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Police & Fire
Convicted Rockland Roofer Agrees To Pay OSHA $687,536 For Endangering Workers At Bergen Site Convicted Rockland Roofer Agrees To Pay OSHA $687,536 For Endangering Workers At Bergen Site
Convicted Rockland Roofer Agrees To Pay Osha $687,536 For Endangering Workers At Bergen Site A roofing company will pay the government $687,536 for leaving workers vulnerable to potentially deadly falls at a Bergen County construction site, OSHA reported. The decision to stop fighting the fines and penalties came roughly a week before ALJ Home Improvement of Rockland County was to go to trial against the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration over conditions at a job site in Ho-Ho-Kus (see photo above). It also comes two months before Jose Lema, ALJ's founder and principal, is due to be sentenced in federal court for the February 2022 death of an employee at a constr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Phillip Hayward, Lab Chemist In Rockland, Dies At 23 Phillip Hayward, Lab Chemist In Rockland, Dies At 23
Phillip Hayward, Lab Chemist In Rockland, Dies At 23 Quick wit. Sharp humor. A bright light and unique character. This is how Phillip Hayward, a lab chemist in Rockland County, is being remembered. The native of Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey died on Monday, Aug. 24 at 23 years old -- but his legacy lives on, thanks to a GoFundMe launched by Gabrielle Rodriguez in his memory. The $11,800 that had been raised as of Tuesday morning will be donated to "The Trevor Project" in Phillip's name. The American non-profit organization focuses on suicide prevention efforts among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning youth.  A Northern Hig…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Injured In Route 17 Crash Motorcyclist Injured In Route 17 Crash
Motorcyclist Injured In Route 17 Crash A New York motorcyclist survived an overnight crash on Route 17 in Waldwick, authorities said. The 52-year-old Orange County resident from Middletown victim lost control of the motorcycle on the northbound highway just north of Sheridan Avenue shortly before 2 a.m., Police Chief Mark Messner said. “No other vehicles were involved and at that time and the conditions were clear and dry,” Messner said. The rider “was alert and conscious the entire time but did suffer lacerations to his leg and knee and a fair amount of road rash,” the chief said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Cafe Owner From Rockland Goes For Feel Good Food Cafe Owner From Rockland Goes For Feel Good Food
Cafe Owner From Rockland Goes For Feel Good Food Lori Iannone sits at one of the square, white tables in Ho-Ho-Kus' Alt Eats Cafe cupping a mug of coffee between her hands. She wears a baby blue apron printed with colorful doughnuts and her brown hair is knotted on top of her head.  Iannone has heaps of work to get done between the North Maple Avenue Cafe, her latest business endeavor, and longtime bakery We Knead Dough in Garfield. But taking time to mingle with customers is high on her list of priorities. After all, it's a key ingredient that goes into her passion: Blending good food and good people. "I always equated food with love …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Firefighters Douse Blaze At Waldwick Auto Repair Shop Firefighters Douse Blaze At Waldwick Auto Repair Shop
Firefighters Douse Blaze At Waldwick Auto Repair Shop WALDWICK, N.J. -- Firefighters quickly put down a blaze at a Waldwick auto repair shop late Tuesday afternoon. The two-alarm blaze broke out at J & J Auto Maintenance on Hopper Avenue around 4:30 p.m. Firefighters quickly had it under control. Firefighters from Midland Park, Ho-Ho-Kus, Saddle River and Wyckoff joined their colleagues at the scene. No injuries were reported. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Makeup Mogul Bobbi Brown Tells 'Vogue' This Bergen Salon Is Best Makeup Mogul Bobbi Brown Tells 'Vogue' This Bergen Salon Is Best
Makeup Mogul Bobbi Brown Tells 'Vogue' This Bergen Salon Is Best BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Bobbi Brown may live in Montclair but her "roots" are in Bergen County. Her hair roots, that is. In a recent "Vogue" magazine article, the makeup mogul cites the Eric Alt Salon -- headquartered in Bergen County -- as the best in the area. "Beauty tips are to be taken seriously when the source is Bobbi Brown," the article says.  "She refers to this New Jersey–based salon as, 'the best color, cut, and blowouts in town.'" The salon is owned by Emerson native Eric Altomare, who has locations in Saddle River, Ho-Ho-Kus and Ridgewoo…

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by Cecilia Levine