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Men Charged With Vandalizing Vehicle Draped In Palestinian Flag At Tenafly Youth Soccer Game Men Charged With Vandalizing Vehicle Draped In Palestinian Flag At Tenafly Youth Soccer Game
Men Charged With Vandalizing Vehicle Draped In Palestinian Flag At Tenafly Youth Soccer Game Two men were charged with vandalizing a vehicle that had a Palestinian flag draped over its hood and harassing the owner at a children’s soccer game in Tenafly, authorities said. The vehicle had been keyed along the rear trunk and had a Star of David etched into the hood while parked in the lot at Tenafly Borough Hall on Riveredge Road last Saturday, Nov. 4, Police Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Stuffed into the windshield were flyers “related to the current hostage situation occurring in the Gaza Strip,” the captain said on Friday. Several people in the area had been recording their activ…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Driver Freed After Speeding SUV Snaps Tenafly Utility Pole Police: Driver Freed After Speeding SUV Snaps Tenafly Utility Pole
Police: Driver Freed After Speeding SUV Snaps Tenafly Utility Pole A speeding SUV snapped a utility pole, downing power lines, before dawn Wednesday in Tenafly. The 24-year-old Hasbrouck Heights driver was extricated from the 2017 GMC Acadia after it became entangled in downed lines on Riveredge Road -- near borough police headquarters -- at 2:20 a.m., Police Capt. Michael deMoncada said. He was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, the captain said. The vehicle, meanwhile, remained at the scene late into the morning as PSE&G worked to untangle the lines and install a new pole, he said.…

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Horrific Crash Kills Tenafly Driver, 19, Injures Three Others Horrific Crash Kills Tenafly Driver, 19, Injures Three Others
Horrific Crash Kills Tenafly Driver, 19, Injures Three Others A 19-year-old Tenafly driver was killed and three passengers were injured -- one critically -- when a sedan slammed into a tree, authorities said. An injured passenger flagged down a police car following the 10 p.m. crash Saturday on Knickerbocker Road at the corner of Columbus Drive, Tenafly Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said Firefighters cut the roof off to free a 32-year-old Bayonne woman sitting in the front seat. She and the two back-seat passengers – a Cresskill woman and Bergenfield man, both 20 – were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief told Daily Voice. Th…

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Suspected Pipe Bomb Found On Tenafly RR Tracks Stops Traffic, Turns Out Harmless Suspected Pipe Bomb Found On Tenafly RR Tracks Stops Traffic, Turns Out Harmless
Suspected Pipe Bomb Found On Tenafly RR Tracks Stops Traffic, Turns Out Harmless The stray tube spotted by a passerby with wires hanging out of it on the CSX tracks in Tenafly Friday morning could've been mistaken for a pipe bomb. It turned out to be a piece of railroad equipment, police said. The call came in from the tracks along Piermont Road near Riveredge Road shortly before 9 a.m., Capt. Michael deMoncada said. Tenafly police considered the item suspicious enough to notify the Bergen County Sheriff's Bomb Squad, which just so happened to be conducting a weekly training exercise. A CSX representative also was summoned to the scene and identified it as part of tra…

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Tenafly Boy, 14, Hit By Turning Sedan Tenafly Boy, 14, Hit By Turning Sedan
Tenafly Boy, 14, Hit By Turning Sedan A 14-year-old Tenafly boy was treated for a minor injury after being struck by a sedan early Thursday at a busy borough intersection. Police were investigating whether sun glare contributed to the 8:17 a.m. crash at the intersection of Riveredge Road and Jefferson Avenue, Police Chief Robert Chamberlain said. The boy was walking northbound in the crosswalk when he was struck on Riveredge Road by a vehicle driven by a female borough resident who was turning left to head east on Jefferson Avenue, the chief said. He was taken to Englewood Hospital and Medical Center and was subsequently relea…

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Loved Ones Turn To Community After Popular Tenafly Artist, Jeweler, 86, Is Hit By SUV Loved Ones Turn To Community After Popular Tenafly Artist, Jeweler, 86, Is Hit By SUV
Loved Ones Turn To Community After Popular Tenafly Artist, Jeweler, 86, Is Hit By SUV They don’t come more independent than Sarko Ekhsigian, a talented 86-year-old jeweler, artist and staple of the Tenafly community who was nearly killed when an SUV hit him last month. It’s hard for many to imagine him not walking around town, exchanging smiles, or hopping the Sunday bus to Central Park, where he so loved to draw, sketch and paint. Ekhsigian grew up in Jerusalem. He loved to paint but took up jewelry to support himself, creating designs that included medallions and amulets for Orthodox Greek patriarchs to wear on their robes. Ekhsigian had to start over when he got to the U…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Tenafly Pedestrian, 86, Hit By SUV Driven By Englewood Motorist, 84 Tenafly Pedestrian, 86, Hit By SUV Driven By Englewood Motorist, 84
Tenafly Pedestrian, 86, Hit By SUV Driven By Englewood Motorist, 84 An 86-year-old Tenafly man was hospitalized after he was struck by an SUV driven by an 84-year-old Englewood woman, authorities said. The victim was crossing Riveredge Road in Tenafly near the Stop and Shop driveway about 200 feet west of West Railroad Avenue when the Honda CR-V hit him shortly before 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Detective Capt. Michael deMoncada said. The driver stopped immediately and remained there, deMoncada said. The Tenafly Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the victim to Hackensack University Medical Center with head and leg injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Tenafly Police Officer Finds Crossing Guard's Missing Engagement Diamond From Late Husband Tenafly Police Officer Finds Crossing Guard's Missing Engagement Diamond From Late Husband
Tenafly Police Officer Finds Crossing Guard's Missing Engagement Diamond From Late Husband At some point Tuesday, Tenafly crossing guard Kathy Iannantuano noticed the diamond on her engagement ring had gone missing. The diamond ring -- given to her 52 years ago when her husband proposed -- became extra special to her after he passed away. Devastated and holding back tears, the Riveredge Road and Jefferson Avenue guard, with help from her son, searched the area after school to no avail. They assumed the diamond was gone forever.  "Well, the Tenafly Police Department doesn't 'assume' anything," the department wrote on its page.  "Back-up was called in and an organi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Stretch Of Knickerbocker Road In Tenafly Stays Closed After Toppled Tree Takes Down Pole, Wires Stretch Of Knickerbocker Road In Tenafly Stays Closed After Toppled Tree Takes Down Pole, Wires
Stretch Of Knickerbocker Road In Tenafly Stays Closed After Toppled Tree Takes Down Pole, Wires A key stretch of Knickerbocker Road in Tenafly was expected to remain closed through the evening rush after a toppled tree took down a utility pole and power lines. High winds uprooted the tree between Riveredge Road and Sunset Lane – a major travel route for commuters. No injuries or significant property damage was reported. PSE&G crews have been at the site all day. “Drivers in the area this morning would have probably have used more colorful language to describe it, but the morning commute was challenging,” Police Capt. Michael deMoncada said. “They’ll be disappointed to learn the …

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by Jerry DeMarco