bomb squad to the Rubble Street home around 11 a.m.
Lifestyle
Paramus PD's Top Motor Officer Uses Bike To Break Down Barriers
Community impact is what initially attracted Paramus Police Sgt. Brian Linden to law enforcement. Being a motorcycle officer is what he says allowed him to do the job even better. "People are much more comfortable having conversations with motor officers," said Linden, who joined the Paramus PD in 2000. "Maybe it's because they have motorcycling in common or it just gives them something to talk about, but people love to chat with us. "It's always great because it reminds people that we are human too." Tyler, 3, gets a ride from Linden at National Night Out 2016. The Paramus PD's mo…
Police & Fire
Residents Evacuated When Elizabeth Building Begins To Collapse
Firefighters in Elizabeth were called into action when a building in the city started to collapse Wednesday, the department said in a statement. A vacant lot next door to 245 Union St. was being excavated when one side of the three-story, multi-family building began to crumble. A large crack formed on the side nearest the lot and pieces of the structure began to slide off,. according to photos from the scene. Deputy 3, Battalion 3 and Battalion 5, as well as Elizabeth police, helped evacuate the building and to establish a collapse zone. There were no reported injuries.&n…
News
No Injuries In Hawthorne School Bus Fire
No injuries were reported when a fire broke out on a school bus in Hawthorne Wednesday afternoon. Seven children and the driver were removed from the bus on Rea Avenue between 1st Avenue and Goffle Road around 5:20 p.m., as firefighters put out the blaze under the rear wheels, witnesses said. Hawthorne police and fire officials were not immediately available for comment.
Police & Fire
Grief For Family Of Boy Struck, Killed Crossing Rt 208 In Rain, Dark, For Officer Driving
UPDATE: It's an unimaginable tragedy all around -- for the family of a 12-year-old boy who inexplicably tried crossing the Route 208 median in Fair Lawn with his older brother in the rainy darkness, as well as for the highly-respected Bergen County sheriff's officer whose vehicle struck and killed the youngster. Christian Tawadros, who was in a special education program at the Thomas Jefferson Middle School, had joined his 7th-grade brother and two friends to go out to eat, a source with direct knowledge of the incident said. The older boy "took Christian everywhere with him," the person sa…
Police & Fire
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: Homeowner Burned Trying To Douse Lodi Fire Taken To St. Barnabas
UPDATE: A homeowner was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center with upper-body burns in an apparently accidental fire that destroyed a Lodi home early Monday evening, officials said. The Mitchell Street homeowner "tried to put the fire out and sustained what appear to be second-degree burns on the upper part of his body," Fire Chief Ron Cannici said. "Then he ran out of the house. "He was about a half a block away when responders got him," Cannici told Daily Voice. "He was probably in shock." His injuries didn't appear life-threatening, the chief said. A firefighter, meanwhile, was taken to…
Police & Fire
Hole Repair Jams Westbound Route 80 Traffic
UPDATE: Overnight repairs had to be made on a hole that opened on westbound Route 80 in Woodland Park after a drainpipe pipe below it collapsed. Monday night rush-hour traffic was backed up to the George Washington Bridge. The crack in the pipe, which connects basins at the median to the right shoulder, created a hole between the two left lanes. Drivers were urged to take alternate routes. Three lanes in all could be compromised, a road crew said.Contributed photo Contributed photos ****** ALSO SEE: A 12-year-old Totowa girl received sexually explicit texts and a gift in the mail fr…
Police & Fire
Fire In Lodi Industrial Building Doused
Sprinklers helped douse a fire in a Lodi industrial building Sunday night. Firefighters "were met with heavy smoke and an activated sprinkler head," the borough fire department said. Crews stretched a hose line into the building, located the source of the fire and extinguished it, the department said. No injuries were reported. Firefighters from Garfield, Saddle Brook and Wallington assisted their colleagues at the Del Glenn Avenue blaze. Their Rochelle Park and Maywood colleagues covered the borough for them. The Lodi Fire Prevention Bureau was investigating the cause. ****** ALS…
Police & Fire
Bogota Police Save Bleeding Englewood Man Who Gashed Leg With Power Saw
A trio of swift-moving Bogota police officers saved an Englewood man from certain death after he cut himself with a circular saw. The 43-year-old victim was losing blood fast after gashing his thigh while cutting plywood Saturday afternoon when Officers Kevin Geraghty and Devin Rivera and Sgt. Geoffrey Cole arrived. The officers applied a tourniquet to stop the bleeding and bandaged him up, essentially saving his life. Paramedics from Holy Name Medical Center took over, then brought the victim to Hackensack University Medical Center. ****** ALSO SEE: FOUND! A missing 15-year-old Bogota g…
Lifestyle
1 Million Miles, 30 Years And Still No Accidents For These North Jersey Mail Carriers
One million miles. Three decades. Zero preventable accidents for nearly a dozen North Jersey mail carriers. To put it in perspective, you would have to travel around the earth 40.1 times to that distance. Six Hackensack letter carriers -- among nearly a dozen from the area -- achieved just that making them recipients of the National Safety Council’s Million Mile Award: Yvette Legette Michael Manzo Frank Heaney Antonio Centron Sheila Young Bryant McFadden Al Tariq Franklin (postmaster) Other North Jersey carriers being honored include: Arthur Andreano – Safety Manager, USPS Northern NJ…
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: No Serious Injuries After Commuter Train Whacks Bus In Garfield
No one was seriously injured when a commuter train clipped the front of a bus at a grade crossing in Garfield Monday afternoon, police said. Only one of the 15 people on the Community Coach-operated bus sustained an injury after the NJ Transit train hit the front of it near the Plauderville Avenue station just before 5 p.m., NJ Transit's Lisa Torbic said. The injury wasn't considered life-threatening, she said, adding that none of the 100 or so people on the train reported an injury. Bus riders told Daily Voice that the driver stopped midway over the first set of tracks as the gates came …
Police & Fire
Responders Clear Roofing Glue Fumes From HackensackUMC At Pascack
UPDATE: Firefighters used fans to clear noxious fumes Saturday from a section of HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley caused by chemicals used in roofing glue. Workers were working on a roof of the hospital on Old Hook Road in Westwood when the incident occurred, sickening several people. Police, firefighters and a Bergen County hazardous materials unit were summoned just after 12:30 p.m. Ramsey Rescue sent the decontamination unit in case any workers or others were exposed to the chemicals. Ambulances were also put on standby before it was determined that evacuations weren't necessary.
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