As winter beckons, it's high time to get that overdue oil change or the other maintenance that your car needs to keep humming along. Using the Q&A feature on Fair Lawn Patch, several readers chipped in with their recommendations for where you should go for repairs and maintenance. Debora Lesnoy wrote that "Stickna Bros. (Morlot-Plaza Gulf Service) on Plaza Rd and Morlot Ave has been around for years and has always been completely honest and done a thorough job. They are very nice and helpful as well. I recommend them." Stuart Pace recommended Maple Auto Repair, and Keith Brown agreed, calling…

Don't have an office, but need to spend the bulk of your workday Fair Lawn? Then you most definitely need access to local venues with wireless Internet access–preferably free access, if you need to be logged on for a while. This editor's two Wi-Fi hotspots of choice in Fair Lawn are the Maurice M. Pine Free Public Library and Panera Bread, both located on Fair Lawn Avenue. The library's biggest advantage is a peaceful and quiet work environment, but if your work involves making phone calls, it's probably not the workspace for you. You'll also be out of luck on Fridays, when the library is …

When an ambulance picks you up in Fair Lawn, who picks up the bill? Towns like Ridgewood and Paramus have moved to third party billing systems for ambulance services, meaning that the municipalities bill patients' insurance companies for ambulance transportation because the municipalities own the ambulances, creating a source of revenue for the towns. Fair Lawn's Borough Council has proposed a third-party billing system and is currently in negotiations on that matter with the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Corps, but the two sides have "not finalized anything," according to Gail Cebular, …

It's one of the more interesting athletic team names in North Jersey, but where did it come from? Fair Lawn High School's teams are known as the Cutters. What exactly did they cut to earn that moniker? That's what we will explore in this first installment of "You Ask ... Patch Answers." In 1943, some called Fair Lawn's football team the Comets because they scored quickly in their first game, a 7-6 loss to Lodi. Others called them the Clippers. But according to Fair Lawn sports historian Dick Englehardt, the players had a propensity for disappearing in school. Some team members would leave …

Have you ever wondered how Fair Lawn High School's athletic teams got the name "Cutters"? How cars that park in front of your home every night–violating Fair Lawn's overnight parking rules–don't get ticketed? Who offsets the cost when the volunteer ambulance corps provides services: The ambulance corps, the borough, you, or your insurance provider? Patch will be providing the answers to local quandaries just like those in a new weekly column called "You Ask ... Patch Answers." Whether you're concerned about public safety, the municipal budget, schools, business, the history of Fair Lawn, or …