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Ridgewood, NJ
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: Dogs Rescued After Lightning Strike Ignites Attic Fire In Ridgewood
Three dogs were rescued after lightning struck a Ridgewood home Tuesday afternoon, igniting an attic fire. Ridgewood, Waldwick and Ho-Ho-Kus firefighters were among the responders to the Victorian home on Hillcrest Road following the strike just before 3:30 p.m. No serious injuries were immediately reported. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this report. ****** ALSO SEE: A severe thunderstorm that rushed into North Jersey mid-Tuesday afternoon knocked out power to more than 2,100 customers in Hackensack, set a Route 4 utility pole on fire and downed wires on Route 17. https://hackensack.dai…
Paramus, NJ
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: The Barriers Worked! Car Crashes Into Paramus Wendy's -- Almost
The crash barriers worked! On what would have been the late founder Dave Thomas's 86th birthday, a car barreling into a Wendy's restaurant on eastbound Route 4 in Paramus landed atop bollards erected after several previous crashes. There was no immediate word on injuries after the white sedan ended up pointed in the air. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS
Paramus, NJ
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: Here's What's Left At Paramus Toys 'R' Us
Everything must go at Toys "R" Us locations in Paramus and Wayne -- even beloved mascot Geoffrey. The liquidation sale includes laptops, cafeteria equipment, fitness centers, designer furniture, artwork and more are marked down by more than 60 percent. The main sale is held at the Wayne Toys "R" Us headquarters located at 859 Berdan Ave., open Monday through Saturday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The store is open every day until everything is gone. Furniture chain Raymour & Flanigan will be taking over the lease of the Route 4 location after winnin…
Paramus, NJ
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: Victims Survive Horrific Crash Into Route 4 Restaurant In Paramus
PARAMUS, N.J. -- Two speeding vehicles slammed into the side of a Route 4 restaurant in Paramus late Saturday, taking a parked car with them, in a horrific crash that sent at least three victims to the hospital. Somehow, none of them sustained injuries that would be considered life-threatening, police said. A pickup truck and another vehicle took out a utility pole, a tree, a fire hydrant and a third vehicle as they careened into the side of the Chakra Restaurant -- leaving a Jeep upside down against the wall -- a short distance past where Route 208 becomes eastbound Route 4. No patrons we…
Paramus, NJ
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Two Injured In Route 4 Paramus Wreck
PARAMUS, N.J. -- Two people were injured in a crash Friday morning on eastbound Route 4 in Paramus. One reported neck and back pain and the other chest injuries from the airbag deployment. Both were taken to a nearby hospital. Traffic was jammed after the collision outside the Garden State Plaza near Route 17. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.
Hackensack, NJ
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: Deli Worker Sexually Assaulted 6 Kids At Hackensack YMCA
A Paramus supermarket worker living at the Hackensack YMCA was arrested Friday and charged with sexually assaulting six children between the ages of 6 and 9 there last week. Hackensack police Friday morning arrested Timothy Smith, 42 , who been living at the Main Street Y, on sexual assault and child endangerment charges, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. The incidents all occurred at the Y last Friday and were reported to city police the same day, he said. "With the assistance of the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office, the six victims...were interviewed during the course of the next over t…
Paramus, NJ
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Several Injured In Route 17 Paramus Pileup
PARAMUS, N.J. -- The first of two Thursday morning chain-reaction pileups on major Bergen highways left several people injured and snarled traffic on southbound Route 17 in Paramus. Paramus police responded to the crash near West Century Road along with Paramus EMS and mutual aid ambulances from The Valley Hospital and Holy Name Medical Center. All five vehicles involved had to be towed. A short time later, a 10-car pileup on Route 4 in Teaneck produced one minor injury. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.
Teaneck, NJ
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10-Car Pileup On Route 4 In Teaneck
TEANECK, N.J. -- (UPDATE) Only one minor injury was reported in a 10-car pileup on eastbound Route 4 Thursday morning, responders said. The chain-reaction crashes occurred just after 9:30 a.m. near Belle Avenue. It came after another pileup -- this one on Route 17 in Paramus -- injured several people.
Hackensack, NJ
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PSE&G: Power Outages Reported Across Bergen
UPDATE: Weather-related utility troubles closed streets, cut power to thousands of customers and kept responders busy Friday morning in Hackensack, Elmwood Park, Englewood and elsewhere in Bergen County. Passaic Street in Hackensack was closed between Summit Avenue and Esplanade in Hackensack because of a downed wire that temporarilyy knocked out power to more than 2,500 customers, PSE&G said. Power was quickly restored, the utility said. Outages forced delayed openings in Lodi. Boulevard was closed near Molnar Drive in Elmwood Park because of a transformer fire. Nearly 80 customers w…
