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Sean Stellato Makes 11-Year-Old Boy's Day, Stops For Photo On NJ Street
Two weeks ago, Sean Stellato was almost the most-hated man in New Jersey. If you recall, he was scorned across the Garden State for doubling Tommy DeVito's meet-and-greet fees just before an event at a Morristown pizzeria. But Stellato is apparently working his way back into the good graces of NY Giants fans. And on Tuesday, Jan. 2, he won two of them back. The NFL agent was on Lafayette Avenue in Hawthorne when Robin Johnson spotted him on the way to the movies with her 11-year-old son, Christopher Reindeau. The boy approached him and politely asked for a photo, she said. "He…
Obituaries
Retired State Trooper Suffered Medical Episode Before Route 287 Crash: Family, Police
The driver who died in a crash on Route 287 in Morris County this week has been identified as retired New Jersey State Trooper Kevin Hanrahan. Hanrahan, 61, was heading north near milepost 31.4 in Harding Township around 9:05 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, when he ran off the road to the left and struck a metal guardrail, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. Hanrahan was rushed to a hospital, where he later died, Marchan said. Hanrahan's son, Kevin, said he had suffered a medical episode. The lifelong Hawthorne resident had been living part-time in Florida, but start…
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Paterson Driver, 24, Charged With Hit-And-Run Crash That Killed 83-Year-Old Woman In Glen Rock
UPDATE: A 24-year-old factory worker from Paterson was charged Wednesday with the hit-and-run death of an 83-year-old Hawthorne woman as she crossed a Glen Rock street two days earlier. The 2007 Honda CRV that David Romero was driving when he was stopped by Glen Rock Police Sgt. Michael Trover around 6:45 a.m. Feb. 1, not only has a dented hood. Tape also remained on an apparently new replacement windshield and bits of clothing were found in the grill. Romero was pulled over on Lincoln Avenue near northbound Route 208 -- less than a block up and easily visible from the spot where Angelina …
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! Driver, Dented SUV Seized In Hit-And-Run That Killed 83-Year-Old Woman In Glen Rock
UPDATE: A 24-year-old factory worker from Paterson was charged Wednesday with the hit-and-run death of an 83-year-old Hawthorne woman as she crossed a Glen Rock street two days earlier. The 2007 Honda CRV that David Romero was driving when he was stopped by Glen Rock Police Sgt. Michael Trover around 6:45 a.m. Feb. 1, not only has a dented hood. Tape also remained on an apparently new replacement windshield and bits of clothing were found in the grill. Romero was pulled over on Lincoln Avenue near northbound Route 208 -- less than a block up and easily visible from the spot where Angelina …
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Hawthorne Firefighters Protect Home From Garage Blaze
Hawthorne firefighters quickly doused a detached garage fire, protecting a borough home. The blaze broke out in a garage on Summer Street behind the homeowner's Lafayette Avenue residence around 10 p.m. Friday, April 29. Firefighters split the work dousing the garage fire and protecting the rear of the home. They knocked down the main body of the fire within 15 minutes, and the blaze was declared under control at 10:20 p.m. Overhaul was completed less than an hour later. No injuries were reported. The Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary and borough polic…
News
Alert Bank Manager Helps Hawthorne PD Nab ID Thieves, Authorities Say
Hawthorne police nabbed a pair of identity thieves from the Bronx thanks to a local bank manager, authorities said. The manager at the Chase branch on Lafayette Avenue called police after denying the men access to an account belonging to a Florida resident and watching them drive away, Detective Capt. Robert King said. Officers took Orlando Rodriguez, 35, and Christian Ellis, 30, into custody after stopping their vehicle – which had tinted windows and no front license plate – moments later, King said. Both had several debit and credit cards in the names of other people with them, the capta…
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Daughter: Hard-Working Hawthorne Couple Sees Home 'Go Up In Ashes'
A Hawthorne woman was asleep alone in her parents' home when she heard her dog bark and awoke to the smell of smoke. Finding the backyard on fire, Jazmin Mendoza-Ortega grabbed Stella, ran out the door and dialed 911. Firefighters got there quickly, but fire, smoke and water damage pulverized the home where her hard-working parents, Washington Mendoza and Betty Ortega, had lived for 17 years. Several chickens died and some pet birds were rescued -- along with Stella -- from the house at Lafayette and Llewellyn avenues on Monday. Gone is the hub upon which a tight-knit group of relative…
