Bergen County News

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.

The 55-year-old city native moved back to the Silk City from Paramus nearly four years ago, when he bought a Gothic-Tudor-style house on East Park Drive that was built in 1926 for Paterson Mayor John Hinchliffe.

New Jersey officials last week announced more than $27 million in state funds would be going to 149 construction projects at schools across Middlesex County.

Monmouth Executive Airport is under new management, after being sold to a group of aviation enthusiasts who want to make it a modern, upscale general aviation facility more attractive to corporate travellers.

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 .