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Man Pinned Beneath Huge Rock In Northeast Bergen Brook Rescued By Firefighters Man Pinned Beneath Huge Rock In Northeast Bergen Brook Rescued By Firefighters
Man Pinned Beneath Huge Rock In Northeast Bergen Brook Rescued By Firefighters Firefighters rescued a man trapped under a large rock in a stream in Demarest. The 49-year-old victim was walking along the Cresskill Brook behind Academy Lane just south of the Alpine Country Club when a 200-pound rock gave way Saturday afternoon, Sept. 23, Demarest Police Chief Anthony Dimitriadis said. The boulder pinned the man, whose head and chest were above the water, the chief said. Joining Demarest firefighters were their colleagues from Haworth and Closter, as well as Hackensack members of the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) and both Demarest and Alpine police, Dimitriadis …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teen North Bergen Driver Flees Crash On Foot, Leaves Injured Companions Behind: Alpine PD Teen North Bergen Driver Flees Crash On Foot, Leaves Injured Companions Behind: Alpine PD
Teen North Bergen Driver Flees Crash On Foot, Leaves Injured Companions Behind: Alpine PD A 17-year-old driver from North Bergen fled the scene of a crash in Alpine that sent two passengers the same age to the hospital, authorities said. A boy was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center and a girl to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center after their 2014 Jeep Wrangler went off Cambridge Way near Oxford Place and into the woods around 3:30 a.m. Saturday, June 10, Acting Alpine Police Chief Matthew S. Kent said. Both are also from North Bergen, he said. Police from surrounding towns and a K-9 unit converged on the scene but didn't find the driver, who the chief said had r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Housekeeper Hides When Burglars Break Into Bergen Mansion Once Owned By Trump Ally From Russia Housekeeper Hides When Burglars Break Into Bergen Mansion Once Owned By Trump Ally From Russia
Housekeeper Hides When Burglars Break Into Bergen Mansion Once Owned By Trump Ally From Russia Two burglars who broke into a Bergen County mansion that once belonged to a Russian billionaire barely escaped when police screamed up, authorities said. The housekeeper was downstairs when she heard the intruders a floor above shortly after 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, Alpine Police Chief Christopher Belcolle said. She rushed into a bathroom, one of 10 in the joint, then locked the door and called police. Officers were familiar with the French-manor-style brick colonial, which once belonged to oligarch Aras Agalarov when he was an ally of former President Trump. Sean "Diddy " Combs also l…

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Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Hitting Deer On 9W Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Hitting Deer On 9W
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Hitting Deer On 9W A motorcyclist from Bergenfield was hospitalized after hitting a deer on Route 9W in Alpine, authorities said. The 22-year-old rider's Honda struck the deer on the road's southbound side just south of Alpine Scout Camp shortly before 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Alpine Police Chief Christopher Belcolle said. Members of the Demarest Volunteer Ambulance Corps took her to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries to his shoulder and upper arm. The deer fled, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco