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Man Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Ramsey Man Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Ramsey
Man Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Ramsey Authorities confirmed a Wednesday morning commuter train fatality in Ramsey. The man was struck and killed by a Rockland County-bound NJ TRANSIT Main Line Train #1109 about 300 yards south of the Main Street crossing and the Ramsey train station around 9:40 a.m. Nov. 15. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. "There were no injuries reported to the approximately 20 customers or crew on board," NJ Transit Senior Public Information Officer Kyalo Mulumba said. The train left Hoboken at 8:35 a.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Suffern at 9:49 a.m., Mulumba said.  Service…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver Extricated, Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Downtown Ramsey Jewelry Store Driver Extricated, Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Downtown Ramsey Jewelry Store
Driver Extricated, Hospitalized After SUV Slams Into Downtown Ramsey Jewelry Store A driver was extricated by firefighters and hospitalized with serious injuries early Saturday after a large SUV slammed into a jewelry store in Ramsey's downtown business district. It was shortly before 7 a.m. May 13, when the Mercedes-Benz GLS smashed through the front of Apolo Jewelers, between Bici Restaurant and a Delta gas station at Main and Arch streets. The vehicle obliterated the entire front of the business, smashing cases and ripping off portions of the facade. It also took out a light pole, snapped a small tree and knocked two garbage cans onto Main Street. The vehicle obl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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TEAMWORK: Paramus PD Nabs Trio After SUV Stolen Out Of Ramsey Crashes At Garden State Plaza TEAMWORK: Paramus PD Nabs Trio After SUV Stolen Out Of Ramsey Crashes At Garden State Plaza
Teamwork: Paramus PD Nabs Trio After SUV Stolen Out Of Ramsey Crashes At Garden State Plaza Paramus police captured three thieves who crashed at the Garden State Plaza during a predawn pursuit of two stolen vehicles down Route 17. The chase began on Main Street in Ramsey shortly after an 2021 Audi Q7 was stolen from a home on Deer Trail North near Darlington County Park around 12:45 a.m., Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Lyman said. Officer Christopher Finn pursued the black SUV onto southbound Route 17, where a white Mercedes that had been reported stolen out of Ridgewood joined it, the chief said. Moments later, Paramus Police Officer Michael Cleary got behind the Audi in the area of…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CHILD PORN: Cyber Crime Detectives Charge Retiree From Ramsey, 79 CHILD PORN: Cyber Crime Detectives Charge Retiree From Ramsey, 79
Child Porn: Cyber Crime Detectives Charge Retiree From Ramsey, 79 A 79-year-old retiree was caught with nearly 100 child porn images at his Ramsey home, authorities said. Michael Alfone was arrested Friday and then released pending an April 6 first appearance in Central Judicial Processing in Hackensack, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Monday, March 21. Detectives from the prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit raided Alfone’s Arch Street home off Main Street on March 4 during the course of a months-long investigation, Musella said. They arrested Alfone on third-degree child porn possession charges after determining that he “used the Internet to vi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ramsey Police Chief Says Protest Leader Was Warned 2X Before Charges, Group Demands Concessions Ramsey Police Chief Says Protest Leader Was Warned 2X Before Charges, Group Demands Concessions
Ramsey Police Chief Says Protest Leader Was Warned 2X Before Charges, Group Demands Concessions Ramsey’s police chief said he's justified in charging the founder of a local protest group with disorderly conduct for blocking traffic during a recent downtown demonstration. Nicholas Haas had already received two written warnings for blocking the roadway during other marches when he led members of the Ramsey Alliance for Social Equality (RASE) up East Main Street on Jan. 10 “without requisite approval,” Police Bryan Gurney said. Haas "did not heed either the multiple written warnings…nor his own words stating he would notify the Ramsey Police beforehand on any events in the street,” Gurne…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Renowned Chef, Owner Of Bergen's Cafe Panache, Kevin Kohler Dies At 63 Renowned Chef, Owner Of Bergen's Cafe Panache, Kevin Kohler Dies At 63
Renowned Chef, Owner Of Bergen's Cafe Panache, Kevin Kohler Dies At 63 TRIBUTE: “Smart, sassy, funny, kind, talented and much, much more” is only the beginning of how people spoke of beloved chef Kevin Kohler following his sudden death. The body of Kohler, 63, was found Wednesday at Café Panache, the Ramsey bistro that the father of four turned into a culinary landmark and go-to destination for diners from miles around. "It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the loss of our beloved father," his family posted soon after. "Our dad touched the lives of so many with his charm, keen sense of humor and culinary prowess.  "He was a friend to everyo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Ramsey Bike Store Owner, 92, Closes Shop After 44 Years Ramsey Bike Store Owner, 92, Closes Shop After 44 Years
Ramsey Bike Store Owner, 92, Closes Shop After 44 Years After more than four decades in business, the 92-year-old owner of a popular bike store in Ramsey is closing up shop, reports say. Andre Hartmann has owned Ramsey Bike and Ski for 44 years, NorthJersey.com reports. The shop quickly expanded to sell bicycles as well, since skiing season alone was too short. Hartmann and his wife, Margrit, also opened up shops in Greenwich Village, Brooklyn Heights and Colt’s Neck. The store in Ramsey, meanwhile, relocated twice, starting at 19 E. Main St. in 1976, moving down the road to 150 E. Main and currently residing at 44A E. Main. Hartmann, a …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Ramsey PD: Mailbox Fishing Thieves Caught In The Act, Chief Urges Caution Ramsey PD: Mailbox Fishing Thieves Caught In The Act, Chief Urges Caution
Ramsey PD: Mailbox Fishing Thieves Caught In The Act, Chief Urges Caution Ramsey police captured two suspected thieves near the borough post office with glue traps, shoe laces and other devices used to fish mail from drop boxes, authorities said. Both men ran around the Main Street post office to a car parked on North Island Avenue after Officer Bryan Arsi spotted them shortly before 1 a.m. Monday, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said. Detectives Adam Macaluso and Jaclyn Sabatelli, Lt. Brian Lyman, Sgt. Casey Hines and Officer Robert McMackin converged on the car with Arsi and took the pair into custody after finding the so-called tools of the trade, the chief said Wed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
CLOSED: Bobcat's Texas BBQ In Edgewater CLOSED: Bobcat's Texas BBQ In Edgewater
Closed: Bobcat's Texas BBQ In Edgewater Bobcat's Texas BBQ in Edgewater has closed after less than a year in business. An "out of business" sign was posted on the front door of the River Road shop (near Trader Joe's) Thursday morning.  Yelpers also reported that the store had closed. The Main Street location in Ramsey remains open. No word yet on what's moving into the Edgewater space.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Mahwah Man, 66, Killed By NJ Transit Train In Ramsey Mahwah Man, 66, Killed By NJ Transit Train In Ramsey
Mahwah Man, 66, Killed By NJ Transit Train In Ramsey NJ Transit on Wednesday said a man struck and killed by a commuter train in Ramsey the day before was a 66-year-old Mahwah resident. The Main Line train -- bound for Suffern from Hoboken -- struck him around 12:30 p.m. Tuesday just west of the Main Street station, a spokesman said. Service was suspended in both directions for nearly an hour and a half. Last month, Governor Phil Murphy passed "Tommy's Law," nearly two years after 27-year-old Tommy Ryan was struck and killed by a train at the Main Street station in Ramsey.  The law -- sponsored by state Sen. Gerald Cardinale and A…

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by Cecilia Levine