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Teterboro Airport Noise Persists: Newly-Formed Group Pushes FAA For Alternate Flight Path Teterboro Airport Noise Persists: Newly-Formed Group Pushes FAA For Alternate Flight Path
Teterboro Airport Noise Persists: Newly-Formed Group Pushes FAA For Alternate Flight Path Residents who live near Teterboro Airport have had enough with the noise. More than 840 people in the Pascack Valley region, who have formed the group Taxpayers for Airport Noise Solutions, have signed a petition requesting the FAA to change the flight plans for flights into Teterboro Airport Runway 19, by having them fly over Route 17. Signers include the mayors of Emerson, Hillsdale, Montvale, Old Tappan, Oradell, Park Ridge, River Vale, Washington Township, Westwood, and Woodcliff Lake. Residents say this route avoids Hackensack University Medical Center and the Pascack Valley regio…

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by Sam Barron
Schools
These Are The Best School Districts In NJ, Website Says These Are The Best School Districts In NJ, Website Says
These Are The Best School Districts In NJ, Website Says Three New Jersey school districts have been ranked among the 50 best in America. Millburn came in at No. 29, Northern Valley Regional is ranked No. 33 and Princeton came in at No. 43 on Niche.com's latest rankings. Those three districts topped the list for 2023 Best School Districts in New Jersey, released Tuesday, Sept. 27. Here are the top 20 best districts in the state, according to Niche (scroll for a link to the complete list): Millburn Pubic Schools Northern Valley Regional HS District Princeton Public Schools West Windsor-Polainsboro Regional Schools Ridgewood Public Schools Tenafl…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'I Shot My Parents': Bogus Call Brings Police From Several NJ Towns 'I Shot My Parents': Bogus Call Brings Police From Several NJ Towns
'I Shot My Parents': Bogus Call Brings Police From Several NJ Towns A caller had just told a Montvale police dispatcher that she'd just shot her parents. Law enforcement colleagues from Hillsdale, Park Ridge and Woodcliff Lake immediately mobilized to assist their Pascack Valley colleagues Saturday night. Officers went to the parents' house and didn't find anyone home. They checked out at least one other claim the caller made that was bogus, too. "It was called in from out of state," Police Chief Joseph Sanfillipo said. "An investigation is ongoing." Authorities don't consider "swatting" pranks amusing. Summoning police from surrounding towns, depl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Police: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex Police: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex
Police: Car Burglary Trio Nabbed At Mahwah Condo Complex Mahwah police captured a trio of overnight car burglars from Pascack Valley thanks to an alert patrol officer and several residents, authorities said. Officer Dan Stewart spotted a woman attempting to avoid attention by leaning back in the driver’s seat of a 2004 Ford Explorer parked at the Paddington Square condo complex just after 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. Sage Maxon, 18, of Washington Township, “claimed she was there to pick up a friend who lived nearby,” Jaffe said. A check of the address she gave Stewart turned out bogus, the chief said. A search of the ve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Officers From Pascack Valley Towns Get Special 'Micro-Training' On Domestic Violence Incidents Officers From Pascack Valley Towns Get Special 'Micro-Training' On Domestic Violence Incidents
Officers From Pascack Valley Towns Get Special 'Micro-Training' On Domestic Violence Incidents More than 40 police officers from seven Pascack Valley towns attended a special "micro-training" session in River Vale on how to handle domestic violence incidents. Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Jessica Gomperts, who runs her office’s Domestic Violence Unit, discussed complete and proper investigations. River Vale police were joined by their colleagues from Hillsdale, Montvale, Old Tappan, Park Ridge, Westwood, and Woodcliff Lake. The local venue and succinct nature of “micro-training” -- the first of its kind in the Pascack Valley area -- enabled on- and off-duty officers to atten…

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by Jerry DeMarco