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Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Another
ONE: Tractor-Trailer Jackknifes On Notorious Route 287 Stretch
Yet another tractor-trailer jackknifed on Route 287, jamming traffic again and spilling a large amount of fluid on the highway Thursday morning. No injuries were reported in the mishap, which closed the left and center lanes on the northbound highway in Oakland just after 9:30 a.m. New Jersey State Police responded, along with Oakland police, firefighters and hazardous cleanup units. It was another in a series of crashes that has plagued that stretch of highway for years and brought pleas for relief from area residents who fear someone has to die before the situation is examined and rectif…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Another Tractor-Trailer Crashes Off Route 287
A tractor-trailer rolled off Route 287 and down an embankment before dawn Friday. It was another in a series of crashes that has plagued that stretch of highway for years. The System Freight rig out of Jamesburg rolled off the northbound highway near Exit 59 to southbound Route 208 in Oakland at 4:25 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. The right and center lanes remained closed as a pair of heavy-duty wreckers from DeFalco's in Chatham pulled it from the trees after sunrise, he said. Traffic remained backed up for miles past mid-morning. The driver was taken to Ha…
Paterson, NJ
News
Wayne MVC Closed After Worker Tests Positive For
Covid-
19
The NJ Motor Vehicle Commission office in Wayne has temporarily closed after an employee tested positive for COVID-19, reports say. The center closed early on Monday and will reopen "when we have verified a safe and healthy environment for customers and employees," an MVC spokesperson told News12. Its website says it is closed until Tuesday, July 28. Locations in Oakland, Paterson, and Lodi are the nearby locations open for license transactions. MVC centers reopened July 7 after four months of being closed due to COVID-19. People camped out overnight and formed long lines around the cent…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Bergen Cub Scout Leader, Youth Sports Coach Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor
A Bergen County Cub Scout leader from Oakland who also coaches youth sports was charged with sexually assaulting a minor. Gary Sarno, 47, remained held Monday in the Bergen County Jail pending a detention hearing Wednesday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack. Sarno "engaged in sexual conduct with a child" between 16 and 17 years old late last December, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. An investigation by Musella's Special Victims Unit and Oakland police led to Sarno's arrest last week on charges of sexual assault, criminal sexual contact and child endang…
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Schools
Mahwah Schools Superintendent Announces Retirement
Mahwah Schools Supt. C. Lauren Schoen officially announced her retirement on Monday. The district Board of Trustees will vote on a resolution accepting Schoen's resignation at its meeting this Wednesday, Schoen said. Her last official day in the district will be Aug. 1, the superintendent said. Schoen said in a letter to parents that her time in Mahwah "has been filled with a great many district-wide successes and outstanding student achievements." She said she also "enjoyed the ability to lead this district as your superintendent." However, Schoen said, she'd "decided, for a variety of …
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Oakland PD: Landscape Equipment Thief Captured In Paterson
Oakland police tracked down and arrested a Paterson man who they said stole a large collection of landscaping equipment hours earlier. Several backpack leaf blowers, weed whackers, a pole trimmer and other miscellaneous equipment were taken after someone cut the hinge on the side door of a trailer parked in a lot off Bauer Drive sometime between 4:30 p.m. Sunday afternoon and 7:15 a.m. Monday. Detective Sgt. Mark Piercy and Officer Timothy McDonough investigated and, soon after, Juan Rojas-Cabezas, 26, was arrested in Paterson, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. He had one of the stolen items wi…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Ex-Bergen Athlete Already Charged In Penn State Sex Crimes Busted In Oakland Burglary Spree
A 20-year-old former high school cross-country runner from Oakland burglarized three borough businesses and attempted to break into at least five others, authorities said Tuesday. It began that morning when footage showed Christopher Leymeister vandalizing a surveillance camera at the rear door of Security Headquarters on Elm Street, Lt. Christian Eldridge said. Further investigation found that he also broke into Oakland Wine and Liquor around the corner on Ramapo Valley Road and a BP service station a few blocks from there, Eldridge said. Leymeister also tried and failed to break into a L…
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Weekend North Jersey Motorcycle Crashes, Fatalities Pile Up: Route 280, Route 3, Elsewhere
Several weekend motorcycle crashes in North Jersey – including at least one fatality – began Friday when a Newark motorcyclist was killed on Route 280. Charles L. Henderson III was ejected when his motorcycle overturned on the westbound highway in Roseland, New Jersey State Police said. Henderson was pronounced dead at the scene, State Police said, adding that no other vehicles were involved. A 35-year-old motorcyclist from Paterson was critically injured when his 2017 Honda CBR collided with a 2011 Honda CR-V operated by a 59-year-old Ridgewood Marilyn Basile. The motorcyclist, Ahmed Bas…
Middletown, NJ
News
See The List: More Than 500 NJ Longterm Care Facilities With
Covid-
19 Cases
Health officials on Monday updated a list of every longterm care facility in New Jersey with coronavirus cases -- accounting for more than 50 percent of the state's total. Altogether, there are more than 500 nursing homes and healthcare facilities with COVID-19 cases and fatalities in the state. The number of cases and fatalities were reported by the facilities themselves. The facilities in each county with the most fatalities per population: Atlantic: Hammonton Center: 154 cases, 12 deaths Bergen: Veterans Memorial Home - Paramus: 256 cases, 57 deaths, with Oakland Rehabilitation a…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Oakland PD: K9 Helps Catch Landscaper Who Bailed After Crash That Injured Female Motorist
An Oakland landscaper was drunk when he bailed out of his pickup truck and fled the scene following a crash that sent another resident’s car into a tree, authorities said. Officers tracked down and captured Sebastian Wolff, 26, with help from a Bergen County sheriff’s K-9 unit, Detective Lt. Christian Eldridge said. A 61-year-old driver had pulled her 2018 Acura RDX from a Lakeside Boulevard driveway near Cedar Street around 8:30 p.m. Monday when it was struck from behind by Wolff’s 2006 Ford F150, Eldridge said. “The impact pushed the Acura into a tree causing moderate injuries to the dri…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Police & Fire
Photos
: Car Carrier Splits, Topples Across Route 287, Dump Truck Rolls On Opposite Side
A car carrier and a dump truck both toppled over on Route 287 in Oakland around noontime Friday, closing several lanes and causing major delays well into the afternoon. Five heavy-duty wreckers were called to clear the roadway after the northbound rig hauling SUVs tipped over the divider. The carrier split in two, with one section landing on its side against the divider, dumping one of the SUVs on the other side of the median. The other half ended up on its side, as well, in the right lane. A dump truck that tried to avoid the wreck tipped onto a railing in the right lane. A dump tr…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
Lifestyle
'I'll Will This Outta Me': NJ Cancer Survivor Shares Moment He Knew He'd Beat Coronavirus, Too
A Bergen County breast cancer survivor says he knew the exact moment last month he was going to beat a severe case of coronavirus, too. There was never a time during John Mormando's 2018 cancer treatment he thought he was going to die. Coronavirus was different, he said. "Chemotherapy and radiation were horrible and I was in pain," the 53-year-old commodities broker told Daily Voice Friday night, "but I never thought they were going to kill me." On March 15, after several days at Ridgewood's The Valley Hospital and a nebulizer treatment, Mormando could barely breathe. He called in his nurs…
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