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'Was That An Earthquake?' North Jersey Asks
"What was that?" was the question that rumbled through a large swath of North Jersey and into New York State early Wednesday afternoon. Mine blasting? A sonic boom? Seneca guns? Unconfirmed reports of an earthquake or "seismic-like event" stretched from Newton and Sparta in Sussex County to as far east as the Palisades in Alpine beginning at 12:52 p.m. Jan. 11. There were similar calls in several southern New York State counties, as well as in the Poconos in Pennsylvania. All are basically in the area of the Ramapo Fault Line. The longest and oldest in the Northeast -- at 185 m…
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Violent Fugitive From Bergen County Captured
A violent fugitive being sought by state authorities forced some schools in northwest Bergen County to shelter in place during a manhunt that ended in his capture early Tuesday, authorities said. Ex-con Justinian Rocco, 26, of Allendale was seized by Waldwick police shortly after 7:30 a.m. Jan. 3 after colleagues from Saddle River, Midland Park and Wyckoff -- along with a K-9 unit -- converged on the area to assist, they said. Rocco had absconded from a state facility last Thursday, Dec. 29, after spending time behind bars for a variety of convictions. Then came a call early Tuesday …
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Salesman, 23, From Midland Park Charged With Trafficking Child Porn
A 23-year-old salesman from Midland Park was arrested Tuesday and charged with trafficking child porn, authorities confirmed. Ali Aldoise was taken into custody during the execution of a search warrant at his home on Vreeland Avenue early Nov. 6, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Detectives from his Cyber Crimes Unit found that Aldoise “used the Internet to view, download, possess, distribute and share items depicting nude and/or sexually explicit prepubescent and pubescent children,” the prosecutor said. They charged Aldoise with possessing and distributing child pornography and…
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Notorious NJ Serial Killer To Plead Guilty To Murders Of Five Long Island Women: Report
The number of brutal murder confessions continues to mount for imprisoned New Jersey serial killer Richard Cottingham, who reportedly is scheduled to plead guilty to five more killings, all of women on Long Island. Cottingham, now 76, has been serving multiple life sentences in South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton, NJ, for more than four decades for killing six Garden State women between 1967 and 1980. He's spent a considerable part of that time lately claiming he's committed several other killings. “For a long time now I have been trying to understand the darkness that enveloped my soul…
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Crash Cracks Utility Pole On Midland Park Main Drag
Two occupants sustained injuries that weren't considered serious when their hatchback split a utility pole before dawn outside the Midland Park Post Office.Utility wires were downed across Godwin as the Hyundai continued into the corner of a building housing an embroidery shop just up the street around 4:45 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25. Godwin Avenue was temporarily closed while a utility crew replaced the pole. No power outages were reported. Midland Park police were investigating the cause. Borough police and firefighters were assisted with traffic by Ridgewood police. Boyd A. Loving took …
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Inferno Levels Home Of Franklin Lakes School Board Member
A ferocious fire leveled the home of a Franklin Lakes Board of Education member. The 2½-story, wood-frame house that Ari Donio and his wife, Eveyln, bought at the corner of Kings Point Trail and Phelps Road less than two years ago was fully engulfed when firefighters arrived shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 25. A partial collapse required a defensive response, with all firefighters being kept outside. A partial collapse of the Kings Point Trail home in Franklin Lakes required a defensive response, with all firefighters being kept outside.FRANKLIN LAKES FD They had the bulk of the bl…
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SUVs Collide, Topple Traffic Light In Midland Park
A driver was hospitalized after two SUVs collided at a Midland Park intersection, taking out a traffic light in the process. A Chevy Tahoe slammed into the light pole in the collision with a Dodge Durango at the corner of Erie and Franklin avenues around 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 8. The Midland Park Ambulance Corps took the female driver of the Toyota to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening. All Points Towing removed both vehicles. Midland Park police and firefighters responded, along with members of the borough DPW. Borough police were inv…
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SUV Slams Into Utility Pole In Midland Park
A driver was hospitalized after his SUV struck a utility pole in Midland Park. Initial details were sketchy, but responders said the driver suffered head trauma in the early-morning crash on Erie Avenue near Smith Lane on Monday, Aug. 29. The road was closed as PSE&G made repairs to a pair of poles downed in the crash. The Toyota RAV 4 was towed. The road was closed indefinitely following the crash in front of 189 Erie Avenue in Midland Park on Monday, Aug. 29.Boyd A. Loving
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Jersey City Chicken Chain Shutters After 12 Years
A popular chicken chain is closing its Jersey City location after 12 years. Bonchon Chicken on Newark Avenue will shutter Sunday, Aug. 28, according to a sign on the door. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jersey City Upfront (@jc_upfront) The shop thanked customers for their patronage. No word yet on the replacement. Bonchon is a South Korean chicken chain founded in 2002, and has locations in Lodi, Hackensack, Fort Lee, Midland Park, Nutley, and Parsippany.
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Masked Men Carjack Midland Park Business Owner For Luxury Sedan
SEE ANYTHING? A Midland Park business owner was robbed by two masked men who sped from the local shopping center with his luxury sedan, authorities said. The armed bandits accosted the merchant outside his shop on Godwin Avenue across from the Midland Park/King's shopping center around 7 a.m., they said. The robbers "followed him to his business, where they stole the keys from him," Midland Park Police Chief Michael Powderley said. "It resulted in a newer model year BMW M8 being stolen from the Kings parking lot. "Thankfully there were no injuries," the chief said. Recent models of t…
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Franklin Lakes House Fire Doused
Firefighters quickly extinguished a Franklin Lakes house blaze before it could do more damage. Boxes apparently caught fire in the basement of the Summit Avenue home just off Route 208 shortly before 9 p.m. Tuesday, responders said. Firefighters had the flames knocked down within a half-hour, they said. The fire was declared under control minutes later. Mutual aid responders either at the scene or in coverage included firefighters from Fair Lawn, Midland Park, Ramsey, Waldwick and Wyckoff, responders said.
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Notorious NJ Serial Killer Charged With Murder Of Dance Teacher At Popular Long Island Mall
Another female victim has been added to the list of imprisoned 75-year-old New Jersey serial killer Richard Cottingham, thanks to advances in DNA technology. Cottingham was arraigned on Long Island via videoconference Wednesday from South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton for the 1968 slaying of a New Hyde Park woman in the parking lot of the popular Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream. He entered a not-guilty plea to murder charges in the death of Diane Cusick, a 23-year-old divorced single mom who worked as a dance instructor. Cottingham, a married father of three who’d lived in Lodi and wor…
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