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Municipal Employee Headed To Tree Lighting Hospitalized After Serious Pal Park Crash Municipal Employee Headed To Tree Lighting Hospitalized After Serious Pal Park Crash
Municipal Employee Headed To Tree Lighting Hospitalized After Serious Pal Park Crash A Palisades Park employee headed to the borough Christmas tree lighting narrowly avoided a much worse fate when a driver ran a stop sign and knocked his SUV into a telephone pole, splitting it in two. The employee was towing a light tower to the event at Borough Hall when the female motorist ran the stop sign and rammed the truck on Central Boulevard around 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4, witnesses said. The SUV then slammed into the pole -- with the bottom half crashing directly on top of the municipal vehicle and the top half left dangling from overhead wires. The general service employee was ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Bergen Family Routed By Fire Bergen Family Routed By Fire
Bergen Family Routed By Fire Everyone got out OK but a Bergenfield family lost everything in an early-morning fire on Friday, authorities said. The two-alarm blaze broke out on the second floor of the 2½-story home at North Prospect and Central avenues shortly before 6 a.m. It was knocked down within 45 minutes. Firefighters from Teaneck, Englewood, Dumont, New Milford, Demarest and Ridgefield Park provided mutual aid either at the scene or in coverage. The cause wasn't immediately determined. "The house is uninhabitable," Mayor Arvin Amatorio said. "No one was injured, but dealing with that type of disaster is ver…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Thieves Hit Bergenfield Woman With Car After Stealing PS5 During Facebook Marketplace Sale Thieves Hit Bergenfield Woman With Car After Stealing PS5 During Facebook Marketplace Sale
Thieves Hit Bergenfield Woman With Car After Stealing PS5 During Facebook Marketplace Sale A Bergenfield woman who thought she was selling a Play Station through Facebook Marketplace had it snatched from her by a group of thieves who clipped her with their car as they fled. One of the thieves took the PS5 from the 29-year-old victim at the Dunkin Donuts on South Washington Avenue and got into a silver Dodge Charger with three other occupants shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday, Detective Lt. William Duran said. The Charger then roared off, hitting the victim, he said. She wasn't injured, the lieutenant said, adding that the car struck another vehicle on South Washington Avenue as it fl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Glen Rock Homes Temporarily Evacuated, Roads Closed After Work Crew Ruptures Gas Main Glen Rock Homes Temporarily Evacuated, Roads Closed After Work Crew Ruptures Gas Main
Glen Rock Homes Temporarily Evacuated, Roads Closed After Work Crew Ruptures Gas Main Two dozen residents in the immediate area had to leave their homes after a Glen Rock DPW crew ruptured a gas line while doing work on a sidewalk ramp Wednesday morning. Officials offered shelter at Borough Hall while repairs were done at the corner of Main Street and Argyle Road following the mishap just after 9:30 a.m. Police transported several residents who didn't have vehicles, Chief Dean Ackermann said.  The De Boer Drive from northbound Route 208 was temporarily closed. Lower Main Street, Argyle Road and Southboro Lane were also temporarily blocked off. The evacuated homes…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Broken-Hearted Neighbors Try To Help 3 New Milford Families Burned Out By Fire Broken-Hearted Neighbors Try To Help 3 New Milford Families Burned Out By Fire
Broken-Hearted Neighbors Try To Help 3 New Milford Families Burned Out By Fire Neighbors have rallied to the rescue of three New Milford families who each lost nearly everything in a fire last weekend. A GoFundMe campaign launched by Jimmy Besterman aims to cover the cost of hotel rooms, clothing, food, rebuilding and anything else the families might need after being burned out of their Canterbury Village townhouses. "All of our hearts are broken, just knowing that they have nothing left including irreplaceable memorabilia, like wedding photos and keep sakes," Besterman wrote on the page. ****** ALSO: For those who chose to donate in other ways, gift cards…

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by Cecilia Levine & Jerry DeMarco