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James N. Batelli

Police & Fire
VIDEO: Watch Route 17 Road Rage Turn Into Tractor-Trailer Crash VIDEO: Watch Route 17 Road Rage Turn Into Tractor-Trailer Crash
Video: Watch Route 17 Road Rage Turn Into Tractor-Trailer Crash Dashcam video captures a Route 17 road rage incident that ended in a tractor-trailer crash in Mahwah. The footage “underscores the dangers of an increasing trend of road-rage incidents,” Police Chief James N. Batelli said Tuesday. Fortunately, no one was seriously injured in the mid-morning crash, he said. It began when the driver of a gray colored SUV “observed what he believed to be a tractor-trailer [driver] driving in an aggressive manner and changing lanes in a reckless manner” on the northbound highway around 9:45 a.m. Aug. 9, the chief said. The SUV driver “decided to take the matt…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Mahwah Police Urge Residents To Report Rising Middle-Of-Night Robo Calls Mahwah Police Urge Residents To Report Rising Middle-Of-Night Robo Calls
Mahwah Police Urge Residents To Report Rising Middle-Of-Night Robo Calls MAHWAH, N.J. – Mahwah’s police chief on Thursday urged residents to report what has become a rising number of middle-of-the-night robo-call hangups to federal authorities. “There’s been a dramatic increase of complaints regarding robo calls throughout the state but also within Mahwah,” Police Chief James N. Batelli said. These aren’t the same as those from con men trying to fool people into saving money on electric bills or low mortgages or believing that they needed to pay money to rescue a relative from trouble or avoid arrest by the IRS, he said. The new trend of calls “are getting thro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Events
Mahwah Program Shows Opioids' Destruction Of Users, Those Who Love Them Mahwah Program Shows Opioids' Destruction Of Users, Those Who Love Them
Mahwah Program Shows Opioids' Destruction Of Users, Those Who Love Them MAHWAH, N.J. – An award-winning film that shows the devastation of opioid addiction will be screened at Ramapo College later this month. Admission is free, but pre-registration is required to attend the 7 p.m. Jan. 31 on-campus screening of "Dying in Vein — The Opiate Generation," presented by the Mahwah Municipal Alliance in conjunction with township police and the college, at the Sharp Theater (Berrie Center). REGISTER: www.mahwahalliance.org Families will “leave the theater with a better understanding of the opioid epidemic that is occurring across our nation” after viewing fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco