Top 10 May Stories: Big School Changes, Area Coach C...
21 hrs ago | via Patch.com
Board Demotes School Principal, Transfers Another Parents filed into the high school auditorium to fight to keep Principal Lesa Brinker at the helm of Lincoln School and challenged the new position of assistant superintendent slated for Peter O'Hare, principal of Euclid School. Comment?
East Rutherford woman arrested on cocaine charges du...
Friday May 18 | via NorthJersey.com
East Rutherford - An East Rutherford woman was arrested yesterday, May 17, after members of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Narcotic Task Force conducted a warrant sweep operation throughout Bergen, Essex, Passaic , Morris, Middlesex and Union Counties. Comment?
Montclair's Wildwood neighbors voice worries about f...
Friday May 18 | via The Montclair Times
Wildwood Avenue residents are concerned about digging that's been done this week on the township-owned land on their block. Comment?
Verona Board of Education scores well on evaluation,...
Friday May 18 | via NorthJersey.com
Citing a self evaluation that each board member completed, Joanne Borin said Verona 's school board is "balanced" and "working well together." For each evaluation category, ranked from 0 to 4, a score of 2.5 or better is "good" and 3.5 or better is "excellent," Borin said. Comment?
Bergen County Police Department hires three new offi...
Friday May 18 | via NorthJersey.com
The Bergen County Police Department added three police officers Thursday, including Ahmed Alagha, the department's first Arab-American officer and an officer laid off by Paterson last year. Comment?
Hasbrouck Heights holding fourth annual street fair
Friday May 18 | via NorthJersey.com
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS Local businesses will showcase goods and services along with dozens of antique, crafts and specialty vendors, games, amusements and entertainment in the borough's 4th annual street fair Saturday. Comment?
Sources: Port Authority police lt. promoted to actin...
Friday May 18 | via NorthJersey.com
A former Port Authority police lieutenant became the agency's acting chief on Friday, bypassing more than a dozen higher-ranking officers amid a promotion exam cheating scandal that has led to a shakeup of top police brass. Comment?
Wednesday May 16 | via NorthJersey.com
On May 6, police observed a car traveling at a slow rate on Goffle Road then speeding on Route 208 North and conducted a motor vehicle stop. Comment?
Garfield officer involved in teen's fatal shooting h...
Tuesday May 15 | via NorthJersey.com
GARFIELD Sgt. Jose A. Brito, the city police officer involved in the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Malik Williams last year, has been working traffic duty, City Manager Tom Duch said Tuesday night. Comment?
Suspended Bogota officer defends acts
Monday May 14 | via NorthJersey.com
Tasca, a Bogota police officer, has sat quietly next to her attorney as disciplinary proceedings have unfolded over three days on 20 administrative charges, including failure to perform her duties and conduct unbecoming of an officer. Comment?
Municipal Budget Adopted, Park Surveillance, Car Stu...
Sunday May 13 | via Patch.com
Municipal Budget for 2012 Adopted i»¿ The 2012 municipal budget was officially adopted by the council Tuesday with a vote of 5 to 1 in favor. Comment?
County budget deals deeper cuts to the Mahway dispat...
Sunday May 13 | via NorthJersey.com
A closer look at the Bergen County freeholders' 2012 budget shows that the Sheriff's Department and mental health providers had funds restored while county police and the dispatch center took deeper cuts. Comment?
Reinstated South Hackensack police chief back on job
Saturday May 12 | via NorthJersey.com
SOUTH HACKENSACK - Police Chief Michael Frew is back on the job after being reinstated during a recent Township Committee meeting, more than four months after he was found not guilty of assaulting and harassing a subordinate. Comment?
Fire chief's dog dies in backyard accident
Saturday May 12 | via NorthJersey.com
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS - One dog died and another was taken to an animal hospital, where it was expected to survive, after they became entangled in a choker collar Thursday night while playing in their back yard, authorities said. Comment?
Hasbrouck Heights gets $15,492 award for cleanup eff...
Friday May 11 | via NorthJersey.com
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS - The borough has been awarded $15,492 from the New Jersey Clean Communities Grant program to continue some of its cleanup campaigns. Comment?
Son of Englewood Cliffs mayor charged with heroin po...
Friday May 11 | via NorthJersey.com
ALPINE - The son of the Englewood Cliffs mayor has been charged with heroin possession, according to the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police. Comment?
Police: Would-be thief had bags of Halloween costume...
Friday May 11 | via NorthJersey.com
NORTH BERGEN - Police nabbed a man accused of trying to steal bags of Halloween costumes and shoes from a garage on Barr Place, authorities said. Comment?
Hasbrouck Heights teen's killer gets 10 more years f...
Friday May 11 | via NorthJersey.com
Juan Rosario, 52, is already serving a 40-year prison term after being convicted in the killing of 18-year-old Ralph Pinto in February 2005, and for the attempted murder of a potential witness. Comment?
Stalled car halts NJ Transit train traffic in Hasbro...
Thursday May 10 | via NorthJersey.com
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS - Train service on NJ Transit's Pascack Valley Line was temporarily suspended Wednesday night while authorities removed a car that was stuck at the Macolm Avenue crossing. Comment?
One dog dies, another is injured amid choke collar e...
Thursday May 10 | via NorthJersey.com
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS - One dog died and another was taken to an animal hospital, where it was expected to survive, after they became entangled in a choker collar Thursday night while playing in their back yard, authorities said. Comment?