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Paramus, NJ

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Paramus Police Officers Make Narcan Save PARAMUS, N.J. — Paramus police used Narcan to revive an overdosing heroin victim from New Milford in the back of a jitney bus stopped on Route 4. Officers Dan DeRienzo, David Betancourt and Gregg Hooper found five empty heroin packets beneath the 26-year-old victim, who was face-down on the floor of the bus near IKEA Drive on Tuesday, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. A single does of Narcan helped revive him, the chief said. The officers also did rescue breathing until paramedics and Paramus EMS arrived, he said. The victim was in stable condition when he was taken to Hackensack Medic…

by Cecilia Levine

10/28/2015

Northern Highlands, NJ

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Fund Grows For Sons Of Slain Midland Park Mom MIDLAND PARK, N.J. — Nearly $12,500 had been raised through a GoFundMe page as of Wednesday afternoon to help two Midland Park brothers whose mother was stabbed to death in her driveway last week. Community members are rallying to aid Alex and Adam Bardzell, who lost their mother, 48-year-old Suzanne Bardzell, on Oct. 22 (SEE: Prosecutor: Ex-Officer Who Killed Midland Park Mom Tries Subway Suicide). Strangers and loved ones alike are expressing their condolences. "My heart is bleeding for these boys and family," Sandi Piccard commented on the page. "I grew up, almost all of …

by Cecilia Levine

10/28/2015

Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ

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Mahwah Planners Approve $1.5M Country Club Homes MAHWAH, N.J. — The Mahwah Planning Board on Monday approved an application by Ridgewood Real Estate Partners to build 34 single-family, $1.5 million homes on the Apple Ridge Country Club. The 110-acre project spans Mahwah and Upper Saddle River. Upper Saddle River officials last month approved the developer's application to construct 44 homes, bringing the overall total in both towns to 78. The state Department of Environmental Protection will certify that the property surpasses its standards amid concerns over minor contamination of lead and arsenic, Mayor William Laforet told Daily Voic…

by Cecilia Levine

10/28/2015

Northern Highlands, NJ

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Midland Park Charity Gift Shop Celebrates 50 Years Of Service MIDLAND PARK, N.J. — What began as a small gift shop in a train station a half-century ago has become a charitable Midland Park business that's brought in $3 million in five decades — all for a Paramus-based children's welfare and family services organization. Prospect Street's Gift Shop Depot — which celebrated 50 years in business on Oct. 19 — donates 100% of its proceeds to Children's Aid and Family Services (CAFS). A group of women who opened the shop in 1965 at the Ridgewood train station raised $5,000 in the first year — exceeding their goal by $2,000. The Depot moved to Ho-Ho-Kus in…

by Cecilia Levine

10/28/2015

Northern Valley, NJ

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Old Tappan School Dedicates Memorial Garden For Teacher OLD TAPPAN, N.J. — A former Old Tappan public school teacher is being honored by a new memorial at the T. Baldwin Demarest Elementary School. The garden in memory of Nancy Middlemas, 54, formerly of Westwood and Waldwick, was unveiled earlier this month.Middlemas died this past August. The Old Tappan Education Association, Old Tappan Parent Teacher Organization, Old Tappn Board of Education helped make the garden possible. Danielle DaGiau, Douglas Barrett, Forcellati Bros, Inc., Inserra Shoprite and the custodial staff contributed, as well.

by Cecilia Levine

10/28/2015

Ridgewood, NJ

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One-Time Ridgewood Charity Gift Shop Celebrates 50 Years In Service RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — A charity gift shop that first opened in Ridgewood as a way to bolster a local children's aid organization celebrated its 50th anniversary in Midland Park. Gift Shop Depot was launched by a group of women opened the gift shop in 1965 at the Ridgewood Train Station. The Depot moved to Ho-Ho-Kus in the 1970s — where it remained for two years before moving to its current Midland Park location — and has since pulled in more than $3 million for Children's Aid and Family Services (CAFS). "We have two missions," co-director Eileen Negrycz said. "The main one is t…

by Cecilia Levine

10/28/2015

Pascack Valley, NJ

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'Always Something New' After 40 Years, Montvale Library Director Says MONTVALE, N.J. — The Montvale Public Library has seen two facilities, three computer systems, dozens of staff members and thousands of patrons in the last four decades -- and Executive Director Susan Ruttenber was there for it all. Despite the many changes at her library, one thing remains the same: "There is always something new to learn," said Ruttenber, who was honored for her 40 years of service at the library at the Oct. 13 Montvale Council meeting. Ruttenber was a librarian when the facility opened in 1975 in a vacant building at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Waverly…

by Cecilia Levine

10/28/2015

Paramus, NJ

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Paramus, Oradell, River Edge Set Halloween, Mischief Night Curfews PARAMUS, N.J. — Paramus and Oradell officials have set curfews for unaccompanied minors on Oct. 30 and Oct. 31. The curfew is in accordance with a zero-tolerance policy for vandalism and destruction of private property, both said. Paramus residents under 18 years old must be home by 10 p.m. on Oct. 30. There is no curfew on Halloween, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. Oradell residents under 18 years old aren't allowed unaccompanied in a public place after 9 p.m. on Oct. 30 and Oct. 31, Oradell Police Dsgt William Wicker said. River Edge officials have not established a curfew. The po…

by Cecilia Levine

10/28/2015

Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ

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Oakland Family Celebrates Baby's 1st Birthday — Without Chemotherapy OAKLAND, N.J. — Six months after seven chemotherapy treatments and dozens of trips to Philadelphia specialists, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed Oakland baby was finally stable — one day shy of his first birthday. Liam Spingler seemed perfectly healthy until one fateful day in May when parents Jared and Jessica Spingler noticed trouble with his left eye. The Spinglers found themselves in an opthamalogist's office with then-6-month-old Liam three days after visiting their pediatrician, hopeful the expert would be able to disprove the Internet's best guess. "As soon as he dilated Liam's eyes …

by Cecilia Levine

10/27/2015

Garfield-Lodi, NJ

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Fund Established For Garfield Family Displaced By Fire GARFIELD, N.J. — Nearly $10,000 was raised in a single day through a GoFundMe account for a Garfield family of seven that lost just about all of its belongings in a weekend fire. The Lane family minivan — their only vehicle — was also destroyed in the blaze (SEE: Smoky Blaze Put Down In Garfield). "Our family is giving our best efforts to salvage what was destroyed," said Jennifer Powell, the sister of one of the victms. "[H]owever, these circumstances exceed our abilities to fully recover what was lost." CLICK HERE to donate.

by Cecilia Levine

10/27/2015

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