Northern Highlands, NJ
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LOCAL TRAGEDY: Teenage Girl, Pets Killed In Bergen County House Fire LOCAL TRAGEDY: Teenage Girl, Pets Killed In Bergen County House Fire
Local Tragedy: Teenage Girl, Pets Killed In Bergen County House Fire An apparently accidental weekend fire that claimed the life of a Bergen County teenager has staggered many in the community where she was raised, as well as others from area towns and beyond. Riley Boyle, 17, was in the shower when the fire broke out close to the rear entrance of the 2½-story Bonnie Way home around 5:30 p.m. Saturday, responders said. The flames quickly spread to a rear hot tub room and a pergola-covered porch, trapping the victim in a bathroom just above the blaze, they said. The fire began in the rear of the Allendale home.Damien Danis for DAILY VOICE The Northern Hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Young Driver Killed In Route 17 Collision With Tractor-Trailer Young Driver Killed In Route 17 Collision With Tractor-Trailer
Young Driver Killed In Route 17 Collision With Tractor-Trailer A driver was killed in a horrific crash on Route 17, authorities confirmed. Cyrenius "Cy" Menard, a 19-year-old football player who wasgraduated from St. Joseph's Regional High School, was ejected from his sedan in a collision with a tractor-trailer in the southbound lanes just north of East Allendale Avenue in Saddle River shortly after 11:30 a.m. Friday, May 6. Cy MenardSt. Joseph Regional High School Southbound Route 17 was reopened between Lake Street in Ramsey and East Allendale Avenue after detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor's Fatal Accident Unit and the Bergen County Sh…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Mulch Fire Doused Outside Mahwah Housing Development Mulch Fire Doused Outside Mahwah Housing Development
Mulch Fire Doused Outside Mahwah Housing Development Firefighters doused a mulch blaze that spread to a Mahwah affordable housing development before it could do severe damage. The two-alarm fire broke out at the Ramapo Brae development off Stag Hill Road near Route 287 and the Ramapo RIver around 8:30 p.m. Friday, April 29. Township firefighters doused the Brae Lane blaze after it extended to one of the buildings. The main body was knocked down shortly after 9 p.m. and the fire was declared under control under an hour later.  No injuries were reported. The official cause wasn't immediately determined. Mutual aid responders either at t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
Obituaries
Allendale Native Kevin Holdefehr, 22, Dies In Las Vegas Motorcycle Crash Allendale Native Kevin Holdefehr, 22, Dies In Las Vegas Motorcycle Crash
Allendale Native Kevin Holdefehr, 22, Dies In Las Vegas Motorcycle Crash New Jersey native Kevin Holdefehr died in a Las Vegas motorcycle accident on Saturday, March 26. He was 22 years old. The Allendale native was on his Kawasaki when he struck a Hyundai Sonata that turned out of a driveway and came directly in his path, 8newsnow reports.  moved to Las Vegas in 2020, after he went to Montana to finish high school and fell in love with the outdoors, his obituary says. He took pride in his job as a Technical Specialist for REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) in Las Vegas, but previously worked at the Paramus store. "Fearless" was among many of th…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
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$1M In Medical Equipment Stolen, Resold By Stryker Employee, Bergen Authorities Charge $1M In Medical Equipment Stolen, Resold By Stryker Employee, Bergen Authorities Charge
$1M In Medical Equipment Stolen, Resold By Stryker Employee, Bergen Authorities Charge A now-former product manager at Bergen County-based Stryker Corporation stole $1 million worth of medical equipment that she then resold, authorities charged. Jacqueline M. Riley didn’t stop there: She also screwed the resellers themselves by pocketing payments for products that never made it to them, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. One who paid for medical equipment reported getting a box filled with “old silverware, junk and even a pair of used woman's shoes.” Online complaints about Riley, 32, of Roseland were quickly spreading among resellers as Musella’s detectives investi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Residents, Cats OK In Overnight Waldwick Fire Residents, Cats OK In Overnight Waldwick Fire
Residents, Cats OK In Overnight Waldwick Fire Residents and several cats safely fled an overnight house fire in Waldwick, responders said. The two-alarm midland blaze broke out in the attic of the Douglas Street home around midnight Sunday, March 5. Waldwick firefighters quickly doused the flames, sparing further damage. The cause wasn't immediately determined. Mutual aid responders included firefighters from Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Mahwah, Midland Park and Wyckoff.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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GOTCHA! Trio Of Broad-Daylight Car Thieves Captured In Saddle River, With Help, Following Crash GOTCHA! Trio Of Broad-Daylight Car Thieves Captured In Saddle River, With Help, Following Crash
