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Route 17 Crash Closes Two Lanes Route 17 Crash Closes Two Lanes
Route 17 Crash Closes Two Lanes A driver was hospitalized Tuesday morning after a multi-vehicle collision on southbound Route 17 in Hackensack. The left and center lanes were temporarily closed near the exit for Hasbrouck Heights before the road splits between Routes 17 and 80 around 9:30 a.m. following the crash, which involved a Mercedes driven by the injured female motorist, an Uber driver's Honda and a crane-arm flatbed truck. Large backups immediately followed. The Mercedes driver's injuries didn't appear life-threatening, responders said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: Driver Runs Stop Sign, Knocks Over SUV In Hasbrouck Heights Police: Driver Runs Stop Sign, Knocks Over SUV In Hasbrouck Heights
Police: Driver Runs Stop Sign, Knocks Over SUV In Hasbrouck Heights Two drivers were hospitalized following a crash that rolled an SUV in Hasbrouck Heights. A Ford Focus driven by a 37-year-old borough resident was heading east on Springfield Avenue when it was struck by a Subaru Forester going south on Summit Street shortly after 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Captain Joseph Rinke said. The driver of the Subaru "appeared to fail to stop for stop sign and the vehicles collided in the intersection," said Rinke, the officer in charge of the department.  The impact left the Subaru on it side. Borough firefighters extricated the Subaru driver, a 34-year-old wom…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fire Consumes Little Ferry Auto Body Shop Fire Consumes Little Ferry Auto Body Shop
Fire Consumes Little Ferry Auto Body Shop A worker was injured when a fierce fire blew through an auto body shop Saturday afternoon in Little Ferry, authorities said. The blaze broke out at Chizzy's Truck & Auto Repair on Bergen Turnpike off Route 46 around 2 p.m. It quickly went to two alarms. A worker sustained minor burns and was having trouble breathing, Police Chief James Walters said. Firefighters continued dousing flames.DAILY VOICE Several area departments provided mutual aid either at the scene or in coverage -- among them, Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, East Rutherford, Carlstadt, Wallington, Moonachie and Ridge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Pets Rescued In Fierce Lodi Fire HEROES: Pets Rescued In Fierce Lodi Fire
Heroes: Pets Rescued In Fierce Lodi Fire Firefighters rescued several pets during a blaze that blew through a Lodi home. The fire broke out on the first floor of the Westervelt Place home between 1st and Charles street just before 6 p.m. Monday. It quickly went to two alarms -- three for coverage. AftermathJo Fehl Everyone got out OK and no injuries were reported. Among those providing mutual aid at the scene were firefighters from Garfield, Hasbrouck Heights and Wallington. Companies from Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook and Wood-Ridge provided coverage. Flames raced through the Westervelt Place home in Lodi.Daniel Wixon …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ex-Cons Released Early Due To COVID Nabbed In Bergen Highway Gas Station Robbery Ex-Cons Released Early Due To COVID Nabbed In Bergen Highway Gas Station Robbery
Ex-Cons Released Early Due To COVID Nabbed In Bergen Highway Gas Station Robbery Two ex-cons who were among more than 2,000 New Jersey prisoners released early last year because of COVID were charged with holding up a Route 17 gas station in Hasbrouck Heights last month. Keywan Hudson, 25, spoke on a cellphone as he pointed a gun at the victim at the BP gas station on the northbound highway and demanded cash shortly before 3 a.m. Aug. 11, according to a complaint filed by a Bergen County prosecutor's detective. He also demanded to know the address, it says. Security video also showed Salik Stephens, 29, pulling up in a black BMW sedan with temporary tags moments later,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hasbrouck Heights Gardening Assistant Accused Of Sexually Abusing Minor In NJ, MA Hasbrouck Heights Gardening Assistant Accused Of Sexually Abusing Minor In NJ, MA
Hasbrouck Heights Gardening Assistant Accused Of Sexually Abusing Minor In NJ, MA A Hasbrouck Heights man who works at a retail garden center is accused of sexually abusing a minor in two states. Cheldon Clare, 42, of Prospect Street, remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail following his arrest late last week. “The sexual abuse was alleged to have occurred in Hasbrouck Heights and in Massachusetts,” Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Clare, who is married, “sexually assaulted the minor, who was under the age of sixteen on one occasion in Hasbrouck Heights” and “later traveled to Massachusetts to engage in sexual activity with the minor again,” the prose…