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Chickens Killed, Dog, Pet Birds Rescued In Hawthorne House Fire
Several chickens died and a dog and some pet birds were rescued during a fast-moving Monday morning house fire in Hawthorne. The blaze broke out on the first floor and extended to the second floor and attic of the Lafayette Avenue home at Llewellyn Avenue around 10 a.m., responders said. Firefighters quickly got it knocked down and under control in under a half hour. No other injuries were reported. The cause wasn't immediately determined. The rescued birds were being cared for.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. The fire …
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Bail Hearing Set For Mahwah DPW Worker Charged With DWI While Awaiting Trial In Child Sex Case
UPDATE: A judge in Hackensack will determine whether bail should be revoked for a Mahwah municipal employee who was charged with DWI while awaiting trial for an alleged sexual assault on a 10-year-old girl. Brian Potter, 43, was driving a township truck when Hawthorne police said they busted him in January. Potter had been freed by a judge in Hackensack pending trial four years ago after Bergen County prosecutor's detectives charged him with sexually assaulting the girl. One of the stipulations of his release was that Potter refrain from consuming drugs or alcohol. Potter was stopped on L…
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Police: Mahwah DPW Worker Awaiting Trial In Child Sex Assault Case Was DWI In Township Truck
A Mahwah municipal employee who’s been free on bail on charges of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl was busted for DWI while driving a township truck in Hawthorne, authorities confirmed. Whether this will cost Brian Potter, 43, his freedom before trial had yet to be determined. One of the stipulations of his bail release was that Potter refrain from consuming drugs or alcohol. A Superior Court judge in Hackensack is scheduled to hear a request by Pre-Trial Services to revoke Potter's bail on March 18, an assistant Bergen County prosecutor said Thursday. Potter was stopped on Lafayett…
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Update
: Owner Removed Hawthorne 'Zombie House' Display On His Own
A beloved Hawthorne man said he removed a popular “zombie house” display from in front of his home on his own after learning that some neighbors had complained, police said Monday. "We received a few complaints regarding parking and traffic issues in the area of Mr. Rodrigues’s house," Hawthorne Police Capt. Robert King explained. An officer and supervisor went to the Lafayette Avenue house and found no issues, King said. "The officers advised Mr. Rodrigues of the complaints and asked him to avoid walking into the street to speak with people driving by and stopping due to safety concerns,"…
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Hawthorne Borough Hall Closed To Public Indefinitely After Workers Test
Covid-
19 Positive
Hawthorne's Borough Hall has been closed indefinitely to the public after two employees tested positive for COVID-19. The Lafayette Avenue building had reopened to the public July 13, when the borough had no active cases of the virus, according to Mayor Richard Goldberg. There are currently five COVID-19 cases in Hawthorne. The municipal employees are treating themselves at home and do not require hospitalization, NorthJersey.com reports. Eight Hawthorne police officers tested positive for the virus at the onset of the pandemic in March.
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: Baby Bear Scampers Through Downtown Hawthorne
A bear cub who apparently didn’t love playing in the yard dashed through downtown Hawthorne on Tuesday. One witness reported seeing the bear run from the Louis Bay Public Library across the tracks to Royal Avenue. The video shows a dash around the Subway on Diamond Bridge Avenue across Lafayette Avenue. The cub might have felt the town was just right: Hawthorne High School’s sports teams are called the Bears, after all. Although cubs can be separated from their mothers at times, mama could be near, wildlife experts warn. So approaching them isn’t a good idea. Best to call the NJ Division…
Police & Fire
Crash Splits Hawthorne Utility Pole
A 22-year-old driver refused hospitalization for a neck injury after a sedan split a utility pole Monday afternoon in Hawthorne. A PSE&G unit was summoned to assess the damage to the pole, although there was no loss of power in the area after the crash in the 100 block of Lafayette Avenue. A tow truck was called to remove the vehicle. Hawthorne police and EMS responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this account.