Gotcha! Trio Of Broad-Daylight Car Thieves Captured In Saddle River, With Help, Following Crash Three car thieves from Newark were captured thanks to a Saddle River resident who suspected something sinister, along with force-multiplying officers from neighboring towns who responded instantly, authorities said. Car thefts not only have skyrocketed recently throughout New Jersey the past few months -- they also occur during the day now, all because of new rules that prevent police pursuits. What local law enforcement officers can rely on, however, are their colleagues and their citizens. This played out in Saddle River -- an affluent suburban town off Route 17 near the New York State b…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Rutherford, NJ
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Flawed DNA Test Gets Bergen Man Doing Life For Beating, Burning Woman, 70, New Trial Flawed DNA Test Gets Bergen Man Doing Life For Beating, Burning Woman, 70, New Trial
Flawed DNA Test Gets Bergen Man Doing Life For Beating, Burning Woman, 70, New Trial DNA evidence found under the fingernails of a 70-year-old Bergen County woman bludgeoned and burned in her home wasn’t reliable enough to convict a man who’s now serving a life sentence for her murder, a state appeals court ruled. Daniel Rochat, 46, of Wood-Ridge, has already been moved from New Jersey State Prison in Trenton to the Bergen County Jail in Hackensack in anticipation of a new trial following the Appellate Division ruling. He remains charged with various counts of murder and felony murder, as well as aggravated arson, desecrating human remains, burglary, hindering arrest and f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Firefighters Knock Pre-Dawn Blaze At Medical Manufacturer Off Route 17 Firefighters Knock Pre-Dawn Blaze At Medical Manufacturer Off Route 17
Firefighters Knock Pre-Dawn Blaze At Medical Manufacturer Off Route 17 Firefighters from Bergen and Rockland counties doused a pre-dawn blaze Thursday at a medical manufacturing plant just off southbound Route 17.  First responders found a fire in a machine as well as on the roof from a vent pipe at Triangle Manufacturing on Park Way in Upper Saddle River, five or so miles south of the Rockland County border, at 4:15 a.m., borough firefighters said. They quickly extinguished the fire, which was declared under control about 40 minutes later. Members of Mahwah Res1cue brought a fan boat to ventilate the large open area. Also responding were fighters from…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rocks Adds Top-Scoring New Officer To PD Glen Rocks Adds Top-Scoring New Officer To PD
Glen Rocks Adds Top-Scoring New Officer To PD Glen Rock’s newest police officer was sworn in at a private ceremony attended by only family and department members because of COVID. Officer Andrew Magro was the top scorer among 150 applicants during a comprehensive selection process that began last August, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. “Candidates began the process with a comprehensive written entrance exam conducted by the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police,” Ackermann said. “The top scoring candidates then competed in a physical agility test and a command board interview.” They were then interviewed by the borough ma…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Disturbance During Bash Attended By 400 Brings Police, Ambulances To Popular Bergen Party Venue Disturbance During Bash Attended By 400 Brings Police, Ambulances To Popular Bergen Party Venue
Disturbance During Bash Attended By 400 Brings Police, Ambulances To Popular Bergen Party Venue A disturbance at a popular party venue in Waldwick sent a woman to the hospital and brought both local police and colleagues from neighboring towns. Backups from Allendale and Ho-Ho-Kus were requested after police found nearly 400 people at Glow on Hopper Avenue around 10 p.m. Sunday. A 20-year-old Denville patron apparently had been assaulted and her cellphone taken, Waldwick Police Chief Mark F. Messner said. The phone was later recovered outside, he said. The Waldwick Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the woman to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment of her injuries, the chie…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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Police: Dashcam Records Pedestrian Struck By Pickup While Crossing Against Signal In Allendale Police: Dashcam Records Pedestrian Struck By Pickup While Crossing Against Signal In Allendale
Police: Dashcam Records Pedestrian Struck By Pickup While Crossing Against Signal In Allendale A 55-year-old Allendale woman appeared to be using her cellphone when she was struck by a pickup truck while crossing against the pedestrian signal as dusk fell Wednesday, authorities said. A dashboard cam operated by another driver captured the 4:28 p.m. crash, said Sgt. Todd A. Griffith, the officer in charge of the department. Allendale Police Officer Kevin Azevedo and Victor Bartoloma were among the responders with Griffith, borough firefighters and the Allendale Volunteer Ambulance Corps. The woman was headed across Hillside Avenue in the crosswalk when the driver of the Ford F-250 tu…

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by Jerry DeMarco