Bergenfield News Archives

BERGENFIELD A woman stabbed her 9-year-old child earlier today, then slashed her own throat, authorities say.

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Twelve jurors unanimously found Old Tappan Resident Joseph Ferriero guilty of three of the eight indictment charges at the federal courthouse in Newark Oct.

EXCEPT for a brief blip in February in which a Teaneck councilman became a Democratic contender and then withdrew his bid lickety-split, the 37th District has been quiet on the political in-fighting front.

While Republican candidates for council have twice been found in violation of a borough ordinance, the candidates have gained an extra week to keep the signs up before possible fines and jail time begin accruing.

WE USED to call him "Boss Joe." No more. Now Joe Ferriero, the former chief of Bergen County's Democratic Party, should accept his true calling.

BERGENFIELD A house fire damaged the second floor of a Church Street home yesterday afternoon.

Former Bergen County Democratic leader Joseph Ferriero testified Thursday that he did nothing wrong when he reached out to the state's environmental commissioner seeking favorable action on a grant without disclosing he stood to profit from the award.

A Bergenfield man and woman were arrested yesterday after a child in their care was not taken for medical care for second-degree burns inflicted to the victim's feet and buttocks, investigators said today.

A once-powerful northern New Jersey political boss was an opportunist who saw a way to illegally cash in on his political connections, or he was a legitimate businessman whose honest intentions were sideswiped by a crooked partner.

A conditional rating indicates the first violation of the state Sanitary Code. If corrected, the restaurant then receives a satisfactory rating; if not, a conditional on reinspection rating.

Former Bergen County Democratic Chairman Joseph Ferriero testified that he "was not happy" after Bergenfield hired a Republican as their top lawyer in January 2001, The Record reported today.

The reason is very simple: We cannot afford four more years of Gov. Corzine. We also cannot afford three more years of the State Assembly rubberstamping Corzine policies and budgets.

Should every vehicle registered in New Jersey be inspected? Even those with limited mileage? A woman who barely drives 3,000 miles a year asks why her 19-year-old Volkswagen station wagon must submit to this ritual every two years.

Five-year-old Faisal Rehman cried and squirmed on his father's lap in a health office in Bergenfield Wednesday morning as he became one of the first in the state to receive the swine flu vaccine.

BERGENFIELD The council has filled five vacancies on a dormant ethics committee, paving the way for a councilman to file a complaint against Mayor Timothy Driscoll to proceed.

Former Bergen County Democrat powerbroker Joseph Ferriero faced his own jury for the first time Thursday, Oct.

Witnesses in the corruption trial of former Bergen County Democratic chief Joseph Ferriero have described widely divergent views of how two grant-writing firms obtained contracts in Bergenfield.

Grant writing was a central theme in the first two days of Joseph Ferrieroa TMs corruption trial, and while that may seem like an arcane corner of public finance, the stakes are huge and the payoffs for successful grant writing can be substantial.

A total of 29 students from Bergenfield, Dumont and New Milford High Schools have been designated AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement program exams.

A judge on Friday ordered Bergenfield's former deputy tax collector to remain in jail for a month as he awaits sentencing for stealing more than $200,000 from the borough and a day-care program.

A federal prosecutor says former Bergen County Democratic Party Chairman Joseph Ferriero hid his involvement in a company that got public contracts.

BERGENFIELD a ' Former deputy tax collector Marlon Mikesell is set to appear before a Superior Court judge Friday to be sentenced for stealing more than $200,000 from the borough and a children's day-care program.