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$18.5M Contract Approved For Replacement Of 107-Year Old Lyndhurst Train Station $18.5M Contract Approved For Replacement Of 107-Year Old Lyndhurst Train Station
$18.5M Contract Approved For Replacement Of 107-Year Old Lyndhurst Train Station A contract for $18.5 million was approved for the construction of a new Lyndhurst NJ Transit train station replacing the current 107-year-old facility. Located at the corner of Delafield and Court avenues, the station will be closer to the commuter parking lot and will be designed to replicate the historic style of the Lyndhurst neighborhood.  It will include ADA accessible platforms, new stairs, four elevators, new lighting, canopies, communications and a closed-circuit TV, NJ Transit officials said. The contract is going to Anselmi & Decicco, Inc. of Maplewood, after six fi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Lyndhurst PD: Unlicensed Repeat Offender Wanted On Warrant Fails To Signal, Busted With Heroin Lyndhurst PD: Unlicensed Repeat Offender Wanted On Warrant Fails To Signal, Busted With Heroin
Lyndhurst PD: Unlicensed Repeat Offender Wanted On Warrant Fails To Signal, Busted With Heroin A habitual offender from Rutherford who made a turn without signaling had several folds of heroin, along with a half-dozen empties, in his car, Lyndhurst police said. Officer Christopher Cuneo stopped a 2001 Ford wagon around 1:15 p.m Thursday after Richard Graziano, 32, made a right from a Valley Brook Avenue parking lot near Town Hall onto Delafield Avenue without signaling, police said. Graziano was “extremely nervous and didn’t make eye contact,” Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. After spotting several empty heroin folds on the floor, Cuneo got consent to search the vehicle, he said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Jurors Quickly Convict Driver Caught By Lyndhurst PD With More Than ½ Pound Of Coke Jurors Quickly Convict Driver Caught By Lyndhurst PD With More Than ½ Pound Of Coke
Jurors Quickly Convict Driver Caught By Lyndhurst PD With More Than ½ Pound Of Coke It took jurors in Hackensack barely more than half an hour to convict a driver caught by a Lyndhurst police officer with more than a half-pound of cocaine. Superior Court Susan J. Steele ordered 37-year-old Orlando Hernandez held in the Bergen County Jail pending sentencing on convictions for first-degree drug possession with the intent to distribute it and possession of cocaine. Sgt. Paul Haggerty was on patrol on Sept. 21, 2015 when he saw a Volkswagen Passat with an improperly displayed temporary New Jersey registration and missing exterior mirror, according to the original police report…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities ID Motorcyclist, 20, Who Crashed After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit Authorities ID Motorcyclist, 20, Who Crashed After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit
Authorities ID Motorcyclist, 20, Who Crashed After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit LYNDHURST, N.J. -- Authorities on Thursday identified a 20-year-old motorcyclist from Teterboro who crashed Wednesday morning in Lyndhurst, breaking his leg, moments after police broke off a high-speed chase, authorities said. The Harley Davidson was missing a license plate when an officer tried pulling over Michael L. Thorpe near the corner of Ridge Road and Valley Brook Avenue around 9 a.m., Police Chief James O'Connor told Daily Voice. "Instead of stopping, he took off at a high rate of speed," O'Connor said. Backup officers headed to the scene as the chase was called off -- g…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teterboro Motorcyclist Crashes After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit Teterboro Motorcyclist Crashes After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit
Teterboro Motorcyclist Crashes After Lyndhurst Police Pursuit LYNDHURST, N.J. -- A 20-year-old motorcyclist from Teterboro crashed Wednesday morning in Lyndhurst, breaking his leg, moments after police broke off a high-speed chase, authorities said. The Harley Davidson was missing a license plate when an officer tried pulling the rider over near the corner of Ridge Road and Valley Brook Avenue around 9 a.m., Police Chief James O'Connor told Daily Voice. "Instead of stopping, he took off at a high rate of speed," O'Connor said. Backup officers headed to the scene as the chase was called off -- given the proximity to recreational and shopping…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Authorities: Serial Energy Drink Thief Scuffles With Lyndhurst Police Authorities: Serial Energy Drink Thief Scuffles With Lyndhurst Police
Authorities: Serial Energy Drink Thief Scuffles With Lyndhurst Police LYNDHURST, N.J. – A serial energy drink thief was looking at a simple shoplifting charge when he got physical with Lyndhurst police, authorities said. Michael Llopis, who was busted two years ago for stealing a shopping cart full of Red Bull, this time hid several cans inside his clothing Thursday afternoon before heading out of the Rite-Aid on Valley Brook Avenue, Capt. John Valente said. Someone got a description and direction of travel of his car, which was spotted soon after by responding Officers Steve Batista and Steve Passamano as Llopis pulled out of the parking lot onto northbound …

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by Jerry DeMarco