Bergen County News

Baiju Amin hands lottery tickets to a customer at Union Food Store in Totowa, N.J. on Sunday, March 24, 2013.

"It's not every day a kid gets to go to the White House," the Bergen County elementary schooler said.

APPARENTLY THERE is an alternative to merging the Bergen County Police Department with the Bergen County Sheriff's Office: the Bergen County Official Army, or the BCOA.

Englewood Cliffs July 21, 2014 - Mariner's Bank, which recently celebrated its 13-year anniversary oof providing quality financial products and services throughout Northern New Jersey, has committed to lending an additional $50 million dollars in new commercial loans to small and midsize businesses as part of its continued effort to serve Bergen ... (more)

A Bergen County town came together Monday to mourn a police officer killed when his unmarked car was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer, while the driver charged in his death pleaded not guilty.

Police are continuing their investigation of blank prescription notes that may have been stolen from New York, following this weekend's arrest of four people whom officers initially stopped because of a traffic violation, authorities said.

A West Milford man was killed early Monday when his motorcycle went off the road, the third fatal motorcycle accident in four days in North Jersey, authorities said.

Luis Larios, 25, was charged with assault of a coworker at a Carlstadt carpet company, police said.

A walking tour of the State Route 206 widening project with members of the state Department of Transportation left Byram officials with a lukewarm feeling over how the project was progressing.

Framed artworks line one wall of the dining room of Roots Steakhouse in Ridgewood.

Bergen County's United Way has secured funding for an affordable special-needs housing project that has faced challenges obtaining financing.

The Board of Education appointed Dr. Maria Nuccetelli to the position of interim superintendent of schools on Monday night, ending a brief search for who might immediately replace the departing Dr. Victor Hayek.

They were built to protect American soldiers in overseas war zones, multi-ton behemoths encased in enough steel to shield occupants from roadside bombs.

A drunken driver has been charged for striking an Elmwood Park police officer's patrol vehicle on Route 46 early Sunday morning, leaving the officer with minor injuries, authorities said.

Gov. Chris Christie has ordered flags at all state buildings to be flown at half-staff Tuesday in honor of a fallen northern New Jersey police officer.

As Israel's invasion of Gaza continued for the second day and fighting intensified, Jews across Bergen County steeled themselves for a potentially prolonged battle that many described as unfortunate but necessary.

A Franklin Lakes woman texting while driving caused a multi-vehicle crash on Route 17 in Paramus on Friday afternoon that resulted in the death of a motorcyclist from Elmwood Park, cliffviewpilot.com has reported .

Harold P. Cook III, a former municipal judge in Passaic County who also represented towns in Bergen County as a land-use attorney, has been censured and permanently barred from holding judicial office by the state Supreme Court.

Newark, N.J. After a month-long investigation, detectives from the New Jersey State Police Major Crime Unit and the Bergen County Prosecutors Office arrested two individuals in the Interstate 80 homicide investigation of Jeff Mansilla, 39, of Hackensack N.J. Mujahideen Abdullah, 25, of Newark, and Jomaris Gonzalez, 28, of Newark, were arrested ... (more)

On Thursday, May 1, 2014, the New Jersey State Police and partnering agencies arrested five members of a theft ring that used stolen credit cards to purchase more than $100,000 in merchandise from websites and electronics stores in northern New Jersey.