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Party City Going Out Of Business, Closing All 800 Stores, Including 42 In NY Party City Going Out Of Business, Closing All 800 Stores, Including 42 In NY
Party City Going Out Of Business, Closing All 800 Stores, Including 42 In NY The party is over for a popular chain store that's been in business for decades. Party City is “winding down” operations immediately at its approximately 800 locations, CEO Barry Litwin told corporate employees  in a video call on Friday, Dec. 20, CNN reports. Workers were told they will not receive severance pay, and that their benefits would end as the company goes out of business, CNN says. The company, headquartered in in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, is running low on cash and unable to pay rent in some locations, according to an earlier Bloomberg report. Party City was foun…

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
Jaret DeSande Of Woodcliff Lake Dies, 40 Jaret DeSande Of Woodcliff Lake Dies, 40
Jaret DeSande Of Woodcliff Lake Dies, 40 Jaret DeSande, a 40-year-old Woodcliff Lake resident, died on Friday, Sept. 29, according to his obituary. A passionate chef, DeSande graduated from the French Culinary Institute after growing up in Rockland County, his obituary reads.  He is survived by his son, Logan, his mother Adele, his brother Jason, and numerous other relatives and friends, according to his obituary. Life is so bittersweet sometimes. I always savor each moment i spend with each person that has ever graced me with their... Posted by Gee Dubz on Saturday, September 30, 2023 A funeral was held on Friday, Oct. 6 at …

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Rockland Brothers Seized After Pointing Fake Gun, Throwing Fireworks On Bus, Police Say Rockland Brothers Seized After Pointing Fake Gun, Throwing Fireworks On Bus, Police Say
Rockland Brothers Seized After Pointing Fake Gun, Throwing Fireworks On Bus, Police Say An extremely tense situation ended safely when police in Bergen County seized two underage Rockland brothers who they said threatened passengers on a commuter bus with a fake gun and fireworks. Police in Montvale stopped the Monsey Trails bus on Chestnut Ridge Road around 10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 16 after receiving multiple calls that one of the Monsey brothers – ages 14 and 16 – pointed a pistol at fellow passengers, Montvale Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. The pair also threw lighted fireworks at them, the chief said. Fellow officers from Woodcliff Lake, Upper Saddle River, Park Ridge…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver Dead, SUV Found In Hackensack River In River Vale Driver Dead, SUV Found In Hackensack River In River Vale
Driver Dead, SUV Found In Hackensack River In River Vale A popular Hillsdale firefighter was found dead in his SUV Thursday in the upper Hackensack River in River Vale, the apparent victim of a heart attack. John Inserra, 48, was married with three young children -- two boys and a girl. He coached and was extremely active in local youth sports, including softball and wrestling. Inserra was reported missing after he headed to the a gym in Norwood early Thursday and wasn't heard from again, close friends said. His phone was pinged to the area of Rivervale Road and Piermont Avenue in River Vale several hours later. Officers from both towns respon…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Drive-In Fireworks Night Scheduled At PCU Park In Rockland Drive-In Fireworks Night Scheduled At PCU Park In Rockland
Drive-In Fireworks Night Scheduled At PCU Park In Rockland Despite the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) canceling many fun summer activities, some lucky residents will get a chance to enjoy a fireworks show a couple of weeks before July 4. In Rockland County, the New York Boulders will host the show on Saturday, June 20, following a performance by local musical group Nash at Palisades Credit Union Park in Pomona. The drive-in style event in PCU Park’s parking lot will open with Nash performing from 7:30-9:30 p.m., with the fireworks following – rain or shine, said Ken Kostik, of the New York Boulders. In addition, each car will receive …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Westchester Native Struck, Killed Walking On Garden State Parkway, Police Say Westchester Native Struck, Killed Walking On Garden State Parkway, Police Say
Westchester Native Struck, Killed Walking On Garden State Parkway, Police Say An engineer from Westchester who worked on innovations in supercomputer chips was inexplicably walking in the fast lane of the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey before dawn Sunday when he was struck and killed near the New York State border, authorities said. Samuel E. Gottheim, 30, an Arsdley native living in California, had attended a nearby family wedding Saturday night, family members said. He was walking on the northbound parkway at milepost 169.7 in Woodcliff Lake "for an unknown reason" at 3 a.m. when he struck by an Acura driven by a 28-year-old New City man, according to NJ State …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Train Service Suspended In Pearl River After Train Hits Car Train Service Suspended In Pearl River After Train Hits Car
Train Service Suspended In Pearl River After Train Hits Car A car was hit by a train in Pearl River, causing a suspension of service in the area. The incident took place around 10 a.m. Friday when Pascack Valley train #1605, departing Hoboken at 8:57 a.m. for Spring Valley, struck a car at the Central Avenue grade crossing in Pearl River, said Metro-North officials There were no reported injuries to the approximately 12 customers or crew on board the train or to the adult female driver of the car, the MTA said. Service is suspended between Pearl River and Woodcliff Lake.  The train was only operating at about 5 miles per hour and there w…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Services Set For Bergen Catholic Alum Cyrus Ashtyani Killed In Crash Services Set For Bergen Catholic Alum Cyrus Ashtyani Killed In Crash
Services Set For Bergen Catholic Alum Cyrus Ashtyani Killed In Crash A funeral was held Thursday, June 21 for Cyrus John Ashtyani of Montvale, who died on June 15 in a Woodcliff Lake motorcycle accident. He was 21 years old. Interment was at George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus.  Ashtyani, a Bergen Catholic graduate who worked as an Internet sales consultant at Liberty Subaru, was heading south when he lost control of his Yamaha R6 at milepost 169.6, NJ State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Born and raised in Montvale, Cyrus attended the Montvale elementary schools. He attended Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey and graduated from Bergen Catholic High Schoo…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Feds Sue Woodcliff Lake Over Orthodox Worship Center Rejection Feds Sue Woodcliff Lake Over Orthodox Worship Center Rejection
Feds Sue Woodcliff Lake Over Orthodox Worship Center Rejection The government filed a religious discrimination lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against the borough of Woodcliff Lake over its denial of an Orthodox Jewish congregation's attempts to build a new worship center in town. The borough and its zoning board violated the “Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act” when it denied Valley Chabad zoning approval to build a house of worship on its property at the corner of Werimus Road and Woodcliff Avenue, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Borough officials also “took steps to keep it from building a house of worship anywhere else in t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Woodcliff Lake Teen Alyssa Alhadeff Killed In Parkland School Shooting Woodcliff Lake Teen Alyssa Alhadeff Killed In Parkland School Shooting
Woodcliff Lake Teen Alyssa Alhadeff Killed In Parkland School Shooting Grieving Bergen Mom's Message To Trump: 'Please Do Something' Names Released Of 17 Victims Of Deadliest School Shooting Since Sandy Hook A teenager from Woodcliff Lake was among the 17 victims of Wednesday's high school massacre in Florida. Alyssa Alhadeff, 14, was a Stoneman Douglas High School student and a skilled soccer player. She lived in Woodcliff Lake from 2010 to 2014, before her family moved to Florida. In an interview with CNN, Alyssa's grief-stricken mother Lori Alhadeff begged President Trump to take action -- leaving the newscaster and many others in tears. "How do we a…

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by Cecilia Levine