Police & Fire
Police: DWI Motorist Who Thought She Was In Her Driveway Flees Crash After Parking On Route 208
A drunk hit-and-run driver from Hawthorne told police she thought she was in her driveway when she parked her car in the fast lane of northbound Route 208 in Glen Rock and it was rear-ended by another vehicle, authorities said. The driver of the second car, a 2019 Volkwagen Jetta, told Officer Sam Evans that he couldn’t stop in time after Tammi L. Calie, 35, suddenly stopped in the left lane of the highway near Harristown Road shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Calie’s unregistered, uninsured 2010 Mercedes C4A “then fled the scene after being struck,” the chie…
Police & Fire
Hawthorne PD: Unlicensed DWI Driver From Wyckoff Crashes, Refuses To Submit To Alcohol Tests
A drunk driver from Wyckoff crashed her car in Hawthorne, injuring an adult and two children, authorities said. Heather Lawson, 43, who has a prior record of petty offenses, crashed a 2016 Land Rover owned by someone else on Lafayette Avenue, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Responding officers noticed that she smelled of alcohol, he said. “I ain’t doing your [sobriety] test,” Lawson told the officers, who took her into custody, Hoogmoed said. She later “became irate and refused to cooperate with officers” at headquarters, the sergeant said. The victims -- a 41-year-old woman and t…
Business
Andy's Corner In Hawthorne Closes
Andy's Corner in Hawthorne has closed. The Lafayette Avenue deli served its last meals on Nov. 3. A longtime waitress at the eatery announced the news earlier this month on Facebook in a post that garnered more than 100 comments -- nearly all from residents and customers sad to see Andy's go. "We are all very upset to say the least," she said. Known for its bacon, egg and cheese sandwiches, Andy's Corner had been favorited by locals for breakfast for years. "It makes us so sad to see all the empty storefronts in this town," one person said on Facebook, "as well as a long term busine…
Police & Fire
Upper Saddle River Dentist, 82, Critically Injured Crossing Hawthorne Street
A veteran dentist from Upper Saddle River was critically injured when he was struck crossing a Hawthorne street Thursday night, authorities said. Ronald Van Slooten, 82, was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after the 8:47 p.m. crash on Lafayette Avenue near Llewelyn Avenue, authorities said. Van Slooten was struck and thrown into the windshield by a 2013 Subaru Impreza operated by a 40-year-old Hawthorne man who remained at the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief Richard McAuliffe said. The Passaic County Sheriff's Off…
Police & Fire
Veteran Bergen Dentist, 82, Struck, Critically Injured In Hawthorne
A veteran dentist from Upper Saddle River was critically injured when he was struck crossing a Hawthorne street Thursday night, authorities said. Ronald Van Slooten, 82, was taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after the 8:47 p.m. crash on Lafayette Avenue near Llewelyn Avenue, authorities said. Van Slooten was struck and thrown into the windshield by a 2013 Subaru Impreza operated by a 40-year-old Hawthorne man who remained at the scene, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief Richard McAuliffe said. The Passaic County Sheriff's Office r…
Police & Fire
One Injured In Two-Car Hawthorne Crash
One person was hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash during the morning rush in Hawthorne. A Volkwagen took down a street sign and hit a light pole Lafayette and Warburton avenues around 8:15 a.m. Both the VW and the Nissan were towed from the scene. Hawthorne police, DPW workers and Volunteer Ambulance Corps members responded, along with an ambulance from the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Topples Traffic Light In Hawthorne
A traffic signal continued to work Thursday afternoon after it got topped by a tractor-trailer in Hawthorne. Municipal DPW workers responded to Wagaraw Road and Lafayette Avenue to separate the pole from the trailer. Lafayette was temporarily closed between Wagaraw and Washington Avenue. PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving (above), Michael Jannicelli (below) Traffic light toppled in Hawthorne.Michael Jannicelli for DAILY VOICE Traffic light toppled in Hawthorne.Michael Jannicelli for DAILY VOICE
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Hawthorne's R.D. Bender's To Close
R.D. Bender's in Hawthorne will close after more than 30 years in business. The Lafayette Avenue restaurant's last day will be June 30. "I'm proud to say that Hawthorne has been the most wonderful place to be a small business owner," owner Ron Bender said on a sign outside. Customers thanked Bender for the great food, drinks and memories.
