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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Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Breaking News
3 hospitalized in Route 80 multi-vehicle crash in Bogota 3 hospitalized in Route 80 multi-vehicle crash in Bogota 3 hospitalized in Route 80 multi-vehicle crash in Bogota
3 hospitalized in Route 80 multi-vehicle crash in Bogota PHOTOS: Three people were hospitalized after a multi-vehicle crash on eastbound Route 80 in Bogota this afternoon. The victims were taken to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening.

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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Driver hospitalized after minivan slams into tree on Route 208 in Fair Lawn Driver hospitalized after minivan slams into tree on Route 208 in Fair Lawn Driver hospitalized after minivan slams into tree on Route 208 in Fair Lawn
Driver hospitalized after minivan slams into tree on Route 208 in Fair Lawn PHOTO: The driver of a Honda Odyssey minivan was taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital with injuries that police said weren’t threatening after it slammed into a tree on southbound Route 208 in Fair Lawn this morning. Fair Lawn FD Company #2 and Heavy Rescue responded, along with Fair Lawn police and EMS, just after 9:30 a.m.. The vehicle was removed by a tow truck. PHOTO: Boyd A. Loving

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Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Lyndhurst Firefighters Donate Recycled Hoses To Turtleback Zoo Lyndhurst Firefighters Donate Recycled Hoses To Turtleback Zoo Lyndhurst Firefighters Donate Recycled Hoses To Turtleback Zoo
Lyndhurst Firefighters Donate Recycled Hoses To Turtleback Zoo LYNDHURST, N.J. — Rather than pollute a landfill, Lyndhurst firefighters donated 2,000 feet of hose deemed unsafe for operational use to Turtleback Zoo in West Orange. Fire hoses are ruled unsafe if they’re pressurized for a certain amount of time during required annual tests and don’t rupture. Last month, about 1,500 feet of 5-inch hose and 500 feet of 2-inch hose at the Lyndhurst company were deemed unsafe, Fire Chief Paul Haggery said. “Rather then discard of it and pollute a landfill, the hose is finding a second life at the zoo,” he said. Making it happen was Hose2Habitat, a Maryland…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Breaking News
Oakland Police Sergeant Saves Elderly Woman's $6,900 Oakland Police Sergeant Saves Elderly Woman's $6,900 Oakland Police Sergeant Saves Elderly Woman's $6,900
Oakland Police Sergeant Saves Elderly Woman's $6,900 OAKLAND, N.J.: A borough police sergeant saved an elderly victim from losing $6,900 to a scam artist after he stopped her for talking on her cellphone while driving. Sgt. Paul O’Keefe pulled the Pompton Lakes woman’s 2000 Saturn over on East Oak Street, and she “mentioned something about having to make copies of her deposit slips at the post office and send them to someone’s email address,” Lt. Christian Eldridge said. “She was upset and confused about what she needed to do and began to cry,” Eldridge said. Earlier that day, he said, the scammer “called her at home and said she needed to d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Pascack Valley, NJ
Breaking News
Responders rescue Washington Township man, 88, in woods Responders rescue Washington Township man, 88, in woods Responders rescue Washington Township man, 88, in woods
Responders rescue Washington Township man, 88, in woods YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An 88-year-old Washington Township man was hospitalized after police late last night found him dehydrated and disoriented in the woods behind his home, Police Chief Glenn Hooper told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this morning. The Werimus Road victim’s wife told police she left him doing yard work around 5:30 p.m. and returned at 10:20 p.m. to find him not in the house. Police summoned firefighters who carried him out of the heavy woods, the chief said. A township ambulance took him to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Indictment says North Bergen Parks & Recreation employees cashed in on no-show jobs Indictment says North Bergen Parks & Recreation employees cashed in on no-show jobs Indictment says North Bergen Parks & Recreation employees cashed in on no-show jobs
Indictment says North Bergen Parks & Recreation employees cashed in on no-show jobs YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Two North Bergen Department of Parks and Recreation employees — one of them an assistant high school football coach — were indicted by a state grand jury in Trenton on charges of submitting bogus timesheets to collect pay for no-show work. Abraham Garcia, 56, of North Bergen, and Walter Somick, 46, of Wayne, were charged in separate indictments with official misconduct, theft by deception, tampering with public records and falsifying records. Detectives from the state Division of Criminal Justice Corruption Bureau caught Garcia (above, left) putting in for more tha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Beekman-Poughquag, NY
Breaking News
Port Authority police officer with EMS experience helps deliver baby at WTC PATH station Port Authority police officer with EMS experience helps deliver baby at WTC PATH station Port Authority police officer with EMS experience helps deliver baby at WTC PATH station
Port Authority police officer with EMS experience helps deliver baby at WTC PATH station SHOUT OUT: A Port Authority police officer with EMT experience in Jersey City helped deliver a healthy baby girl overnight on the concourse of the PATH Station at the World Trade Center. The woman was headed to the hospital for delivery along with her husband and 2-year-old son when she went into labor around 2:30 a.m., the authority’s Joseph Pentangelo told CLIFFVIEW PILOT. Officer Brian McGraw was the first responder. He evaluated the woman for vital signs and triage before turning things over to EMS personnel — before they handed him the 14-ounce newborn for care before transportation …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Englewood, NJ
Your Community
Englewood's St. Cecilia’s Class of ’75 Sets 40th Reunion Englewood's St. Cecilia’s Class of ’75 Sets 40th Reunion Englewood's St. Cecilia’s Class of ’75 Sets 40th Reunion
Englewood's St. Cecilia’s Class of ’75 Sets 40th Reunion ENGLEWOOD, N.J -- St. Cecilia High School’s Class of ’75 is having its 40th reunion this fall. The Oct. 17 event at the Colonial Inn in Norwood will also feature alumni of other 1970s classes and their guests. DETAILS: www.facebook.com/groups/Saints1975 OR email: [email protected] All tickets must be purchased in advance.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy Cadets Get Inside Peek Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy Cadets Get Inside Peek Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy Cadets Get Inside Peek
Fair Lawn Junior Police Academy Cadets Get Inside Peek FAIR LAWN, N.J.: Borough taught 44 youngsters about respect, teamwork and discipline at the annual Junior Police Academy at the John A. Forrest School. The 11- to 14-year-old cadets were treated to demonstrations by Fair Lawn police officers and members of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office, the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps, the Bergen County Office of Emergency Management and Children’s Aid & Family Services, as well as fire instructors at the Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute in Mahwah during the July academy. PHOTO: Courtesy John Lyons

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Fort Lee, NJ
Breaking News
Palisades Park Promotes Korean-Americans To Key Posts Palisades Park Promotes Korean-Americans To Key Posts Palisades Park Promotes Korean-Americans To Key Posts
Palisades Park Promotes Korean-Americans To Key Posts PALISADES PARK, N.J. -- The borough appointed its first-ever Korean American police sergeant and borough clerk at the same time. More than 100 spectators gathered at the Municipal Complex on July 28 for the swearings in of new Detective Sgt. Shawn Lee and Clerk Gina S. Kim. The borough police committee unanimously agreed that Lee, hired 11 years ago, is the “most suited and successful candidate for the position of sergeant,” Police Chief Benjamin Ramos said. Lee “exhibits the highest levels of discipline essential to the command staff of a paramilitary organization,” the chief wrote in a l…

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