Bergen County News

Cliffside Park Police Chief Donald Keane, back left, who began his career as a special officer, talking with Michael Handschin, a Class I special officer.

A centuries old oak tree in Teaneck that residents have long fought to preserve will be chopped down after a tree expert determined the oak presented a "real hazard to people and property," a county official confirmed Friday.

Ford is one lucky pooch. Just a few months ago the brown and white pit bull was brought to the Bergen County Animal Shelter in bad shape - partially frozen, with a broken hip and pelvis.

A bobcat prowls in its enclosure at the Bergen County Zoo. The large cat is considered endangered here in New Jersey, though they are more numerous elsewhere.

ENGLEWOOD - A bit of London will come to Bergen County next month when famed actress Helen Mirren will put on a special performance of her new play for residents of an artistically-inclined nursing home.

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

A 27-year-old man is facing charges of drug distribution after authorities raided a Ridgewood home Thursday night.

Mahwah's Campgaw Mountain Reservation will host a Bergen County Utilities Authority Hazardous Waste Collection this Saturday.

TETERBORO - The New Jersey State police found the brown and white dog, half frozen to death, on Route 280.

Two alleged members of a Bergen County burglary crew that authorities have said is an offshoot of the notorious "James Bond Gang" pleaded not guilty in Sussex County this week.

The following release was sent by the Wyckoff YMCA : Wyckoff Family YMCA members and the community came out in numbers to celebrate the Wyckoff Fire Department at the Y's 31st Annual "Friends of the Y" Dinner held on Wednesday, April 24 at the Wyckoff Y. On behalf of the Y's Board of Directors, Lee Parker presented the award to Chief Lou Graglia.

BERGEN COUNTY - A New York City man who fatally shot his ex-girlfriend just hours before she was set to marry another man has lost an appeal to lower his life sentence.

The Bergen County freeholders will vote once more on a rollback of the county's pay-to-play ordinance.

The family of a 69-year-old Palisades Park woman found stabbed to death in her burning home has offered a $25,000 reward to help solve the more than three year old slaying, authorities said this week.

Former Gov. Christie Todd Whitman urged attendees at the Bergen County Women's Republican Club's 90th anniversary celebration Wednesday to vote for minorities, women and Gov.

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.

Mario Casabona, founder of TechLaunch, at its kickoff event Tuesday evening. Montclair State University is a co-sponsor of the training program for new businesses.

According to Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli, the victim told employees at her school that 37-year-old Wilson Crespo had tried to engage her in inappropriate conduct.

On behalf of County Executive Kathleen A. Donovan and Jim Thebery, Director of the Bergen County Division of Disability Services, I am pleased to invite you to the "Access for All" Summit on Saturday, June 1st at the Fair Lawn Community Center.

IF YOU don't learn from your mistakes, you are doomed to repeat them. In Bergen County , that could be costly as freeholders remain determined to ignore the past and weaken a pay-to-play ban.