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Memorial Set For Edgewater Teen Killed In Tragic Accident While In Iran For Family Wedding Memorial Set For Edgewater Teen Killed In Tragic Accident While In Iran For Family Wedding
Memorial Set For Edgewater Teen Killed In Tragic Accident While In Iran For Family Wedding Jahnan Rahimpour was wise beyond his years. At just 14 years old, the Edgewater native was already an activist who was passionate about volunteering and did so often. His most recent volunteer work was at the Leonia Library and at the Bergen County Rowing Academy, developing skills of newcomers at Overpeck Park. Fluent in Farsi, Jahnan was proud of his Persian heritage and was thrilled to visit his parents' native country of Iran this summer for his aunt's wedding. It was during that trip, though, that joy turned to tragedy for Jahnan's family. Or as his mother, Asal, says: "The weddi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
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
News
HEADS UP: Two Fields Won't Be Open For Ridgewood 4th Of July Fireworks Show HEADS UP: Two Fields Won't Be Open For Ridgewood 4th Of July Fireworks Show
Heads UP: Two Fields Won't Be Open For Ridgewood 4th Of July Fireworks Show If you expected to watch the Ridgewood 4th of July fireworks show from Stevens Field or the one at the high school on Thursday, you'll have to make other plans. The turf on both is being redone, closing the facilities. "We usually get a few thousand people sitting on the fields," Police Chief Jaqueline Luthcke said. "This definitely threw a monkey wrench into the plans." Alerts have been sent to village residents and merchants, but, as Luthcke noted, many spectators come from miles around. "It's never been a sanctioned place," the chief said. "The village just allowed it to happen." Ther…

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by Jerry DeMarco