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.

Jerry DeMarco's Contributions

Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Iron Chef Bringing Whiskey Restaurant, Mexican Eatery To Closter Plaza Iron Chef Bringing Whiskey Restaurant, Mexican Eatery To Closter Plaza Iron Chef Bringing Whiskey Restaurant, Mexican Eatery To Closter Plaza
Iron Chef Bringing Whiskey Restaurant, Mexican Eatery To Closter Plaza CLOSTER, N.J. -- A Food Network Iron Chef is bringing two of his eateries -- Village Whiskey, with 200 brands of spirits, and Mexican restaurant Distrito -- to Closter Plaza, BoobyBurbs.com reports. Chef Jose Garces envisioned Village Whiskey’s menu as a place for him and his team to grab a meal after a long shift. It offers a raw bar, bar snacks, pickled items, a limited number of entrees and duck fat fries -- along with 200 whiskeys and a large selection of classic and contemporary cocktails, the reports say. Distrito will open its second New Jersey location (the other is at the Moorest…

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
No threat in suspicous package found outside Fair Lawn restaurant No threat in suspicous package found outside Fair Lawn restaurant No threat in suspicous package found outside Fair Lawn restaurant
No threat in suspicous package found outside Fair Lawn restaurant The Bergen County Sheriff’s Office gave the all-clear at 11:20 a.m. Monday after examining a suspicious package found outside a Turkish restaurant in downtown Fair Lawn. The shopping center housing Istanbul Restaurant in the area of Fair Lawn Avenue and Plaza Drive was cordoned off around 10:45 a.m.

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New City, NY
Breaking News
Heavily Armed Port Authority Police Stopping Trucks At GWB Heavily Armed Port Authority Police Stopping Trucks At GWB Heavily Armed Port Authority Police Stopping Trucks At GWB
Heavily Armed Port Authority Police Stopping Trucks At GWB Port Authority police began stopping suspicious trucks and other suspicous vehicles on the approach to the George Washington Bridge upper level tolls Monday afternoon in the wake of the Paris terrorism attacks. "Through the Counter-Terrorism Initiative Operation, officers and supervisors in vests with heavy weaponry are conducting the stops due to the events in Paris at all Port Authority facilities," the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. "This is part of that." Pentangelo said the officers are "stopping trucks or any vehicle on the approach to the br…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Heavily Armed Port Authority Police Stopping Trucks At GWB In Fort Lee Heavily Armed Port Authority Police Stopping Trucks At GWB In Fort Lee Heavily Armed Port Authority Police Stopping Trucks At GWB In Fort Lee
Heavily Armed Port Authority Police Stopping Trucks At GWB In Fort Lee FORT LEE, N.J. -- Port Authority police began stopping suspicious trucks and other suspicous vehicles on the approach to the George Washington Bridge upper level tolls Monday afternoon in the wake of the Paris terrorism attacks. "Through the Counter-Terrorism Initiative Operation, officers and supervisors in vests with heavy weaponry are conducting the stops due to the events in Paris at all Port Authority facilities," the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. "This is part of that." Pentangelo said the officers are "stopping trucks or any vehicle on the …

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Brookfield, CT
Breaking News
Police Stopping Suspicious Trucks At George Washington Bridge In N.J. Police Stopping Suspicious Trucks At George Washington Bridge In N.J. Police Stopping Suspicious Trucks At George Washington Bridge In N.J.
Police Stopping Suspicious Trucks At George Washington Bridge In N.J. FORT LEE, N.J. — Port Authority police began stopping suspicious trucks and other vehicles on the New Jersey approach to the George Washington Bridge's upper level tolls Monday afternoon in the wake of the Paris terrorism attacks. "Through the Counter-Terrorism Initiative Operation, officers and supervisors in vests with heavy weaponry are conducting the stops due to the events in Paris at all Port Authority facilities," the authority's Joseph Pentangelo told Daily Voice. "This is part of that." Pentangelo said the officers are "stopping trucks or any vehicle on th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Breaking News
Detectives Raid Englewood Home, Bust Resident On Crack Charges Detectives Raid Englewood Home, Bust Resident On Crack Charges Detectives Raid Englewood Home, Bust Resident On Crack Charges
Detectives Raid Englewood Home, Bust Resident On Crack Charges ENGLEWOOD, N.J. -- Detectives arrested a 23-year-old Englewood man and seized crack and packaging materials from his home. Tyrone Harrison, 23, was ordered held on $50,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail, charged with crack possession with the intent to sell the drug. Harrison was selling drugs when investigators began watching him, Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said Monday. On Nov. 12, they executed a search warrant at his Coriander Way home and car, where more cocaine and digital scale were found, he said. A Nov. 16 arraignment was scheduled.

