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Kinderkamack Road, Westwood, NJ

Obituaries
Bergen County Native, U.S. Army Officer Alyson Garino Dies, 30 (TRIBUTE) Bergen County Native, U.S. Army Officer Alyson Garino Dies, 30 (TRIBUTE)
Bergen County Native, U.S. Army Officer Alyson Garino Dies, 30 (Tribute) Alyson Garino, a Bergen County native and highly-respected First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army, died on Dec. 2, 2023. She was 30 years old. A graduate of Immaculate Heart Academy, Alyson went on to attend Penn State University, State College, and graduated with honors in 2015, according to her obituary on the Becker Funeral Home website. A Schreyer Scholar, she majored in English and minored in Military Studies. A distinguished military graduate of the ROTC Nittany Lion Battalion, she received the highly respected American Veterans of WWII award. Alyson served with distinction as a First Lieu…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After SUVs Collide In Westwood Driver Hospitalized After SUVs Collide In Westwood
Driver Hospitalized After SUVs Collide In Westwood Westwood firefighters freed a driver after his SUV got T-boned by another. The extricated driver walked to an ambulance under his own steam while bleeding from the head and was taken to a hospital following the crash at the corner of Kinderkamack Road and Westwood Avenue around 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 7, responders said. The other SUV's driver was shaken but otherwise OK, a witness said. At the scene of the crash at Kinderkamack Road and Westwood Avenue mid-morning Sunday, May 7.Nancy Triggiani-Musco Police are investigating the cause. Nancy Triggiani-Musco took the photos. The BMW…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Firefighters Contain Destructive Kitchen Fire At Westwood Restaurant Firefighters Contain Destructive Kitchen Fire At Westwood Restaurant
Firefighters Contain Destructive Kitchen Fire At Westwood Restaurant Firefighters kept a blaze that severely damaged a Guatemalan restaurant from spreading to the rest of a small shopping center in Westwood. The fire broke out in the kitchen and extended to the cockloft of Mi Flor Latin Cafe on Kinderkamack Road across from Kingsberry Avenue shortly before 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22. Firefighters quickly climbed up and opened the roof as part of an aggressive attack that kept the blaze in check and was over in minutes. Their colleagues from Emerson and River Vale provided mutual aid. Fire inspectors were investigating the cause. The fire broke out in…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Former New Milford Salon Owner Donna Salomone, 73, Of Westwood: 'Beautiful Inside And Out' Former New Milford Salon Owner Donna Salomone, 73, Of Westwood: 'Beautiful Inside And Out'
Former New Milford Salon Owner Donna Salomone, 73, Of Westwood: 'Beautiful Inside And Out' “When someone dies, people always say how good they were, how nice, etc,” Liz Sciarretta Cammarano wrote of her aunt, Donna M. Salomone of Westwood, who died Tuesday at 73. “In this case, it is the purest of truth.” Many knew Salomone from when she owned and operated Arthur Angelo’s Hair Salon in New Milford. “She made me laugh through the craziest times,” former co-worker Sandra Theriaque wrote. “She touched a lot of people.” Salomone was “truly one of those people [who] deserve all the compliments -- beautiful inside and out.” Yvonne McKenzie Franklin added. “Funny sense of humor, a…

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by Jerry DeMarco