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Fire Ravages Mahwah Townhouse Complex Fire Ravages Mahwah Townhouse Complex
Fire Ravages Mahwah Townhouse Complex Fire ravaged multiple units of a Mahwah townhouse complex early Friday evening. Occupants all got out safely and no injuries were immediately reported. The three-alarm fire broke out in the Dickinson Manor condominiums in the Fardale section of town shortly after 5 p.m. Township firefighters moved quickly and in sizable numbers from the front and rear of the building to prevent the blaze from doing more serious damage. Firefighters from Waldwick, Wyckoff and Allendale were among those who joined their Mahwah colleagues at the scene, along with township police and EMS. Tallman FAST, Hill…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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SUV Rolls On Garden State Parkway SUV Rolls On Garden State Parkway
SUV Rolls On Garden State Parkway A driver walked away with a minor injury after an SUV rollover crash on the Garden State Parkway, responders said. The crash occurred around 1:50 p.m. on the parkway’s southbound side near Linwood Avenue. Paramus police, firefighters and EMS, New Jersey State Police and a GSP road crew were among the responders.

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SUV Driver Suffers Critical Medical Episode At Route 17 Exit SUV Driver Suffers Critical Medical Episode At Route 17 Exit
SUV Driver Suffers Critical Medical Episode At Route 17 Exit A driver whose SUV crashed off Route 17 in Ridgewood Saturday afternoon apparently suffered a medical episode beforehand, responders said. The Kia Sportage came to rest against a wall on the northbound exit ramp to Linwood Avenue around 3 p.m. Responders conducted CPR before the gravely injured driver was brought to The Valley Hospital in Village police, firefighters and EMS and a Valley EMS unit responded.  City Wide towed the vehicle. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this account. ****** ALSO SEE: An N95 mask worn by a driver may not have been the r…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash
Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash A driver was hospitalized with serious injuries after a Saturday afternoon crash in Fair Lawn. The driver of a sedan was extricated before being transported after an SUV slammed into the car at the intersection of Broadway and Plaza Road around 1 p.m. The other driver refused medical attention. Fair Lawn police, firefighters, EMS and members of Fair Lawn Rescue responded. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. The SUV collided with the sedan at Broadway and Plaza Road in Fair Lawn.Boyd A. Loving ****** ALSO SEE: An N95 mask worn by a driver may not have been …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Please Don't Let Me Die': Man Shot At Hackensack Convenience Store, Arrest Made 'Please Don't Let Me Die': Man Shot At Hackensack Convenience Store, Arrest Made
'Please Don't Let Me Die': Man Shot At Hackensack Convenience Store, Arrest Made “I don’t want to die. Please don’t let me die,” a shooting victim told police as he lay bleeding on the floor of a Hackensack convenience store. The victim survived, thanks to city firefighters and paramedics, and the gunman was arrested a block away, thanks to a Bergen County sheriff's K-9 unit. Officers Aaron Rios and Jeffrey Rodriguez found the victim on the floor inside the Central Mini Market at the corner of 1st Street and Central Avenue around 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. He was holding crumpled paper towels over a gunshot wound in his abdomen, he said. …

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Ridgewood Woman, 56, Charged With Repeatedly Making Bogus 911 Medical Calls During Pandemic Ridgewood Woman, 56, Charged With Repeatedly Making Bogus 911 Medical Calls During Pandemic
Ridgewood Woman, 56, Charged With Repeatedly Making Bogus 911 Medical Calls During Pandemic The last thing emergency dispatchers need during a pandemic are the kind of bogus 911 calls that Ridgewood police said a local woman made in one day. Michelle Westermeyer, 56, “twice made false claims of a medical emergency to the 911 system by calling the 911 dispatch center ten times” this past Sunday, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Police who went to her home determined the calls were bogus, Luthcke said. They gave Westermeyer a summons charging her with filing false medical emergency reports and released her pending a court hearing, the chief said.

