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HEROES: Boy, 3, Who Stopped Breathing At Wyckoff YMCA Revived By Police HEROES: Boy, 3, Who Stopped Breathing At Wyckoff YMCA Revived By Police
Heroes: Boy, 3, Who Stopped Breathing At Wyckoff YMCA Revived By Police A 3-year-old boy who'd stopped breathing and was turning blue at the Wyckoff YMCA was revived Friday by a pair of police officers, authorities said. YMCA staff were tending to the boy, who "was unresponsive and cyanotic" when Officers Robert Schlossberg and Michael Scalise around 12:30 p.m., Lt. Joseph Soto said. The officer conducted CPR while clearing the boy's airway of obstructions, Soto said. "The boy began to breathe on his own and was transported to the hospital by the Wyckoff Ambulance Corps and paramedics from Valley Hospital," the lieutenant said. Wyckoff police extended "best w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Lifelong Friends Make Rutherford Pool Reopening Happen Lifelong Friends Make Rutherford Pool Reopening Happen
Lifelong Friends Make Rutherford Pool Reopening Happen Two best friends and lifelong Rutherford residents joined forces to save the town’s historic community pool after it had been shut down. Thanks to Mike Lazzara, and Chris Dunn, Rutherford's community pool reopened Tuesday with COVID-19 guidelines in place. Lazzara, 29, and Dunn, 27, dreamed of starting their own aquatics program even as children. Their dream became a reality in February of 2019, when they developed the concept for the Rutherford Swim Association. But it certainly wasn’t easy.  At the time, the pool had been severely underutilized due to neglect. Lazzara and Dunn — who b…

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by Valerie Musson
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Car Slams Into Others On First Day Of Wyckoff YMCA Summer Camp Car Slams Into Others On First Day Of Wyckoff YMCA Summer Camp
Car Slams Into Others On First Day Of Wyckoff YMCA Summer Camp No one was injured when a compact car driven by a 77-year-old Fair Lawn man careened out of control in the busy Wyckoff YMCA parking lot Monday -- on a busy first day of summer camp, authorities said. Emergency responders rushed to what originally was a call of a car hitting the building, Lt. Joseph Soto said. “A lot of people were dropping off their kids at the time,” Soto said. "There was a great deal of concern.” The driver told police his brakes went as he tried to park, sending his Suzuki Aerio onto a berm between the lot and nearby train tracks, the lieutenant said. “Gravity th…

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by Jerry DeMarco