Fort Lee News

From the church she attended in Newark, to the home of her former limousine driver in Englewood , fans and acquaintances spent Sunday reflecting on the life of Whitney Houston and the majestic voice that earned her hundreds of awards.

The unveiling of plans for two 47-story residential towers on a debris-strewn but prime plot in the shadow of the George Washington Bridge has been news for just a few days, but it's already generating healthy debate in Fort Lee .

Residents of a 66-unit garden apartment complex in Fort Lee are without heat and hot water after a boiler room fire Saturday morning, the borough's fire chief said.

In topA countyA news this week: U.S. Senator Robert Menendez came to Ridgewood this weekA toutingA theA impact a new federal bill would have for state commuters A in clearing congestion and cutting red tape to initiate transit development while preserving and creating jobs.

Two men have pleaded guilty in what prosecutors say was a scheme to defraud Wal-Mart and T-Mobile stores from Maine to Florida.

A Fort Lee man faces up to 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty Friday to a variety of charges in connection with his participation in a large-scale identity theft ring, federal authorities said.

A few years ago, the Fort Lee Film Commission petitioned the Fort Lee Mayor and Council to designate the corner of Main Street and Central Road "John Barrymore Way." Today that corner sports a special commemorative street sign honoring Barrymore.

Kunio "Yama" Koyama, the longtime sushi chef at Koyama in Edgewater, has left and opened his own restaurant in Fort Lee: Yamagata.

February is that one month of the year when it seems that time just stands still.

Gov. Chris Christie is set to announce the 2012 inductees for New Jersey's Hall of Fame on Friday.

PALISADES PARK - A foot pursuit of a burglary suspect Thursday led to the arrest of a 22-year-old man from Ridgefield Park , police said.

Thomas C. Colt III always thought his great-great-great-grandfather - Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States - got a raw deal.

FORT LEE - School No. 1 students stepped out of the classroom and back in time to the Colonial Period with a visit from Revolutionary War icon Thomas Paine - an impersonator that is - to learn, line dance and wish Paine a happy birthday.

For more than four decades, a 16-acre tract on the outskirt of Fort Lee has lain dormant, waiting for a developer to inject new life onto the property.

FORT LEE - A Port Authority police officer was injured Thursday afternoon when his cruiser was struck head-on by a car that was fleeing police, authorities said.

Pre-K through second-graders at Fort Lee School No. 1 were treated to a visit by three special guests Thursday morning: Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich, Councilman Harvey Sohmer and "The Cat in the Hat." School 1 teacher Luddy Green was responsible for arranging the Dr.

BERGEN COUNTY - Municipalities are nearing their deadline to decide whether to roll school board elections into the November general election as the county clerk works to find a way to reconfigure town ballots.

TEANECK - Environmental and health officials on Wednesday night sought to ease concerns about the danger to the public posed by the contaminated soil recently found at Milton A. Votee Park.

Two 47-story skyscrapers draped in glass would serve as a gateway to the Gold Coast and help to transform land in Fort Lee that has lain fallow for decades into some of the most prime pieces of property in New Jersey, developers and borough officials said.

The Fort Lee Board of Education took public comment Monday on New Jersey's new school election law, but the board didn't take action on the question of whether to move school board elections from April to November, with a Feb.