Bergen County News

Inmates in Bergen and Passaic counties' jails are paying less to make interstate calls as the result of a Federal Communications Commission ruling that imposed a cap on what companies can charge to run an inmate phone system.

The state will provide $3 million in grant money to towns in North Jersey along the Passaic River and its tributaries to remove sediment, fallen trees, old tires and other debris that prevent the flow of storm runoff and exacerbate chronic flooding in the region.

HACKENSACK - Police are investigating claims by parents of a student athlete that a middle school teacher physically assaulted their son at the school last week, in an incident that was caught on video surveillance.

The front gate of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioners facility on Wilson Avenue in Newark, in this file photo.

My son and I went to the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial and Museum on Saturday in Holmdel; we went because they have a scholarship competition - students need to tour the Museum and Memorial and write an essay on their experience.

PATERSON Two city residents were arrested in the 4th Ward early Sunday after a Passic County Sheriff's Corporal used automated license plate reader to determine they were in a stolen car, officials said.

Thieves in Bergen County have been targeting the cars of women while they're working out in the gym, WABC reported .

When Ramsey Police Chief Bryan Gurney heard that the primary suspect in a recent heroin overdose death of a borough teenager was not a local kid or a Paterson street dealer - but rather, a 44-year-old father from Upper Saddle River - he thought county investigators were "mistaken," he recalled.

A lawsuit alleging prolonged sexual abuse by a teacher at the Horace Mann School in New York may proceed in New Jersey, a state judge sitting in Bergen County ruled Friday.

Many big banks in New Jersey have lent out more money than the deposits that customers have given them.

If you want to learn line dancing, start with "The Electric Slide." "That's one of the more popular songs," said Lorraine Stepanavage, who has taught line dancing to seniors at the Cherry Hill Community Center for 15 years.

Roi and Carly Klipper in their home on Cherry Lane in Upper Saddle River. 'I felt right at home the minute I walked in,' Carly says.

When the George Washington Bridge scandal erupted in January, U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman, left, jumped in, but acting state Attorney General John Hoffman opted to forgo an investigation.

Lakenya Francis, who is a preschool teacher, searching for books Saturday to bring back to the Oakwood Avenue School in Orange.

Police on the scene where a body was discovered in the Passaic River in Fair Lawn just north of Morlot Avenue Saturday.

Replacing lost mittens, buying a snow shovel, having a car towed, paying higher heating bills may not seem like significant expenses, but the costs - some of them unexpected - have kept piling up, as relentless as the snowstorms.

The following was submitted to Patch by the Wyckoff YMCA. The Wyckoff Family YMCA, 691 Wyckoff Avenue, is launching its annual campaign on Thursday, March 13 to ensure that everyone in our community has access to vital programs and resources that support youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.

The first Indian-American Miss America, Nina Davuluri, center, participates in a group selfie with members of the Teen Leadership Conference Friday.

"Serkan Seyrek was the monster that so many parents tell their children doesn't exist," Catherine Fantuzzi, an assistant Bergen County prosecutor said in Superior Court in Hackensack .

The Council of Irish Associations of Greater Bergen County, Inc. hosted a St. Patrick's Day Parade Installation Dance at The Graycliff in Moonachie.