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Motorcyclist, 72, Killed In Overnight Route 46 Crash Motorcyclist, 72, Killed In Overnight Route 46 Crash
Motorcyclist, 72, Killed In Overnight Route 46 Crash A 72-year-old motorcyclist died following an overnight crash off Route 46 in Woodland Park, authorities said. He'd been headed west when the motorcycle veered off the highway and hit a light pole in the parking lot of the Mattress Firm store near the Little Falls border shortly after 3:30 a.m. Sunday, July 16, Police Capt. Michael Brady said. Responding police officers "immediately began rendering medical and life-saving efforts to no avail," Brady said. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene soon after, the captain said. Detectives were working with the Regional Medical E…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Car Wash With Fresh Twist Elevates Car Culture In NJ Car Wash With Fresh Twist Elevates Car Culture In NJ
Car Wash With Fresh Twist Elevates Car Culture In NJ So fresh and so clean. A new car wash facility that's part of an environmentally conscious chain has opened in Perth Amboy. Spark Car Wash, is a modern car wash known for its innovative equipment, exceptional service, and high-tech experience. The official opening was on May 26, but they plan a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, July 13. "There is nothing we love more than people who love their cars, and the car culture in Perth Amboy has been really fun for us to be a part of," said CEO Kyle Van Decker, the owner of the chain. Located at 90 W Pond Road, it becomes the fourth in a…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Feds Help Seize 11 Guns, Bust 14 Members, Associates Of Violent Paterson 'UpTop' Gang Feds Help Seize 11 Guns, Bust 14 Members, Associates Of Violent Paterson 'UpTop' Gang
Feds Help Seize 11 Guns, Bust 14 Members, Associates Of Violent Paterson 'UpTop' Gang Federal agents united with local and county law enforcers to disarm several members of one of Paterson’s most violent street gangs. Members of the “UpTop” crew packed heat while slinging heroin and pot in the urban war zone that is the Silk City’s 4th Ward, authorities said. In response, the ATF teamed up with Passaic County prosecutor’s detectives, members of the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office and Paterson police, as well as several other local, county, state and federal agencies. A total of 11 guns were seized and 14 people charged locally and federally in a joint operation that began …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Politics
North Jersey Pols Demand Apology From White House After NJ Mayor Turned Away During Ramadan North Jersey Pols Demand Apology From White House After NJ Mayor Turned Away During Ramadan
North Jersey Pols Demand Apology From White House After NJ Mayor Turned Away During Ramadan A consortium of mayors throughout North Jersey are demanding an apology from the White House to Prospect Park Mayor Mohamed Khairullah after he was denied entry for a celebration marking the end of Ramadan. Khairullah, who was recently sworn in for his fifth term as mayor, was told by Secret Service Monday, May 1 that he had not been cleared for entry.  Khairullah received the news just hours before he was set to arrive. Khairullah was also recently interrogated for three hours at John F. Kennedy International Airport. "As mayors who value transparency and the U.S. legal sys…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Patrol Units Damaged As Boy, 15, Tops 100MPH In Clifton Police Pursuit Through Several Towns Patrol Units Damaged As Boy, 15, Tops 100MPH In Clifton Police Pursuit Through Several Towns
Patrol Units Damaged As Boy, 15, Tops 100MPH In Clifton Police Pursuit Through Several Towns A 15-year-old stolen car thief damaged two Clifton police vehicles while failing to elude his pursuers, authorities said. A police chase had passed through Passaic, Nutley, East Rutherford and Secaucus – with speeds exceeding 100 miles an hour -- before heading back to Clifton, where a chain-reaction crash occurred, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Officer Mohammed Rayyan was the first to spot the 2021 Ford Bronco on southbound Route 21 near Ackerman Avenue shortly after 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 15. The driver of the vehicle, which had been reported stolen out of Woodland Park earlier in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Girl, 16, Sexually Assaulted By Treatment Center Driver Hides In Rt 17 Dunkin Donuts: PD Girl, 16, Sexually Assaulted By Treatment Center Driver Hides In Rt 17 Dunkin Donuts: PD
Girl, 16, Sexually Assaulted By Treatment Center Driver Hides In Rt 17 Dunkin Donuts: PD A driver for a local teen treatment facility sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl before she locked herself in a Dunkin' Donuts bathroom on Route 17 and got help, authorities said. Police found the girl after a security guard called them to the donut shop on southbound Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights shortly before 4:30 p.m. Thursday, May 4. She told them that she'd been sexually assaulted on the facility's bus while passing through Wood-Ridge moments earlier, Wood-Ridge Police Chief Michael O’Donnell said. The driver -- identified as Clarence K. Hedgeman, 41, of Woodland Park -- apparently…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Busy Dealer Nabbed With Coke, Smack, Cash: Passaic County Sheriff Busy Dealer Nabbed With Coke, Smack, Cash: Passaic County Sheriff
Busy Dealer Nabbed With Coke, Smack, Cash: Passaic County Sheriff A dealer from Woodland Park was nabbed with nearly a quarter pound of cocaine, a dozen bundles of heroin and more after detectives watched him in action, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik said. The sheriff's narcotics detectives stopped Edwin Olmedo, 34, as he drove on Route 23 in Wayne mid-afternoon Friday, April 21. Warranted searches turned up nearly four ounces of coke, the bundles of heroin, Xanax and Oxycodone pills and $1,391 in suspected drug cash, the sheriff said on Saturday. The detectives also arrested two Little Falls men whom Berdnik said Olmedo was seen selling to in se…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Last Of His Kind: Powerbroking Former Passaic County Sheriff Edwin Englehardt Dies At 93 Last Of His Kind: Powerbroking Former Passaic County Sheriff Edwin Englehardt Dies At 93
Last Of His Kind: Powerbroking Former Passaic County Sheriff Edwin Englehardt Dies At 93 He was the last of a bygone breed, a no-nonsense New Jersey political kingpin whose blessing or disapproval made or broke careers. Former Passaic County Sheriff Edwin “Eddie” Englehardt was heavy-handed, for sure – “this is not a country club,” he said of the jail he ran with an iron fist for nearly three decades. And he was, by nature, politically motivated in virtually all things. A Republican in a Democrat-denominated county, Englehardt nonetheless received deference, if not outright allegiance, from those on the other side of the political aisle. He also withstood a barrage of fed…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Fire Severely Damages Woodland Park Home Fire Severely Damages Woodland Park Home
Fire Severely Damages Woodland Park Home Fire ravaged a home in Woodland Park. The intense blaze broke out in the 1½ -story home on Highview Drive and spread quickly shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 11. No serious injuries were reported. "All our residents are safe," Mayor Keith Kazmark said. The intense blaze spread quickly through the 1½ -story home on Highway Drive in Woodland Park shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 11.Mayor Keith Kazmark Members of the West Paterson Fire Department got mutual aid at the scene and in coverage from their fire-fighting colleagues from Little Falls, Totowa and Paterson at the scene and…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Cash Seized, Passaic County Massage Parlor Pair Charged In Multi-Agency Raid Cash Seized, Passaic County Massage Parlor Pair Charged In Multi-Agency Raid
Cash Seized, Passaic County Massage Parlor Pair Charged In Multi-Agency Raid Two women were arrested and $11,652 in alleged profits seized in a multi-agency raid on a Woodland Park massage parlor that authorities said was really a cathouse. Detectives from the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Special Victims Unit, police from Woodland Park and federal agents with Homeland Security Investigations teamed up for the bust late last week at Tokyo Foot Spa on Great Notch Road right off Route 46. The agencies had “received information that [the spa] was offering commercial sexual services while operating under the pretense of being a massage therapy business,” Passaic County Pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $821K Sold At 7-Eleven WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $821K Sold At 7-Eleven
Winner: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $821K Sold At 7-Eleven One lucky ticket matched all five numbers drawn winning the $820,755 Jersey Cash 5 jackpot on Tuesday, Nov. 8, state Lottery officials said. The winning numbers were: 05, 09, 14, 31 and 34 and the XTRA number was: 04.  The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket.  The winning ticket was sold at 7-Eleven #11463, 356 Rifle Camp Road, Woodland Park in Passaic County.

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by Jon Craig
Business
Popular Peruvian Restaurant Opens Another North Jersey Location Popular Peruvian Restaurant Opens Another North Jersey Location
Popular Peruvian Restaurant Opens Another North Jersey Location A popular North Jersey Peruvian restaurant chain has opened yet another location. The Lomo Truck's fourth location is now open on River Drive in Garfield. The restaurant has other locations in Woodland Park, Passaic and Jersey City. The eatery offers a variety of lomo — which translates to tenderloin — and a variety of Peruvian lo mein, ceviche, chicken dishes, empandas, chaufa and more. The Lomo Truck, 517 River Dr., Garfield.

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by Cecilia Levine