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Legendary Rockland Police Chief Who Captured Three Brinks Murderers Dies Legendary Rockland Police Chief Who Captured Three Brinks Murderers Dies
Legendary Rockland Police Chief Who Captured Three Brinks Murderers Dies TRIBUTE: When they consider true heroes, crimefighters in North Jersey invariably include a lawman from just across the state line who single-handedly captured a trio of self-proclaimed revolutionaries after they killed two police officers and a guard following a $1.6 million armored car robbery. Alan Colsey, who died Wednesday at 69, had an impressive law enforcement career. He helped Rockland law enforcement computerize police records, get mobile data terminals in patrol cars and establish a radio system for first responders. Yet it was the Nyack native’s heroism on Oct. 20, 1981 tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Incoming New Milford Police Chief Brings Youth, Experience Incoming New Milford Police Chief Brings Youth, Experience
Incoming New Milford Police Chief Brings Youth, Experience Several weeks from officially taking office, incoming New Milford Police Chief Brian Clancy already has plans for enhancing an effective department. Clancy, 41, said he has “big shoes to fill” replacing retired Chief Frank Ramaci – and, before him, longtime Chief Frank Papapietro -- in what a trade association of private security companies named one of the safest municipalities in New Jersey two years in a row. The 18-year department veteran brings a wealth of experience to the job. Raised in the borough, Clancy began his law enforcement career at the NYPD’s 43rd Precinct in the Bronx…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Sports
Reorganized Northern Valley Baseball Knights Hold Tryouts For Players 8-14 Reorganized Northern Valley Baseball Knights Hold Tryouts For Players 8-14
Reorganized Northern Valley Baseball Knights Hold Tryouts For Players 8-14 Baseball’s Northern Valley Knights are holding tryouts over the next two Saturdays for players 8 through 14 years old from Harrington Park, Northvale, Norwood and Old Tappan. The Knights program “is under an entirely new group of trustees and board members who are dedicated to building this program into the true NVOT feeder program it was always intended to be,” the organization said. Iona College Head Coach Pat Carey will conduct the tryouts on Feb. 9 and Feb. 17: 12U to 14U: 8:30 to 10 a.m. 10U and 11U: 10 to 11:30 a.m. 8U and 9U: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. There’s a minimum of two tryouts at…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Sports
March Madness: Watch For Bosco Boy Paul Jorgensen, Top Butler Guard March Madness: Watch For Bosco Boy Paul Jorgensen, Top Butler Guard
March Madness: Watch For Bosco Boy Paul Jorgensen, Top Butler Guard The area has no shortage of players going dancing for March Madness. Here are four former varsity standouts from the region to watch in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament and when you can see their first-round games. Paul Jorgensen, Butler: The New City native graduated from Don Bosco Prep. The guard played two seasons at George Washington helping lead them to the NIT title last year with an average of 15.7 minutes per game. He has two seasons of eligibility remaining at Butler. (10.5 PPG, 3.2 RPG). Friday, March 16 vs. Arkansas at 3:10 p.m. Rickey McGill, Iona: The junior gua…

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by Cecilia Levine