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Roaring Fire Consumes West Milford Home Roaring Fire Consumes West Milford Home
Roaring Fire Consumes West Milford Home A roaring fire consumed a West Milford home Monday night. The speed and intensity of the blaze made an initial search of the Macopin Road house impossible, responders said, adding that firefighters later learned that no one was home. Mutual aid companies from Highland Lakes, Kinnelon, Pompton Lakes, Ringwood, Upper Greenwood Lake and elsewhere assisted their West Milford colleagues, who requested tankers after the blaze broke out in the 2½-story Cape Cod, south of Bubbling Springs Park, just after 8:45 p.m. The fire went to four alarms a little over an hour later and then a fifth 20 or so…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Love At First Sight: West Milford's 'Weed Man' Adopts Adorable New Sidekick Love At First Sight: West Milford's 'Weed Man' Adopts Adorable New Sidekick
Love At First Sight: West Milford's 'Weed Man' Adopts Adorable New Sidekick Joseph Dillon of West Milford was scrolling through Facebook mindlessly -- but something stopped him at a photo a friend posted of a dog named Kona. She was a few miles away at the borough's animal shelter. Moments later, Dillon was in his truck headed to the facility to meet the pup who stole his heart. "It was love at first sight," said Dillon of Upper Greenwood Lake, commonly known in the area the Bergen County "Weed Man." "I went in right away to meet her, I didn't want to lose my chance. She jumped up and put her paws around my neck." Two weeks later, after many more visits includin…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Prospect Park PD: One Caught, One Sought In West Milford Car Burglary Spree Prospect Park PD: One Caught, One Sought In West Milford Car Burglary Spree
Prospect Park PD: One Caught, One Sought In West Milford Car Burglary Spree West Milford police were searching for a Prospect Park man who they said used stolen credit cards from several cars that he burglarized with a female accomplice. Shamarr Soto, 21, entered four unlocked vehicles in the Upper Greenwood Lake section of town on July 28 along with Alexayra Palma, 25, also of Prospect park, Chief Timothy Storbeck said. Palma who was taken into custody after detectives charged both with the crimes on Aug. 15, Storbeck said. She was released pending a first appearance in Central Judicial Municipal Court in Paterson.  An arrest warrant was issued for Soto -- former…

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by Cecilia Levine