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Overnight Deck Fire Ravages Wyckoff Home Overnight Deck Fire Ravages Wyckoff Home
Overnight Deck Fire Ravages Wyckoff Home Fire ravaged a Wyckoff home before dawn Friday. Firefighters responding to a CO alarm found roaring flames and heavy smoke at the Lakeview Drive home near the Rambaut and Maple lakes at 3:40 a.m. June 23. The destructive two-alarmer apparently ignited on a rear deck and extended to the 2½-story home. It was declared under control in well under an hour, with no injuries reported. Mutual aid responders reportedly included firefighters from Allendale, Fair Lawn, Franklin Lakes, Hawthorne, Ho-Ho-Kus, Mahwah, Midland Park, North Haledon, Oakland, Ramsey, Ridgewood, Saddle River and Waldwick.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
American Dream: Macedonian Immigrant Gives North Jersey Taste Of Europe With New Cafe American Dream: Macedonian Immigrant Gives North Jersey Taste Of Europe With New Cafe
American Dream: Macedonian Immigrant Gives North Jersey Taste Of Europe With New Cafe Marija Nedelkoski is living the American dream. After years spent working in diners, restaurants, and cafes, the Macedonian immigrant has opened a place of her own. Soma Café and Creperie Cuisines is located at 41 W Prospect St. in Waldwick. "It's in my blood," Nedelkoski said. "My dream was to buy a food truck but I saw this little café and knew this was going to be mine." Like the name suggests, Soma Café and Creperie Cusines specializes in crepes, and Nedelkoski makes her own using a special machine she got from Europe.  View this post on Instagram …

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by Sam Barron
Business
Most Popular Pizzerias In North Jersey Most Popular Pizzerias In North Jersey
Most Popular Pizzerias In North Jersey Some North Jersey pizzerias have been around for decades. Others are brand new. Some have a thin and crispy crust. Others are fluffy and plump. Whatever your pizza preference may be, one thing's for sure: There are plenty of places to choose from in North Jersey. Daily Voice polled our Instagram followers on their favorite pizzerias, and (in no particular order) here were the most common answers: Ralph's, Nutley Danny's, Bloomingdale Grant Street Cafe, Dumont Tenth Street Pasta & Pizza, Hoboken Nellie's, Waldwick Park Tavern, East Rutherford Mario's, Saddle Brook Star Tavern, Ora…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Fire Ravages Waldwick Home Fire Ravages Waldwick Home
Fire Ravages Waldwick Home A multi-alarm fire ravaged a Waldwick home on Friday. Waldwick firefighters, assisted by their area colleagues, had the main body of the Moore Avenue fire knocked down in under 40 minutes, keeping it from spreading to nearby homes, after arriving shortly after 4:30 p.m. May 12. All occupants got out OK and no injuries of any kind were reported. Waldwick firefighters, assisted by their area colleagues, had the main body of the Moore Avenue fire knocked down quickly.WALDWICK FD A firefighter and borough police officer folded a burned American flag that had been flying in front of the hom…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Waldwick Firefighters Douse Train Trash Fire Waldwick Firefighters Douse Train Trash Fire
Waldwick Firefighters Douse Train Trash Fire Waldwick firefighters doused a train fire in a hopper car filled with trash. The firefighters kept the flames from spreading with a tower ladder, along with a hand line, after the call came in from near the train station shortly before 10 p.m. Tuesday, April 25. They had the fire doused in under a half hour. A Bergen County Hazardous Materials unit took water and air readings. No injuries were reported. A Bergen County Hazardous Materials unit took water and air readings.WALDWICK FD

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Smoky Fire Damages Ridgewood Home Smoky Fire Damages Ridgewood Home
Smoky Fire Damages Ridgewood Home Firefighters doused a smoky house blaze Monday morning in Ridgewood. The fire is believed to have begun in the basement and spread upward through the walls of the George Street home off Canterbury Place -- just a couple blocks from the firehouse on East Glen Avenue -- around 9:45 a.m. April 17. Firefighters had the flames doused within a half-hour. The fire on George Street broke out around 9:45 a.m. Monday, April 17.Boyd A. Loving The 2½-story wood-frame house was left with heavy smoke and water damage, however, rendering it uninhabitable. Mutual aid that Daily Voice was told respond…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Five-Time World Series Champ Opens Restaurant With Family North Jersey Five-Time World Series Champ Opens Restaurant With Family North Jersey
Five-Time World Series Champ Opens Restaurant With Family North Jersey Charlie Wonsowicz has gone from Yankee pinstripes to pots and pans. Wonsowicz, who won five World Series titles with the New York Yankees as coordinator of advanced scouting, recently opened W's Village Grille with his wife, Leslie, in Waldwick. The family previously owned W's Grill in Oakland. For the Wonsowicz's, the restaurant is a homecoming. The family lives in Waldwick and wanted to open a restaurant in their community, their daughter Paige said. They celebrated a grand opening on Tuesday, April 4. While Charlie's natural home is at the baseball diamond, where he wore #87 for the Bo…

