Little Ferry News

It would've been easy to purchase teddy bears for themselves, but Little Ferry's schoolchildren knew generosity always trumps convenience.

Idea: Maryam Zarandi opened her clothing store to sell new but overstocked or mislabeled apparel from manufacturers at discount prices.

Mayor's Ridgewood job a conflict of interest? Thursday, December 24, 2009 BY KARL DE VRIES Town Journal OF TOWN JOURNAL http://www.northjersey.com/news/80040437.html Reaction to the hiring of Kenneth Gabbert as Ridgewood village manager has ranged from supportive to skeptical since the Upper Saddle River mayor started at the position Nov.

Say you were very good this year and Santa rewarded you this morning with a brand-spanking new flat screen or a Blu-ray disc player or an iPhone.

An 8-year-old township boy wedged between two vehicles in a bizarre accident last week is recovering, thanks to the heroic actions of the first people on the scene, police said.

Northern New Jersey was in the middle of the first cold wave of the season when Hasbrouck Heights firefighters were faced with heavy fire on arrival on December 11th.

Syndicated columnist George Will's "Scroogenomics: An economist's take on holiday gifts" was right on the money.

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Six people have been charged with forging and distributing a flyer that pretends to be a letter from Mayor Brian Stack apologizing for alleged shortcomings, police said yesterday.

Little Ferry Superintendent of Schools Frank Scarafile is among six people arrested in Union City for allegedly distributing a "defamatory" flier purporting to be from the city's mayor, Democratic state Sen.

Unsuccessful Union City Board of Commissioners candidate Frank Scarafile Jr., superintendent of schools in Little Ferry, was arrested with five others while distributing fliers made to look like a letter from Union City Mayor Brian Stack apologizing for alleged shortcomings.

What's new: The Demarest Board of Education has appointed a new interim superintendent as it continues a nearly two-year search for a permanent hire.

After 32 years, the owners of Segovia, a Spanish restaurant in Moonachie, are ready for something extra.

Bernard Sobolewski wants to relive a hobby he enjoyed as a child and at the same time wants one of North Jersey's most fascinating birds to once again live comfortably in Little Ferry.

With the continued escalating costs of higher education, parents are finding preliminary college planning and preparation for their high school students more stressful.

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.

Yesterday, police charged 24-year-old Jason Rodriguez, of Little Ferry, in connection with a robbery that reportedly occurred at a fast food restaurant on Route 46, South Hackensack Police Chief Michael Frew said Friday.

A simple question: What is litter? To Hackensack Riverkeeper Capt. Bill Sheehan and Bergen County Sheriff Leo P. McGuire, the answer is also simple.

The report said police arrested Jason Rodriguez, 24, after surrounding the apartment complex and evacuating neighbors.

An armed robber held up a cab driver this morning, then ran to his nearby apartment complex and apparently went to sleep while police evacuated his neighbors and moved in to arrest him, authorities said.