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Damaging Tight Squeeze Brings Hackensack Firefighters
A moving company box truck got boxed in when its driver misjudged the height of the parking garage of a Hackensack office building. City firefighters removed the truck, which had damaged the ceiling of the ground-level garage on Passaic Street at Vanderbeck Place while getting wedged in around 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 12. No injuries were reported. A city building inspector didn't report any structural issues. The driver clearly misjudged the height of the parking garage of the Passaic Street building in Hackensack.HACKENSACK FD
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Homeless Man Found Dead Behind Dunkin' Donuts Dumpster In Hackensack, No Foul Play Suspected
No foul play was suspected in the death of a homeless man found in back of a Dunkin' Donuts in Hackensack, authorities said. The body was found behind a dumpster in the Dunkin Donuts parking lot on Passaic Street off Railroad Avenue shortly before 5 p.m. Wednesday, responders said. The Hispanic man, believed to be in his 30s, apparently had been camped out behind the trash bin, they said. City police cordoned off the area for the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office, which collected the body, and the Bergen County Sheriff's Bureau of Criminal Identification, which gathered evidence. An…
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Worker Escapes Excavator Mishap In Hackensack
A worker crawled out after an excavator tipped over at a Hackensack demolition site Friday afternoon. The 26-year-old Haledon man refused medical treatment after the mishap around 4:30 p.m. at 11 Passaic Street off River Street, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. "He only had minor scratches," the captain said. City police and firefighters responded, along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit, which removed the fuel from the machine, and city building inspector. OSHA was notified. OopsieHACKENSACK FD
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Hackensack PD: Pedestrian, 76, Struck, Killed By Pickup, Landscaping Trailer
A 76-year-old Hackensack pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday night. Carol Ventura, a North Bergen native who lived on Prospect Avenue, was in the crosswalk when she was struck by a 2021 Dodge Ram pickup truck that was turning from southbound Summit Avenue onto eastbound Passaic Street shortly after 8:30 p.m., police Capt. Nicole Foley said. "After being hit, she was subsequently run over by a westbound landscaping truck’s trailer," Foley said. Ventura was pronounced dead a short time later at Hackensack University Medical Center. The pickup truck driver, 42, of Rochelle Park, told…
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Hackensack Pedestrian, 76, Struck, Killed
A 76-year-old Hackensack pedestrian was struck and killed Thursday night. Carol Ventura, a North Bergen native who lived on Prospect Avenue, was in the crosswalk when she was struck by a 2021 Dodge Ram pickup truck that was turning from southbound Summit Avenue onto eastbound Passaic Street shortly after 8:30 p.m., police Capt. Nicole Foley said. "After being hit, she was subsequently run over by a westbound landscaping truck’s trailer," Foley said. Ventura was pronounced dead a short time later at Hackensack University Medical Center. The pickup truck driver, 42, of Rochelle Park, told…
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Hackensack Mom Drove Drunk With Child In Front Seat, Maywood Police Charge
A Hackensack woman drove drunk with her 9-year-old son in the front seat, said Maywood police who got help from a good Samaritan who followed her until officers arrived. Responding to the concerned citizen’s call, Officer Matt Della Bella and Officer Noel Hodgins stopped Shavone Jones, 41, on Passaic Street, Detective Sgt. William Phayre said. Jones with charged with DWI and child endangerment and released to a responsible adult, the sergeant said. Police also released the boy to a responsible adult and notified the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency, which Phayre said was c…
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Car Topples Light Pole, Rams Tree At Busy Hackensack Intersection
A runaway sedan toppled a traffic light before slamming into a tree at a busy Hackensack intersection late Saturday morning. The driver wasn't injured in the crash, which left the Honda Accord on the lawn of a single-family home across from a pair of apartment complexes at Passaic Street and Prospect Avenue. City police, firefighters and EMS, along with the Bergen County Sheriff's Office, were among the responders. Aftermath of crash at Passaic Street & Prospect Avenue, Hackensack.COURTESY: HACKENSACK FIRE DEPARTMENT
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: Pastor, 72, Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Hackensack
A local church pastor was struck and killed by a commuter train Saturday afternoon in Hackensack, authorities said. The Rev. Robert Davis Sr. was struck at the Passaic Street crossing off Railroad Avenue across from the Hackensack Market around 2:45 p.m., city Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. It wasn't immediately clear how Davis, the pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church, ended up in the path of the Spring Valley-bound #2115 NJ Transit train or which part struck him. His wife, the Rev. Carolyn Davis, was doing voter registration outside of the market and he was walking from home to be wit…
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Local Pastor Struck, Killed By Commuter Train In Hackensack
UPDATE: Police identified a man struck by a commuter train Saturday in Hackensack as a local church pastor. The Rev. Robert Davis Sr. was struck at the Passaic Street crossing off Railroad Avenue across from the Hackensack Market around 2:45 p.m., Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. It wasn't immediately clear how Davis, the pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church, ended up in the path of the Spring Valley-bound #2115 NJ Transit train or which part struck him. His wife, the Rev. Carolyn Davis, was doing voter registration outside of the market and he was walking from home to be with her when he was str…
