Hasbrouck Heights News

My first column four weeks ago generated a flock of e-mails from people interested in birds - " or in evicting them.

Fair Lawn a ' Several local municipalities have decided to voice their opposition to the proposed $4 million cut from the volunteer emergency technician training fund.

ALLENDALE: Saturday, 7:30 p.m., band concert and fireworks at Crestwood Lake. ENGLEWOOD: Thursday, 7:30 p.m., music and fireworks on the lawn of Dwight-Morrow High School.

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS a ' A masked man who robbed a bank of an undisclosed amount of cash is at large.

The Teterboro and Rockleigh school boards are set to go the way of the dinosaur thanks to a law signed by Governor Corzine Tuesday that would eliminate so-called non-operating school districts.

After overcoming a tough childhood, Laura Fram knows trouble when she sees it. And she just has to help others who face it: Struggling neighbors who could use extra groceries.

A new Sonic fast-food restaurant has opened on Route 17 in Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., to much fanfare -- and a huge traffic jam.

A blaze that destroyed a vacant chemical building in Lodi, kept firefighters busy for parts of two days on June 23 to 24th.

Area firefighters continued battling a massive blaze late Tuesday night that started at 5 p.m. inside an abandoned industrial site on Garibaldi Avenue in Lodi, according to a report in the Record.

Firefighters battled a smoky fire Tuesday night at a block-long abandoned industrial building on Garibaldi Avenue.

New Yorkers hungry for burgers and nostalgia can look no further than 12 miles across the Hudson River come this weekend.

515 Cedar Lane, Teaneck; 201-357-8826. * 4 West Diner: The former Bennigan's restaurant has been gutted and transformed into a 24-hour diner by Terry Karounos, whose sons run the trendy Ultrabar in Teaneck.

Hecklers may be the bane of thin-skinned comedians, but Dave Andrews isn't bothered in the least by them.

HAWORTH a ' The Board of Education has chosen an educator with 20 years' experience in Bergen County schools as superintendent-principal. Paul Arilotta, 63, of Ridgewood was hired in a unanimous vote subject to the contract's approval by Bergen County Superintendent of Schools Aaron Graham.

More than ever, North Jersey towns need their accounting firms, doctors' offices, retail stores and pizzerias for the property tax revenue they generate, and they're doing what they can to help them stay in business.

A home health care aide was arrested and charged with burglary after police said she stole jewelry and other items from two Bergen County homes where she worked.

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ, June 10, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Gerard Vaccarella, Ph.D., Psychologist, has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of mental healthcare.

Glassboro's Ryan Chance and James Brown set boys' Group 1 records in the South Jersey Group 4 and 1 track and field championships at Egg Harbor Township.

The Garden State Harmonica Club monthly meeting will be held on 2009 at 7:30 pm in the Meeting Hall at Grace Episcopal Church, 128 West Passaic Ave in Rutherford, NJ.

The founder of the Connecticut School of Broadcasting has won approval to buy back the bankrupt business he started 45 years ago and plans to reopen campuses in seven states, including two sites in New Jersey.