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Bergen Bomb Squad: Sand Found In Fair Lawn Suspicious Bag Bergen Bomb Squad: Sand Found In Fair Lawn Suspicious Bag Bergen Bomb Squad: Sand Found In Fair Lawn Suspicious Bag
Bergen Bomb Squad: Sand Found In Fair Lawn Suspicious Bag FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- The Bergen County Sheriff's Office gave the all-clear at 11:20 a.m. Monday after finding sand inside a zipper bag left outside a Turkish restaurant in Fair Lawn's Radburn section. A customer at Plaza Nails in the Radburn Plaza Building directed police to the soft-farbric, lime-green bag on the sidewalk in front of the Istanbul Café & Grill next door just after 10 a.m., Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Fair Lawn police evacuated all three floors of the building and closed Plaza Road between Fair Lawn Avenue and Howard Avenue and High Street between Plaza Road and Abbott Road. …

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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Roadside Bergen, Passaic Icons Fuel Wyckoff Artist's Passion Roadside Bergen, Passaic Icons Fuel Wyckoff Artist's Passion Roadside Bergen, Passaic Icons Fuel Wyckoff Artist's Passion
Roadside Bergen, Passaic Icons Fuel Wyckoff Artist's Passion WYCKOFF, N.J. -- What began with a chance glance while Mark Oberndorf of Wyckoff was stopped at a light in Rochelle Park has become a passion for capturing iconic buildings in Bergen and Passaic counties. "I was sitting in my car when I stumbled on the Rochelle Park Barber Shop," Oberndorf said. "I knew I had to paint it. "After that, I started searching out old buildings around Bergen County that looked like they may be going to the wrecking ball soon," he said. "I was especially drawn to the old neon diner signs. "I have eaten at each and every one, I h…

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Teaneck, NJ
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Rezoning Site Near RR Tracks Will Ease Tax Burden, Teaneck Council Says Rezoning Site Near RR Tracks Will Ease Tax Burden, Teaneck Council Says Rezoning Site Near RR Tracks Will Ease Tax Burden, Teaneck Council Says
Rezoning Site Near RR Tracks Will Ease Tax Burden, Teaneck Council Says TEANECK, N.J. -- Teaneck officials say an upcoming vote to rezone a stretch of land to allow multi-family housing near a railroad line is based on nothing more than keeping the property on the tax rolls. The World of Wings butterfly museum put the site up for sale this summer. "The last time that happened, two non-profits bid for it," Deputy Mayor Elie Katz said. "One of the hospitals might have been interested, too -- making three non-profits. "This is the third- or fourth-largest taxpayer property in Teaneck. If we lose it, that burden shifts to the residents. We also…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Breaking News
Little Ferry Firefighters Rescue Heart Surgery Patient's Cat Little Ferry Firefighters Rescue Heart Surgery Patient's Cat Little Ferry Firefighters Rescue Heart Surgery Patient's Cat
Little Ferry Firefighters Rescue Heart Surgery Patient's Cat LITTLE FERRY, N.J. -- It took some persuading, but Little Ferry firefighters made their way up a tree to rescue a cat whose owner recently returned home from open heart surgery. Responders, called by a relative, arrived at 2:10 p.m. Sunday. They didn't come down till around 3. "She just kept going higher and higher," firefighter Tony DiBlasio told Daily Voice. "She wouldn't come down for food or a toy." A ladder truck was summoned, and firefighters Daniel O'Shea and Kyle O'Keefe went up, he said. "It took awhile," DiBlasio said. "Finally we got a hose an…

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