Bergen County News

Share + Nov 20, 2009 3:19 pm US/Eastern HO-HO-KUS, N.J. Police are speaking with an armed man in an effort to end a standoff that began several hours ago when the man barricaded himself inside his northern New Jersey home.

PHOTOS >> >> Kids from the Frank R. Conwell School clean up the Jersey City and Harsimus Cemetery on Newark Avenue in Jersey City on Saturday, Nov.

The former borough fire chief has been charged with stealing tens of thousands in fire department funds, police said Wednesday.

A prosecutor told a jury Tuesday that a Washington Township girl was sexually assaulted by a family friend over a more than four-year period ending in 2008.

A jewelry owner celebrating 30 years of being in business is giving away thousands of dollars worth of free jewelry in New Jersey.

Black Friday in Bergen County promises to be a day of unbelievable deals and discounts.

Theft charges have been filed against a Bergen County man who allegedly stole more than $128,000 from the cosmetology school where he worked.

MAHWAH A loose-lipped passenger and a unique hooded sweatshirt helped police in Mahwah turn a motor vehicle stop into an arrest for armed robbery.

A New Jersey bill to allow gay marriage might not go to a vote in the Legislature before the session ends in January and Democratic Gov.

New Jersey taxpayers don't pay directly for the costly campaigns state politicians run, but public money regularly goes to government contractors who in turn make sure the candidates are well-funded. Thanks to loopholes in campaign finance laws at the state and county levels, the biggest government contractors in New Jersey routinely get lucrative, ...

Edward Fairgrieve was hit while walking at North Middletown and Maze roads around 6:35 p.m., according to the report, and he was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center.

In a close race, it appears Wallington will have two new council members as Democrat Mark Tomko, and Republican Christopher Sinisi won two three-year seats.

A mother apparently stabbed her 9-year-old son at their northern New Jersey home Saturday and then slashed her own throat, authorities said.

New Jersey's amusement industry had its first summer free of major injuries in more than a decade.

Unofficial election returns suggest Republican Chris Christie rode a swell of suburban support into New Jersey's governor's office.

A man accused of leading a home-invasion spree during which a Teaneck man died 14 years ago was convicted of murder on Thursday.

The trial for a woman who hid her daughter in Spain amid a custody battle with her ex-husband began yesterday, the latest in an international dispute baffling divorce attorneys, judges and diplomats.

With more than 530,000 registered voters and a tradition of picking the winner in New Jersey, Bergen County is getting lots of attention this year from Democratic Gov.

Lessons from the 2009 election results [H]ere I want to credit for this observations longtime Democratic pollster and political analyst Pat Caddell, affluent suburban voters moved sharply toward Republicans in 2009.

The lawyer for a Florida man who claims he's too fat to have killed his former son-in-law told jurors today all they have to do is is look at his client to see that he's obese, old, and in no condition to commit such a murder.