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Rolling Into Pascack's ER After Crash Rolling Into Pascack's ER After Crash
Rolling Into Pascack's ER After Crash An ambulance didn't have far to go after collecting a driver involved in a rollover in Westwood. Members of Westwood Fire Department Rescue 17 extricated the driver through the SUV's roof following the crash on Old Hook Road at Charles Street right outside the entrance/exit for Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center shortly before 3:30 p.m. Friday, March 24. The Township of Washington Volunteer Ambulance Corps brought the victim into the emergency room. There was no immediate word on possible summonses or charges or the extent of injuries.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
COVID-19: Charitable Westwood Thrift Shop Closing After 63 Years COVID-19: Charitable Westwood Thrift Shop Closing After 63 Years
Covid-19: Charitable Westwood Thrift Shop Closing After 63 Years A Westwood thrift shop that helped fund a local art school and hospital has shuttered after 63 years in business. Monday will be the last day of business for "Our Thrift Shop" on Old Hook Road. Proceeds from the second-hand store went to the Pascack Valley Hospital. The, in 2007, the hospital closed, and the thrift shop reopened to help fund the Art School at Old Church in Demarest. The thrift shop's closing was due to COVID-19, art school officials told NorthJersey.com. Our Thrift Shop, 245 Old Hook Road, Westwood

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Bergen County Hospital Worker Source Of Nursing Home Outbreak COVID-19: Bergen County Hospital Worker Source Of Nursing Home Outbreak
Covid-19: Bergen County Hospital Worker Source Of Nursing Home Outbreak A COVID-19 outbreak at a Bergen County nursing home has been linked to an area hospital worker. Twelve residents and eight staff members at CareOne At Valley in Westwood were involved in the outbreak, according to the New Jersey Health Department. Surveillance testing and contact tracing efforts linked the new cases at the 120-bed facility on Old Hook Road to a local hospital worker, the company said in a statement. The hospital was not identified. New residents at the nursing home were not being accepted as of Friday out of an abundance of caution. The Old Hook Road home moved the r…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Emerson HS Music Teacher Who Fought In Korean War Found Dead Outside Westwood Home Emerson HS Music Teacher Who Fought In Korean War Found Dead Outside Westwood Home
Emerson HS Music Teacher Who Fought In Korean War Found Dead Outside Westwood Home A private cremation was planned this weekend for a popular retired Emerson High School music teacher and Korean War veteran whose body was found outside his Westwood apartment. Daniel Ludovici, 84, apparently was headed to the bathroom before dawn Monday when he either tripped or suffered a medical episode and went crashing through a window at the Coventry Square Apartments off Charles Street across Old Hook Road from Pascack Valley Medical Center, authorities said. The U.S. Army veteran was pronounced dead soon after. His apartment door was locked and there was no sign of foul play, poli…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Emerson HS Music Teacher Found Dead After Crashing Through Westwood Apartment Window Emerson HS Music Teacher Found Dead After Crashing Through Westwood Apartment Window
Emerson HS Music Teacher Found Dead After Crashing Through Westwood Apartment Window A private cremation was planned this weekend for a popular 84-year-old retired Emerson High School music teacher and Korean War veteran whose body was found outside his Westwood apartment. Daniel Ludovici apparently was headed to the bathroom before dawn Monday when he either tripped or suffered a medical episode and went crashing through a window at the Coventry Square Apartments off Charles Street across Old Hook Road from Pascack Valley Medical Center, authorities said. The U.S. Army veteran was pronounced dead soon after. His apartment door was locked and there was no sign of foul pla…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
HEROES: Westwood Officers, Off-Duty State Police Major Rescue Choking Diner Patron HEROES: Westwood Officers, Off-Duty State Police Major Rescue Choking Diner Patron
Heroes: Westwood Officers, Off-Duty State Police Major Rescue Choking Diner Patron A Westwood diner patron was turning blue and not breathing after a piece of food got lodged in his throat on New Year’s Day. Off-duty New Jersey State Police Major Michael Rinaldi was rendering aid when Westwood Police Officers Greg Dorfman and Stephanie Laurent arrived at the Westwood Diner & Pancake House on Old Hook Road around 1:50 p.m. Tuesday. Rinaldi and the officers used the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge the food, then did chest compressions to revive him, Police Chief Michael Pontillo said. Members of the Westwood Volunteer Ambulance Squad them took the man across the street …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Responders Clear Roofing Glue Fumes From HackensackUMC At Pascack Responders Clear Roofing Glue Fumes From HackensackUMC At Pascack
Responders Clear Roofing Glue Fumes From HackensackUMC At Pascack UPDATE: Firefighters used fans to clear noxious fumes Saturday from a section of HackensackUMC at Pascack Valley caused by chemicals used in roofing glue. Workers were working on a roof of the hospital on Old Hook Road in Westwood when the incident occurred, sickening several people. Police, firefighters and a Bergen County hazardous materials unit were summoned just after 12:30 p.m. Ramsey Rescue sent the decontamination unit in case any workers or others were exposed to the chemicals. Ambulances were also put on standby before it was determined that evacuations weren't necessary.

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by Jerry DeMarco