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NJ Coronavirus Testing Site In Paramus Closes After Only Four Hours
New Jersey's first major coronavirus testing site closed after only four hours on Friday. On Saturday, the site closed within minutes. A Daily Voice reader who got to the site at 9:30 a.m. waited in line until 1:30 p.m. to be tested, he said. Traffic quickly backed up for miles on Paramus road after the testing site in Bergen Community College parking lots opened at 8 a.m. It was originally scheduled to remain open until 4 p.m. Just after noon, however, a flashing sign on West Century Road alerted motorist that testing was at capacity. A police officer announced on a loud spea…
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: NJ Coronavirus Testing Site In Paramus Closes After Only Four Hours
UPDATE: New Jersey's first government-run drive-thru coronavirus testing site at Bergen Community College in Paramus closed after just four hours on Friday. A flashing traffic sign noted the testing site was closed around noon -- four hours after opening and four hours before its 4 p.m. scheduled stop time -- as police turned cars away. Gov. Phil Murphy begged the public’s patience. “We’ve never done this before," the governor said Thursday. “Hopefully we’ll get this executed as smoothly as possible.” ORIGINAL STORY: New Jersey State Police in protective face masks directed the flow alo…
Police & Fire
Authorities: Paramus Driver, 77, Crashes Sedan Into Ridgewood Police Car At Accident Scene
A 77-year-old driver from Paramus was hospitalized after her sedan hit two cars, one of them a Ridgewood police vehicle that was stopped following another crash. The original crash occurred Monday afternoon at Linwood Avenue and Paramus Road. Police were investigating that accident when the second crash occurred. The Paramus driver, who wasn’t seriously injured, was issued a careless driving summons, police said. Her Mercury Sable had to be towed. No police were reportedly injured.
Police & Fire
Third Fire In 38 Months Ravages Garden Center Greenhouse In Paramus (
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The third fire in a little over three years at a Paramus garden center severely damaged a greenhouse Wednesday night. Flames erupted at Denny Wiggers Landscapes and Garden Center on Paramus Road across from Bergen Community College shortly before 7:30 p.m. Firefighters quickly knocked it down, with no injuries reported. The cause wasn’t immediately determined. A fire in November 2016 seriously damaged a back corner of the main building. Four months later, a blaze that blew through the roof of a woodshed. Paramus Road was temporarily closed in both directions between Midland Avenue and Ce…
Police & Fire
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? Westwood Woman, 61, Struck Killed By Ridgewood Driver Outside Paramus Church
A 61-year-old Westwood woman was struck and killed by an SUV outside a Paramus church Sunday morning, said authorities who were seeking witnesses. Lucy Akdemir was crossing Paramus Road in front of the Assyrian Apostolic Church on Paramus Road when she was struck by a northbound 2006 Toyota Highlander driven by a 56-year-old Ridgewood woman around 11:30 a.m., Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. "The victim was almost off the roadway" when she was struck, Ehrenberg said. She was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, where she was later pronounced dead, the chief said. The driver remai…
Police & Fire
Minivan Slams Into Paramus Tree: Driver Hospitalized, Wheelchair-Bound Passenger OK
The driver of a van that struck a tree early Monday afternoon in Paramus was hospitalized after complaining of chest pains. A wheelchair-bound passenger whom she was transporting wasn't injured after the crash in front of 796 Paramus Road. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. A flatbed tow truck removed the minivan. Paramus police and EMS responded, along with a Valley paramedic team and an ambulance from New Bridge Medical Center. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Paramus Road crashBoyd A. Loving Paramus Road crashBoyd A. Loving
Police & Fire
Wild Glen Rock Stolen Car Chase Goes Down To Paramus, Back Up To Paterson
A wild overnight pursuit of a vehicle stolen out of Glen Rock made its way south through several towns and then back north before police broke off the chase in Paterson. Glen Rock Police Officer John Tarantino was headed to a call of a burglar trying to break in through the rear of an Abbington Terrace home at 1:40 a.m. Friday when he was passed by a 2014 Subara Crosstrack stolen from a Gramercy Place driveway, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. “The keys had apparently been left in the Subaru while the owner was moving cars in the driveway the night before,” Ackermann said. The owner also …
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Detour
: Route 4 Overpass Replacement Shuts Paramus Road For 3 Weeks
Start planning your alternative routes. The New Jersey Department of Transportation will be replacing the Paramus Road overpass above Route 4 beginning May 31. The overpass will be demolished and reconstructed over the course, shutting the portion of Paramus Road completely (yes, 24 hours a day). Police urge motorist to plan accordingly.
Real Estate
Garden State Plaza Reveals Overhaul Plan
The Westfield Garden State Plaza that many shoppers have come to know and love could have a very different look. The mall's owners recently revealed a plan to repurpose three vacant spaces at the mall and bring a new downtown to Paramus, according to report by NorthJersey.com and the USA Today Network. A redevelopment of the mall's former J.C. Penney, Uniqlo and freestanding Best Buy will kick off the project as the first phase, the report says. Three acres of green space connecting the mall to the residential building -- to be constructed on a Paramus Road parking lot -- will be one …
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