Find Your Daily Voice
Elizabeth
Your Local News for Elizabeth, New Jersey
Friday, nov 8
67°
Follow
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Traffic
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Elizabeth
Follow
Find Your Daily Voice
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Traffic
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Home
About us
All sites
Advertise with us
Contact us
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Code of ethics
Site Map
© 2024 Cantata Media
67°
Friday, nov 8
Police & Fire
Aftermath
: Bound Brook Recovers From Massive Fire
A seven-alarm fire tore through downtown Bound Brook Sunday night. The blaze broke out just before 8 p.m. in an unoccupied pair of buildings under construction on East Main Street near Mountain Avenue in the commercial district. Firefighters continued to douse hot spots into Monday morning. Several streets were closed and some residents remained without power morning, prompting a two-hour school delay. One firefighter suffered a sprained ankle but otherwise, no injuries were reported. Neighbors said it was a matter of seconds before flames consumed the structures. "This is a disastrous…
Police & Fire
Minivan Crash Topples Wires, Closes Route 17 For Hours
A crash that stretched utility wires across Route 17 Sunday morning in Upper Saddle River occurred when a 58-year-old Paterson driver suffered a medical episode, authorities told Daily Voice. The victim was alone in his Dodge Caravan when it veered off the southbound highway and struck a tree and a utility pole near Maserati of Bergen County shortly after 7:30 a.m., Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. The driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening, Kane said. The crash, meanwhile, strew wires across the highway, closing both sides…
Police & Fire
PSE&G Worker Injured While Repairing Pole In Elizabeth
A worker was hurt Monday morning while repairing a damaged utility pole in Elizabeth, PSE&G said in a statement. The worker was working on a damaged pole around 10 a.m. on Cherry Street when he was hurt. The utility did not specify the nature of the injury, but said the worker was transported to the burn unit at St,. Barnabas Medical Center for treatment. The worker was conscious when he was transported. The incident is under investigation, PSE&G also said.
Police & Fire
Hackensack Driver, 69, Hospitalized After SUV Rams Utility Pole On Route 1/9 In Ridgefield
An SUV slammed head-on into a telephone pole on busy Broad Avenue in Ridgefield Wednesday afternoon, leaving it tilted over the roadway and sending the driver to the hospital. The 69-year-old Hackensack driver was taken in stable condition with a head injury to Hackensack University Medical Center after crashing into the pole in the parking lot of Matera’s Garden and Nursery Center shortly after 2:30 p.m., Ridgefield Police Chief Thomas Gallagher said. Her Nissan Murano was totaled. The crash just south of Marion Place caused major delays in both directions on the ordinarily busy thorough…
Police & Fire
Burning Wires Fall In Ramsey, Jam Area Traffic
Ramsey firefighters doused separate mini-blazes sparked Monday by downed utility lines blocks apart. Burning wires fell on Lake Street at Franklin Turnpike in front of Eastwick College and on Canterbury Drive, spreading to some brush. PSE&G shut down power to the area so that firefighters could extinguish the blazes. Lake Street was temporarily closed in both directions from Franklin Turnpike to Debaun Avenue, creating a traffic mess. No injuries were reported. Borough police and the Ramsey Rescue Squad also responded. Lake Street was closed from Franklin Turnpike to Debaun Avenu…
Police & Fire
Utility Pole Toppled In Crash Outside Hackensack Church
An SUV collided with a sedan and then toppled a utility pole outside a Hackensack church on Thursday. The drivers – both female from Hackensack, one 75 and the other 47 – were hospitalized with minor injuries, as was a 14-year-old boy who was in the older driver’s Toyota Rav 4, Police Lt. Gregory Zisa said. The SUV collided with a Toyota Corolla in front of Mount Olive Baptist Church at Second Street and Central Avenue, Zisa said, adding that the building wasn’t damaged. The instability of the pole closed the intersection for several hours while PSE&G made repairs. The instability…
News
Registration Now Open For 5K In Newark Benefiting Integrity House
Runners can now register for the annual Newark Corporate and Individual 5K, which will be held Oct. 2 in downtown Newark. The run will benefit Integrity House, the nonprofit substance-abuse treatment organization that runs programs in Newark, Jersey City, Kearny, Secaucus, Morris Plains and Toms River. This year's run is intended to help raise awareness of the nation's growing substance abuse epidemic. The run starts at Washington Park at 12:15 p.m. and participants can run individually or in teams. Individuals can register up until race day but teams must register by Sep…
Police & Fire
Video
: Massive Fire Consumes Paterson Building Housing Drug, Alcohol Rehab Center
Flames consumed a Paterson mill that housed a substance rehab center Saturday, collapsing walls and floors and sending plumes of smoke over Route 80 that could be seen for miles -- but firefighters kept the blaze from spreading. No injuries were reported at the Straight Street commercial building, which housed the Straight and Narrow rehab center operated by Catholic Charities of the Paterson Diocese. "That's a big hit for a lot of clients and staff in New Jersey," a substance-abuse professional affiliated with the program said, noting that the program served thousands, making it one of th…
Police & Fire
Video
: Massive Fire Consumes Paterson Building Housing Drug, Alcohol Rehab Center
Flames consumed a Paterson mill that housed a substance rehab center Saturday, collapsing walls and floors and sending plumes of smoke over Route 80 that could be seen for miles -- but firefighters kept the blaze from spreading. No injuries were reported at the Straight Street commercial building, which housed the Straight and Narrow rehab center operated by Catholic Charities of the Paterson Diocese. "That's a big hit for a lot of clients and staff in New Jersey," a substance-abuse professional affiliated with the program said, noting that the program served thousands, making it one of th…
Police & Fire
Video
: Judge Releases Rockland Driver Who Rammed Police Car At GWB After Multi-Town Chase
VIDEO: A Rockland driver who was captured by Fort Lee police on the George Washington Bridge after he rammed a patrol car at the toll plaza during a wild chase through several Northeast Bergen towns was ordered released by a judge less than 24 hours later. Demarest police tried to stop a Toyota Camry driven by 29-year-old Joseph Russo, of Leif Boulevard in Congers, at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Russo kept going, nearly hitting a police officer, as well as a PSE&G employee, authorities said. Demarest officers pursued the vehicle south on Route 9W before Englewood Cliffs and Palisades Interstate …
Police & Fire
SEE
Anything
? Pair Hops Getaway Ride After Crashing BMW Into Route 17 Pole In Rochelle Park
Two men bailed out of a rental car and hopped into a dump truck after toppling a utility pole, downing wires that began to burn on northbound Route 17 in Rochelle Park early Friday, authorities said. The white BMW also hit a couple of parked vehicles, as well, around 7:15 a.m., Detective Sgt. James DePreta said. The two black occupants, who appeared in their early 20s, apparently hitched a ride from the dump truck driver, DePreta said. PSE&G responded and the highway was eventually reopened. Anyone who might have seen something or captured video is asked to contact Rochelle Park polic…
Police & Fire
Ridgefield PD: Racing Trio Nabbed After Palisades Park Crash
Three local men were arrested after they sped away from police and crashed at the Ridgefield/Palisades Park border, authorities said. Ridgefield Police Sgt. Edward Schaefer and Officer Ali Huda began chasing a 2015 Jeep GRC as it sped north up Broad Avenue, near Edgewater Avenue, around 1 a.m. Friday, Deputy Chief Robert Meurer said. Patrol units lost sight of the vehicle and continued northbound on Grand Avenue in an attempt to locate it, Meurer said. They found it crashed into a utility pole in front of a Japanese restaurant on Grand Avenue just north of the Route 46 overpass in Palisade…
Archive
67°
