Northern Valley, NJ
Lifestyle
Famed Brat Pack Member To Drop By Northvale Bookstore Famed Brat Pack Member To Drop By Northvale Bookstore
Famed Brat Pack Member To Drop By Northvale Bookstore Now all your burning questions about "Mannequin" can be answered. Andrew McCarthy, who rose to fame in the 1980s as a member of the Brat Pack, is hosting a meet and greet at Books and Greetings in Northvale to celebrate his new book, "Walking With Sam," on Thursday, June 1 at 6 p.m.  McCarthy was born in Westfield and grew up in Bernardsville, attending Bernards High School and Pingry School. In the book, McCarthy chronicles the time he and his son, Sam, walked 500 miles across Spain's Camino de Santiago over five weeks. During the trek, the two have honest conversations about divorce…

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by Sam Barron
Northern Valley, NJ
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Police Converge, Burglary Duo Caught Redhanded In Northvale GOTCHA! Police Converge, Burglary Duo Caught Redhanded In Northvale
Gotcha! Police Converge, Burglary Duo Caught Redhanded In Northvale Police from neighboring towns converged Thursday afternoon to capture a pair of burglars who broke into a Northvale home. A 911 call alerted police to a burglary in progress on Snedeker Place at 1:40 p.m. May 18, Northvale Police Chief Howard Ostrow said. Ostrow’s officers and their colleagues from Norwood were the first on the scene, the chief said. Norwood police immediately grabbed a suspect in the backyard of the burglarized home, Ostrow said. Northvale police chased down the other, he said. Both were brought to a nearby medical facility for evaluations, the chief said. Neither cou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Lifestyle
Get Hangry: New Fried Chicken Joint Spices Up Northvale Get Hangry: New Fried Chicken Joint Spices Up Northvale
Get Hangry: New Fried Chicken Joint Spices Up Northvale A fried chicken restaurant is bringing the Nashville heat to Bergen County. Hangry Joe's, a Nashville hot chicken franchise with locations in 12 states, recently opened a location in Northvale.  The franchise has been aggressively expanding in New Jersey, with another location in Florham Park and locations set to open in Closter, New Brunswick, Ridgewood and Trenton. Nashville Hot Chicken is just what it sounds like: deep fried chicken covered in spicy hot paste served on white bread, preferably with a pickle. "It is as appealing to the palette as it is to your eyes," Frank Cocuzza, who r…

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by Sam Barron
Northern Valley, NJ
News
Kitchen Candle Fire Blows Through Roof Of Old Tappan Home Kitchen Candle Fire Blows Through Roof Of Old Tappan Home
Kitchen Candle Fire Blows Through Roof Of Old Tappan Home UPDATE: A candle ignited a blaze that ravaged an Old Tappan home near the Rockland County border on Friday, bringing firefighters from both sides of the state line, authorities said. The three-alarm blaze broke out in the kitchen of the 2½-story wood-frame home on Cheryll Lane near Old Tappan Road -- a little under a half-mile from Tappan, NY -- and quickly blew through the roof around 1:30 p.m. April 7, responders told Daily Voice. Firefighters had it knocked down in under an hour. Overhaul was completed by 3 p.m. Flames quickly spread, then blew through the roof of the home on Cheryl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
Events
'The Office' Star Rainn Wilson Coming To Northvale Bookstore 'The Office' Star Rainn Wilson Coming To Northvale Bookstore
'The Office' Star Rainn Wilson Coming To Northvale Bookstore Bergen County, now is your chance to meet Dwight K. Shrute. Rainn Wilson, who played the oddball character on "The Office" for nine years, is hosting a meet and greet at Books and Greetings in Northvale on Wednesday, April 26 at 6:30 p.m. Wilson will be discussing his new book "Soul Boom: Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution." The book will explore the benefits spirituality provides to create solutions in a challenging world, according to a synopsis. This is Wilson's third book. He co-wrote "SoulPancake: Chew on Life's Big Questions" and wrote a memoir, "The Bassoon King: Art, Idiocy and Oth…

