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Police: Landscaper Trying To Burn Beehive Damages Carlstadt Fabric Company Warehouse Police: Landscaper Trying To Burn Beehive Damages Carlstadt Fabric Company Warehouse
Police: Landscaper Trying To Burn Beehive Damages Carlstadt Fabric Company Warehouse A landscaper trying to burn out a beehive using gasoline started a fire at a Carlstadt fabric company, authorities said. Firefighters and police who responded Sunday to the Mood Fabrics Company building on Eastern Way found the landscaper trying to douse the blaze from outside the building with water, Detective Sgt. John Cleary said. Forcing their way inside the warehouse, they found a fire burning near a bay door, Cleary said. Firefighters quickly extinguished it, he said. Detective John Sanzari was notified, investigated and determined that the landscaper was “attempting to exterminate a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Paint Thinner? Two Hospitalized By Fumes At Ridgewood Treatment Plant In Glen Rock Paint Thinner? Two Hospitalized By Fumes At Ridgewood Treatment Plant In Glen Rock
Paint Thinner? Two Hospitalized By Fumes At Ridgewood Treatment Plant In Glen Rock Two employees at Ridgewood’s wastewater treatment plant in Glen Rock were hospitalized Saturday morning after being overcome by fumes. Two Ridgewood Water employees and a Glen Rock DPW employee "detected a foreign odor coming from inside the treatment center and went inside to investigate" around 7:30 a.m., Glen Rock Police Lt. Christopher McInerney said. "During their brief investigation, they began to feel sick and exited." Two of the employees were taken to The Valley Hospital, McInerney said. The third refused medical attention, he said. Glen Rock police, firefighters and EMS were joi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NYC College Tennis Player, 20, Dies In Fiery Cresskill Monument Crash NYC College Tennis Player, 20, Dies In Fiery Cresskill Monument Crash
NYC College Tennis Player, 20, Dies In Fiery Cresskill Monument Crash UPDATE: A 20-year-old college tennis player from Queens was killed when his speeding vehicle slammed into the Camp Merritt Memorial Monument in Cresskill and burst into flames before dawn Saturday, authorities told Daily Voice. Video from a gas station at the circle shows the crash and explosion, which tore off the front of the 2016 Infiniti Q50, split the rest in two and hurled Christian Gloria about 75 feet just before 4:30 a.m. Gloria played tennis in high school and was listed on the ASA College team in Manhattan. "Any factors such as impairment are all still under investigation,&…

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by Jerry DeMarco