Police & Fire
Hawthorne Police Nab NYC Fugitive, Grab Two Others In Stolen Car
Hawthorne police recovered a stolen car while capturing a fugitive wanted out of New York City. An officer initially pulled over the 2017 Audi A4 on Lafayette Avenue near Wagaraw Road on Thursday. But the driver – 20-year-old Carl Alston of Queens -- hit the gas as a rear passenger jumped out, Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Immediately arrested was 24-year-old Andre Foster, of Clifton, who the sergeant said was carrying pot. Members of the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office and Glen Rock Police Department joined the search for the Audi, which was found abandoned on May Street. An are…
Police & Fire
Firefighter Slammed Into Hawthorne Ambulance Accidentally, Police Say
UPDATE: No summonses were considered necessary after a volunteer firefighter headed to an alarm broadsided a Hawthorne ambulance with three squad members inside, knocking it over, police said Friday following the conclusion of an investigation. The ambulance had its lights and siren activated as it traveled north on Goffle Road to a medical emergency just after 11 p.m. last Friday, the police report says. No patients were aboard. A 25-year-old lieutenant firefighter, meanwhile, was headed east on the Lafayette Avenue extension to a firehouse in his personal vehicle, his volunteer blue ligh…
Police & Fire
Hawthorne Ambulance Knocked On Its Side, Three Removed
One person sustained what were characterized as minor injuries after a Hawthorne ambulance got knocked on its side by an SUV in a late Friday night crash. Three people inside the Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps rig had to be removed and taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center after the crash at Goffle Road and Lafayette Avenue. Another responder was behind the wheel of the SUV, headed to another call, authorities said. Mayor Richard Goldberg said visited the victims in the ER and was grateful that no one were seriously injured. He praised the first responders for their professi…
Business
Hawthorne's Newest Pub Puts Modern Twist On Irish Classics
Celtic Corner has opened on Lafayette Avenue in Hawthorne. Located right down the street from the movie theater, Celtic Corner boasts a hand-hewn bar boasts authentic Irish woodwork. Its menu is chock-full of Irish classics by Executive Chef Christine Nunn, the former owner of now-closed Picnic in Fair Lawn and Picnic on the Square in Ridgewood Christine Nunn is the executive chef of Celtic Corner.Christine Nunn FACEBOOK Nunn will be dishing up loaded Irish fries (Bacon, crispy onions, mustard, dubliner cheese over fries), shepherds pie, chili, burgers and plenty of "pub grub." “Our id…
Police & Fire
Photos
: No One Hurt In Hawthorne Sedan Explosion
Authorities were trying to determine why an unoccupied Mercedes sedan exploded Thursday morning in Hawthorne. No one was injured in the 10:45 a.m. blast and fire on Lafayette Avenue, which was quickly doused by township firefighters. The blast damaged a sign at a nearby business. Area businesses and apartments were briefly evacuated. The street was temporarily closed between Utter and Vreeland avenues. Michael Jannicelli contributed to this account.
Police & Fire
Friend: Hawthorne Mom Killed In Crash Had Close Bond With Daughter
The incredible bond that Kimberley Stoll had with her daughter, Jessica Miranda, was destroyed when Stoll was involved in a motorcycle crash near her Hawthorne home last Saturday night. Stoll, 57, was on the back of a 2008 Harley Davidson that collided with a Jeep that turned in front of her and 49-year-old motorcyclist Kasey "KC" Checke of Ramsey outside the Wells Fargo Bank branch on Lafayette Avenue. Checke, who owned an auto body shop in Ramsey, was killed in the crash. Stoll was hospitalized with head trauma, amid assorted other injuries, and never regained consciousness, l…
Police & Fire
Hawthorne Passenger, 57, Dies From Motorcycle Crash Injuries
UPDATE: A Hawthorne woman died of her injuries following a crash that killed a Ramsey motorcyclist late Saturday, family friends confirmed. Kimberely Stoll, 57, "suffered head trauma and never regained consciousness" and was pronounced dead just after 1 a.m. Tuesday, a close friend who's also a first responder told Daily Voice. Stoll was on the back of the 2008 Harley Davidson that collided with a 2017 Jeep Wrangler in front of the Wells Fargo Bank on Lafayette Avenue around 9:45 p.m. Saturday. The crash killed 49-year-old Kasey "KC" Checke, the owner-operator of KC's K…
Police & Fire
Hawthorne Passenger, 57, In Motorcycle Crash Dies Of Injuries
UPDATE (July 2): A Hawthorne woman died of her injuries following a crash that killed a Ramsey motorcyclist late Saturday, family friends confirmed. Kimberely Stoll, 57, "suffered head trauma and never regained consciousness" and was pronounced dead just after 1 a.m. Tuesday, a close friend who's also a first responder told Daily Voice. Stoll was on the back of the 2008 Harley Davidson that collided with a 2017 Jeep Wrangler in front of the Wells Fargo Bank on Lafayette Avenue around 9:45 p.m. Saturday. The crash killed 49-year-old Kasey "KC" Checke, the owner-operator …
Police & Fire
Ramsey Motorcyclist, 49, Killed, Passenger Critical In Hawthorne Crash
A Ramsey motorcyclist was killed and his female passenger critically injured in a crash in Hawthorne late Saturday. Kasey "KC" Checke, 49, was driving a 2008 Harley Davidson that collided with a 2017 Jeep Wrangler in front of the Wells Fargo Bank on Lafayette Avenue around 9:45 p.m. Saturday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Hawthorne Police Chief Richard McAuliffe said in a joint release Sunday morning. Checke -- the owner-operator of KC's Kustom Exhaust and Auto Service on Franklin Turnpike in Ramsey -- was pronounced dead at 10:13 p.m. His female passenger was t…
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