Teaneck, NJ
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More Charges Filed Against Accused Teaneck Child Sex Abuser After Domestic Violence Arrest More Charges Filed Against Accused Teaneck Child Sex Abuser After Domestic Violence Arrest More Charges Filed Against Accused Teaneck Child Sex Abuser After Domestic Violence Arrest
More Charges Filed Against Accused Teaneck Child Sex Abuser After Domestic Violence Arrest UPDATE: Prosecutors have filed additional charges of child sex abuse against a former personal fitness trainer from Teaneck, records show. August Samek, 47, has remained jailed since he was accused of domestic violence assault nearly a month ago. Additional allegations of sex with minors that emerged following that arrest have kept him behind bars. Samek originally was arrested in August 2019 by Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives who charged the married Canadian national with sexually abusing a pre-teen.  Samek spent 18 days in the Bergen County Jail before a judge released him. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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VIDEO: Shots Followed Fender-Bender Outside Teaneck Club During Rapper’s Birthday Bash VIDEO: Shots Followed Fender-Bender Outside Teaneck Club During Rapper’s Birthday Bash VIDEO: Shots Followed Fender-Bender Outside Teaneck Club During Rapper’s Birthday Bash
Video: Shots Followed Fender-Bender Outside Teaneck Club During Rapper’s Birthday Bash UPDATE: Popular rapper A Boogie wit da Hoodie, his manager and a bodyguard were busted after Bergen County prosecutor's detectives investigating a shooting outside a Teaneck nightclub reported finding four guns at the artist's Demarest home. https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/cresskill/police-fire/rapper-a-boogie-wit-da-hoodie-busted-on-gun-charges-after-nightclub-shooting/799341/ ****** PREVIOUS STORY: A man shot during a brawl outside a Teaneck nightclub was reported to be among the entourage of the popular Bronx rapper known as A Boogie wit da Hoodie. The Atlantic Records artist, whose…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Heroes: Ridgefield Park Police Revive Two OD Victims At Once Heroes: Ridgefield Park Police Revive Two OD Victims At Once Heroes: Ridgefield Park Police Revive Two OD Victims At Once
Heroes: Ridgefield Park Police Revive Two OD Victims At Once Ridgefield Park police revived two overdose victims with Narcan at the same time. A frantic, screaming companion led responding Sgt. William Morton and Officers Brian Ooms and Chris Beirne into the Park Street apartment shortly before 11:30 p.m. Thursday, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. In the bedroom they found a limp 32-year-old woman face down and turning blue, the chief said. As two of the officers administered Narcan, the other looked for any drugs or paraphernalia that would help assess her condition. That's when he found an unconscious 30-year-old male victim, also f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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PD: DWI Mahwah Driver Caught After Slamming Into New Milford Home, Across Lawns Goes Wild At HQ PD: DWI Mahwah Driver Caught After Slamming Into New Milford Home, Across Lawns Goes Wild At HQ PD: DWI Mahwah Driver Caught After Slamming Into New Milford Home, Across Lawns Goes Wild At HQ
PD: DWI Mahwah Driver Caught After Slamming Into New Milford Home, Across Lawns Goes Wild At HQ A Mahwah electrician was drunk when he slammed his SUV into a New Milford home, then drove across two other lawns before trying to hide beneath the back porch of another residence, said authorities who captured him. Brian Lowe, 38, became irate at headquarters, kicking things and slamming his head against the holding cell door, following his arrest around 9:30 p.m. Monday, Capt. Robert Jones said. A Holy Name Medical Center ambulance took him to New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus for treatment and a psychological evaluation, the captain said. The Chevy Tahoe driven by Lowenstein first hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
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We Are Clean, Safe, And Ready To Welcome You Back We Are Clean, Safe, And Ready To Welcome You Back We Are Clean, Safe, And Ready To Welcome You Back
We Are Clean, Safe, And Ready To Welcome You Back For several months, during this COVID-19 pandemic, our community has responsibly isolated at home and practiced social distancing while in public. At Holy Name Medical Center, our dedicated frontline staff worked around the clock to evaluate and treat thousands of patients who came to us for COVID-19 testing and treatment. We retrofitted our medical center to safely care for patients, established best practices for positive outcomes, and introduced new clinical trials to advance promising new therapies. Even during the height of the pandemic’s effect on Bergen County and our medical cente…

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Teaneck, NJ
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'Dust Is Settling': Holy Name Nurse Shares COVID-19's Impact On Hospital 'Dust Is Settling': Holy Name Nurse Shares COVID-19's Impact On Hospital 'Dust Is Settling': Holy Name Nurse Shares COVID-19's Impact On Hospital
'Dust Is Settling': Holy Name Nurse Shares Covid-19's Impact On Hospital "The dust is settling." That's how Holy Name Medical Center nurse Ashley Fitzpatrick describes the current state of Teaneck hospital, once at the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak. Fitzpatrick had been working in the cardiac catheter lab nurse for the last seven years, but was transferred to the coronavirus unit to supplement care during the pandemic. “Since COVID-19 has hit our hospital, we’ve seen most of our focus turn to those patients,” Fitzpatrick told Daily Voice. “Because of that, our volume was low in the other departments, possibly because patients were, understandably, deferri…

