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Akai Lounge Teams Up With Blue Moon Café In Bergen County Akai Lounge Teams Up With Blue Moon Café In Bergen County
Akai Lounge Teams Up With Blue Moon Café In Bergen County Fans of Mexican food and Japanese restaurant have their ultimate dream concept in Bergen County. The owners of Akai Lounge, which has locations in Englewood, Westfield and Westchester County, NY, have purchased the Blue Moon Café, a Mexican restaurant that has been an institution in Englewood for 27 years. James Du and Lillian Pien, who purchased Blue Moon, plan on keeping the restaurant open, while also combining it with Akai Lounge, creating two restaurants in one, with one room serving Japanese food and the other serving Mexican food.  While Blue Moon remains open, the Akai Lounge …

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by Sam Barron
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Englewood Police Car Smashed In Pursuit, Officer OK Englewood Police Car Smashed In Pursuit, Officer OK
Englewood Police Car Smashed In Pursuit, Officer OK An Englewood police officer escaped serious injury in a crash during a pursuit, authorities confirmed. The thieves had tried to steal a vehicle in the city's East Hill section shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday, Capt. Matthew de la Rosa said. The homeowner came out, however, and they fled, residents said. A short time later, the fleeing vehicle intentionally struck a city police cruiser at the corner of Dana Place and Maple Street, just up the block from East Palisade Avenue, de la Rosa said. The police SUV knocked over a fire hydrant and a stone fence column as the suspects sped off. The o…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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4 Hospitalized After Crashing In Englewood While Chasing Stolen Car 4 Hospitalized After Crashing In Englewood While Chasing Stolen Car
4 Hospitalized After Crashing In Englewood While Chasing Stolen Car Four people were hospitalized after they crashed in Englewood while chasing a family member's car that had been stolen right before their eyes, authorities said. The group was leaving a family member's home in Englewood Cliffs around 1 a.m. Sunday when they witnessed the theft of the Mercedes, which had been left running to warm it up, Englewood Detective Lt. Fred Pulice said. Upvinder Singh, 53, of Edison had three passengers in his Hyundai Sonata when he gave chase, Pulice said. The Sonata collided with another vehicle a short time later at the intersection of East Palisade Avenue and Jo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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REWARD: Can You Help ID Pair Sought In Brazen Englewood Jewelry Store Heist? REWARD: Can You Help ID Pair Sought In Brazen Englewood Jewelry Store Heist?
Reward: Can You Help ID Pair Sought In Brazen Englewood Jewelry Store Heist? Englewood police turned to the public for help finding two men who swiped a tray of jewelry from a local diamond exchange in broad daylight.  You could get a handsome reward. One of the thieves asked a clerk to see a piece of jewelry from a showcase at the East Palisade Avenue shop around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Capt. Timothy Torell said. The other stood lookout at the front door, he said. The first bandit grabbed the tray and both of them ran to a dark hatchback they’d left parked on Engle Street before speeding away, Torell said. They car turned right onto eastbound Spring Lan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVID Mask Clash: Tech Darling Charged With Bashing Englewood Officer In Face With Radio COVID Mask Clash: Tech Darling Charged With Bashing Englewood Officer In Face With Radio
COVID Mask Clash: Tech Darling Charged With Bashing Englewood Officer In Face With Radio A celebrated startup business advisor with an escalating history of violence smashed an Englewood police officer in the face with his own radio after causing a commotion at a local Starbucks when he refused to wear a COVID mask, authorities said. Frank Denbow, 35, eventually was subdued with help from a good Samaritan, police said. The attack, captured on video, came just weeks after authorities said Denbow kicked a police officer in Wyoming in the chest and sprayed him with a carbonated energy drink. An Englewood native, Denbow has been featured on various online business shows and tech …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes
Two Englewood Pedestrians Struck In Back-To-Back Crashes Two Englewood pedestrians were struck Friday by vehicles only three blocks and barely 45 minutes apart, authorities said. A 45-year-old woman was struck at 9:45 a.m. at the intersection of East Palisade Avenue and South Dean Street by a 1999 Buick Century driven by a 77-year-old man, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The sedan driver was turning right onto South Dean from East Palisade when he hit her in the crosswalk on Dean Street, he said. The woman wasn’t seriously injured, the deputy chief said. Nor was a 24-year-old pedestrian who was struck around 10:30 a.m. by a 2007 GMC …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Englewood Collision Sends Both Drivers To Hospital Englewood Collision Sends Both Drivers To Hospital
Englewood Collision Sends Both Drivers To Hospital A sedan collided with a Jeep on a busy Englewood street, sending both drivers to the hospital and jamming the area's early Thursday commute. A 2014 Acura ILX driven by a 25-year-old city woman was headed west on East Palisade Avenue when it collided with a 2019 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by a 17-year-old Franklin Lakes girl headed in the opposite direction at the corner of North Woodland Street just before 8 a.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. City firefighters had to extricate one of the drivers, Halstead said. Neither had life-threatening injuries when taken to Englewood Hos…

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by Jerry DeMarco