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Prosecutor: Investigation Underway Into Alleged Improprieties At Bergen Police Academy (UPDATE) Prosecutor: Investigation Underway Into Alleged Improprieties At Bergen Police Academy (UPDATE)
Prosecutor: Investigation Underway Into Alleged Improprieties At Bergen Police Academy (Update) In his first extended public comment since claims of misconduct at the local police academy were revealed by Daily Voice last month, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed that an investigation by his office is underway. “We take all allegations of misconduct seriously, and we immediately began an investigation” into the allegations at the Bergen County Police Academy in Mahwah after being notified of the alleged improprieties. All of the academy’s instructors except one were relieved of their duties by the New Jersey Police Training Commission (PTC) amid the accusations, Daily Voi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Firefighters Keep Large Bergen Brush Blaze From Reaching Homes HEROES: Firefighters Keep Large Bergen Brush Blaze From Reaching Homes
Heroes: Firefighters Keep Large Bergen Brush Blaze From Reaching Homes A firefighter was treated for chest pains during a large brush fire that spread perilously close to homes near the Teaneck section of Overpeck Park. "It's raining ashes," resident Kelly Bacon Fousse said after the fire ignited in the area south of Degraw Avenue between Route 95 and Teaneck Road around 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 11. Dry, windy conditions spread the five-alarmer, which brought more than a dozen other area departments to Teaneck to assist, Township Manager Dean Kazinci told Daily Voice. One firefighter was taken to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, he said. Although what was …

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
News
Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco OK After Medical Episode Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco OK After Medical Episode
Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco OK After Medical Episode Bergen County Executive James Tedesco was OK after passing out at a gathering in Ho-Ho-Kus, multiple sources confirmed. The hard-working Paramus Democrat was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood for precautionary reasons Wednesday night after he "became light-headed and briefly fainted at a private event," Bergen County Director of Communications Derek Sands said. Tedesco, 68, said Thursday that he'd spent nearly 40 hours out with the county snow plows following the weekend storm -- nothing out of the ordinary for him. "Just a little dehydrated," he said. "Need to slow down just a bit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Bergen County DPW Worker Killed In Saddle River Tree Removal Operation Identified Bergen County DPW Worker Killed In Saddle River Tree Removal Operation Identified
Bergen County DPW Worker Killed In Saddle River Tree Removal Operation Identified A Bergen County DPW worker who killed during a tree removal operation in Saddle River Thursday has been identified by county officials. Thomas Epper, 48, was a two-year heavy equipment operator in the Bergen County DPW, County Executive James Tedesco announced. He was transported fatally injured while performing a routine tree-clearing in Saddle River, Tedesco said. "The Bergen County family mourns with the Epper family," he said in a release.  "I want to thank the first responders for their heroic actions together with the work crew that was present at the time." The …

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by Cecilia Levine
Weather
Bergen County Cooling Centers Are Open: Here's Where They're Located Bergen County Cooling Centers Are Open: Here's Where They're Located
Bergen County Cooling Centers Are Open: Here's Where They're Located Several cooling centers in Bergen County were opened by County Executive James Tedesco Monday afternoon to help residents stay cool this week. In addition to libraries, shopping centers, recreation and senior centers that can provide respite, the five regional cooling centers are: County Administration Building, One Bergen County Plaza, Hackensack: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Northwest Bergen Senior Activity Center, Center St., Midland Park: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Southwest Bergen Senior Activity Center, Hackensack St., East Rutherford: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bergenfield Senior Center, Murray Hill Terra…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
New Contractor Focuses On Ending Months-Long Mahwah Detour New Contractor Focuses On Ending Months-Long Mahwah Detour
New Contractor Focuses On Ending Months-Long Mahwah Detour MAHWAH, N.J. – An end may be in sight for frustrated motorists forced to deal with a roughly 5-mile detour in Mahwah since last summer. County Executive James Tedesco recently gave the go ahead to swap the low-bid contractor hired to replace a culvert along the Route 202 corridor with Sanzari Construction, Mahwah Mayor William Laforet said. “I am absolutely convinced that Sanzari is the best solution and that the county executive has done the right thing by making this decision,” he said. “The amount of work that has been done in just a couple of weeks is absolutely extraordinary.” Laforet…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson