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Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Ridgewood Crash Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Ridgewood Crash
Motorcyclist Hospitalized In Ridgewood Crash A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash involving a garbage truck in Ridgewood. The collision occurred at the corner of North Monroe Street and dead-ended Woodfield Court around 10:30 a.m. Monday, Aug. 29. Members of the Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the motorcyclist to Hackensack University Medical Center. The extent of his injuries couldn't immediately be determined. The accident was handled by Bergen County sheriff's officers, who are patrolling the village while local police attend the funeral of young Cole McKeon, whose father is a Ridgewood sergeant.Boyd A. Lov…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Loved Ones Say Aching Goodbye To 6-Year-Old Waldwick Superhero Loved Ones Say Aching Goodbye To 6-Year-Old Waldwick Superhero
Loved Ones Say Aching Goodbye To 6-Year-Old Waldwick Superhero Cancer is its most ruthless when it snatches young innocents, steals their childhood and shatters the hearts of those who love them. It claimed another when loved ones said goodbye this week to Cole McKeon. He was all of six years old. “He will never be in pain again. He will never have to do another hospital visit,” Cole’s mom wrote. “If something makes you sad when it ends, it must have been pretty wonderful when it was happening.” It was. Cole Patrick McKeon of Waldwick was diagnosed with Stage 4 neuroblastoma four years ago. It began with a chronic stiff neck and a visit to the pedi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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THIS SUNDAY: Pink Heals Rallies First Responders For Special Waldwick, Cliffside Park Boys THIS SUNDAY: Pink Heals Rallies First Responders For Special Waldwick, Cliffside Park Boys
This Sunday: Pink Heals Rallies First Responders For Special Waldwick, Cliffside Park Boys Two special young boys will be treated to a parade of first responders this Sunday in Waldwick, thanks to Pink Heals of Bergen County. Both Cole McKeon of Waldwick and Austin “AJ” Katchen of Cliffside Park were diagnosed months apart last year with Stage 4 neuroblastoma, a type of cancer that attacks certain types of nerve tissue. Before his first birthday, AJ had successful tumor resection surgery, the first of several operations. He’s also undergone chemotherapy that kept him hospitalized several months. Doctors declared AJ in remission last summer, but his immunotherapy and radiation t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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WARM YOUR HEART: Bergen Boy With Stage 4 Cancer Surprised By NJ State Police Chopper WARM YOUR HEART: Bergen Boy With Stage 4 Cancer Surprised By NJ State Police Chopper
Warm Your Heart: Bergen Boy With Stage 4 Cancer Surprised By NJ State Police Chopper PHOTOS: For a few moments Wednesday, young Cole McKeon of Waldwick and his family could think of something other than his Stage 4 cancer. New Jersey State Police Trooper Evan Curtiss, a Ridgewood High School graduate and village Emergency Services member, piloted the chopper that landed Wednesday behind Ridgewood police headquarters. Village PBA Local 20 requested the visit so that Cole – whose dad, Kevin, is a Ridgewood police officer and mom, Stephanie, a schoolteacher – could see the helicopter up close. Neuroblastoma is “a fast-moving cancer that is in a form of a tumor near a kidney a…

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by Jerry DeMarco