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Hackensack Police Nab Church Burglar
Hackensack police who were tipped off by an alert resident captured a burglar moments after he broke into a church 'round midnight Wednesday, authorities said. A caller told police that the intruder – identified as Justin Draper, 24, of Anderson Street – had removed a window screen at First Presbyterian Church on Passaic Street and climbed in, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Special Police Officer Stephen Koller nabbed Draper as he fled out an exit door, DeWitt said. Draper “claimed he was simply trying to find his cell phone inside a female's bedroom” but got lost, the captain said. …
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Woman Hit By Train In Hackensack
A woman was hospitalized with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after she was struck by a passenger train Saturday afternoon in Hackensack, authorities said. The woman was clipped by Pascack Valley Line Train #2111 near the Passaic Street crossing around 12:45 p.m., NJ Transit’s Kate Thompson said. The train left Hoboken at 12:36 p.m. and was due to arrive in Spring Valley at 1:23 p.m., Thompson said. None of the few people aboard were injured, she said. Service was suspended in both directions and then restored less than an hour later, Thompson said. Hackensack and NJ Tr…
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Police: Ex-Con Breaks In, Chokes Hackensack Ex-Girlfriend Twice In 19 Hours
A Paterson ex-con broke into his ex-girlfriend's Hackensack apartment and assaulted her twice in 19 hours, said police who arrested him. The victim had returned home at 3 a.m. Monday when she was grabbed in the dark hallway by Junior Dani Nunez, 29, who’d burglarized her Passaic Street apartment, Hackensack Police Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Nunez – who records show has a violent criminal history -- "put both hands around her neck, squeezed and let go only to punch her several times in the stomach," DeWitt said. The victim fled to a bedroom and locked the door. He was gone when she emerged s…
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Hackensack Store Sells Winning Lottery Ticket
A winning New Jersey Lottery ticket was sold in Hackensack. The lucky winner takes home the $10,000 jackpot from Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing. The ticket was sold at Lucky Stop, on Essex Street. The winning numbers for the Tuesday, Dec. 17 drawing were 22, 30, 53, 55 and 56. The Gold Mega Ball was 16, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 02. Another Mega Millions ticket was sold at the 7-Eleven on Passaic Street last week. The winner of the $372 million jackpot bought their ticket in Ohio. The next drawing will be held Friday, Dec. 20, at 11 p.m.
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: Dancing Hackensack Crossing Guard Pulls Out All The Stops
It's difficult not to smile watching Hackensack crossing guard Sharon Skinner at her post. She swings her hips and waves her stop sign at the corner of Byrne and Passaic streets every day. Skinner, in her third year on the job, is affectionately known to locals as "The Dancing Crossing Guard." "I want everyone to wake up in the morning and just be happy," said Skinner, 55, dancing and waving to drivers Tuesday afternoon. "Some people ride by just to see me. It makes their day." Skinner has always been a positive force and full of energy, her cousin David Johns said. "She's hap…
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Overnight Clifton Stolen Car Chase Begins In Lyndhurst, Ends In Hackensack Crash
A Lyndhurst police officer pursued a stolen car through six towns overnight Wednesday before the driver crashed and bailed out in Hackensack. Officer Mark Rivera saw the driver of the silver Ford Focus reported stolen out of Clifton make an improper right turn onto Riverside Avenue from Valley Brook Avenue around 12:30 a.m., Detective Sgt. Vincent Auteri said. Rivera tried to pull the driver over, but he kept going, making unsafe lane changes and crossing over the double yellow line into Rutherford, he said. Speeds topped out at 55 mph as the pursuit continued onto Jackson Avenue and into …
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4-Week-Old Boy Killed In Hackensack Crash
A 4-week-old boy was killed in a car crash Saturday night in Hackensack. The child apparently was on his mother’s lap when the late-model Mercedes sedan struck a utility pole in front of 286 Passaic Street just after 9 p.m., a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the tragedy said. The boy "sustained head trauma as a result of the accident and was later pronounced dead at Hackensack University Medical Center," Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in a brief release Sunday afternoon. A responder reported seeing a child's car seat in the rear cabin of the car. "The ca…
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: Banjo-Playing CVS Worker Gives Hackensack Bagel Shop Impromptu Bluegrass Show
A routine stop at the local bagel shop became an unforgettable one for many customers Thursday morning in Hackensack, thanks to "Banjo Greg." Dressed in his navy blue scrubs, 21-year-old Greg Donlan put on a live bluegrass show at The Bagel Shoppe on Passaic Street, after weeks of requests from employees. Finally, to their delight, it happened. "I've been coming here a while and as I started coming more and more I got acquainted with all the guys working here," said Donlan, who works at the Rochelle Park CVS. Banjo GregCecilia Levine Donlan, who is self-taught on the banjo, performed…
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Oil Tanker Takes Down Hackensack Traffic Light
An oil truck took down a Hackensack traffic light after crashing into a utility pole Wednesday. The Hackensack Fire Department responded to River and Passaic streets along with the Bergen County Signals Division to replace and remove the light. No injuries were reported.
