Jerry DeMarco

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx. 

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

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Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
New Milford Firefighter, 75, Passes After Being Revived During Call New Milford Firefighter, 75, Passes After Being Revived During Call New Milford Firefighter, 75, Passes After Being Revived During Call
New Milford Firefighter, 75, Passes After Being Revived During Call NEW MILFORD, N.J. -- A veteran New Milford firefighter resuscitated by his colleagues after he went into cardiac arrest on a call earlier this month passed away Friday, Dec. 22. Wake services for Frank Matagrano, 75, are scheduled from 2 to 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 29, at the Ascension Church on Azalea Drive in New Milford, followed by a funeral procession ending at Company 1, Fire Chief Ross Rhein said. "I would like to thank Fire Company 1, New Milford Ambulance Corp. and Dumont Fire Chief Daniel Molinaro for their valiant efforts on that night," Rhein said Saturday. "Their effo…

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Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park School Reopening After Chemical Leak Sends Pupils To Hospital Elmwood Park School Reopening After Chemical Leak Sends Pupils To Hospital Elmwood Park School Reopening After Chemical Leak Sends Pupils To Hospital
Elmwood Park School Reopening After Chemical Leak Sends Pupils To Hospital ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A leaking HVAC unit sent three Elmwood Park elementary school students, a custodian and a firefighter to local hospitals Wednesday, authorities said. The incident triggered the evacuation of the Gantner Avenue Elementary School on Roosevelt Avenue and a massive emergency response just after 1:30 p.m.  The building was deemed safe, and classes were expected to resume Friday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. "Bergen County HazMat Unit conducted a comprehensive investigation of the school, as well as the surrounding area to determine the origin of the odor," …

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Rutgers Student Admits School Cyber Attack, Unprecedented Worldwide Breach Rutgers Student Admits School Cyber Attack, Unprecedented Worldwide Breach Rutgers Student Admits School Cyber Attack, Unprecedented Worldwide Breach
Rutgers Student Admits School Cyber Attack, Unprecedented Worldwide Breach A Rutgers University computer science student pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to launching a cyber attack on the school's computer network, following his admission last week that he participated in one of the Internet's biggest security scares last year. Paras Jha, 21, of Fanwood "effectively shut down Rutgers University’s central authentication server, which maintained, among other things, the gateway portal through which staff, faculty, and students delivered assignments and assessments," Acting U.S. Attorney William Fitzpatrick said following the guilty plea in Trenton…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Mercedes Wagon Wedges Under Trailer On Route 287 In Oakland Mercedes Wagon Wedges Under Trailer On Route 287 In Oakland Mercedes Wagon Wedges Under Trailer On Route 287 In Oakland
Mercedes Wagon Wedges Under Trailer On Route 287 In Oakland OAKLAND, N.J. -- A Mercedes wagon got wedged beneath a tanker truck on Route 287 in Oakland, temporarily closing the highway in both directions. There were no serious injuries in the crash, which occurred in the northbound lanes near Route 208 and brought several fire trucks, along with police and EMS. Delays continued into the rush hour after the wreckage of the New York State-registered vehicle was cleared.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Car Hits Fallen Tree On Palisades Parkway In Alpine Car Hits Fallen Tree On Palisades Parkway In Alpine Car Hits Fallen Tree On Palisades Parkway In Alpine
Car Hits Fallen Tree On Palisades Parkway In Alpine ALPINE, N.J. -- A victim sustained facial injuries, responders said, when a car struck a fallen tree on the southbound Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine Wednesday afternoon. The crash occurred just before 1 p.m. south of Exit 2, closing the southbound parkway. Closter EMS responded along with Palisades Interstate Parkway Police. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Breaking News
Elmwood Park School Reopening After Chemical Leak Sends Pupils To Hospital Elmwood Park School Reopening After Chemical Leak Sends Pupils To Hospital Elmwood Park School Reopening After Chemical Leak Sends Pupils To Hospital
Elmwood Park School Reopening After Chemical Leak Sends Pupils To Hospital ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. -- A leaking HVAC unit sent three Elmwood Park elementary school students, a custodian and a firefighter to local hospitals Wednesday, authorities said. The incident triggered the evacuation of the Gantner Avenue Elementary School on Roosevelt Avenue and a massive emergency response just after 1:30 p.m.  The building was deemed safe, and classes were expected to resume Friday, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. "Bergen County HazMat Unit conducted a comprehensive investigation of the school, as well as the surrounding area to determine the origin of the odor," …

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
TRIBUTE: Popular Smithereens Leader, NJ House Concert King: Pat DiNizio, 62 TRIBUTE: Popular Smithereens Leader, NJ House Concert King: Pat DiNizio, 62 TRIBUTE: Popular Smithereens Leader, NJ House Concert King: Pat DiNizio, 62
Tribute: Popular Smithereens Leader, NJ House Concert King: Pat DiNizio, 62 He led one of New Jersey's most popular bands in history -- and at the same time became king of the house concert: Singer-songwriter Pat Dinizio, the supreme talent behind the Smithereens, died Tuesday at 62. Band members who'd previously been preparing for a January tour with their silver-voiced frontman confimed Dinizio's death early Wednesday.  "Our journey with Pat was long, storied and a hell of a lot of fun," fellow Smithereens Jim Babjak, Dennis Diken, and Mike Mesaros wrote on Facebook. "We grew up together. Little did we know that we wouldn't grow old together."…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Breaking News
Woman Struck In NJ By Spring Valley Train Woman Struck In NJ By Spring Valley Train Woman Struck In NJ By Spring Valley Train
Woman Struck In NJ By Spring Valley Train RIVER EDGE, N.J. -- A woman survived after being struck early Wednesday in New Jersey by a commuter train out of Spring Valley, authorities confirmed. The woman was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with head and shoulder injuries that initially didn't appear life-threatening after she was struck at 7:55 a.m. by the Hoboken-bound No. 1612 Pascack Valley Line train, James Smith of NJ Transit said. Service remained suspended indefinitely between River Edge and Secaucus while NJ Transit Police investigated.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Woman Struck By Train In River Edge Woman Struck By Train In River Edge Woman Struck By Train In River Edge
Woman Struck By Train In River Edge RIVER EDGE, N.J. -- A woman survived after being struck by a commuter train in River Edge early Wednesday, authorities confirmed. The woman was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with head and shoulder injuries that initially didn't appear life-threatening after she was struck at 7:55 a.m. by the No. 1612 Pascack Valley Line train -- headed from Spring Valley to Hoboken -- near New Bridge Landing, James Smith of NJ Transit said. Service remained suspended indefinitely between River Edge and Secaucus while NJ Transit Police investigated.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
Off-Duty Butt-Dialing Bogota Police Sergeant Cleared In Anti-Schools Rant Off-Duty Butt-Dialing Bogota Police Sergeant Cleared In Anti-Schools Rant Off-Duty Butt-Dialing Bogota Police Sergeant Cleared In Anti-Schools Rant
Off-Duty Butt-Dialing Bogota Police Sergeant Cleared In Anti-Schools Rant BOGOTA, N.J. -- Bogota police have found no cause for disciplining a sergeant who was off duty when he butt-dialed the borough school district while going on an expletive-filled rant. Reportedly angered by a personnel move, Sgt. Craig Lynch left the Steen Elementary School principal's office in August and was heard on voicemail vowing to ticket teachers as part of a war that the district would lose. Bogota police conducted an internal investigation that cleared Lynch. Capt. James Sepp advised district officials that investigators determined that the 28-year department veteran, who runs the…

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