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17 People, Three Dogs, Cat Flee Three-Home Passaic Fire 17 People, Three Dogs, Cat Flee Three-Home Passaic Fire
17 People, Three Dogs, Cat Flee Three-Home Passaic Fire Fire destroyed a Passaic home and damaged two others on Palm Sunday, displacing four families, including three dogs and a cat. EMTs treated a couple of firefighters at the scene, authorities said. No other injuries were reported. Firefighters found the first and second floors of the middle Summer Street home fully engulfed before the three-alarm blaze blew through the roof and spread to the adjoining homes. All 17 residents and pets got out safely -- among them, several children who fled in their socks, as well as three dogs and one cat, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. "The proximity of s…

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Hackensack PD: Fleeing Ex-Con Who Tried Climbing Into Ex's Window Falls 4 Floors Down Air Shaft Hackensack PD: Fleeing Ex-Con Who Tried Climbing Into Ex's Window Falls 4 Floors Down Air Shaft
Hackensack PD: Fleeing Ex-Con Who Tried Climbing Into Ex's Window Falls 4 Floors Down Air Shaft A Hackensack ex-con fell four stories down an air shaft while trying to escape police after trying to climb into his ex-girlfriend's window before dawn Sunday, authorities said. Alec Parker, 34, climbed a fire escape and was trying to get into his ex-girlfriend’s Main Street apartment when responding officers arrived shortly after 4:30 a.m., Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. They tried to talk with him, but Parker fled up the fire escape to the roof, then entered the stairwell and forced his way into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment, DeWitt said. He then ran into her bathroom and through t…

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Mother, Infant Freed From Overturned SUV Steps From Hoboken Firehouse Mother, Infant Freed From Overturned SUV Steps From Hoboken Firehouse
Mother, Infant Freed From Overturned SUV Steps From Hoboken Firehouse Hoboken firefighters freed a mother and her infant child after their SUV rolled and hit two parked vehicles up the street from a firehouse Saturday afternoon. Police, firefighters and EMS responded to the 8th Street crash outside Hoboken High School just off Clinton Street shortly after 12:30 p.m. Firefighters ran the 100 or so feet from their corner firehouse. The mother and child were taken to Jersey City Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered serious.A flatbed truck removed the vehicle. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Hoboken's bravest…

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SUV Plows Into Entrance Of Old Tappan Mixed-Use Building SUV Plows Into Entrance Of Old Tappan Mixed-Use Building
SUV Plows Into Entrance Of Old Tappan Mixed-Use Building A small SUV plowed into an Old Tappan mixed-use building on Friday. The older-model Hyundai continued through a handicapped parking space, mounted a small curb and hit the façade of the Old Tappan Road building between two columns at the entrance. There was no immediate word on the condition of the driver, who responders said was hospitalized. The building didn’t appear structurally compromised. The SUV, which sustained substantial damage, had to be towed. The two-story mini strip mall contains an insurance firm, an investment company, a pizza restaurant, a Chabad teaching center, an acu…

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Car Sideswipes Paterson School Bus, Three Kids Hospitalized Car Sideswipes Paterson School Bus, Three Kids Hospitalized
Car Sideswipes Paterson School Bus, Three Kids Hospitalized Three Paterson children were hospitalized as a precaution after their school bus was sideswiped Tuesday morning, authorities said. The bus was parked at the corner of Trenton and Florida avenues when a Nissan Altima with a 30-year-old female driver came down the street shortly before 8:30 a.m., Public Safety Director Jerry Speziale said. "She was coming by alongside the bus as another car came in the other direction," Speziale said. "She swerved to avoid the other car and sideswiped the bus." Three grade schoolers of the 22 reported occupants on the bus were taken to St. Joseph's Regional …

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Firefighters Battle Roaring Glen Rock House Blaze Firefighters Battle Roaring Glen Rock House Blaze
Firefighters Battle Roaring Glen Rock House Blaze Firefighters battled a stubborn Glen Rock house blaze Monday night. Flames blew through the roof of the 70-year-old, two-story Boulevard home, collapsing it. The fire went to three alarms shortly before 7:30 p.m., about an hour after it began. No serious injuries were immediately reported. NORCON was activated. Mutual responders included firefighters from Wyckoff. A Glen Rock BLS unit responded, as well. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS Flames shot into the sky.DAILY VOICE 211 Boulevard in Glen Rock.DAILY VOICE

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