Pompton Lakes News

While running radar on Interstate 287 North, Patrolman Eric Hollenstein flagged a silver 1999 Honda for excessive speed and later determined that the Riverdale motorist had a suspended license, according to police.

POMPTON LAKES a ' Things got under way with a moving rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" played by the student band.

There is something ironic about what the Curves staff in Nutley is collecting until Nov.

Song and Greg Smith welcome guests seven days a week to the Ice Cream Station at 10 Lakeside Ave.

POMPTON LAKES a ' If you were walking through the door of a bar that Southern Shift was playing in that night, your first thought might be, "How in the hell did they get Lynyrd Skynyrd to play this place?" The big surprise, however, would be when patrons come across the tattooed, rough-looking ensemble of five players who pick up their instruments ...

Retired Army Col. Stephen Abel, deputy commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, presented 11 Belleville residents with military awards at a ceremony held only twice a year in the state.

A 67-year-old Haskell/Wanaque motorist was accused of careless and drunken driving after police observed that he was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt in the area of Ringwood Avenue early on the morning of Nov.

Municipal workers, disheartened by a three-year contract fight, have agreed to a six-year deal that gives them an average salary increase of 3 percent.

Supporters of a prominent Passaic County Muslim clergyman whose deportation case has been sent back to Immigration Court for a rehearing are planning fund-raisers, rallies and petitions to help the spiritual leader stay in the United States.

The Detective Bureau is investigating an armed robbery that occurred right before closing time Wednesday night at the Pompton Auto Care gas station at 289 Wanaque Ave.

" Election Night brought sweet victory to the Passaic County Regular Republican Organization , which worked to elect Republicans on the county level for the first time in five years.

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Republicans Michael Serra and Terri Reicher beat incumbent Democrats Lisa Riggiola and Ed Meakem for the two, three-year terms on the borough council Tuesday.

Police said they broke up an underage drinking party on Larchwood Avenue early Saturday morning after getting a call about someone who damaged a car in that neighborhood.

While southbound on Wanaque Avenue, Sgt. William Jernstedt reports that he saw a large fire in front of the R&M Hardware store coming from a plastic garbage can.

Police have charged two men they said are responsible for a rash of burglaries in the borough since May.

This time of year, haunted houses are all fun and games - but what do you do if your house is really haunted? You contact New Jersey Paranormal Research, the area's foremost experts on explaining the unexplained.

The Board of Education has received a positive report on last year's standardized tests.

POMPTON LAKES Amazing Grapes is living up to its name "amazing" by stocking up on quality wines that customers can afford even in this recession.

It was a day for rekindling old glory, but with an ultra-modern look. And the hopes for a revived and bustling downtown were as bright Monday as the sunshine that poured down on a crowd of elected officials ceremoniously breaking ground for a $2-million revitalization project.