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Sedan Slams Into Fair Lawn Church Sedan Slams Into Fair Lawn Church
Sedan Slams Into Fair Lawn Church A driver escaped serious injury when his sedan plowed into the front steps of a Fair Lawn church. The Honda Accord shattered barrel planters that sent dirt flying at Our Savior Lutheran Church on Broadway (Route 4) at Midland Avenue early Friday evening, May 5. The Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps tended to the driver, who was the lone occupant. The Honda Accord shattered plastic traffic control barrels that sent dirt flying Saturday evening at Our Savior Lutheran Church on Broadway in Fair Lawn.Boyd A. Loving All Points Towing removed the sedan. Midland Avenue is directly aligned…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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GOTCHA! Off-Duty Elmwood Park Firefighter Helps Nab Fugitive Following Passaic River Pursuit GOTCHA! Off-Duty Elmwood Park Firefighter Helps Nab Fugitive Following Passaic River Pursuit
Gotcha! Off-Duty Elmwood Park Firefighter Helps Nab Fugitive Following Passaic River Pursuit A Paterson fugitive briefly eluded a police dragnet but was captured after he tried bumming a ride from what turned out to be an off-duty Elmwood Park firefighter, authorities said. Paterson police armed with a warrant were pursuing Stanley Edwards, 30, when he bailed out of a vehicle that had just crashed into a parked car on Sterling Place shortly before 11 p.m. Tuesday, Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said. He then ran down an embankment on River Drive and under the Broadway (Route 4) bridge over the Passaic River, responders said. Fair Lawn police, Bergen County sheriff's off…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SUV Plows Through Front Of Elmwood Park Furniture Store SUV Plows Through Front Of Elmwood Park Furniture Store
SUV Plows Through Front Of Elmwood Park Furniture Store A driver escaped injury after crashing an SUV through the front of a Bergen County furniture store. The Infinity QX70S plowed into the Prestige Furniture store in the Elmwood Park Shopping Center off Broadway (Route 4) shortly after 8:30 p.m. Saturday, March 19. A driver for Belfi's Towing backed the vehicle out after borough firefighters cleared the opening. There was no structural damage to the building, authorities said. The Prestige Furniture store in Elmwood Park got the worst of it.Boyd A. Loving Elmwood Park police also responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Boy, 17, Whose Body Was Found In Passaic River Identified Boy, 17, Whose Body Was Found In Passaic River Identified
Boy, 17, Whose Body Was Found In Passaic River Identified The drowning of a 17-year-old boy whose body was pulled from the Passaic River over the Memorial Day weekend isn't considered suspicious, authorities said Wednesday. Elmwood Park firefighters pulled the body of Joshua Hames from the water after a fisherman spotted it tangled in debris against an abutment of the Broadway (Route 4) bridge at Elmwood Park/Paterson border at 11:20 a.m. Sunday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella confirmed. It had been in the water about a week, responders said. An autopsy by the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office found no trauma to the body or any othe…

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by Jerry DeMarco