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WILD RIDE: Hackensack Man With Arrest Record Goes For Officer's Gun In Ambo, Garfield PD Says WILD RIDE: Hackensack Man With Arrest Record Goes For Officer's Gun In Ambo, Garfield PD Says
Wild Ride: Hackensack Man With Arrest Record Goes For Officer's Gun In Ambo, Garfield PD Says A Hackensack man with a history of fighting with police tried to disarm a Garfield officer during a struggle in an ambulance, authorities said. Michael Rufrano, 45, was acting irrational when officers responding to a 911 call found him outside a home on Garwood Court North, Capt. Richard Uram said Friday. Rufrano agreed to be taken to a hospital for an evaluation but then went for an officer's gun and tried to flee during what became a struggle, Uram said. He was unsuccessful and was immediately placed into custody for the ride to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus, the captain sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Harvest & Ale Now Open In Bergen County Harvest & Ale Now Open In Bergen County
Harvest & Ale Now Open In Bergen County A new restaurant and bar has opened its doors in Bergen County. Harvest & Ale, on Ramapo Valley Road in Oakland, bills itself as the area's newest farm-to-table restaurant. The menu boasts apps, sandwiches, bread bowls, greens and grains, skillets and mains, a kids menu, and dozens of cocktails and ales to choose from. The owners also manage Plank Pizza Company in Saddle Brook and Heights Bar & Grill in Hasbrouck Heights, BoozyBurbs reports. Harvest & Ale, 588 Ramapo Valley Road, Oakland

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by Cecilia Levine
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Resident Relocated After Partial Hasbrouck Heights House Collapse Resident Relocated After Partial Hasbrouck Heights House Collapse
Resident Relocated After Partial Hasbrouck Heights House Collapse A Hasbrouck Heights woman had to be relocated after the portico of her home collapsed Monday afternoon, authorities said. The resident wasn't injured in the mishap, they said. A building official summoned the town engineer to determine the structural integrity of the home. A PSEG crew temporarily turned off the utilities. The resident wasn't injured.HASBROUCK HEIGHTS FD The house "appeared to suffer from severe neglect for some time," a borough official said.Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE

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Hasbrouck Heights Flasher Strikes Twice On Same Street, Police Make Arrest Hasbrouck Heights Flasher Strikes Twice On Same Street, Police Make Arrest
Hasbrouck Heights Flasher Strikes Twice On Same Street, Police Make Arrest A woman had told Hasbrouck Heights police how a man exposed himself to her and her two young children when another report came in from barely a block away. Officers arrested borough resident Todd Wagner, 56, moments later, said Capt. Joseph Rinke, the officer in charge of the department. The first victim reported an incident in the area of Boulevard and Franklin Avenue shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, Rinke said. A search of the area yielded negative results, he said. Police got a similar report shortly before 9:30 a.m. Wednesday of a man exposing himself on Boulevard at Hamilton …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'I Wanted To Be Somebody': Bergen County Barber Achieves American Dream With New Mobile Shop 'I Wanted To Be Somebody': Bergen County Barber Achieves American Dream With New Mobile Shop
'I Wanted To Be Somebody': Bergen County Barber Achieves American Dream With New Mobile Shop Cutting hair has always come naturally to 29-year-old Bergen County barber Starlyn Delgado. He first learned how as a kid, when he moved to Brooklyn from the Dominican Republic and spent time visiting his dad's friend's barbershop in Brooklyn.  By the time he was in middle school, Delgado was giving shape-ups to his friends. And when he moved to New Jersey, he began working at Top Cutz in Hasbrouck Heights. "My family didn't come to the U.S. just for me to be somebody else," said Delgado, a dad of two from Hackensack. "I wanted to be somebody -- I wanted to be successful." The COVID-19 p…

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by Cecilia Levine
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HEROES: Bergen Mom, Son Rescued From Rising Floodwaters HEROES: Bergen Mom, Son Rescued From Rising Floodwaters
Heroes: Bergen Mom, Son Rescued From Rising Floodwaters Floodwaters had reached the bottom of their SUV's windshield when heroes from Norwood rescued a Demarest woman and her young son during Tuesday's downpour. It was one of several saves throughout the late-afternoon thunderstorms that rocked North Jersey. First, DPW Supt. Robert Tracy grabbed hold of the Mercedes to keep the swollen brook from sweeping it under a Walnut Street bridge, Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said. Then Police Officer Daniel Sullivan and Detective Perry Duelfer got the mom and her 10-year-old boy out, assisted by Sgt. Sal Russino, the chief said. Both were fine, he sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco