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Officers Resuscitate Rockland 17-Year-Old At Ramapo Reservation Officers Resuscitate Rockland 17-Year-Old At Ramapo Reservation
Officers Resuscitate Rockland 17-Year-Old At Ramapo Reservation A drowning teen from Rockland was resuscitated after his friends pulled him from a lake in the Ramapo mountains, authorities said. The 17-year-old Spring Valley boy was surrounded by his friends in Bergen County when a group of Mahwah police officers -- identified as Nicholas Williams, Ryan Moore, Connor Gilgen, Luke Rice, and Liam Kantanas -- reached the upper lake at the Ramapo Reservation around 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 5, Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. He was unresponsive from all the water he’d ingested but had a pulse, Bussinelli said. The boy apparently had jumped into the lake, bega…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Rockland Man, 71, Falls Nearly 20 Feet From Ladder Helping Mahwah Friend After Storm Rockland Man, 71, Falls Nearly 20 Feet From Ladder Helping Mahwah Friend After Storm
Rockland Man, 71, Falls Nearly 20 Feet From Ladder Helping Mahwah Friend After Storm A 71-year-old Rockland man trying to help a Mahwah homeowner remove a tree branch from his roof following Tuesday’s storm lost his balance and fell nearly 20 feet off a ladder, authorities said. The victim, from Spring Valley, was conscious and alert but had a large cut on his forehead when officers arrived at the Wyckoff Avenue home shortly after 8 p.m., Mahwah Police Chief Stephen Jaffe said. He'd been helping his friend remove a branch that fell earlier, the chief said. The officers controlled the bleeding until Mahwah EMS and an ALS unit from the Valley Hospital arrived, Jaffe said. M…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Mahwah Woman, 87, Severely Burned When Robe Catches Fire Mahwah Woman, 87, Severely Burned When Robe Catches Fire
Mahwah Woman, 87, Severely Burned When Robe Catches Fire MAHWAH, N.J. -- An 87-year-old Mahwah woman suffered second- and third-degree burns after her robe caught fire Saturday as she tried to avoid a spilling pot of boiling water, authorities said. The woman's 84-year-old sister doused the flames, which didn't extend to their home in Bogert's Trailer Ranch on Pulis Avenue, Lt. Jeff Dino said. The victim was boiling a pot of water on the stove just before noon at Bogert's Trailer Ranch when it suddenly spilled, Dino said. As she spun to get out of the way, her robe landed on the stove, where it caught fire, he said. Flames were climbing her bac…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police Rescue Mom, Girls From Truck Stranded In Rushing Ramapo River Police Rescue Mom, Girls From Truck Stranded In Rushing Ramapo River
Police Rescue Mom, Girls From Truck Stranded In Rushing Ramapo River MAHWAH, N.J. -- The rising current of the Ramapo River had reached the knees of a woman and three young girls stranded Friday night in a pickup truck behind the Sheraton Mahwah Hotel. Responding Mahwah Police Officer Devon Gannon removed his gun belt, tied a rope around his waist and rushed into the icy water. Right behind him was Officer Greg Lehman. "They got them out one by one, from Gannon to Lehman to the shore in the pitch-black dark," Mahwah Police Chief James Batelli said. The woman and three girls -- ages 5, 12 and 13 -- were all fine, as were their rescuers, he said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco