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Bergen, Hudson Bail Reform Car Burglar Arrested Yet Again -- 500 Feet From Edgewater Police HQ Bergen, Hudson Bail Reform Car Burglar Arrested Yet Again -- 500 Feet From Edgewater Police HQ
Bergen, Hudson Bail Reform Car Burglar Arrested Yet Again -- 500 Feet From Edgewater Police HQ Police have nearly lost count of the number of times serial car burglar Isaiah Jones has been released only to strike again in community after community in Bergen and Hudson counties. It happened again Friday night when Edgewater police said they caught Jones entering unlocked vehicles in the parking lot of a River Road shopping center barely 500 feet from their headquarters. The 29-year-old Bayonne resident has become a local bail reform poster boy of sorts. Two weeks ago, Edgewater police arrested Jones for breaking into vehicles at the Viva Margarita Restaurant on Old River Road, across…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
First Weehawken, Now Hasbrouck Heights: Another North Jersey Houlihan's Closes First Weehawken, Now Hasbrouck Heights: Another North Jersey Houlihan's Closes
First Weehawken, Now Hasbrouck Heights: Another North Jersey Houlihan's Closes Now that the Houlihan’s restaurant on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights hasn’t made it to New Year’s, some are wondering: Which one is next? Earlier this year, the company that owns the chain closed its Weehawken location, along with one in Lawrenceville. It was closing time again on Sunday, this time for its Route 17 sister, which had been in business for 21 years alongside a stretch of highway that included fellow restaurant/bars Biggie's and The Crow’s Nest, as well as IHOP, White Castle and Sonic, among others. Also closing Sunday was the Houlihan's in Woodbridge, as well as several others…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Lidl Sets Opening Date In Bergenfield Lidl Sets Opening Date In Bergenfield
Lidl Sets Opening Date In Bergenfield Bergenfield's new Lidl grocery store has set an opening date. The German discount grocer will open Dec. 18 at 8 a.m. at the former Pathmark store on New Bridge Road. The first 100 customers will win gift cards between $5 and $100, receive free reusable Lidl bags while supplies last and samples of the store's best products all weekend. This is Lidl's sixth New Jersey location, with others coming to Scotch Plains, North Brunswick and Weehawken.  Lidl, 80 New Bridge Road, Bergenfield, (844) 747-5435

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by Cecilia Levine
News
School Bus Drops Off Boy, 5, A Mile From Home In Weehawken: Report School Bus Drops Off Boy, 5, A Mile From Home In Weehawken: Report
School Bus Drops Off Boy, 5, A Mile From Home In Weehawken: Report School officials said they would investigate after an apparent mix-up resulted in a 5-year-old boy boarding a school bus in Weehawken instead of staying behind for the after-school program he was supposed to be attending. The boy’s parents told News 4 New York that their son was told to get on the bus from Daniel Webster Elementary School at the end of the regular school day instead of remaining for the program, which provides supervision until 6 p.m. The bus then dropped the boy off more than a mile from home. A passerby came to the boy’s aid, going into his backpack and finding a phone…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Stray Cat Strut: Frightened Feline Fetched From Lincoln Tunnel Stray Cat Strut: Frightened Feline Fetched From Lincoln Tunnel
Stray Cat Strut: Frightened Feline Fetched From Lincoln Tunnel A frightened feline was rescued from the Lincoln Tunnel early Wednesday after being stranded on – what else? – the catwalk. Maeghan Grant, a field supervisor in the tunnel's Operations Unit, traveled nearly the length of the tunnel’s center tube with trainee Christopher Lizotte following a motorist’s call before finding the cold kitten about 400 feet from the Manhattan exit, authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. The stray was taken to the Lincoln Tunnel’s New York Emergency Garage, where Tunnel & Bridge Agent Christopher Kerrigan provided water and a box for a trip back to the ad…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Clifton Woman, 35, ID'd As Victim Fatally Struck By Light Rail Train Clifton Woman, 35, ID'd As Victim Fatally Struck By Light Rail Train
Clifton Woman, 35, ID'd As Victim Fatally Struck By Light Rail Train The person killed when she was struck by a light rail train in Weehawken Monday night is a 35-year-old Clifton woman, NJ Transit said.  Saskia Guerrero was struck by the Hudson-Bergen line train around 11 p.m. near Port Imperial Boulevard. The Hoboken train had about 70 people aboard.  Family have started a GoFundMe campaign on her behalf to help with expenses. The incident remains under investigation.  

