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Police & Fire
Car Flips Over Guardrail, Scatters Debris Across Route 287
A crash on Route 287 left a vehicle overturned and debris scattered across the highway, causing morning traffic disruptions on Wednesday, Dec. 11, authorities said. Troopers responded to the scene at milepost 55.4 around 10:03 a.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. According to a preliminary investigation, a passenger vehicle traveling south lost control, hit a guardrail, and overturned in Wanaque. During the crash, debris struck another vehicle, police said. Non-life-threatening injuries were reported, and no additional information about the victims or the cause of the cr…
Schools
These Are Passaic County's Top Public Elementary Schools, New Rankings Show
Some of the area's best public elementary schools are right here in Passaic County, according to fresh rankings from Niche.com that highlight top-performing schools across the nation. While Niche ranks schools nationwide, Daily Voice is diving deeper into what makes the area a standout for quality education. Niche’s rankings draw on a comprehensive analysis of academic performance and student life, combining U.S. Department of Education data with test scores, college data, and ratings from millions of Niche users. The meticulous process identifies the schools that excel in academic ri…
Politics
Passaic County Flips To Red: Here's How Each Town Voted In The 2024 Election
Passaic County is seeing red for the first time since 1992. The reliably Democrat county voted for President-elect Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris, 95,620 votes to 89,086 votes, 50% to 46.6%. It was the first time Passaic County had voted a Republican for president since 1992 and the first time a Republican got 50% of the vote since George H.W. Bush in 1988. In 2020, President Joe Biden defeated Trump, 129,097 votes to 92,009 votes, 57.55% to 41.02%. The shift in Passaic County was part of a shift toward Trump statewide. While Harris defeated Trump by 5 points in the G…
Politics
These Passaic County Towns Voted For Trump In 2020 Election: See How Yours Voted
New Jersey put up record-breaking numbers over the weekend as early in-person voting came to a close. In 2020, Joe Biden won 129,097 of Passaic County's votes, while Donald Trump won 92,009. The towns that voted for Trump were Bloomingdale, North Haledon, Pompton Lakes, Wanaque, Wayne, and West Milford (see numbers below * denotes voted for Trump). Bloomingdale: 2,098 for Biden, 2,369 for Trump* Clifton: 23,931, 16,128 Haledon: 2,677, 1,107 Hawthorne: 5,812, 5,254 Little Falls: 3,379, 3,340 North Haledon: 2,087, 3,470* Passaic: 11,638, 6,834 Paterson: 38,453, 9,053 Pompton Lakes…
Police & Fire
East Hanover Sgt Kevin Gunther Arrested In Route 23 Crash
An off-duty police sergeant has been charged in a head-on crash that killed a 55-year-old man on his way to work earlier this month on Route 23 in Morris County, authorities said. Keith Gunther, 42, of Wanaque, and a sergeant with the East Hanover Police Department, was behind the wheel of the Ford F-150 that was traveling south in the northbound lanes when it struck a 2005 Toyota Camry, headed north, head-on just before 11 p.m. in Riverdale on Tuesday, Oct. 15, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll said. Hamid Shabuddin, a passenger in the Toyota, was killed as a result of the crash. S…
Politics
Dems Overtake Republicans In Early Voting: Here's Where Polls Are Now Open In North Jersey
More than 38 million Americans had cast their votes in the 2024 elections as of Saturday morning, Oct. 26, the University of Florida Election Lab's early voter tracker shows. Polls have officially opened for early, in-person voting in New Jersey. How will you be voting? According to the UFL lab, 7.8M Democrats and 6.9M Republicans had already voted. Here's where you can show up and vote in each county in North Jersey come Saturday morning, Oct. 26. BERGEN Jack Alter Community Center, Fort Lee Garfield Nutrition Center & Senior Citizens Building, Garfield County Admin Build…
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Some Details Released In Threats Made To Lakeland Regional HS, Parents Slam Superintendent
Authorities have released details in connection to threats made against a Passaic County high school that had left parents and students fearful. Wanaque and Ringwood officers were called to Lakeland Regional High School on Sept. 6, following reports that a student was overhead "making a threatening statement about another classmate," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wanaque Police Chief Ketih V. Spillane said Wednesday, Sept. 18. As a result, officers remained at the school for the day, as classes continued normally. Meanwhile, members of the Wanaque Police Departm…
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Unsuspecting Heroin, Cocaine Dealer Leads Detectives To 3 More Arrests, Passaic Sheriff Says
Timing was everything Thursday, June 27 in Passaic County. Kevin Wunk made the jobs of law enforcement officers a whole lot easier, as he carried out a drug deal just as they were arriving to execute a search warrant on his home, wrapping a month-long investigation and leading them to three additional arrests, Acting Passaic County Sheriff Gary Giardina said. The Passaic County Sheriff's Office had been investigating the Wanaque resident throughout the month of June, and at 10 a.m., officers from Wanaque and Ringwood police departments arrived at his Ringwood Avenue apartment to c…