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Popular Restaurateur Opening Bergen County Tequila Bar With 'Modern Twist' Popular Restaurateur Opening Bergen County Tequila Bar With 'Modern Twist'
Popular Restaurateur Opening Bergen County Tequila Bar With 'Modern Twist' A North Jersey restauranteur is expanding his empire with a tequila bar in Englewood. Ariel Espejo is opening Mexcal Tequila Bar at 24 N Van Brunt St. in the city sometime in February. Espejo, who runs Bent Hospitality with his partner, Michele Bittan, also runs Vida Garden, El Tango, Hidden Garden in Englewood and Tengo Steak in Moonachie.  Mexcal Tequila Bar will offer almost 80 different kinds of tequila, along with Mexican cuisine like tacos, enchiladas while a DJ will be on hand during the weekend. Espejo felt Englewood was missing an establishment like Mexcal. "It's a convenient loca…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Brawl At End Of Teaneck HS Basketball Game Versus Hackensack Brings Area Reinforcements Brawl At End Of Teaneck HS Basketball Game Versus Hackensack Brings Area Reinforcements
Brawl At End Of Teaneck HS Basketball Game Versus Hackensack Brings Area Reinforcements A wave of police from nearly a dozen area law enforcement agencies converged on Teaneck High School after a brawl erupted Thursday night at the end of a two-point boys basketball victory over Hackensack. A girls basketball game against both schools in Hackensack had been canceled following a fight there, which brought extra uniformed and plainclothes officers to the Dec. 14 match at Teaneck High School. At the end of the 54-52 boys game, the officers “observed several small fights erupt between groups of spectators,” Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. There was also a report that a t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Teaneck HS Student Stabbed, Slashed, Assailant In Clown Mask Seized (UPDATE): Police Teaneck HS Student Stabbed, Slashed, Assailant In Clown Mask Seized (UPDATE): Police
Teaneck HS Student Stabbed, Slashed, Assailant In Clown Mask Seized (Update): Police UPDATE: A 14-year-old boy was stabbed and slashed by a fellow Teaneck High School student in a Halloween clown mask, authorities confirmed. The 16-year-old assailant was still carrying the bloody knife when two Bogota police officers nabbed him following the apparently random Halloween night attack on Cedar Lane shortly before 9 p.m., Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. The victim was stabbed in the buttocks and also suffered a deep cut on his face in the attack on Garrison Avenue, around the corner from the Seasons Express kosher grocery on Cedar Lane, the chief said early Wednesday,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Teaneck HS Student Stabbed, Slashed, Assailant In Clown Mask Seized (UPDATE): Police Teaneck HS Student Stabbed, Slashed, Assailant In Clown Mask Seized (UPDATE): Police
Teaneck HS Student Stabbed, Slashed, Assailant In Clown Mask Seized (Update): Police UPDATE: A 14-year-old boy was stabbed and slashed by a fellow Teaneck High School student in a Halloween clown mask, authorities confirmed. The 16-year-old assailant was still carrying the bloody knife when two Bogota police officers nabbed him following the apparently random Halloween night attack on Cedar Lane shortly before 9 p.m., Teaneck Police Chief Andrew McGurr said. The victim was stabbed in the buttocks and also suffered a deep cut on his face in the attack on Garrison Avenue, around the corner from the Seasons Express kosher grocery on Cedar Lane, the chief said early Wednesday,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Teaneck District Pays $50,000 To Settle Special Ed Teacher's Sexual Harassment Suit Teaneck District Pays $50,000 To Settle Special Ed Teacher's Sexual Harassment Suit
Teaneck District Pays $50,000 To Settle Special Ed Teacher's Sexual Harassment Suit The Teaneck school district confidentially paid $50,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a former special education teacher who said she was fired after refusing the then-principal’s sexual advances, records show. Whittier Elementary School Principal Pedro H. Valdes III – now the principal of Teaneck High School -- engaged in “overly flirtatious” behavior that was “disturbing and intimidating at best," Grace Kenny charged in a sexual discrimination lawsuit. Rather than go to trial, district officials settled the case and agreed, along with Kenny, to keep the terms of the deal confidential. Set…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Motorcyclist Killed In Route 4 Crash With Deer Motorcyclist Killed In Route 4 Crash With Deer
Motorcyclist Killed In Route 4 Crash With Deer A motorcyclist from River Vale was killed when he struck a deer on Route 4 in Teaneck before dawn Monday. Albert Spechar, 58, was ejected and landed in the middle of the roadway of the eastbound highway after hitting a four-point buck shortly after 5:30 a.m., responders said. Spechar was later pronounced dead at the scene just past the Margaret Street overpass near Teaneck High School, they said. The motorcycle landed on its side near a bus shelter further on up the road. The eastbound highway remained closed through the morning rush, with backups through Paramus, as the Bergen County Pr…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities: Infamous ‘James Bond Gang’ Of Burglars Is Back In NJ Authorities: Infamous ‘James Bond Gang’ Of Burglars Is Back In NJ
Authorities: Infamous ‘James Bond Gang’ Of Burglars Is Back In NJ They’re the criminal version of such musical oldies acts as the Temptations and Quiet Riot. The infamous James Bond Gang of burglars is back in several New Jersey counties, authorities say – only without their original members. It was in the mid-1990s that David Kirkland hooked up with Teaneck High School buddy Terence Lawton, who owned a detailing shop in Englewood where he created a car that gave the founding burglary crew its nickname. Pricey homes in Paramus, Englewood Cliffs and elsewhere yielded the gang an average of $30,000 in cash and valuables during what investigators said were …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Community Mourns Beloved Teaneck Food Pantry Founder Killed By Coronavirus Community Mourns Beloved Teaneck Food Pantry Founder Killed By Coronavirus
