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You read it first on Cliffview Pilot (April 19)
CVP FIRSTS: The action happens so fast sometimes that even we miss things. Yesterday was one of those kinds of news days, with major stories breaking throughout the area. In case you missed any of...
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40th anniversary candlelight vigil for Joan D’Alessandro this Monday
A candlelight vigil will be held Monday night in the center of Hillsdale in remembrance of Joan D’Alessandro, the 7-year-old Brownie Scout slain by a neighbor 40 years ago yesterday as she sold cookies...
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More than 50 overcome at Dumont church, triage units set up
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: More than 50 parishioners of a Dumont church were taken to area hospitals or treated in mobile casualty units after they reported chest pains and other respiratory problems. CVP...
View ArticleFire at Pompilios closes restaurant, Westwood Avenue
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A kitchen fire at Pompilios Pizza & Restaurant closed a stretch of Weswood Avenue during late dinnertime tonight. No injuries and minor damage were reported in the 8:25 p.m....
View ArticleRutherford police arrest 3 in Hasbrouck Heights purse snatch that injured victim
EXCLUSIVE: A 52-year-old purse-snatch victim in Hasbrouck Heights fell from the getaway car before Rutherford police arrested three suspects from Brooklyn moments later. The victim told police that...
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Pepper spray suspected in Dumont church incident that sickened dozens
CVP EXCLUSIVE: Authorities suspect pepper spray was released during a party last night at a gym attached to a Dumont church, drawing a mass casualty response by a host of local and county emergency...
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Dump truck crash, fuel spill jam Garden State Parkway in Washington Township
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: One person was injured and major backups followed a crash near the Washington Township toll plaza on the Garden State Parkway this morning that dumped more than 150 gallons of...
View ArticleEnglewood police seek public’s help in identifying store clerk’s attacker
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? Englewood police are seeking the public’s help in finding a man who they said lunged at a convenience store clerk with a knife after arguing about the price of cigarettes. “The clerk...
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Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket playing Hoboken festival this summer
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bob Dylan, Wilco, and My Morning Jacket will perform at Hoboken’s Pier A Park on Friday, July 26, as part of Dylan’s AmericanaramA Festival of Music tour, Mayor Dawn Zimmer...
View ArticleDisbarred Lincoln Park lawyer charged with stealing client’s $10,000
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A disbarred Lincoln Park lawyer who turned 43 today is charged with pocketing a $10,000 car insurance settlement without the victim’s knowledge, Bergen County Prosecutor John L....
View ArticleGirl, 11, released pepper spray that sickened dozens at Dumont church
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Dumont Police Chief Joseph L. Faulborn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT this afternoon that an 11-year-old youngster who didn’t realize the possible consequences was responsible for...
View ArticleLauryn Hill sentencing on tax evasion postponed
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A federal judge in Newark today postponed sentencing Lauryn Hill for ducking three years of income tax returns on more than $1.6 million of income to May 6. The 37-year-old...
View ArticleEnglewood woman beaten as son, 9, watches
As her 9-year-old son watched helplessly, an Englewood woman was punched and strangled by her boyfriend, who also threatened to kill her, before he was arrested and ordered held on $150,000 in the...
View ArticleJudge upholds former Cliffside Park officer’s conviction, orders resignation
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Superior Court judge in Hackensack today upheld a former Cliffside Park police officer’s conviction for illegally trying to make his personal car look like an undercover...
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REAL Police Wives of Bergen County a ‘thriving sisterhood’
SHOUT OUT: When your law enforcement officer husband or boyfriend has been under fire — not just from desperate criminals but from a politicians and the media — it’s comforting to bond with others in...
View ArticleDefense lawyer: Suspended Cliffside Park officer appealing conviction in...
CVP EXCLUSIVE: The attorney for a suspended Cliffside Park police officer said he is appealing yesterday’s decision by a judge in Hackensack to uphold his client’s conviction for trying to make his...
View ArticleHackensack police charge ex-con career criminal with tossing crack from car
ANOTHER CVP EXCLUSIVE: An ex-con who has spent more than half his life behind bars or facing charges was arrested by Hackensack police last night after they said he tossed crack from a car that sped...
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Apollo Theater performance for talented Bergen 12-year-old Matthew Whitaker
SHOUT OUT: Young multi-instrumentalist Matthew Whitaker’s miracle story continues when the Hackensack youngster returns to the Apollo Theatre tonight, this time as a special guest. Three weeks ago,...
View ArticleElmwood Park officer honored at moving DWI memorial
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Year after year, Elmwood Park Police Officer Michael Prelich has been a statewide leader in making DWI arrests, and this morning he was honored during an emotional ceremony in...
View ArticleRamsey police find California man with blank handgun at hotel
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A blank-firing handgun that a housekeeper at a Ramsey hotel spotted on a nightstand led to the arrest of a Van Nuys, CA man who was staying there, Ramsey Police Chief Bryan...
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