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TONIGHT: Leonia Council to vote on eliminating Fire Company
TONIGHT: Angry Leonia residents are mobilizing for a 7:30 meeting during which the Borough Council is expected to introduce a measure that would eliminate the town’s 115-year-old volunteer fire company...
View ArticleWater suits going to Bergen fire departments, county police
More than two dozen complete sets of swift- and flood-water dry suits will be distributed to several municipal fire departments in Bergen County this week. The Fire Working Group of the Bergen County...
View ArticleAccused Englewood brother/sister crime team facing different fates
ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: The female half of an accused brother/sister crime team from Englewood could receive probation, but her younger sibling is likely looking at much more serious consequences —...
View ArticleWood-Ridge police show what happens when you don’t return a rented vehicle
EXCLUSIVE: Here’s what happens when you abandon a rental: On Saturday, Wood-Ridge police received a report that a U-Haul van had been left on a borough street. Inside, officers found a driver’s license...
View ArticlePassaic man, 31, charged with molesting Midland Park girl, 15
ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A 31-year old ex-con is charged with molesting a 15-year-old Midland Park girl. Gene W. Britton, Jr. of Passaic was arraigned in Superior Court in Hackensack yesterday on an...
View ArticlePolice: Suicidal Westwood man calmed by Bergen dispatcher had 20 guns
EXCLUSIVE: Calming words from a Bergen County Police Department dispatcher and restraint from local officers averted potential disaster after a drunken Westwood man threatened to kill himself with a...
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Storm sparks Washington Township power line fire
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: The evening’s sudden storm was believed responsible for a power line fire that left a gaping hole in a Washington Township street. The line snapped around 9:45 p.m. on East Glen...
View ArticleTV show outs man who it says trolled ‘Hubcap Joe’ of Oradell
SHOUT OUT: A Detroit TV station has outed the Internet troll who’s been messing with Oradell’s “Hubcap Joe” by undercutting his eBay business and making false accusations against him. Joe Demarco said...
View ArticleExtinguished fire briefly closes Bergenfield pizzeria
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A cooking oil fire at a Bergenfield pizzeria was quickly put out but kept the business closed until the stove hood and extinguisher system could be tended to, borough police...
View ArticleUpstate NY woman arrested in PIP police cocaine stop
EXCLUSIVE: A traffic stop led to the arrest of an upstate New York woman who Palisades Parkway Police today said was carrying an ounce of cocaine and prescription drugs. PIP Lt. Roman Galloza and...
View ArticleProsecutor: Rutherford woman leased uninsured cars to unlicensed illegals
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Rutherford woman ran a leased-car mill for unlicensed illegal immigrants, registering 180 vehicles the past three years and then removing them from auto insurance policies...
View ArticleExpert in East Rutherford beating trial: Punch broke woman’s eye socket
EXCLUSIVE: A defense attorney’s strategy in an East Rutherford aggravated assault case collapsed yesterday when a prominent eye specialist told him from the witness stand that his theory was “medically...
View ArticleLaser pointings at aircraft near Teterboro Airport being investigated
EXCLUSIVE: A pair of laser pointings near Teterboro Airport at flights bound for Newark last night are being investigated by several agencies, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. The Port Authority confirmed...
View ArticleFairview police make arrest in brutal mugging of man, 80
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Fairview police before dawn today arrested a man who they said beat and robbed a 80-year-old Port Authority worker, breaking his jaw in two places. The victim was headed to work...
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Brother-in-law kills former Fairview man, then himself
NEWSFLASH: A former Fairview printer was shot dead by his brother-in-law, who then turned the gun on himself in their Ocean County home last night, a news site there is reporting. Police said...
View ArticleBergenfield girl, 8, seriously injured by Garden State Plaza escalator
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 8-year-old Bergenfield girl’s leg got caught in a Macy’s escalator at the Garden State Plaza in Paramus that one witness said “appeared to swallow her foot.” EMS workers and...
View ArticleBicyclist, 55, killed in Alpine
A 55-year-old Queens woman riding her bicycle in the Alpine Hill area of Henry Hudson Drive fell off, hit her head and was killed this afternoon, Palisades Interstate Parkway police said. It’s unclear...
View ArticleIndictment: Personal trainer tried selling 6 illegal guns in Edgewater,...
EXCLUSIVE: A personal trainer who authorities said was headed to an undercover gun buy in Edgewater when detectives moved in was indicted by a Bergen County grand jury on charges of having six illegal...
View ArticleFair Lawn train death 21st this year for NJ Transit
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A man was struck and killed by a commuter train in Fair Lawn at the border of Elmwood Park this afternoon in an apparent suicide — the 21st such fatality for NJ Transit this...
View Article2 escape injury in Ridgewood utility pole crash
EXCLUSIVE: A driver and passenger escaped serious injury tonight when their Toyota Prius rammed a utility pole on East Ridgewood Avenue near Southern Parkway. Ridgewood police and EMS personnel...
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