River Edge News

A teacher at a Japanese cultural school in Bergen County has been charged with fondling three students, according to police.

For many New Jersey residents, the Fourth of July will come and go without a bang.

Construction lawyer Robert Peckar has good cause to regret his talks with architect Scott Keller in 2005 about a possible suit against William Paterson University over the renovation of its student center.

RIVER EDGE Police are investigating a bus driver's report that a motorist brandished a gun at him along his route this morning.

A New City man is accused of smashing into another car while driving drunk in New Jersey, landing the other driver in the hospital with life-threatening injuries.

June 10, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Howie Beigelman 212-613-8311 June 9, 2009 ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY MEETS NEW JERSEY CONGRESSMAN SCOTT GARRETT Orthodox Union facilitates key meeting in Northern New Jersey with Congressmana s visit to school in district, Rosenbaum Yeshiva of North Jersey, and address to students, leaders U.S.

"This is a site we must preserve for future generations," Governor Corzine said.

The elementary school district in Oradell will be closed Tuesday - and polls relocated - as a precaution after a student tested positive for influenza A over the weekend.

A River Edge, N.J., resident is on a mission to get saint status for a beloved Detroit priest, who he believes answered prayers to heal his son's cancer.

President Obama yesterday announced his intention to nominate former prosecutor Paul J. Fishman to become New Jersey's U.S. attorney.

All 13 candidates meet at Devonshire The trays of baked goods, arrayed on a basement table in the Devonshire apartment building on Overlook Avenue, were clearly marked: Compliments of Moving Hackensack Forward, Citizens for Change, and Hackensack: United for Change.

On Saturday, June 13, cancer survivors will join in "A Celebration of Life," as The Valley Hospital's Blumenthal Cancer Center commemorates National Cancer Survivors Day.

Hackensack Riverkeeper River Cleanups This comes from Hackensack Riverkeeper's website : A big part of Hackensack Riverkeeper's mission to protect, preserve and restore the Hackensack River watershed is to engage the people of our watershed to take responsibility for it.

The Garden Conservancya s Open Days begin in Bergen County on Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the public can visit private gardens in Ridgewood and Wyckoff.

Rowan University's Board of Trustees recently appointed Joseph E. Bottazzi, vice president and general manager at HP Services Technology Services and Pursuit Organization , to a three-year term on its Foundation Board.

Some Oradell Board of Education members are rethinking the district's participation in a tri-district curriculum program after a dust-up over new math programs.

RIVER EDGE a ' A limousine driver was charged with assaulting a 13-year-old girl, authorities said Thursday.

A state appellate court has shot down Oradell's bid to withdraw from the River Dell regional school system, a move that would have effectively dissolved the two-borough district.

And where else would a Mustang station wagon have been more appropriate than in the 'burbs? Reader John Murphy of Oakland, Maine, recently sent us some photos of a Mustang station wagon he spotted back in 1966 in New Jersey, and it turns out it was no backyard job.

RIVER EDGE The county parks director said he would consider moving the route of a proposed riverfront walkway to avoid encroaching on a historic battlefield.