Bergen County News

A popular high school teacher accused of driving drunk and crashing into a Bergen County Police sport utility vehicle was suspended with pay Thursday by the Board of Education while the officer injured in the accident remains in a medically induced coma.

The Borough Council has hired a county historic preservation administrator to fact-check a report on the history of a Legion Place home built in the Tudor style.

BERGENFIELD - A man was found dead in an apparent suicide at a Bergenfield apartment complex after authorities evacuated the area Thursday afternoon, according to borough police.

A Bergen County mother was nearly four times the legal limit when her speeding car knocked down two utility poles and flipped over with her 8-year-old son inside, Sparta Police said.

A Wallington man who faces charges for a serious car accident last month on Route 46 has been accused of sexually assaulting a mentally ill person earlier that same day in Saddle Brook, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office said.

An Elmwood Park fire captain is facing driving while intoxicated charges and suspension from the department after allegedly crashing the borough's ladder truck into telephone polls while returning from a call around 1 a.m. on April 13. Russell Fenn IV, 37, has been temporarily suspended from the Elmwood Park Volunteer Fire Department following the ... (more)

BERGEN COUNTY - Police are defending the use of undercover officers in small-scale drug enforcement, after an operation on Tuesday left a detective hospitalized with two gunshot wounds, the Record reported .

A 16-year old Garfield resident was arrested and charged with endangering the welfare of a minor by possessing and distributing child pornography, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor.

On April 11, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office arrested Darion T. Benbow, 25, of Hackensack, on charges of kidnapping and sexual assault.

A chef who won the 2013 and 2014 Ultimate Chef of Bergen County competitions is coming to a restaurant in Ridgewood.

Democratic incumbents Councilwoman Kathleen Murphy and Councilman Thomas Papaleo will be challenged by Republican newcomers Daisy Ortiz-Berger and Ian Doris for the open seats.

Police have three men in custody after an undercover Paramus police officer was shot in a shopping plaza on Passaic Street in Garfield Tuesday afternoon, NorthJersey.com reported.

All three Michael's stores in Bergen County were affected by a "security breach" that compromised customers' personal information for more than six months over the past year, the store recently announced in a letter from its CEO .

Two of the three men charged in the shooting of an undercover police officer in a northern New Jersey shopping center parking lot are due to make their initial court appearances.

An undercover drug buy ended in gunfire in a shopping center parking lot on Tuesday, leaving a police officer wounded and two suspects in custody and another hospitalized.

BERGEN COUNTY - Think about dirt. What words come to mind? Probably soil, earth, mud and for the unimaginative, brown.

Authorities say a police officer is in stable condition after he was shot during an undercover narcotics operation at a shopping center parking lot in Garfield.

Veteran Bergen County chef Michael Ostros said he will reopen the shuttered neighborhood restaurant Giulia's Kitchen in Cliffside Park on May 7. His last day as the executive chef of Regina's Steakhouse in Teaneck, where he has been since its 2005 opening, will be April 30. Ostros said he was a longtime friend of Giulia's Kitchen owner Mattia ... (more)

The following was released to Patch by the BCUA. The Bergen County Utilities Authority will host a computer , tire recycling, and personal document shredding event on Sunday, April 27 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. The event will be hosted at Bergen Community College, located at 400 Paramus Rd., Paramus.

Christine Wescott holds a photo of her father along with a flag and state military medals that were presented to her during Tuesday's ceremony.