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AFTERMATH: Maywood Firefighter, 71-Year-Old Driver Among Several North Jersey Storm Victims AFTERMATH: Maywood Firefighter, 71-Year-Old Driver Among Several North Jersey Storm Victims
Aftermath: Maywood Firefighter, 71-Year-Old Driver Among Several North Jersey Storm Victims A Maywood firefighter was injured when a tree fell onto an engine -- one of several people hurt by falling branches, limbs and trees in Bergen and Passaic counties during Tuesday's storm, responders said.  A 71-year-old man also required medical attention after a tree fell on his car on Route 17 in Ridgewood as Tropical Storm Isaias barreled through. A driver was injured by glass when a branch from a falling tree crashed through the windshield of a vehicle on the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway near Exit 1 in Englewood Cliffs. And two trees fell on an Englewood home, blocking resp…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Measles Case Confirmed In Bergen County Measles Case Confirmed In Bergen County
Measles Case Confirmed In Bergen County A New Jersey resident diagnosed with a case of the measles may have exposed people in Bergen County to the infection, the state health officials said. The man had been in contact with a community outside of New Jersey experiencing an ongoing outbreak of measles and may have exposed Bergen County residents to the disease between Feb. 17 and Feb. 25, the state's health department said. Anyone who visited Hillsdale's AFC Urgent Care on Broadway between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., or Walgreens Pharmacy on Washington Avenue in Hillsdale between 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. may have been exposed to the disea…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Hillsdale Hero Police Officers Rescue Driver In Burning Car PHOTOS: Hillsdale Hero Police Officers Rescue Driver In Burning Car
Photos: Hillsdale Hero Police Officers Rescue Driver In Burning Car HILLSDALE, N.J. -- An overturned car had burst into flames when two Hillsdale police officers quickly doused the fire with extinguishers, saving the 47-year-old Bergenfield driver inside. The northbound BMW X6 struck a tree and overturned in the driveway of a Kinderkamack Road home near Washington Avenue just before 2 a.m., police said. Finding the undercarriage ablaze, responding Officers Alex Kaplan and Matt Buesser grabbed their extinguishers. Backups provided help until the fire was completely doused. Borough firefighters then extricated the driver, who was taken by Hillsdale Voluntee…

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by Jerry DeMarco