Community Mourns Beloved Teaneck Food Pantry Founder Killed By Coronavirus As coronavirus-related deaths and cases continued to mount, one of the communities hit hardest reeled at the news that COVID-19 had claimed one of its most beloved humanitarians. Janice Preschel, who directed the Helping Hands Food Pantry in Teaneck, died Monday. She was 60. Family members early Tuesday asked that people "take social distancing seriously" and honor her memory. Preschel, a past president of the Teaneck Rotary, “was one of the kindest and most giving individuals I have ever met,” Deputy Mayor Elie Katz said. The 1977 Teaneck High School graduate co-founded the pantry with …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Teaneck High School Basketball Coach 'Made Out' With Underage Girls, Authorities Charge Teaneck High School Basketball Coach 'Made Out' With Underage Girls, Authorities Charge
Teaneck High School Basketball Coach 'Made Out' With Underage Girls, Authorities Charge A first-year Teaneck High School boys basketball coach repeatedly had improper physical contact with two underage girls, said authorities who arrested him. Marcelle Williams, 37, “engaged in [the] acts with two juveniles between the ages of 16 and 18 years on numerous occasions in Teaneck since November,” Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo said Tuesday. The acts were described as "making out" with each girl, according to a law enforcement official. Members of Calo’s Special Victims Unit investigated along with Teaneck police after the local department received a tip, then cha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEE ANYTHING? Hospitalized Teaneck Man Says He Was Slashed In Englewood SEE ANYTHING? Hospitalized Teaneck Man Says He Was Slashed In Englewood
SEE Anything? Hospitalized Teaneck Man Says He Was Slashed In Englewood Englewood police sought the public’s help investigating a Teaneck man’s claim that he was slashed in a surprise attack on a city street by an assailant who then ran off. Police responded to Holy Name Medical Center after a friend drove the 24-year-old victim there before dawn Sunday, Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. The victim told police he was attacked by “a lone assailant” as he walked on West Forest Avenue toward Teaneck sometime between 1-2 a.m., the deputy chief said. The attacker “without word or warning struck him twice in the face with what he described as a folding knif…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
FALSE ALARM: Teaneck HS Briefly Locked Down, 'Gun' Reported Seen Was Water Gun FALSE ALARM: Teaneck HS Briefly Locked Down, 'Gun' Reported Seen Was Water Gun
False ALARM: Teaneck HS Briefly Locked Down, 'Gun' Reported Seen Was Water Gun Teaneck High School was briefly locked down Friday afternoon as a precaution while police investigated a report of a man with a gun on the street. "It turned out to be an area resident with a toy gun, a water pistol," Police Chief Glenn O'Reilly said. "It's a toy gun, but from a distance you can easily misconstrue it to be a real weapon -- unlike a real Super Soaker, which is colorful. "In the end, there was nothing to be concerned about." Police have identified the man and are determining whether charges were possible, the chief said. Someone reported seeing a man with a gun was see…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Teaneck's First Black Township Manager William Broughton Retires Teaneck's First Black Township Manager William Broughton Retires
Teaneck's First Black Township Manager William Broughton Retires Teaneck's first black township manager William Broughton announced at Tuesday's council meeting that he will be stepping down. Broughton, who has held the position for nearly nine years despite the two hour commute from Jackson, said simply that the time has come.  The Teaneck High School graduate worked as a township police officer before retiring as captain in 2009. He went on to work as an undersheriff in the Bergen County Sheriff's Department. In 2009, he was sworn in as township manager. Broughton's last day will be Oct. 15.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
SEEN HER? Police Seek Help Finding Missing Teaneck High School Grad SEEN HER? Police Seek Help Finding Missing Teaneck High School Grad
Seen HER? Police Seek Help Finding Missing Teaneck High School Grad Authorities are seeking the public's help finding a missing Teaneck High School graduate last seen in Mount Vernon. Baturi Willis, 24, was last seen on W. Sandford Boulevard just after 4 p.m. July 10 wearing a pink tank top and gray tights. The 2012 Teaneck High School grad suffers from bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.  Anyone with information can call the Mount Vernon Police Department at 913-665-9510.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hearts Pour Pain, Love For Teaneck Dad, 4 Daughters Killed In Crash Hearts Pour Pain, Love For Teaneck Dad, 4 Daughters Killed In Crash
Hearts Pour Pain, Love For Teaneck Dad, 4 Daughters Killed In Crash Shock mixed with sadness Saturday as word spread that a Teaneck father and his four daughters were killed and his wife hospitalized in a violent highway crash in Delaware. In barely half a day, people contributed nearly $65,000 to the lone survivor, 53-year-old Mary Rose Ballocanag, on a GoFundMe campaign launched by family friend Arlinda Douglas. A Saturday night memorial at Votee Park drew hundreds who mourned the deaths of Audie Marquez Trinidad, 61, and daughters Kaitlyn, 20; Danna, 17; and 13-year-old twins Melissa and Allison, who were all killed when their minivan collided with a wro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Bergenfield Quadriplegic Survived Stabbing By Ex-Husband; Van Needed Bergenfield Quadriplegic Survived Stabbing By Ex-Husband; Van Needed
Bergenfield Quadriplegic Survived Stabbing By Ex-Husband; Van Needed Kathy Moore woke up in her Hackensack apartment and immediately felt wet. Her body was weak and numb. Someone was hitting her in the head. As she came to, she felt wetness coming down her face and neck. The man causing her pain was her husband, now-ex, repeatedly stabbing her all over her body with a hunting knife, she said. Wednesday, March 14 was 21 years since the incident that left Moore  of Bergenfield a quadriplegic -- hospitalized with 21 stab wounds.  Her son, too, as the man she once loved also turned the knife on him, she said. Moore knew the only way to recover was to keep go…

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by Cecilia Levine