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Person Fatally Struck By Light Rail Identified UPDATE: Person Fatally Struck By Light Rail Identified
Update: Person Fatally Struck By Light Rail Identified UPDATE, Aug. 21: NJ Transit has identified the victim fatally struck Monday night in Weehawken. Click here for more.  Original story:  A pedestrian died Monday night when she was hit by a Hudson Bergen Light Rail train in Weehawken, NJ Transit said.  The woman was hit around 11 p.m. near Port Imperial Boulevard. No one aboard the Hoboken-bound train was injured.  The identity of the woman was not immediately available Tuesday morning.  The incident is under investigation, NJ Transit said.  Check back here for updates. 

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by Paul Milo
Business
Acme Stores In Woodcliff Lake, Elmwood Park To Shutter Acme Stores In Woodcliff Lake, Elmwood Park To Shutter
Acme Stores In Woodcliff Lake, Elmwood Park To Shutter A pair of Bergen County Acme markets will shutter this fall, a company spokesperson said. The Woodcliff Lake (Chestnut Ridge Road) and Elmwood Park (Broadway) stores will shutter by Oct. 2, a company spokesperson told NJ.com. Two other stores in Weehawken and Scarsdale, N.Y. will also be closing around the same time, Acme spokeswoman Dana Ward told the media outlet. Acme closed its Park Ridge location in 2018, just three years after renewing the lease from a shuttered A&P. Its Bergenfield store also went out of business in 2017. No word yet on the stores' replacements.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Driver Critical After Garbage Truck Plummets Off Overpass Driver Critical After Garbage Truck Plummets Off Overpass
Driver Critical After Garbage Truck Plummets Off Overpass A Union City DPW garbage truck plummeted off an overpass onto westbound Route 495 in Weehawken after the driver suffered a medical emergency Wednesday afternoon, responders told Daily Voice. The driver was taken to Jersey City Medical Center with critical injuries, they said.  A passenger in the truck sustained a broken femur, police at the scene told Daily Voice. The driver -- who apparently suffered a heart attack -- and another person who was on the street above were also hospitalized, as were several people who were aboard a bus that struck the truck after it landed, they said. In to…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Traffic
MAJOR DELAYS: Commuters Stranded After Tractor-Trailer Overturns In Weehawken MAJOR DELAYS: Commuters Stranded After Tractor-Trailer Overturns In Weehawken
Major Delays: Commuters Stranded After Tractor-Trailer Overturns In Weehawken An overturned tractor-trailer on Route 495 near the Lincoln Tunnel created major delays and chaos for New Jersey commuters Wednesday morning. The incident occurred on the westbound side of the highway in Weehawken, near the tunnel's New Jersey exit, closing westbound lanes. Bus service delays of up to one hour were reported by 511nj.org  as of 8 a.m., with service diverted to Hoboken and Weehawken. NJ Transit bus tickets are being accepted on NJT rail, PATH at Hoboken and NPS, NY Waterway at Hoboken (north and south), Edgewater, Port Imperial and Lincoln Harbor terminals. As of 9 a.m: …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen
Gunman Who Robbed 14 Hotels In Paramus, Rockland, Elsewhere Gets 21 Years In Fed Pen An Essex County man who robbed employees at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Paramus at gunpoint -- as well as those at 13 other hotels in New Jersey and Rockland County -- was sentenced Tuesday to 21 years in federal prison. Tremone Burnett, 46, of Orange, must serve just about all of the term: There's no parole in the federal prison system. That means he'll be in his late 60s when he's eventually released. Burnett told a federal judge in Newark three months ago that he tied the victims’ hands and feet in some of the holdups. SEE: Gunman Robs Cash From Paramus Hotel He also fired the gun during…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Sports
Hail To The Champs: Englewood Soccer Club Hail To The Champs: Englewood Soccer Club
Hail To The Champs: Englewood Soccer Club Young members of the Englewood Soccer Club were hailed by the local mayor and council Tuesday night for their 2018 championship. The squad played against squads that included youngsters from Woodcliff Lake, Wayne, Riverdale, Montclair, Weehawken and Bayonne. They won it all beating Tenafly 5-0 last month on Tenafly’s field. The club is a not-for-profit organization created to teach Englewood kids the fundamentals of the game. Posing for photos with the mayor and council were Coach Jair Rendon and team members Christopher Barrientos, Juan Betancur, Marlon Castro, Gonzalo Cubias Pineda, Vic…

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by Jerry DeMarco