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High-Speed BMW Pursuit Across NJ/NY Line Ends In Crash, Burglar Extricated, Police Say High-Speed BMW Pursuit Across NJ/NY Line Ends In Crash, Burglar Extricated, Police Say
High-Speed BMW Pursuit Across NJ/NY Line Ends In Crash, Burglar Extricated, Police Say A burglar whose co-conspirators bailed from the vehicle after a high-speed pursuit in New Jersey ended in a New York crash was arrested after he became trapped in the mangled BMW, police said. Christian Ochoa Moreno was behind the wheel of a gray BMW X5 with a Pennsylvania registration that nearly hit a Closter police car head-on, as the officer was responding to reports of a burglary in progress at 21 Kennedy Circle around 8:40 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 10, Closter Police Chief James Buccola said. Morena then sped off onto Eisenhower Road, then northbound onto Piermont Road, according …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Chemical Extinguisher Helps At Northvale Machine Shop Fire Chemical Extinguisher Helps At Northvale Machine Shop Fire
Chemical Extinguisher Helps At Northvale Machine Shop Fire Firefighters used a high-volume dry chemical extinguisher to help with a machine shop blaze in Northvale. The Livingston Street fire ignited shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday, May 16. The Paramus Fire Department’s Foam Unit provided a significant assist extinguishing flames on aluminum shavings that were placed in metal barrels and brought outside. Crews remained at the scene until about 7:30 p.m. Firefighters who went into the building were sent to a decon station due to burning metals and materials. Other mutual aid companies at the scene and in coverage included firefighters from Closter…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Kitchen Candle Fire Blows Through Roof Of Old Tappan Home Kitchen Candle Fire Blows Through Roof Of Old Tappan Home
Kitchen Candle Fire Blows Through Roof Of Old Tappan Home UPDATE: A candle ignited a blaze that ravaged an Old Tappan home near the Rockland County border on Friday, bringing firefighters from both sides of the state line, authorities said. The three-alarm blaze broke out in the kitchen of the 2½-story wood-frame home on Cheryll Lane near Old Tappan Road -- a little under a half-mile from Tappan, NY -- and quickly blew through the roof around 1:30 p.m. April 7, responders told Daily Voice. Firefighters had it knocked down in under an hour. Overhaul was completed by 3 p.m. Flames quickly spread, then blew through the roof of the home on Cheryl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
3X 'Chopped' Champion With MS From Bergen County Has New Restaurant 3X 'Chopped' Champion With MS From Bergen County Has New Restaurant
3X 'Chopped' Champion With MS From Bergen County Has New Restaurant A three-time Food Network "Chopped" champion from Bergen County who has been battling Multiple Sclerosis since 2004 has opened a new restaurant in New York. Chris Holland's Kantina, in Sparkill, puts an Asian twist on small plates, tacos and more. Holland, a Fort Lee native, has cooked Asian cuisine for most of his culinary career. That began for Holland shortly after being diagnosed with MS, when he ended his career as a paralegal and a battle with addiction. "I always wanted to be a chef, but thought it would be far too difficult. Thinking about further; however, I realized that nothing …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Four Suffer Smoke Inhalation In Overnight Old Tappan House Fire Four Suffer Smoke Inhalation In Overnight Old Tappan House Fire
Four Suffer Smoke Inhalation In Overnight Old Tappan House Fire Four people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation from an overnight house fire in Old Tappan, responders said. The blaze in the $1 million home at the end of a cul-de-sac on Parker Place broke out in the kitchen around 2:45 a.m. It immediately went to a second alarm on arrival, with a third alarm called roughly 20 minutes later. Old Tappan firefighters were met with heavy smoke at the Parker Place fire.OLD TAPPAN FD The Parker Place house fire in Old Tappan before dawn Saturday, Nov. 19 quickly went to three alarms.WOODCLIFF LAKE FD Firefighters had the blaze knocked down and under…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Destructive Rockland Shopping Center Fire Continues Burning For Hours, Bergen Companies Assist Destructive Rockland Shopping Center Fire Continues Burning For Hours, Bergen Companies Assist
Destructive Rockland Shopping Center Fire Continues Burning For Hours, Bergen Companies Assist UPDATE: Six firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries Sunday in a stubborn hours-long blaze that broke out in a basement gun range, spread through a Rockland County shopping center and continued burning late into the night, authorities said. Firefighters from Mahwah, Montvale, Oradell and River Vale were among more than 100 from Rockland, Westchester and Bergen counties either at the Pearl River scene or in coverage through the afternoon and into the evening. The sneaky blaze began shortly before noon in the long-gun range at the Rockland Indoor Shooting Education Center -- common…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist
Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist UPDATE: Six firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries Sunday in a stubborn hours-long blaze that broke out in a basement gun range, spread through a Rockland County shopping center and continued burning late into the night, authorities said. Firefighters from Mahwah, Montvale, Oradell and River Vale were among more than 100 from Rockland, Westchester and Bergen counties either at the Pearl River scene or in coverage through the afternoon and into the evening. The sneaky blaze began shortly before noon in the long-gun range at the Rockland Indoor Shooting Education Center -- common…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Smoky Roof Fire Doused At Bergen County Nursing Home Smoky Roof Fire Doused At Bergen County Nursing Home
Smoky Roof Fire Doused At Bergen County Nursing Home Firefighters doused a smoky blaze at a Bergen County nursing home Friday afternoon. The building was evacuated and there didn't initially appear to be any serious injuries after the fire broke out between the roof and second floor at the Russ Berrie Home for Jewish Living around 1:30 p.m., responders said. Workers have been replacing sections of the roof for the past week and a half, they said. "The area they've been working on is the original flat roof, not the new, peaked addition that was put on the front of the building," one explained. Northvale firefighters were joined, either at t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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TRAFFIC ALERT: Route 9W In Rockland To Be Closed For Repairs Saturday TRAFFIC ALERT: Route 9W In Rockland To Be Closed For Repairs Saturday
Traffic ALERT: Route 9W In Rockland To Be Closed For Repairs Saturday A typically busy stretch of Route 9W will be closed just north of the New York State border on Saturday, authorities warned motorists in northeast Bergen and Rockland County. Repairs will closed the road in both directions between Hickey Street in Sparkill and Shadyside Avenue in South Nyack, just south of Route 287, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 2, the New York State Department of Transportation announced. Plan accordingly -- and don't forget: Fines are doubled for traffic offenses in a work zone. "Motorists should anticipate delays and follow the posted detour utilizing State Route 59, Stat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Legendary Rockland Police Chief Who Captured Three Brinks Murderers Dies Legendary Rockland Police Chief Who Captured Three Brinks Murderers Dies
Legendary Rockland Police Chief Who Captured Three Brinks Murderers Dies TRIBUTE: When they consider true heroes, crimefighters in North Jersey invariably include a lawman from just across the state line who single-handedly captured a trio of self-proclaimed revolutionaries after they killed two police officers and a guard following a $1.6 million armored car robbery. Alan Colsey, who died Wednesday at 69, had an impressive law enforcement career. He helped Rockland law enforcement computerize police records, get mobile data terminals in patrol cars and establish a radio system for first responders. Yet it was the Nyack native’s heroism on Oct. 20, 1981 tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Rockland Man Attacks Black Women In Bergen, Captured After Texas Wild Boar Crash Prosecutor: Rockland Man Attacks Black Women In Bergen, Captured After Texas Wild Boar Crash
Prosecutor: Rockland Man Attacks Black Women In Bergen, Captured After Texas Wild Boar Crash A white Rockland County man made racist comments to three black women outside a Bergen County liquor store, then smashed their car with a baseball bat, injuring two of them, before fleeing, authorities said. Carson Goodman, 21, of Sparkill was captured in Pecos County, TX, on Friday after his car slammed into a 400-pound wild boar on a local highway and a responding sheriff’s officer discovered that he was a fugitive from justice, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Goodman, who’d been hiding out with a relative, became a suspect soon after Northvale police were called to the Bevera…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Fought Flames Trying To Save Their HQ HEROES: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Fought Flames Trying To Save Their HQ
Heroes: Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Fought Flames Trying To Save Their HQ Three Palisades Interstate Parkway police officers who were pulling New Year’s Day duty came running when they smelled smoke in their chief’s unoccupied office. They broke down the locked door and turned extinguishers on the blaze. But the heat and smoke from the quickly-spreading fire forced them out of the stone building, built as a private residence in the Alpine section of Palisades Interstate Park nearly a century ago, Lt. Jock Watkins Jr. said. By that time, a dispatcher had summoned firefighters and rushed to the second floor to retrieve a bicyclist who’d stopped to use the bathroo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Victoria Papalambros, 20 Of Old Tappan, Remembered For Her Smile, Compassion Victoria Papalambros, 20 Of Old Tappan, Remembered For Her Smile, Compassion
Victoria Papalambros, 20 Of Old Tappan, Remembered For Her Smile, Compassion Victoria "Vicky" Amanda Papalambros of Old Tappan died Saturday, Dec. 1. She was 20 years old. "Victoria’s smile illuminated a room. Her laugh echoed," her obituary says. "She was compassionate, loving and sympathetic to all people she encountered.  "She loved children and would take the time to play and read to them." Condolences poured in remembering Victoria for her warmth and fierce loyalty. "When life felt so wrong, you were always still right to me," her friend Stefanie wrote on her obituary.  "I will never forget how sweet and generous you were to the whole world. You wi…

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by Cecilia Levine