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Hackensack, NJ
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Heartbreaking Battle Ends For Beloved Bergen Firefighter
A career Bergen County firefighter's valiant battle with cancer ended Saturday, leaving countless loved ones, first responders, friends and others devastated. "We all ask why the great ones are taken to soon and we can't find the answer," Hackensack Fire Capt. Justin Derevyanik wrote as news of the death of Timothy Rice spread on Saturday. Timmy Rice, 42, of Emerson leaves Regina, his wife of 15 years, their daughter, Aubrey, and their son, TJ. He was "one of a kind, truly one of the nicest, most caring people I’ve ever known," Doug Habermann wrote -- just one of a rapidly growing collect…
Hackensack, NJ
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Worker Seriously Injured In 30-Foot Hackensack Fall
A worker from Clifton was seriously injured Monday when he fell 30 feet through the roof of a Hackensack plant that had been severely damaged by fire last fall, authorities said. The 49-year-old laborer was working on repairs on a rusted steel roof at Newman’s Fish Foods when he fell onto the concrete floor below shortly after 9 a.m., Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. He was unconscious but breathing when an ambulance took him to Hackensack University Medical Center, DeWitt said. City police and firefighters responded along with HUMC paramedics, the captain said. OSHA will be investigat…
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Man Found Dead Of Gunshot Suicide Behind Police HQ
DUAL WIELD: A 76-year-old Hackensack resident was holding two handguns when he shot and killed himself behind city police headquarters, authorities said Friday. A city employee spotted the victim slumped over the wheel of his 2020 Hyundai Elantra in the rear parking lot off Central Avenue around 6:50 p.m. Thursday, Lt. Anthony DiPersia said. In his hands were two guns, DiPersia said. There were no indications of foul play, the lieutenant said. Responders said the man held a 9mm and a .45-caliber, which was the weapon that was believed used. The flash could be seen on surveillance video, …
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Centenarian Survives COVID, Calendar
Mary Damino of Hackensack not only survived the coronavirus – she’s lived to see 100. Family members, close friends and staff members at the Teaneck Nursing and Rehab Center joined Damino for a triple-digit birthday celebration on Thursday. There were flowers, a cake and champagne to mark the occasion. The youngest of five children, Damino was born on Huyler Street at a time when the life expectancy for women was a little under 62 years, nearly two years longer than men. That same year, the late Nancy Reagan, Betty Friedan and John Glenn were born. Also born in 1921 were fashion …
Hackensack, NJ
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Four Injured In Hackensack Rollover
Four occupants required medical attention after their sedan overturned Saturday afternoon in Hackensack, responders said. All four got out of their Toyota after it rolled at the corner of Main and East Salem streets around 1:30 p.m. They were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. Hackensack firefighters and police were among the responders and assisted with triage. All four occupants self-extricated following the rollover on Main Street at East Salem Street in Hackensack.,Jerry DeMarco ****** ALSO SEE: A driver who fled the scene after knocking down a traffic light in Totowa…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Just Passing By: Hackensack Firefighters Help Douse Ridgefield Park Candle Factory Blaze
UPDATE: Firefighters doused a Wednesday afternoon blaze that damaged solar panels and a portion of the roof of a Ridgefield Park candle factory. Flames and smoke brought not only village firefighters but also their colleagues from Hackensack, who were passing by following a call on Route 80 and could see the roof of Star Candle Company on Industrial Avenue from the highway shortly after 12:30 p.m. The building was evacuated and no injuries were reported. Hackensack firefighters used dry-chemical extinguishers to hold the flames in check until their village colleagues arrived. The fire we…
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Business District Fire Doused
Hackensack firefighters quickly doused a kitchen blaze Monday night. The first arriving crew quickly knocked down the fire in a second floor apartment of a three-story building above a chicken barbecue restaurant on Main Street around 8:30 p.m. No injuries were reported. Mutual aid responders included fellow firefighters from Bogota and Teaneck. The city Fire Prevention Bureau was investigating the cause. 215 Main Street, HackensackHACKENSACK FIRE DEPARTMENT
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Heroes
: Retired Trooper Rescued In Rt 80 Crash By
Njsp
Pair, Hackensack Firefighter, Tow Driver
UPDATE: A retired New Jersey State Police trooper has recovered from a multi-vehicle collision on Route 80 crash thanks to two of the victim’s former NJSP colleagues, an off-duty Hackensack firefighter and other passersby, authorities said. A GMC Sierra driven by retired Sgt. First Class Peter Visconti of Rochelle Park was involved in the four-vehicle crash before slamming into the concrete divider on the westbound highway near the Saddle Brook/Elmwood Park border around 3:45 p.m. Oct. 6, State Police said. Tow truck driver David Ortega said he pulled over and broke the back window of …
Hackensack, NJ
News
Covid-
19: Six Hackensack Firefighters Test Positive, 21 More Also Quarantined Out Of Caution
Six Hackensack firefighters who tested positive for COVID-19 were isolating and 21 others who were exposed to them were quarantining out of an “abundance of caution,” authorities said. Of the six who tested positive in the past three days, “one had moderate symptoms, two had minor symptoms and the other three were asymptomatic,” Hackensack Fire Chief Thomas J. Freeman told Daily Voice on Wednesday. Although having a quarter of the department’s firefighting force sidelined presents scheduling challenges, “we still have sufficient numbers to satisfy our minimum manning of 18 firefighter…
Bergenfield, NJ
Police & Fire
Heroes
: Construction Worker Rescued After Falling 15 Feet Into Bergenfield Trench
A construction worker from Elizabeth was rescued Tuesday after he fell 15 feet into a job site trench in Bergenfield, authorities said. Bergenfield firefighters, assisted by their colleagues from Hackensack, hoisted the 39-year worker up from the foundation of the South Prospect Street site after he lost his balance and fell in shortly before 1:30 p.m., Detective Lt. Willam Duran said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a severe leg injury, Duran said.
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Worker Struck By Steel Beam Rescued From Fourth Floor Of HackensackUMC Construction Site
HEROES: A worker was rescued after he was struck and pinned beneath a steel beam on the fourth floor of a Hackensack University Medical Center construction site on Thursday. With help from the construction company, the victim was secured into a basket by city firefighters and HUMC paramedics and then lowered by a crane after he was struck in the lower extremities by the I-beam at the Atlantic Street construction site shortly after 11 a.m., Hackensack Fire Capt. Justin Derevyanik said. Members of the third platoon Rescue 1, Ladder 1, Engine 2, Deputy 3 Car 2, police and HUMC BLS and ALS…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Boy, 16, Made Hackensack, Paramus School Bomb Threats
A 16-year-old boy called in several bogus threats of bombs at schools in Hackensack and Paramus last week, said authorities who took him into custody. The boy blocked his caller ID to place six calls to several area police apartments last Thursday and Friday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. The bogus theats brought Paramus and Hackensack police and firefighters, a Bergen County Regional SWAT team and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Bomb Squad to the sites, he said. It didn’t take long for Musella’s Cyber Crimes Unit to identify the caller, the prosecutor said. They took the boy i…
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