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by Sam Barron
Pascack Valley, NJ
News
Four Suffer Smoke Inhalation In Overnight Old Tappan House Fire Four Suffer Smoke Inhalation In Overnight Old Tappan House Fire
Four Suffer Smoke Inhalation In Overnight Old Tappan House Fire Four people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation from an overnight house fire in Old Tappan, responders said. The blaze in the $1 million home at the end of a cul-de-sac on Parker Place broke out in the kitchen around 2:45 a.m. It immediately went to a second alarm on arrival, with a third alarm called roughly 20 minutes later. Old Tappan firefighters were met with heavy smoke at the Parker Place fire.OLD TAPPAN FD The Parker Place house fire in Old Tappan before dawn Saturday, Nov. 19 quickly went to three alarms.WOODCLIFF LAKE FD Firefighters had the blaze knocked down and under…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
News
Ex-Bergen Resident Seized By Marshals, Brought To NJ To Face Child Sex Assault Charges Ex-Bergen Resident Seized By Marshals, Brought To NJ To Face Child Sex Assault Charges
Ex-Bergen Resident Seized By Marshals, Brought To NJ To Face Child Sex Assault Charges A former Bergen County resident was seized by U.S. Marshals and extradited to New Jersey this week to face charges of repeatedly sexually assaulting an underage teenager several years ago. Alex L. Wheeler, a 34-year-old logistics manager, is being held in the Bergen County Jail on three counts of sexual assault on a 16-year-old victim, along with child endangerment through sexual conduct, in Northvale in 2016, records show. The teen’s mother went to police two years later but didn’t want to prosecute, a complaint on file in Superior Court in Hackensack says. Now an adult, the alleged victi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
News
UPDATE: Investigation Into Bergen County Man Recorded Urinating On Ex-Wife's Grave Announced UPDATE: Investigation Into Bergen County Man Recorded Urinating On Ex-Wife's Grave Announced
Update: Investigation Into Bergen County Man Recorded Urinating On Ex-Wife's Grave Announced HERE'S THE LATEST: A Bergen County man who was recorded urinating on his ex-wife's grave received a summons and is being investigated further, police in Rockland County confirmed on Monday, Sept. 26. Daily Voice broke the story Friday about the secret recording made of Dean Eichler, 68, desecrating the grave of Bergen County native Linda Torello. Torello's son, Michael Andrew Murphy of Dumont, watched from a hiding place as his cellphone recorded the incident. Murphy and his sister, Renee Eichler Barragan, said it's been going on for months. And not just that, either -- he's also left bag…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
News
Scooterist From Northvale Struck, Seriously Injured By Sedan Driven By Norwood Motorist, 84 Scooterist From Northvale Struck, Seriously Injured By Sedan Driven By Norwood Motorist, 84
Scooterist From Northvale Struck, Seriously Injured By Sedan Driven By Norwood Motorist, 84 A scooter driver from Northvale was seriously injured when he was struck in Norwood by a sedan driven by an 84-year-old borough woman, authorities said. The 32-year-old victim was headed south on Tappan Road when the driver of a 2003 Acura TL made a left in front of him onto Kensington Avenue shortly before 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, Norwood Police Capt. Sal Russino said. He sustained a serious leg injury and cuts on his head, Russino said. A medevac was requested but was disabled, the captain said. Police in towns along the route to the trauma unit at Hackensack University Medical Center…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
News
Four-Alarm Fire Crashes Wedding At Popular Bergen County Venue, No Injuries Reported Four-Alarm Fire Crashes Wedding At Popular Bergen County Venue, No Injuries Reported
Four-Alarm Fire Crashes Wedding At Popular Bergen County Venue, No Injuries Reported A wedding was underway when a boiler fire broke out at a popular Bergen County event venue early Thursday night, authorities said. The four-alarm fire extended to the second floor of The Rockleigh on Paris Avenue after igniting in the boiler room shortly before 6 p.m., Northvale Police Chief Howard Ostrow said. Firefighters had it under control in under 40 minutes, the chief said. Rockleigh and Northvale firefighters were able to control the raging blaze with help from their colleagues from Norwood, Closter, Harrington Park, Old Tappan, Demarest and Emerson, along with New York smoke eater…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley, NJ
News
WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $576K Sold In Bergen County WINNER: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $576K Sold In Bergen County
Winner: Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Worth $576K Sold In Bergen County Winner! A Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth more than $576,000 was sold in Bergen County. A ticket matching all five numbers for the Thursday, May 19 drawing was sold at Northvale Gas at 264 Livingston St. in Northvale, lottery officials said. The winning numbers were: 01, 05, 06, 10 and 22. The XTRA number was 02. The lucky winner will take home the Jersey Cash 5 jackpot of $576,985.

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by Valerie Musson
Northern Valley, NJ
News
Bergen Ex-Con Admits Brutally Beating GF’s Dogs To Death Bergen Ex-Con Admits Brutally Beating GF’s Dogs To Death
Bergen Ex-Con Admits Brutally Beating GF’s Dogs To Death An ex-con from Bergen County admitted brutally killing two of his girlfriend’s dogs at her home in upstate New York, authorities announced. Matthew Savinovich, 28, of Norwood “systematically and brutally killed” his now-former flame's Chihuahuas by “slamming them against a wall” in her Lake Peekskill, NY home, Putnam County District Attorney Robert V. Tendy said Thursday, April 28. Savinovich also admitted crushing and killing a ferret of hers by “intentionally dropping a mattress and box spring on top of it,” Tendy said. The killings occurred “over the course of their relationship from De…

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by Jerry DeMarco