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August's Top Ten Most-Clicked Stories

Here's a look at the biggest stories from the past month in Fair Lawn and Saddle Brook.

The past month has seen a local Art Garfunkel concert sell out in about a day, a rash of burglaries and two untimely deaths caused by men being hit by trains. Below are the 10 most popular stories from Fair Lawn and Saddle Brook in August, in reverse order.

10. Promenade's Retail Portion Slated for Fall Opening

Construction is going “very well” at the Fair Lawn Promenade, an upscale, mixed-use housing development scheduled to open for retail purposes in the fall.

9. Fair Lawn Streets Closing For Repaving

Borough officials advised drivers to obey "no parking" signs or vehicles will be towed.

8. Men Arrested After Allegedly Shooting Up in Saddle Brook Marriott

Saddle Brook Police arrested two men who allegedly had 36 bags of heroin between them after a Marriott Hotel employee reported one of them may have used the drug in a lobby bathroom.

7. What Would You Name Fair Lawn's Newest Street?

The town council discussed prospective names for a new street to be located in the Fair Lawn Promenade, an upscale, mixed-use development between Route 208 North and Pollitt Drive.

6. Bergen County Leads NJ in Train Deaths This Year

Fifteen men and women across the state are believed to have committed suicide by train this year, according to NJ Transit spokesperson William Smith. As of August 1, a third of those suicides have occurred in Bergen County — the most for any county in the state.

5. Fair Lawn Man, 23, Killed by Train

Kenneth Gibbs Jr. was hit by a train near the Broadway station Saturday afternoon.

4. Art Garfunkel Performing in Fair Lawn

“An Intimate Evening with Art Garfunkel” will be held September 28 at the Fair Lawn Community Center.

3. Dozen Burglaries Lead Fair Lawn Cops to Call for Diligence

The Fair Lawn Police Department is asking borough residents to close their windows, lock their doors and keep an eye on their neighbor’s houses in lieu of 12 reported burglaries across town since July 17.

2. 'Wacky' Teen Threatened to Blow Up Own House after Eating Hash Brownie, Cops Say

A Fair Lawn teenager was arrested early Saturday morning after cops say she called 911 to tell them she was high off of a hash brownie and wanted to blow up her own house.

The 18-year-old woman called 911 from her home around 2:30 a.m. and was acting “all over the place,” according to Detective Sgt. Brian Metzler.

1. Fair Lawn Man Struck, Killed by Train

Stephen Van Kirk was hit by a train near Glen Rock Thursday morning.

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