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UPDATE: Woman Whose Body Washed Up Near GWB Not Victim Of Foul Play, Authorities Say UPDATE: Woman Whose Body Washed Up Near GWB Not Victim Of Foul Play, Authorities Say
Update: Woman Whose Body Washed Up Near GWB Not Victim Of Foul Play, Authorities Say UPDATE: A woman whose body was found Saturday morning along the Hudson River in Edgewater apparently wasn't the victim of foul play, said authorities who were trying to positively identify her. A 911 caller led officers to the body on the Hudson River Walkway shoreline behind the Comfort Inn around 8 a.m., Edgewater Police Chief Donald Martin said. Port Authority police detectives joined their Edgewater colleagues at the scene, along with the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence. The Asian woman's body was taken to the Bergen County Medical E…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Body Washes Up In Hudson River Near GWB Body Washes Up In Hudson River Near GWB
Body Washes Up In Hudson River Near GWB UPDATE: A woman whose body was found Saturday morning along the Hudson River in Edgewater apparently wasn't the victim of foul play, said authorities who were trying to positively identify her. A 911 caller led officers to the body on the Hudson River Walkway shoreline behind the Comfort Inn aroiund 8 a.m., Edgewater Police Chief Donald Martin said. Port Authority police detectives joined their Edgewater colleagues at the scene, along with the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which collected evidence. The Asian woman's body was taken to the Bergen County Medical E…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Four From Philly Charged With Beating, Tasing, Robbing Edgewater Pair At Gunpoint Four From Philly Charged With Beating, Tasing, Robbing Edgewater Pair At Gunpoint
Four From Philly Charged With Beating, Tasing, Robbing Edgewater Pair At Gunpoint Authorities captured four Philadelphia men who they said beat and tased two victims during a gunpoint robbery in Edgewater late last year. The victims were attacked when they arrived at the Riello Apartments on Gorge Road before dawn on Dec. 8, 2019 by a quartet who held them at gunpoint while beating them, tasing them with a cattle prod and robbing them, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said Friday. Detectives from Musella’s office and the Edgewater Police Department identified four suspects who were all arrested Wednesday at their homes with help from the FBI and Philadelphia Police …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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50 Cent Thrown Into Violent Rage When Confronted At Edgewater Lounge 50 Cent Thrown Into Violent Rage When Confronted At Edgewater Lounge
50 Cent Thrown Into Violent Rage When Confronted At Edgewater Lounge 50 Cent flipped a table and threw a chair before leaving an Edgewater lounge after being confronted by a man while dining outside Wednesday evening, reports say. A video posted to TMZ shows 50 Cent throwing a chair at a man who reportedly approached him from the outside, while enjoying drinks at Spirit Lounge in Edgewater. Sources told TMZ the man is the same one who got in the rapper's face outside of a movie theater last year. The man reportedly was talking smack and recording before 50 picked up and threw a table, which hit a Lexus in the parking lot. By then, the man had ripped his sh…

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by Cecilia Levine
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College Dropouts Open 2nd Bergen County Pizzeria Since December College Dropouts Open 2nd Bergen County Pizzeria Since December
College Dropouts Open 2nd Bergen County Pizzeria Since December A pair of college dropouts from Wyckoff are taking Bergen County's pizza scene by storm. Michael Ghinelli and Hadi Parhizkaran opened Pizza Club in Edgewater last December, when the previous owner listed the store on the real estate market. Next Wednesday, the new Outwater Lane store will open at the former site of Linwood Pizza. If you’re feeling adventurous, you can create your own pie — or opt for one of Pizza Club’s specialty varieties, which range from Italian classics like Margherita, Bruschetta and Lasagna to modernized American favorites like Philly Cheese Steak, Chicken Bacon…

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by Valerie Musson
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UPDATE: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl UPDATE: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl
Update: 3 Arrested In Jersey City Shooting Of 12-Year-Old Girl Three men have been arrested in the Tuesday evening shooting of a 12-year-old girl in Jersey City, authorities said. The guns recovered in the arrest of Jashaun Tate, Damari Blackwell and Marc Taylor were identified as a semi-automatic, Intractec MOD AB-10 9mm pistol and a Glock 21 .45 caliber handgun, police said. The girl, who was struck in the leg, and another person were shot on Martin Luther King Boulevard near Oak Street around 6 p.m., responders said. Police began chasing a black Volkswagen, which had been reported stolen out of Edgewater. The car hit a pedestrian and another vehic…

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by Cecilia Levine
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North Bergen Special Police Officer Dies From Self-Inflicted Wound North Bergen Special Police Officer Dies From Self-Inflicted Wound
North Bergen Special Police Officer Dies From Self-Inflicted Wound REQUIESCAT IN PACE: A special police officer from North Bergen who shot himself in the parking lot of a Hudson River hotel in Edgewater succumbed to his injuries on Thursday, authorities said. Responding officers found township the officer sitting in a vehicle outside the Comfort Inn along the Hudson River around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, responders said. As they approached him to talk, a shot rang out, they said. A landing zone was set up at nearby Veterans Field, but weather conditions cancelled plans for an airlift. An ambulance took the 28-year-old officer to Hackensack University Medical …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Environmentalists Explain Hundreds Of Dead Fish Floating In Hudson River Environmentalists Explain Hundreds Of Dead Fish Floating In Hudson River
Environmentalists Explain Hundreds Of Dead Fish Floating In Hudson River Hundreds of dead fish recently found floating in the Hudson River are no cause for concern, environmentalists say.  Their deaths, in fact, are the result of a "naturally occurring phenomenon," according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). The dead bunker were first spotted floating between 59th Street and the George Washington Bridge on the Manhattan side of the river. People in Edgewater and Fort Lee who also noticed them posted footage to social media. Warm water temperatures are likely a contributing factor, according to the DEC, adding water is less a…

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by Cecilia Levine
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UPDATE: North Bergen Special Police Officer Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound UPDATE: North Bergen Special Police Officer Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
Update: North Bergen Special Police Officer Dies From Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound UPDATE: A special police officer from North Bergen who shot himself in the parking lot of a Hudson River hotel in Edgewater succumbed to his injuries on Thursday, authorities said. Responding officers found township the officer sitting in a vehicle outside the Comfort Inn along the Hudson River around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, responders said. As they approached him to talk, a shot rang out, they said. A landing zone was set up at nearby Veterans Field, but weather conditions cancelled plans for an airlift. An ambulance took the 28-year-old officer to Hackensack University Medical Center, wher…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Edgewater PD: Ex-Con Caught Testing Door Handles Claims He Was Helping Owners Edgewater PD: Ex-Con Caught Testing Door Handles Claims He Was Helping Owners
Edgewater PD: Ex-Con Caught Testing Door Handles Claims He Was Helping Owners An ex-con caught testing vehicle door handles in Edgewater told police that he did it to help the owners, authorities said. Officer Jorge Vanegas watched as Parrish Cornejo, 35, of Union City peered into a borough resident’s pickup truck parked on River Road near the Fort Lee border, then pulled on the driver’s side door handle around 11 p.m. Tuesday, Detective Teddy Wetklow said. The door was locked, so Cornejo continued on – just as backup Officers Mike Colon and Tyler Iafelice arrived. Questioned by Vanegas, Cornejo said the truck wasn’t his and that he didn’t have permission to go into…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pier 1 Closing All Stores For Good, Cites 'New Reality, Uncertainty Of Post-COVID World' Pier 1 Closing All Stores For Good, Cites 'New Reality, Uncertainty Of Post-COVID World'
Pier 1 Closing All Stores For Good, Cites 'New Reality, Uncertainty Of Post-covid World' Pier 1 Imports has become the latest retailer knocked against the ropes by the "new reality" of online shopping and finished off by COVID-19. Nearly 60 years after its first store opened -- and three months after filing for bankruptcy -- the company announced Tuesday that it wants to close all retail operations "as soon as reasonably possible." The explosion in online shopping, intense competition from larger chains and the coronavirus pandemic "are requiring us to wind down," Robert Riesbeck, Pier 1’s chief executive and chief financial officer, said in a statement. "This decisi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Teens In Cliffside Park Accused Of Flashing Laser Pointer At NYPD Chopper Teens In Cliffside Park Accused Of Flashing Laser Pointer At NYPD Chopper
Teens In Cliffside Park Accused Of Flashing Laser Pointer At Nypd Chopper Cliffside Park police filed delinquency complaints against two teen cousins for flashing a laser pointer into the cockpit of an NYPD helicopter Wednesday night -- a serious crime that has sent some adults to prison. NYPD Aviation 20 was above Covenant Avenue and 128th Street, searching for a robbery suspect near St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem, when the incident occurred shortly before 9:30 p.m., the department said. Crew members used an infrared sensor to pinpoint the location of the beam on the Palisades near the corner of Cecelia Place and Cecelia Avenue, the borough’s highest point, Cliff…

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by Jerry DeMarco