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Bogota Motorcyclist Rear-Ended At Hackensack Stop Light
A Bogota motorcyclist who was thrown when a car rear-ended him at a Hackensack stoplight was released from the hospital after being treated, police said. The 27-year-old motorcyclist was stopped on River Street at the corner of Passaic Street when a 2004 Taurus hit his 2017 Kawasaki from behind, throwing him to the sidewalk, just after 1 a.m. Thursday, Capt. Frank Aquila said. He was treated for leg pain at Hackensack University Medical Center, Aquila said. The 38-year-old sedan driver from Hackensack wasn't injured. There was no immediate word on possible summonses.
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Hackensack PD: Chicken Store Robber Frightens Teen Clerk
"I don't want to use this," the robber of a new Hackensack fried chicken restaurant told a juvenile cashier, pointing to his hip. City police soon after arrested local resident Valmir Xhemajli, 29, who they said made off with $60 to $80 in cash from the Blaze'd Chicken on Passaic Street after convincing the young cashier that he had a knife. The cashier and cook waved in police who'd responded to a panic alarm just after 4 p.m. Thursday, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. They found the cashier crying, he said. Moments earlier, the captain said, Xhemajli entered the restaurant and deman…
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Landlord, County Evict Hackensack Cleaners With Clothes Inside
Anyone who left their clothes at the now-evicted Classic Cleaners location in Hackensack can retrieve them -- but you'd better do so soon. Esplanade Reality, headquartered in New York, had the Passaic Street store evicted by the county in May before listing it for rent, according to a notice on the door. Several pairs of pants and dress shirts remained inside. Anyone who wants their clothing back can call either of two numbers: (201) 281-7014 (Frank) or (201) 247-6906 (Pat).
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Grand Opening, Grand Closing: Hackensack Chicken Store Runs Out Of Chicken
Just two days after its grand opening, Blaze'D Chicken in Hackensack has temporarily closed. Why? It ran out of chicken. The store will reopen at 11 a.m. Tuesday. "Due to high demand we ran out of chicken," according to a sign on the door. "Our chicken farm is not open on Sundays. Rather than sacrificing our quality with chicken somewhere else we rather wait." The restaurant, a new franchise, serves a variety of chicken options with several toppings and bread options. Blaze'D Chicken is located at 451 Passaic Street.
Police & Fire
Hackensack Driver Who Struck Pole Said She Swerved To Avoid Another Car
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- A Hackensack driver told police she hit a utility pole and a "No Parking" sign early Tuesday afternoon after swerving to avoid another vehicle. The woman was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center after the crash at Linden and Passaic streets, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. A PSE&G crew arrived to repair the utility pole.
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: Can You Guess How Many Green Bagels This Hackensack Shop Will Sell?
St. Patrick's Day has been the busiest day of the year for the Hackensack Bagel Shoppe. Can you guess how many green bagels the store sells on average? (THE ANSWER IS ON OUR INSTAGRAM PAGE @DAILYVOICEBERGENCOUNTY). On an average business day, The Bagel Shoppe sells between 70 and 100 dozen bagels (that's more than 1,000 bagels). Owner Sam Ayyad of Clifton was already taking orders for St. Patrick's Day on March 9. The green bagels are in the shop and people have been clearing them from the shelves, he said. Ayyad attributes the sales to local schools, who order the festive bagels for the s…
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PSE&G: Power Outages Reported Across Bergen
UPDATE: Weather-related utility troubles closed streets, cut power to thousands of customers and kept responders busy Friday morning in Hackensack, Elmwood Park, Englewood and elsewhere in Bergen County. Passaic Street in Hackensack was closed between Summit Avenue and Esplanade in Hackensack because of a downed wire that temporarilyy knocked out power to more than 2,500 customers, PSE&G said. Power was quickly restored, the utility said. Outages forced delayed openings in Lodi. Boulevard was closed near Molnar Drive in Elmwood Park because of a transformer fire. Nearly 80 customers w…
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Powerball Tickets Worth $1M, $50K Sold In Bergen County
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. – A Hackensack 7-Eleven sold a winning Powerball ticket worth $1 million, and stores in Hillsdale and Paramus sold tickets worth $50,000. The million-dollar ticket -- sold at the 7-Eleven at 469 Passaic St. in Hackensack -- was one of two second prize winning tickets sold in New Jersey for the $559.7 million Powerball jackpot. The other was sold in Brick. The winning numbers for the Saturday Jan. 6 drawing were: 12, 29, 30, 33, and 61. The Red Power Ball was 26, and the Multiplier was 03. The $50 thousand third prize winning tickets were sold at 7-Eleven at 370 Hillsdal…
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