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HEROES: 'Stars Align' After Driver Suffers Medical Emergency, Hits Historic Bergen County Home HEROES: 'Stars Align' After Driver Suffers Medical Emergency, Hits Historic Bergen County Home
Heroes: 'Stars Align' After Driver Suffers Medical Emergency, Hits Historic Bergen County Home A Maywood driver whose Jeep hit a centuries-old borough home after he suffered a medical emergency had good fortune -- and a bunch of angels -- on his side. The 58-year-old motorist was "driving normally" when he was suddenly incapacitated while making a left from East Central Avenue onto Maywood Avenue around 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 20, Police Chief Terence R. Kenny said. The driver's Jeep Gladiator rolled into the Romeyn-Oldis-Brinkerhoff House, a sandstone Colonial built in the late 1700s. As it turned out, retired Maywood Police Chief David Pegg -- who's still a borough firefighter -- w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Final Walkout: Maywood Police Chief David Pegg Gets Raucous Send-Off Final Walkout: Maywood Police Chief David Pegg Gets Raucous Send-Off
Final Walkout: Maywood Police Chief David Pegg Gets Raucous Send-Off He tried to prevent it, but there was no way retired Maywood Police Chief David Pegg wasn't getting a stylish send-off as he left headquarters as the borough's top cop for the last time. Pegg was feted on his final walkout Friday by dozens of first-responder colleagues -- some from neighboring towns -- who clapped, rang noisemakers and tossed confetti (see photos, video above). The unassuming public servant didn't want a fuss. "They scheduled the walkout at 4:30," he said. "I told them I'll leave at 1:30 instead." A lifelong borough resident, Pegg, 62, was with the dep…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Struck Maywood Pedestrian, 65, Dies From Injuries Struck Maywood Pedestrian, 65, Dies From Injuries
Struck Maywood Pedestrian, 65, Dies From Injuries A 65-year-old pedestrian died of his injuries after being struck Tuesday afternoon by a car on West Spring Valley Avenue in Maywood. Jacob John was in the crosswalk at Edel Avenue when he was struck around 2:30 p.m., Police Chief David Pegg said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said, adding that a family member was with him. The driver, meanwhile, remained at the scene, Pegg said. "The accident is still under investigation, and no summonses are issued at this time," the chief said Wednesday afternoon. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Fatal Accident…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Waldwick Fire Victim, 83, Dies From Candle Lit During Storm UPDATE: Waldwick Fire Victim, 83, Dies From Candle Lit During Storm
Update: Waldwick Fire Victim, 83, Dies From Candle Lit During Storm UPDATE: A candle lit during the storm that hammered North Jersey on Tuesday likely caused the fire that killed an 83-year-old Waldwick woman, authorities said. Results of the preliminary investigation indicate an unattended candle, lit due to a power outage, may have been the cause of the fire" that broke out around 6:40 p.m. on Van Court and killed Valentina Turley, Police Chief Mark Messner said Wednesday afternoon. First responders in North Jersey rushed from one emergency to another, as the rainstorm threw a one-two punch of high winds and lightning. Firefighters from Allendale, F…

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by Jerry DeMarco