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by Sam Barron
News
Rutgers Dining Hall Worker Saved Life Of Choking Student When No One Else Knew How Rutgers Dining Hall Worker Saved Life Of Choking Student When No One Else Knew How
Rutgers Dining Hall Worker Saved Life Of Choking Student When No One Else Knew How Melanie Buschgans was at dinner with friends at Rutgers University's Livingston Dining Hall Feb. 4 when something unusual happened: She began to choke. The Waldwick native tried washing the cucumbers down with water to no avail. Then, her friends started to panic. "We went to the front desk and they didn't know what to do," recalls Buschgans, 18. And so, Buschgans' friends began yelling out for help. Halil Bektas, who works in the beverage section in the cafeteria, heard some noise. It's not unusual for college students to be noisy, so at first, he ignored it. But then Bektas turned aroun…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Fire In Wyckoff Shopping Center Pizzeria Quickly Doused Fire In Wyckoff Shopping Center Pizzeria Quickly Doused
Fire In Wyckoff Shopping Center Pizzeria Quickly Doused Firefighters made quick work of a late-night blaze at a Wyckoff shopping center pizzeria. A fire alarm brought responders to Pizzeria Mandara in the Boulder Run shopping center off Franklin and Godwin avenues as snow continued to fall shortly before midnight Monday, Feb. 27. Wyckoff firefighters doused the flames in minutes. Waldwick firefighters assisted. No severe damage or injuries were immediately reported.  The Waldwick Fire Department took the photos. Snow fell as responders answered the call at Pizzeria Mandara in the Boulder Run shopping center, 319 Franklin Ave, Wyckoff.WAL…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pickup Driver In Horrific Head-On Ridgewood Crash With 80-Year-Old Motorist Was DWI: Police Pickup Driver In Horrific Head-On Ridgewood Crash With 80-Year-Old Motorist Was DWI: Police
Pickup Driver In Horrific Head-On Ridgewood Crash With 80-Year-Old Motorist Was DWI: Police A driver from Hawthorne was drunk when his pickup truck slammed head-on into an SUV driven by an 80-year-old Waldwick woman in Ridgewood, authorities charged. Thomas Michalski, 59, was headed south on North Monroe Street when his Chevy Silverado crossed the double-yellow line Fairmount Road and collided with a northbound Honda CRV around 11:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Police Chief Jacqueline Luthcke said. Both drivers were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, the chief said. What was left of the Chevrolet Silverado.Boyd A. Loving Michaski was charged with DWI, making an unsafe l…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Motorist From Waldwick Charged In DWI Hit-And-Run: Franklin Lakes PD Motorist From Waldwick Charged In DWI Hit-And-Run: Franklin Lakes PD
Motorist From Waldwick Charged In DWI Hit-And-Run: Franklin Lakes PD A motorist from Waldwick was intoxicated when police in Franklin Lakes found her and her disabled Jeep near the scene of a single-vehicle hit-and-run crash, authorities said. Andrea L. Wilkin, 44, was turning left onto Ewing Avenue from Franklin Lake Road when her 2021 Wrangler left the roadway and smashed into a curb shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Capt. Mark McCombs said. Wilkin, who apparently wasn’t injured, drove her partially disabled vehicle off instead of waiting for police, the captain said on Monday, Jan. 16. The Jeep broke down up the road on George Street near Ramapo Hig…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Sedan Crashes Off Route 17 UPDATE: Sedan Crashes Off Route 17
Update: Sedan Crashes Off Route 17 A sedan flew over a guardrail on Route 17, sending its driver to the hospital. The 2013 BMW ended up in a wooded area just past a bus shelter on the southbound side near Sheridan Avenue in Waldwick shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, Jan. 13, Police Lt. Troy Seifert said. Waldwick firefighters freed the 48-year-old driver from Newark, who suffered a suspected head injury, the lieutenant said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by members of the Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps. The BMW ended up in a wooded area on the other side of the guardrail on southbound Route 17 in…

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by Jerry DeMarco