Bergen County News

CARLSTADT - Two municipal court workers allegedly manipulated the state courts' computer system in order to fix parking tickets, avoid paying fines and reverse orders to suspend driving privileges, according to a criminal complaint made public Thursday by the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office.

Ramapough-Lenape Chief Dwaine Perry, Mahwah Mayor William Laforet, and Mahwah schools Superintendent Dr. Lauren Schoen denouncing a New York Post article on 'Out of the Furnace,' due in theaters Friday, Dec. 6. Mayor William Laforet, schools Superintendent Dr. C. Lauren Schoen and Ramapough Chief Dwaine Perry held a press conference at town hall in ... (more)

RIDGEFIELD - A recount has confirmed that two former Republican councilmen won three-year terms on the Borough Council in the November election.

The Village of Ridgewood is hoping to partner with Bergen County in solving some of the municipality's parking woes, according to Mayor Paul Aronsohn.

How to conduct a Traffic Study Listening to the 5 hours of riveting hearings on the Port Authority lane closings at the George Washington Bridge on Monday, I started having flashbacks to my first engineering related job.

A state Assembly committee on Thursday is considering a bill that would create a commission to study expanding casino gambling to East Rutherford.

Waldwick - The Northwest Bergen County Utilities Authority on Tuesday, Dec. 3, approved its 2014 budget which calls for $13 million in expenditures, reflecting a rate increase of 1.2 percent but a 10.8 percent rate decrease from last year's original budget before it was amended.

The state Department of Education declined a grant application from the Ridgewood Board of Education to help fund an ambitious renovation to the high school library.

The Montclair Cares about School parents organization is sponsoring a workshop at which educators will walk parents through what other school districts in New Jersey are doing to implement the new Common Core State Standards.

Seven men have been indicted on charges that they took part in a large-scale marijuana distribution scheme that authorities said included North Bergen 's former municipal prosecutor.

A senior parole officer with the New Jersey state Parole Board was arrested Wednesday and charged with stealing money from his union to pay for personal legal representation, authorities said.

CARLSTADT - The two court clerk administrators who were suspended in October for allegedly fixing court documents and traffic tickets were arrested and formally charged with falsifying and/or tampering with records, today, Dec. 11. Carlstadt Deputy Court Clerk Lori D'Amore, 38, and Carlstadt Court Administrator Joyce Rotondo, 69, both of Carlstadt ... (more)

Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan and County Republican Chairman Bob Yudin appear ready to hit the pause button on their long-running feud - at least for the next election cycle.

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS - Police are searching for a man who allegedly robbed a PNC Bank at 45 Sylvan Ave. this afternoon.

The Borough of Park Ridge will file a complaint with the Superior Court in the next several days "in order to secure a determination as to the rights and responsibilities of all parties," with regard to the payment of fees for the "Police Department Consolidation Feasibility Study - Montvale , Park Ridge and Woodcliff Lake ."

Greenberg Educational Group, Inc. has opened a satellite office in Short Hills to provide a convenient and central location for a growing clientele living in the Tri-State area.

With the measure approved, owners with homes assessed at the township's average of $344,000 will face a tax increase of $93 a year to support the work.

EMERSON - The borough attorney and a recently elected council member were arrested and charged with election fraud Monday, the latest chapter in an ongoing battle among Republicans that cast a shadow over this year's elections.

Joshua Meier, a 17-year-old senior at the Bergen County Academies in Hackensack , won third place and a $40,000 scholarship Tuesday in the prestigious Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology.

Two officials in a northern New Jersey town have been charged with tampering with nominating petitions in a town council race.