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by Valerie Musson
Paramus, NJ
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Bergen County Hospitals Downsizing COVID-19 Units Due To Decrease In Cases Bergen County Hospitals Downsizing COVID-19 Units Due To Decrease In Cases Bergen County Hospitals Downsizing COVID-19 Units Due To Decrease In Cases
Bergen County Hospitals Downsizing Covid-19 Units Due To Decrease In Cases Several Bergen County hospitals are beginning to downsize their COVID-19 units due to a decrease in the number of new cases. Four intensive care units at The Valley Hospital were initially dedicated to COVID-19 patients at the onset of the pandemic, hospital spokeswoman Maureen Curran told Daily Voice.  As the surge progressed, eight more units were added on. As of Tuesday, a total of four units remain dedicated to COVID-19 -- two that were added as the outbreak progressed, and two of the initial units opened for patients battling the virus. Holy Name Medical Center had five…

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by Cecilia Levine
Teaneck, NJ
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'Here For You': Holy Name Nurses Comfort Dying Man Without Family During COVID-19 Battle 'Here For You': Holy Name Nurses Comfort Dying Man Without Family During COVID-19 Battle 'Here For You': Holy Name Nurses Comfort Dying Man Without Family During COVID-19 Battle
'Here For You': Holy Name Nurses Comfort Dying Man Without Family During Covid-19 Battle A man without family battling coronavirus at Holy Name Medical Center died holding the hands of nurses who cared for him. The hospital shared the story in an emotional Facebook post that identified the Bergen County man only as "Louie." “We stroked his hair,” the post reads. “We laid our hands on his legs and arms. We spoke to him in prayer and whispers.” Louie’s nursing team took turns holding an iPad so that Louie could talk to his caregiver and friend of 20 years, Mary, through FaceTime. “And even when the team who responded to Louie had to return to care for others who needed them, th…

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by Valerie Musson
Hackensack, NJ
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Sheriff's Crew Sanitizing Hospital Workers' Personal Vehicles At New Bridge, Holy Name, Valley Sheriff's Crew Sanitizing Hospital Workers' Personal Vehicles At New Bridge, Holy Name, Valley Sheriff's Crew Sanitizing Hospital Workers' Personal Vehicles At New Bridge, Holy Name, Valley
Sheriff's Crew Sanitizing Hospital Workers' Personal Vehicles At New Bridge, Holy Name, Valley A trial run sanitizing personal vehicles for healthcare workers from Hackensack University Medical Center went so well that Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton has lined up three other hospitals in the county for the same treatment this week. Cureton said he's offering the service on the grounds of each hospital "as a thank you to the heroes working on the front-line of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic." Each session will run from 6 to 9 a.m.The schedule: Tues., May 5: Bergen New Bridge Medical Center / 230 East Ridgewood Ave., Paramus; Thurs., May 7: Holy Name Medical Cente…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck, NJ
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Former 'The Voice' Contestant Felicia Temple Returns To Work As Holy Name Nurse Former 'The Voice' Contestant Felicia Temple Returns To Work As Holy Name Nurse Former 'The Voice' Contestant Felicia Temple Returns To Work As Holy Name Nurse
Former 'The Voice' Contestant Felicia Temple Returns To Work As Holy Name Nurse Teaneck native Felicia Temple has returned to work as a Holy Name Medical Center nurse to provide support during the coronavirus crisis. Temple, who rose to fame on NBC's "The Voice" in 2017, was on tour overseas when she heard President Trump announce U.S. borders were closing ahead of the COVID-19 shutdown. "The tour got canceled and literally within a week I was back to work full-time as a nurse,” she said during Global Citizen's "One World: Together at Home” Saturday. "I recognize that this is an odd time for me," she said on Twitter.  "I was in full blown artist mode and now I’m…

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by Cecilia Levine
Teaneck, NJ
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Murphy Praises Teaneck Teacher's Mini Face Shield Factory, 340 Donated To Holy Name Murphy Praises Teaneck Teacher's Mini Face Shield Factory, 340 Donated To Holy Name Murphy Praises Teaneck Teacher's Mini Face Shield Factory, 340 Donated To Holy Name
Murphy Praises Teaneck Teacher's Mini Face Shield Factory, 340 Donated To Holy Name New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday shared what he said was one of the "truly good stories" that has come out of the COVID-19 emergency. Teaneck schools' science director Rolando Monserrat converted his home into a mini face shield factory. Monserrat, alongside high school sophomore Elias Sanchez, has been using his own 3-D printer and three others from the school district. They donated 340 of the face shields to Holy Name Medical Center. Teaneck schools also donated goggles normally set aside for use in science labs, and gloves from their nurses’ offices, to members of the township's…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bergenfield, NJ
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COVID-19: Bergenfield Woman Recovering Loses Husband, Brother Days Apart To Coronavirus COVID-19: Bergenfield Woman Recovering Loses Husband, Brother Days Apart To Coronavirus COVID-19: Bergenfield Woman Recovering Loses Husband, Brother Days Apart To Coronavirus
Covid-19: Bergenfield Woman Recovering Loses Husband, Brother Days Apart To Coronavirus A Bergenfield woman recovering from coronavirus returned home after a hospital stay left to mourn two family members: Her brother, a beloved Holy Name Medical Center worker, and her husband. Violeta Velasquez was discharged from Holy Name on Thursday, April 2. She was taken there by ambulance March 25, the day before her husband Luis Velasquez, Jr. died. Then, on April 3, Violeta's brother Jesus Villaluz -- who worked in Holy Name's patient transport unit for 27 years -- passed away. All three tested positive for COVID-19, according to Violeta's son, Jenner De Guzman told daily Voice. "W…

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by Cecilia Levine