Fort Lee News

Fort Lee Police Chief Keith M. Bendul will be the guest speaker at a United Homeowners of Fort Lee meeting on Thursday, May 30.

Thanks to a state transit grant, Fort Lee's Whiteman Street is scheduled to receive a major renovation.

A night of music, dancing, food making and art creation is coming to Fort Lee HS students on Friday, May 31.

Fort Lee police will be aggressively enforcing seatbelt violations over the next few weeks as part of the national "Click It or Ticket" campaign.

A Korean group is asking school officials in Fort Lee, Leonia and Palisades Park to use textbooks that refer to the "Sea of Japan" as "The East Sea," according to a report on northjersey.com. The Korean-American Association of New Jersey has presented 1,500 signatures in favor of the name change to school officials in the three towns, according to ... (more)

Runners will be lacing up their sneakers for diabetes research for the annual "Run the Palisades" 5K and 10K run/walk. The race, in its fifth year, will start from Cliffside Park High School and make its way through Fort Lee on Sunday, May 19.

The Korean-American Association of New Jersey is making a push for school districts with large Korean student populations to use textbooks that refer to the Sea of Japan as the East Sea as well.

Beginning last Thursday, nearly 1,700 law enforcement members from across the country set out on bicycles for a 300-mile trip to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. The ride, known as the Police Unity Tour, honors those who have lost their lives in the line of duty.

The fifth annual "Run the Palisades" 5K & 10K Run/Walk and Health Fair will be Sunday, May 19, and hosted by the towns of Fort Lee and Cliffside Park.

If recent agreements in Bergen County represent a trend, unionized Fort Lee Public Schools employees are likely looking at roughly a 2 percent salary increase with additional give-backs in health care costs.

When the Museum of Television & Radio paid tribute to Brothers for her half-century of contributions to television in 2006, museum curator Ron Simon rightly noted: "There's only a handful of people who are known by different generations and ethnic groups.

Before Dr. Phil and Dr. Drew and Dr. Oz, there was Joyce Brothers. The popular psychologist pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s, opening the airwaves to discussions of love, marriage and parenting, as well as such taboo subjects as menopause, frigidity, impotence and sexual enjoyment.

Due to a lack of items on the agenda and scheduling conflicts, the borough has canceled holding its executive session meeting Thursday night.

The Spring season is an excellent time to explore Millburn and many of its major assets that surely includes La Pergola, a beautifully appointed restaurant on Essex Street.

The NJTV Classroom Close-up segment profiling Fort Lee School 4's innovative "Buddy Program" will air two more times.

Dr. Joyce Brothers started her career as an academic psychologist, brought pragmatic guidance for decades via radio, television and dozens of best-selling books.

Popular television psychologist and columnist Joyce Brothers passed away at her home in Fort Lee, New Jersey on Monday, her family confirmed to NBC News.

Runners will be lacing up their sneakers for diabetes research for the annual "Run the Palisades" 5K and 10K run/walk. The race, in its fifth year, will start from Cliffside Park High School and make its way through Fort Lee on Sunday, May 19.

FORT LEE - Four toll lanes are closed on the New Jersey side of the George Washington Bridge after an accident involving a tractor trailer.

Facing the same difficulties with first responders communicating while in high rise buildings, Edgewater and Fort Lee officials have entered an agreement to share an electrical engineer.