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Mary K. Miraglia

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Events

Leonia Celebrates Holidays With Festive Tree Lighting LEONIA, N.J. -- Leonia's tree lighting this year saw mild weather and plenty of participation by families and kids. Broad Avenue was closed to make the "Triangle" area safe for pedestrians. Hot chocolate was served, holiday music played and Santa arrived right on time, riding his fire truck. These photos from Kevin Dolce show the town decked out in lights and filled with merry makers. CLICK HERE for more photos.

by Mary K. Miraglia

12/16/2015

News

Teaneck Council Votes To Rezone Windsor Road Tract TEANECK, N.J. -- The Teaneck Mayor and Council voted 4-2 tonight to rezone the large and crucial tract of land at 1775 Windsor Road, said to be the second or third most valuable tract of land in the township. Voting for the ordinance to rezone the area from commercial to residential were Deputy Mayor Elie Y. Katz and councilmembers Henry Pruitt, Mohammed Hameeduddin, and Mark Schwartz. Mayor Lizette Parker and Councilman Jason Castle were opposed. Councilman Alan Sohn didn't attend. The vote followed a marathon public session, with sentiment on both sides. Those who favored the change supp…

by Mary K. Miraglia

12/15/2015

Police & Fire

Jurors Convict NYC Man In Teaneck Love-Triangle Murder TEANECK, N.J. -- Jurors in Hackensack on Tuesday convicted a Manhattan man of murder and aggravated arson, among other charges, in the killing of popular software engineer Robert Cantor in his Teaneck home. Sui Kam “Tony” Tung stared intently at the jurors as the judge's clerk read the verdict convicting him of eight counts and acquitting him of three others after deliberating three and a half days. Tung, 52, then looked down and blinked. Loved ones of Cantor who'd been crying before and during the verdict's reading hugged Assistant Prosecutors Wayne Mello and Brian Sinclair, who tried the…

by Mary K. Miraglia

12/15/2015

News

Fort Lee Has Early Council Meeting Thursday FORT LEE, N.J. -- The Fort Lee Mayor and Council will start their regular meeting an hour early this Thursday, Dec. 17. The meeting in the Council Chambers of Borough Hall, 309 Main Street, will begin at 7 p.m. instead of 8 p.m. The meeting agenda will be available in the Borough Clerk’s Office Wednesday, Dec.16 at noon.

by Mary K. Miraglia

12/15/2015

Neighbors

Fort Lee Verismo Opera Names First Female Conductor, Music Director FORT LEE, N.J. -- The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera in Fort Lee announced on Monday that Lucy Arner has been named the company's first female music director and principal conductor. Arner is among the first female music directors and conductors in the United States. The nonprofit opera company selected Arner after a search earlier this fall. She succeeds Maestro Anthony Morss, who is retiring at the end of this season. Arner will debut with Verismo Opera in its premiere of Amilcare Ponchielli's "La Gioconda" in April 2016. "We are thrilled to welcome Maestra Arne…

by Mary K. Miraglia

12/15/2015

Police & Fire

Judge Orders Hair Samples For Duo In Heart Attack Death Of Waldwick Mom WALDWICK, N.J. -- An undocumented Salvadoran couple from Waldwick who were involved in a violent fight when his mother died while their 7-year-old child watched will have to submit hair samples for forensic testing, a judge ruled Monday in Hackensack. Juan Martinez Rojas, 29, will have to stop shaving his head until the samples can be taken, Superior Court Judge Frances A. McGrogan ruled. Defense attorney Luis Acevedo, representing Claudia Hernandez, 25, argued that prosecutors didn't need the samples because they had cheek swabs from both. Removing 50 hairs from her head “is painful,” he …

by Mary K. Miraglia

12/14/2015

Neighbors

Fort Lee To Open Ice Rink In January FORT LEE, N.J. -- The Hudson Terrace Ice Rink in Fort Lee is back to stay, according to northjersey.com The rink will most likely be open from January through March and is a good place for other low-key activities like sledding, playing hockey, and strolling, Mayor Mark Sokolich told northjersey.com. No one knows for sure why the rink was originally shut down, but operated last season for the first time in 4 decades, northjersey.com reported. The rink was resurrected in 2014 with refurbishing and a ribbon cutting Jan. 9, as part of a return to community centered events, northjersey.com sa…

by Mary K. Miraglia

12/14/2015

News

No Deal For Former College Player From Hackensack Charged With Girl's Rape HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A former college basketball player from Hackensack was barred from drug court and may have to go trial on charges of sexually assaulting a 14-year old girl he picked up at a supermarket in Rochelle Park. “There is no plea offer right now” for Darion Benbow, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Yomara Castro told Superior Court Judge James J. Guida in Hackensack on Dec. 7. Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Benbow, 26, picked up the girl in April 2014 at the Rochelle Park ShopRite and brought her to his Clinton Place apartment, where he gave her alcohol and the…

by Mary K. Miraglia

12/13/2015

News

Bergen Judges Shift Assignments In January HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bergen County judges will be shifting responsibilities in January to bring expertise to the criminal courts while filling a vacancy opened by the retirement of General Equity Judge Gerald C. Escala. Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian, who was appointed to the bench in 2006, is moving into the top spot of Civil and General Equity courts Jan. 4, replacing Escala. Jerejian is being replaced in the Criminal Division by Superior Court Judge Christopher Kazlau, who is moving from the Family Division to cover the responsibility. Kazlau has been a highly respected criminal…

by Mary K. Miraglia

12/13/2015

Police & Fire

Son In Saddle River Cat Burglary Team Gets 5 Years In Prison SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- An ex-con who police said they caught with his father after a string of cat burglar-like break-ins in Saddle River and Morris County was sentenced to a plea-bargained five years in state prison on Friday. Defense attorney Brian Neary called 35-year-old Jerome Shaw Jr. a "youthful offender." “There comes a time when you have to put the toys of a child away and become an adult,” Neary said. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Vered Adoni noted, in turn, that Shaw has an extensive criminal record dating to his juvenile years, with convictions in North Carolina, …

by Mary K. Miraglia

12/12/2015

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