Photo of black bear up a tree before being captured near Orchard School., Photo Ridgewood PD
Black Bear Captured Near Orchard School
June 18,2013
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, according to Ridgewood Police a black bear was captured around 6pm in the Orchard School area .
Reports surfaced earlier in the day of a black bear wondering in Wyckoff.
The Bear had been spotted in Ridgewood in the early afternoon and was removed by New Jersey Fish & Game .
Students and staff at both George Washington Middle school and Orchard were keep safely inside until the bear was removed.
In 2011 former Mayor Keith Killion and employees of Tyco animal control removed a small black bear from Linwood Ave .
did Killion wrestle it?