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'Extremely Difficult' Extrication Ends With Firefighters Freeing Trapped Driver Off Route 17 'Extremely Difficult' Extrication Ends With Firefighters Freeing Trapped Driver Off Route 17
'Extremely Difficult' Extrication Ends With Firefighters Freeing Trapped Driver Off Route 17 HEROES: Waldwick firefighters completed what authorities called an "extremely difficult operation" by freeing a driver whose sedan had crashed in a wooded area off rain-slicked Route 17. The BMW crashed partially down an embankment at the particularly troublesome Sheridan Avenue ramp off the southbound highway around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 3. The single-vehicle collision heavily entrapped the driver, responders said. Waldwick's finest (Rescue 642 and Squad 633) had to contend with the elements, mud on the slope and a heavily damaged vehicle. They safely extricated the driver, who…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Pickup Crashes Through Route 17 Guardrail, Down Embankment Pickup Crashes Through Route 17 Guardrail, Down Embankment
Pickup Crashes Through Route 17 Guardrail, Down Embankment A driver and passenger escaped serious injury when their pickup truck crashed through a Route 17 guardrail and landed on its side down an embankment, responders said. It was just past the bus stop at the Sheridan Avenue exit on the southbound highway in Waldwick just past 2 a.m. Wednesday when the Chevy Silverado barreled through the rail and landed on its driver's side. Waldwick firefighters stabilized the truck, then used a ladder to get the two occupants out. Waldwick firefighters cut a section of guardrail away so the pickup could be removed following the crash off southbound Route…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Saddle River Police Sergeant, Officer Douse Growing House Fire HEROES: Saddle River Police Sergeant, Officer Douse Growing House Fire
Heroes: Saddle River Police Sergeant, Officer Douse Growing House Fire Smoke rolled out the front door as Saddle River Police Sgt. Diana Golonek and Officer Grant Novak arrived at a house fire just before midnight Thursday. The living-room blaze was beginning to cook, leaving the pair little time. Golonek emptied two fire extinguishers on the flames while Novak opened a garden hose he'd pulled through an open French door of the 5,000-square-foot house on tiny dead-ended Dogwood Drive late on June 28. Together, they beat back the flames and had the blaze knocked down by the time borough firefighters arrived. The residents got out OK and no injuries were repor…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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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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Jeep Topples Traffic Light In Waldwick Jeep Topples Traffic Light In Waldwick
Jeep Topples Traffic Light In Waldwick A 17-year-old driver escaped injury when her Jeep knocked down a traffic light and damaged a junction box in Waldwick, authorities said. The borough driver's vehicle came to rest in a wooded area off the corner of Sheridan Avenue and East Prospect Street at 9:50 p.m. Sunday, March 6, Police Chief Mark F. Messner said. Waldwick firefighters tended to a smoke condition in the engine, the DPW blocked off the area and the state Department of Transportation was notified, the chief said. The vehicle was towed and no summonses were issued, he said. Just off Sheridan Avenue and East Prospect …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Car Slams Into Front Of Waldwick Dry Cleaners Car Slams Into Front Of Waldwick Dry Cleaners
Car Slams Into Front Of Waldwick Dry Cleaners No injuries were reported after a compact car slammed into the front of a Waldwick dry cleaners early Monday afternoon. It was unclear why the female driver's Ford Focus lurched forward, smashing a window at the Dry Clean Spa on Franklin Turnpike. Waldwick police and firefighters responded, along with a borough building inspector who found minimal damage, allowing other businesses in the strip mall off Wyckoff Avenue to continue operating. The car was driven from the scene. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this account.

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by Jerry DeMarco