Bergenfield News

At its 70th Commencement ceremony, 382 students graduated from Caldwell College this week in the George R. Newman Center on the college campus with the first graduation class for the college's Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.A Angelina A. Scimone, Ph.D., ofA CedarA GroveA and professor of chemistry at Caldwell College, held the traditional ... (more)

A New Jersey man who confessed to choking a 6-year-old New York City boy to death in 1979 was arrested on a murder charge on Thursday, police said, the first arrest in a case that helped give rise to the nation's missing-children movement.

BERGENFIELD - A borough firefighter has been charged with third-degree theft, after allegedly taking $2,020 from the fireman's union checking account.

BERGENFIELD -- Two men broke into a South Prospect Avenue home while a resident was asleep upstairs late Wednesday morning, police said.

On Sunday, May 13 at 12:30 p.m., an E. Main Street resident reported a theft from her car to Officer Richard Ramos.

Benjamin Strauss is working on a new cardiac defibrillator that could be inserted near the heart only a few millimeters under the skin.

Benjamin Strauss is working on a new cardiac difibulator that could be inserted near the heart only a few millimeters under the skin.

A government cooperator who helped bring down one of the state's most powerful Democratic Party leaders is quietly waging a behind-the-scenes campaign to avoid being punished more harshly than the man he testified against.

The idea for "irescu," a small defibrillator designed to prevent sudden cardiac arrest when implanted beneath the skin, occurred to Benjamin Strauss during a routine ambulance call in Bergenfield last year.

On Thursday, April 26 at 1:32 p.m., Officer David Tortora was on patrol driving westbound on Hickory Avenue when he did a random registration check of a 2011 Honda Accord parked at Hickory Avenue and N. First Street.

The state Department of Environmental Protection has cited Bergenfield for work done without a permit at the PAL site on Rivera Way, near Metzler's Brook.

Materials for a 13,000-square-foot public gymnasium languish in Bergenfield . Visions of a $14-million-dollar civic center have been put on hold in Ridgefield .

Electricity in the Englewood-area has been restored after 8,000 customers lost power this morning, according to Public Service Electric and Gas.A Widespread outages were reported in Englewood , Fort Lee and the southern end of Tenafly.

The Christie Administration Monday announced almost $16 million in Clean Communities grants to fund litter cleanup efforts in municipalities and counties to "help beautify New Jersey's communities and roadsides." The DEP awarded $13.86 million to 559 eligible municipalities.

The West Milford Farmers' Market Committee wants to extend its deepest appreciation to Our Lady Queen of Peace for hosting the farmers' market for three years.

In-the-know foodies from the Bergenfield area and beyond have found an International smorgasbord of fabulous food, minutes from home with plenty of convenient free parking, shopping, services and amenities nearby.

On Monday, April 16 at 8:55 a.m., Officers Eric Lind and Daniel Brizek and Sgt. Bryan Dalton responded to an E. Main Street business on reports of two males causing a disturbance.

Nowadays, when my thoughts wander to those of springs long past, I recall a time before girls even intruded on my thoughts.

Megan Porter, 24, and her sister Courtney Porter, 23, have both been going to school and working part time since they were 16.

Revenue Shortfall, Delinquencies Push Taxes Higher In Oradell With decreases in revenue and anA increase in delinquent taxes , Oradell was faced with a difficult budget season but finally introduced is 2012 Municipal budget on Tuesday night.