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Englewood, NJ
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Bergen County Benz Dealership Will Treat You Like Royalty
If you're planning on purchasing a car from Benzel-Busch Mercedes-Benz in Englewood, be prepared for the royal treatment. For the second year in a row, the dealership earned top honors in a prestigious national ranking for offering a superior customer care experience. The Tri-State Area’s premier automotive dealership was named the 2018 U.S. Dealer of the Year by DealerRater, the world's leading car dealer review website. DealerRater’s Dealer of the Year Awards are based on PowerScore™, a Bayesian algorithm which considers a dealership’s average DealerRater star rating. The distinction r…
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Towns With Cheapest Property Tax Bills In Bergen County Ranked
Bergen County is home to towns that boast some of the most expensive property tax bills the U.S. But which towns average the cheapest property tax bills? New data from the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs shows that both the average property tax bills in Bergen ($11,564) and Passaic ($9,781) counties are higher than the state's average ($8,690). Below are the 10 Bergen County towns that averaged the cheapest property tax bills in 2017. 10. Lyndhurst: $8,968 9. Mahwah: $8,499 8. Saddle Brook: $8,484 7. Cliffside Park: $8,463 6. Edgewater: $8,312 5. Hackensack: $8,240 4. Garfield…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
On Your Side
Meet New Fair Lawn Meineke Owner; Youngest Yet At 31
Samuel Sa believes that each Meineke Car Care center is like the vehicles on its lifts. They are smooth and sleek at first glance, aesthetically pleasing and inviting. Lifting the hood on both the cars and the business reveals a complicated system with many working parts. The failure of just one part, on either the car or the business, can cause deterioration -- which over time will lead to a break down. When Sa first lifted the hood on his recently acquired shops in Fair Lawn, Passaic and Butler, he saw what amounted to a late-model car -- one that works but needs some attention. He wa…
Paramus, NJ
Your Community
Paramus Police Program Could Make Difference For Disabled Residents
The Paramus Police Department is rolling out a program to help locate missing people with disabilities more efficiently. The Resident Identification Program is for community members of all ages with autism, Down syndrome, Alzheimer's or other conditions that might make it difficult to communicate with police officers. Officers will gather information from residents either at their house or at the police station, to be held in a secure database that police can access during emergency situations. "Having immediate access to important information about at-risk people in the community cou…
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Bergen Teen Who Won $25G In Food Network Challenge Wants To Buy A Dog
Linsey Lam, 13 of Closter, was crowned Kids Baking Championship winner in the final episode on Monday. Lam's creation was a chocolate cake with coconut filling and raspberry buttercream. She will be taking home the grand prize of $25,000. During the episode, she and another contestant discussed what they would do with the money if they won. Lam said she wanted to buy a Maltese.
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Mom Of Bergen Teen Killed In Parkland Shooting Kept Ziplock Bag Of Her Hair
Every night, Lori Alhadeff formerly of Woodcliff Lakes sprays herself with her late daughter's Victoria's Secret perfume. She sometimes wears her late daughter's Converse and her old hoodies. It's what allows her to still feel close to 14-year-old Alyssa Alhadeff, who was killed in the Parkland massacre last month, according to a new report. BuzzFeed recently revealed all that the teen left behind, among them a ziplock bag filled with Alyssa's hair. She says it was the one thing she could still have of her daughter's. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL BUZZFEED STORY.
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Radburn Residents See Upcoming Election As 'Equal Playing Field'
Residents in Fair Lawn's Radburn community are celebrating after the state ordered the association to hold elections for open board seats. In January, Radburn United (a self-government advocacy group within the community) filed a complaint with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA). A letter issued Monday by DCA Director Edward M. Smith orders the planned community to open four trustee seats for election, and invalidates 165 votes that illegally adopted bylaws had given to a developer. "We are profoundly grateful to the DCA,” said Alba Lucia Morales Jiménez, one of the …
Lyndhurst, NJ
Obituaries
Jordan Tague Of Lyndhurst Dies, 23
Jordan Robert Tague of Lyndhurst died on Sunday, March 4. He was 23 years old. Jordan was a 2013 graduate of Lyndhurst High School and attended West Virginia University and Bergen Community College. He was the beloved son of Laura Sabino (nee Ferretti) and Michael Tague; grandson of Phyllis & Frank Ferretti and the late Jean & Hugh Tague, Sr; brother of Natalie Tague and Lina Sabino; adoptive grandson of Robert & the late June Kramp; nephew of Hugh, Jr. & his wife Kathy Tague, Ann Marie & her husband Roy DeYoung and Christine & her husband Mark Jordan; cousin of Mar…
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
80,000 Without Power In NJ; Bergen Lawmakers Call For State Of Emergency
More than 80,000 North Jersey residents and businesses are still without power following last week's nor'easter. Most of the outages are in Morris, Sussex, Hunterdon and Warren counties, but some Bergen County assemblymen joined Assemblyman Anthony M. Bucco in asking Gov. Phil Murphy to declare a state of emergency. The trio of assemblymen includes former Wyckoff mayor Kevin J. Rooney (R-Bergen), Christopher DePhillips (R-Bergen) and Parker Space (R-Sussex). “Declaring a state of emergency opens up sources of funding. This can significantly impact municipal budgets which are due to come o…
Paramus, NJ
Breaking News
Garden State Plaza Vape Kiosk Caught In Paramus Police Sting
PARAMUS, N.J. -- Four of five vape merchants in Paramus did the right thing, but a kiosk in the Garden State Plaza that already had a mark against its record was caught selling pods to a minor during an undercover sting, borough police said. Mint Vapes -- which previously received a warning for a similar incident -- was fined $250 for selling a four-pack of Juul pods to an 18-year-old sent in by police, Sgt. James Teehan said. The minimum age for buying and selling both tobacco and electronic smoking devices in New Jersey was raised from 19 to 21 four months ago. "We have noticed thro…
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