Bergen County News

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.

Paramus, New Jersey facility offer laser therapy to stop smoking. Located in Bergen County, NJ.

A string of car burglaries in one Township of Washington neighborhood over the weekend has left police urging motorists to secure their vehicles to dissuade would-be thieves.

A Bergen County sheriff's officer has sued the freeholders, alleging that two Republican freeholders tried to stifle his freedom of speech by filing a "baseless" internal affairs complaint against him.

The Ridgewood Village Council last week formally took up discussion on the Schedler property, with public opinion split on recommendations for the future of the seven-acre site.

The long race for a state assembly seat in District 38 narrowed Monday as a recount of paper ballots in Bergen County trimmed a lead by Assemblyman Tim Eustace, D- Maywood , over his closest Republican challenger Rochelle Park Mayor Joseph Scarpa from 54 to 36 votes.

The Bergen County Police bid farewell Monday to the only home the department has known since 1937, leaving in a caravan to the department's new headquarters in Paramus after a brief, chilly ceremony.

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Bergen County Sheriff's officer alleges that Freeholder Maura DeNicola and former freeholder Robert Hermansen violated his free-speech rights by bringing an internal affairs complaint against him, in a lawsuit filed in Hackensack

A town-wide revaluation of all residential and commercial properties in Westwood is nearing completion, according to Mayor John Birkner, Jr. In August, inspectors from Appraisal Systems, Inc., the firm hired by the borough, began visiting properties to determine new values by assessing both interiors and exteriors.

I'm proud to announce an impressive feat. Although few thought it could be done, I may have gotten dumber.

Teaneck schools will be on a half-day schedule Monday, according to the district.