Sunday, May 5, 2013
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Patrol officer Gerard Graziano was taken to Valley Hospital in Ridgewood Monday with an eye injury after being sprayed in the face with glass shards from a kicked-out patrol unit window, police said. The Fair Lawn High School softball team played its game Monday night in honor of Lisa Sudol, a major supporter of Fair Lawn athletics and the mother of senior shortstop Ashley Sudol, who died March 22 at age 48. An interactive map of the 94 burglaries and robberies committed in Fair Lawn from January 2012 to early April 2013, provided by the Fair Lawn Police Department. Fair Lawn police arrested two Paterson men accused of burglarizing vehicles, according to police reports. A Bergen County Prosecutor's Office-led probe into heroin distribution…
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch cardholders receive free admission to more than 150 museums on the first full weekend of each month
As part of Bank of America/Merrill Lynch's Museums On Us promotion, now in its 15th season, BoA cardholders can visit cultural venues across the country for free on the first full weekend of each month, including this weekend, May 4 and 5. There are more than 150 museums participating in 91 cities nationwide. Just present photo ID and a valid Bank of America/Merrill Lynch credit or debit card. The offer excludes fundraising events, special exhibitions and ticketed shows. You can take advantage of the promotion this weekend at the following local New Jersey museums: And the following New York City museums: -- Follow Fair Lawn-Saddle Brook Patch on Facebook and Twitter, and subscribe to receive our daily newsletter in your inbox each morning
Hair stylists at Bellezza Salon in Glen Rock will volunteer their services Sunday as part of the Fair Lawn High School Interact Club's annual Cut-a-Thon.
The annual Fair Lawn High School Interact Club Cut-a-Thon will be held Sunday at Bellezza Salon in Glen Rock. Bellezza's hair stylists will be volunteering their time from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. to offer men's and women's haircuts, blowouts, face-frame highlights and manicures at discounted rates with all sales proceeds going to two local causes. Proceeds from this year's Cut-a-Thon will benefit the family of Sigi Nissimov and the Fair Lawn ADA Committee. Nissimov, the owner of Life Movement Dance Studio in Fair Lawn, died of cancer earlier this year at the age of 43. The money raised at Sunday's Cut-a-Thon will help her family pay for medical bills and other expenses. The money donated to the Fair Lawn ADA Committee will support its vision of …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
A rundown of April's highest-trafficked stories. Have you read them all?
Three teenagers discovered the body of a man lying face up in the woods behind the Memorial Middle School soccer field in late March while walking along the path that overlooks the field after school, police said. A contemptuous employee of Retro Fitness in Fair Lawn was fired on air in an episode of the CBS television show, "Undercover Boss." A 17-year-old borough resident lost control of his vehicle and smashed through the side of a house on Plaza Road, police said. Less than one-quarter of Saddle Brook High School students met the state's SAT benchmarks last school year, fewer than any of the school's 30 school group peers with similar demographics, according to the Christie administration's 2011-2012 School Performance Reports. Fair …
Monday, April 29, 2013
A look at what's on tap this week in Fair Lawn-Saddle Brook.
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Sunday, April 28, 2013
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Fair Lawn resident John Katsigiannis was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 15-month-old girl five years ago, a Bergen County law clerk said. Lyncrest Elementary reopened its outdoor environmental center Tuesday through the efforts of the school, the borough of Fair Lawn and the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission. The center was severely damaged in Superstorm Sandy. A Fair Lawn police lieutenant nabbed an alleged serial burglar in Paterson early Monday morning after alertly spotting the man speeding down Lincoln Avenue in what turned out to be a stolen U-Haul truck, police said. A contemptuous employee of Retro Fitness in Fair Lawn featured prominently on Friday's episode of the CBS television show, "…
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Valentina Loiero, a fourth grader at Franklin Elementary, was honored this week for her anti-drug artwork.
A Saddle Brook fourth grader was honored Wednesday as a state finalist for her anti-drug artwork during an awards ceremony for the 14th Annual Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey Design a Folder Contest at the Newark Museum. Franklin Elementary's Valentina Loiero was one of 30 finalists out of more than 8,000 fourth grade students from across the state who participated in the folder contest, which asked students to create artwork with the theme, "Fun Things To Do Instead of Doing Drugs." Loiero's colorfol folder design reads, "I got an A+ cause I don't do drugs." The Partnership for a Drug-Free New Jersey believe that early prevention programs, like the folder contest, have been effective in pushing young New Jersey residents toward a …
Monday, April 22, 2013
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Sunday, April 21, 2013
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The suspect and an alleged accomplice in the TD Bank robbery in Saddle Brook Friday morning are in custody, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said. Jim Van Kruiningen, a lifelong Fair Lawn resident and assistant to the borough manager for the past six years, will take over as acting manager on June 4. Clifton High School social studies teacher Kristin Leone, a 2003 graduate of Fair Lawn High School, pleaded guilty Monday to criminal sexual contact with one of her 16-year-old students. Fair Lawn remembered the 10-year anniversary of the murder of officer Mary Ann Collura Wednesday with a wreath laying, procession and memorial service. A 17-year-old borough resident lost control of his vehicle early Thursday morning and smashed through…
Friday, April 19, 2013
The suspect and an alleged accomplice in the TD Bank robbery in Saddle Brook Friday morning are in custody, Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler said.
Police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for the armed robbery of the TD Bank on Floral Lane in Saddle Brook Friday morning, Police Chief Robert Kugler said. The man, identified as Jorge Rodriguez, and an alleged accomplice were taken into custody around 4:30 p.m. Friday after being found in a Graham Terrace home just a couple blocks from the bank, Kugler said. Rodriguez, of South River, was charged with robbery, possession of a weapon and possession of a weapon for unlawful use. Another man, whom police found in the home and believe to be an associate of Rodriguez, was also taken into custody, but is only considered a person of interest at this point, Kugler said. He said authorities had been surveilling the home based on a …
josh
7:49 am on Saturday, November 5, 2011
Nice recovery from trying to screw everyone one with that Debit card fiasco. more ›