Bergenfield News

BERGENFIELD a ' The borough promoted four police officers Tuesday night to fill vacancies in the higher ranks of the department.

Heading back to Bergen County and will take any suggestions that are not too far of a drive.

Captain Bill Sheehan, of the Hackensack Riverkeeper, and Bergen County Sheriff Leo P. McGuire are teaming up to toss the trash out of the Garden State with a new campaign coined "Clean Streets = Clean Water: Bergen County Litter Marshal Program." "We both had the same passion to help keep the water clean," McGuire said of their joint efforts.

Although red-light pedestrian crossings are limited on Route 23, I was surprised to learn that rush-hour traffic often comes to a respectful halt in Kinnelon to allow foot traffic, even where red lights aren't installed.

A devout Muslim woman told police she slashed her husband's neck with a kitchen knife as he slept because he forced her to eat pork, wear short skirts and drink alcohol in violation of her religious beliefs.

WHEN Carlos Teixeira bought Burnet BBQ in Union about 15 years ago, most of the customers for his heaping platters of flame-grilled chicken and ribs were Portuguese.

BERGENFIELD a ' Police have arrested a 50-year-old borough man on allegations that he sexually abused an underage girl for eight years.

A longstanding Irish organization that wants to expand its reach beyond Bergen County has begun that transformation with a subtle name change.

At the Pleasantville unemployment office, Baldemar Silva, far right, waits as his girlfriend Ninfa Moreno, second from right, makes a call to another unemployment office.

Swine flu vaccine clinics in Bergen and Morris counties are expected to attract people from all over the state who are desperate for the protection, health officials said Wednesday.

REPUBLICANS David C. Russo Age: 56 Hometown: Ridgewood Occupation: Attorney, Russo & Russo Previous public experience: Assembly since 1990; Ridgewood Republican Club; borough attorney of Bergenfield, 2002-05; attorney for Bergenfield Board of Adjustment, 1988-89; Wyckoff municipal prosecutor, 1987-88 Most important issue: Cut taxes and cut state ...

In yet another case of political misconduct in New Jersey, a federal jury convicted former Bergen County Democratic Organization chairman Joseph Ferriero of conspiracy and mail fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud Bergenfield of the honest services of its borough attorney Dennis Oury, according to a report obtained by the National ...

A 37-year-old Bergenfield mother of three stabbed her 8-year-old son in the stomach with a steak knife Saturday morning because she thought the government was planning to take away her children, police said.

BERGENFIELD Several district schools will have counselors available Monday for students and staff who knew the family of an 8-year-old boy who was allegedly stabbed by his mother Saturday, officials said.

A New Jersey mother who mistakenly thought she was losing custody of her children allegedly stabbed her young son, then tried to kill herself.

A mother stabbed her 8-year-old son with a steak knife at their Bergen County home this morning, then stabbed herself in the throat and chest because she feared the government was going to take her children, authorities said.

BERGENFIELD A woman stabbed her 9-year-old child earlier today, then slashed her own throat, authorities say.

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Twelve jurors unanimously found Old Tappan Resident Joseph Ferriero guilty of three of the eight indictment charges at the federal courthouse in Newark Oct.

EXCEPT for a brief blip in February in which a Teaneck councilman became a Democratic contender and then withdrew his bid lickety-split, the 37th District has been quiet on the political in-fighting front.