Bergen County News

More than 100 family members and friends of a limousine driver who was slain in a shooting on Route 80 in Saddle Brook last month gathered on the steps of the Bergen County CourtA house on Thursday to demand justice, an end to violence and stricter measures to control firearms in New Jersey.

Nicole Hatton of Hackensack remains heartbroken, disbelieving and confused two years after her son hanged himself in a holding cell at the Hackensack police station.

The clashing opinions of psychiatrists are at the heart of a murder case that went to a jury in Hackensack on Thursday, exactly four years after a World War II veteran died of injuries suffered in a brutal bludgeoning in his Fairview home.

A 20-year-old man is dead and two others are injured after a car hit a building in Ridgefield.

The lawyer for Bergen County Human Services Director Jane Linter is calling for the impeachment of County Executive Kathleen Donovan for trying to demote Linter, but he got a cool reception from several lawmakers, who scoffed at the request.

Wounded IDF soldier Moshe Hirt, a graduate of Rabbi Pesach Raymon Yeshiva, told the school's principal that hundreds of people have visited him in the hospital, letting him know that " am Yisrael is one big family."

The net loss for the second quarter of 2014 was due primarily to the sale of OREO properties during the quarter at a loss of .

Like a family, they dealt with tragedy by coming together for meals, to reminisce about good times and to plan services for their fallen colleague.

Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral on Tuesday of a Northern New Jersey police officer who was killed in the line of duty.

The front-seat passenger was killed when a car hit a building at Broad and Edgewater avenues about 1:30 a.m. Thursday, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinell said.

MAHWAH - Four military veterans--including a married couple-- were officially sworn as Bergen County police officers Tuesday night at the Bergen County Public Safety Complex in Mahwah.

An Independence Township man awaiting sentencing on a conspiracy drug charge is now accused of stealing drainage pipes for scrap.

Three Elmwood Park men were arrested this month and charged with aggravated sexual assault for allegedly engaging in sexual activity with a severely intoxicated 15-year-old girl, prosecutors said.

On July 14, Mayor Christopher Botta met with the president and CEO of Rockland Electric, Tim Cawley, to officially announce the borough's acquisition of the former Rockland Electric Substation, a 3-acre parcel located near Chestnut Street, according to a press release.

It was more like a holiday in July than a typical lunchtime at the Bergen County human services center, one patron said.

Hundreds of aging railway cars that carry highly combustible crude oil through New Jersey every day would be phased out in two years if they are not retrofitted with better safety features under new federal rules proposed Wednesday.

A judge said he expects to rule by Monday whether Bergen County officials properly awarded a nearly $66 million contract to build a new Justice Center and nearby parking deck.

Washington Township Police and the Bergen County Sheriff's Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation are investigating a pair of burglaries that occurred Monday night.

EMINENT DOMAIN, or condemnation, is the process that allows the government - municipal, county, state or federal - to acquire private property for public use.

An old tide gate remains standing in the Hackensack River next to Anderson Creek in Secaucus on Monday, August 06, 2012.