Bergen County News

CLIFFSIDE PARK - Three families had to relocate after a kitchen fire broke out Saturday in their three-story residential building, the Record reported .

The Teaneck Board of Education has fired the high school's popular rowing coach over claims that rowers were continually put in danger.

Chris and Tova Marcantonio with their children Liam, 3, and Brielle, 1, in their new River Vale home.

A busy week on the Bergen County beat generated some interesting quotes on everything from a campaign fundraiser, a domestic violence vigil and a report on a controversial traffic stop.

HACKENSACK - A traffic stop of Bergen County Freeholder Maura DeNicola was not motivated by politics, according to a sheriff's department review of the incident, The Record reports .

Bergen County officials will mark the official closing of the old County Police headquarters at 66 Zabriskie Street in Hackensack with a ceremony at 11 a.m. on Monday.

State officials said the number of reported bullying incidents dropped in New Jersey schools last year, thanks to prevention programs and educators' clearer understanding of what should be considered bullying.

By Jim Leggate Officials from the New Jersey Department of Education released Thursday the 2012-13 school year Violence, Vandalism and Substance Abuse in the Schools Report .

Eighty-five years ago, Community Bank of Bergen County, NJ opened its doors to customers in a small storefront in Rochelle Park .

HACKENSACK - A couple from Edgewater pleaded not guilty to helping assault and rob the owner of their luxury apartment building of last month - and their lawyers claim they are the victims of a setup.

The civil suit filed in Superior Court in Bergen County on Friday by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission names Coniglio and his campaign treasurers, and seeks repayment of the funds, as well as civil penalties.

Colleen Tronlone fills out the paperwork before submitting a sample to test for a bone marrow match.

FORT LEE - The 17th season of "Dancing With the Stars" recently ended for the show's professional dancers, including Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Tony Dovolani - but it was right back to the ballroom for the pair Wednesday night.

The North Jersey Chorus will present "Sights and Sounds of the Holidays" featuring violin soloist Dr. Tamara Freeman on Saturday, Dec. 7, at 8 p.m. at Van Riper Ellis Broadway Baptist Church, corner of Morlot Avenue and River Road, in Fair Lawn .

We'll excuse you if you don't have your own FM radio station and dancing Christmas characters to go with this year's holiday decorations.

Some called the Nobel Peace Prize laureate their hero, while others said they couldn't fathom a world without Mandela, the first black to ever be elected President of South Africa after long years in imprisonment.

In 2006, Daniel Gatson was convicted of stealing jewelry, cars and electronics from the Englewood Cliffs home of former Knicks star Patrick Ewing.

Gov. Chris Christie speaking during a news briefing at the Republican Governors Association 2013 annual conference as South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley looks on.

New Jersey officials Wednesday announced more than $141 million in state funds would be going to 208 construction projects at schools across Bergen County.

New Jersey's high school graduation rate inched up to 87.5 percent last spring, up one percentage point from the year before, state data showed Wednesday.