Knife Scare Sparks Lockdown At Nvot, School's Third This Year: Police
A report of a student possibly carrying a knife sent a Bergen County high school into lockdown Friday morning, Oct. 9, prompting a response from six police departments, marking the third lockdown at the school in 2026 but first for this school year, authorities said.
Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan was placed on lockdown around 10:29 a.m. after a student reported that another student inside the building might have a knife, Old Tappan Police Chief Kathryn J. Weaver said.
Officers from Old Tappan, Northvale, Norwood, Harrington Park, Closter and River Vale responded to secu…
Grandmother ID'd As Woman Killed In Route 30 Crash: York County Coroner
A grandmother killed in a Route 30 crash in Pennsylvania has been identified, the authorities announced Wednesday, Sept. 23.
Estelle Ann Cook, 75, of Fayetteville, died in the crash on Wednesday, Sept. 16, according to the York County Coroner’s Office.
Cook was the wife of Charles L. Cook Sr., a mother, and a grandmother of three, as stated in her obituary published by Connelly Funeral Home of Essex.
The coroner’s office was dispatched at 9:45 p.m. for a reported fatal crash at Rambler Road and Lincoln Highway West in Jackson Township, York County, according to the release.
Deputy Coroner…
Teen Gunman Captured In Shooting Of Albany Woman, Police Say
A 15-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder for shooting a 20-year-old woman in the Capital Region, police said Wednesday, Sept. 2.
The woman was shot Sunday, Aug. 9 near 1st Street and Judson Street in Albany, the Albany Police Department said. She was wounded with one bullet to the abdomen and treated for non-life-threatening injuries, cops said.
The attacker got away at the time, but over the next several weeks, investigators identified the 15-year-old boy, a Rensselaer resident, as the shooter, authorities said.
He was located Tuesday morning, Sept. 1 as cops carried out a…
