Carjacking, resisting charges for Passaic man in daylong police manhunt
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A Passaic man who led police on a daylong manhunt after crashing a van following a domestic dispute was charged with carjacking today by Garfield police, who revealed new...
View ArticleBicyclist injured in crash with BMW in Ridgewood
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A young man was injured early tonight in Ridgewood after his bicycle collided with a car on South Maple Avenue. The cyclist was taken by ambulance to The Valley Hospital in...
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Five facts about TS Andrea
Here’s what you need to know about Tropical Storm Andrea: OVERALL: It will deliver widespread heavy rain here from late tonight until Saturday morning, with 2-4″ of rainfall. FLOODING: This amount of...
View ArticleLodi fire marshal charged with elderly abuse
EXCLUSIVE: Lodi Fire Marshal Paul Wanco and his niece this week applied for a special program that can remove elderly abuse charges against them in connection with an incident in which prosecutors said...
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Special Olympics 30th annual Torch Run comes through Bergen
SHOUT OUT: Despite the rain, the 30th Annual Special Olympics Torch Run made its way into New Jersey early this morning, with several stops on the route through Bergen County. Stops in Ridgewood...
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80 Bergen police officers honored by MADD New Jersey for making roads safer
PUBLIC SAFETY: With 60 DUI arrests among them, Fort Lee Police Officers Christina Blue, Carlos Cabrera and Tom Keelen were among nearly seven dozen cops from Bergen County who were honored yesterday at...
View ArticleLast wall of Alcoa plant in Edgewater comes down
VIDEO: The last vestiges of an East Coast symbol of the 20th century’s industrial era were removed today as what remained of the old Alcoa Aluminum plant in Edgewater came crashing down. River Road...
View ArticleHudson man who beat Leonia girlfriend gets 364 days and warning from judge
ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: A Hudson County man was sentenced today to 364 days in the Bergen County Jail for repeatedly assaulting his Leonia girlfriend over a period of several months and then violating...
View ArticleWood-Ridge Board of Education appoints interim superintendent
UPDATE: The Wood-Ridge Board of Education today appointed an interim superintendent to replace Dr. Beth Ebler, who the board president said was on “leave.” The move comes after a similarly scheduled...
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Westwood father, son, get brief jail terms after brawl with cops
ONLY ON THE PILOT: A Westwood man and his son were led out of a Hackensack courtroom in handcuffs today to begin short jail terms for getting into a brawl with police from several towns. Superior Court...
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CLIFFVIEW PILOT t-shirts — look sharp, support local online news
YOU WORE IT FIRST: You can look sharp and support local online news with a CLIFFVIEW PILOT t-shirt for $20 — shipping & handling included. The ladies’and men’s tees come in all sizes and bear the...
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Former Upper Saddle River man, 71, sexually abused girl, 9, indictment alleges
ONLY ON THE PILOT: A 71-year-old former Upper Saddle River man was indicted this week on charges of sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl. Patrick Henry Gilberts, who is married, has been held on $250,000...
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Religious leaders, NJ law enforcement officials discuss summer safety, security
SPECIAL REPORT: Any disagreements that officials of various law enforcement agencies in New Jersey may have had with one another were left at the door to the New Jersey State Police barracks in Totowa...
View ArticleRidgefield Park auto parts worker charged with molesting girl, 10
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A 49-year-old auto parts store employee was arrested by Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit and Ridgefield Park police and charged with molesting a...
View ArticleSplit verdict in South Hackensack standoff trial
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A South Hackensack man who held a SWAT team at bay for 5½-hours after beating his wife was cleared today of the most serious charges against him but found guilty of four other...
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New details bring police foundation to defense of Hudson County detective...
SPECIAL REPORT: Based on what his attorney says is now a “clearer picture” of what happened when a detective for the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office shot and killed a man in an apparent road-rage...
View ArticleGuns, pot in Mahwah stop fake, charges real
Both the guns and the pot that Mahwah police found a couple of out-of-towners carrying during a traffic stop on Route 17 were fake, but the charges against them were real, Police Chief James N. Batelli...
View ArticleAwards given by Bergen Employer Support of the National Guard and Reserve...
SHOUT OUT: As part of its mission to raise awareness and support for our reservists, the Bergen chapter of Employer Support of the National Guard and Reserve (ESGR) recently recognized Weir Welding of...
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Large hail, isolated tornadoes possible tomorrow in parts of NJ
“Thursday looks to be an eventful day around the Middle Atlantic,” the National Weather Service warns. “It will definitely be a ‘keep an eye to the sky’ kind of day,” with the possibility of hail — and...
View ArticleOakland woman’s body found in West Milford lake apparent suicide
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: An Oakland woman whose decomposed body was found in her car at the bottom of a West Milford lake tonight apparently killed herself, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. “The body was...
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