Electrical fire forced the temporary evacuation of the Ethos Spa in Midland Park
August 14,2014
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Midland Park NJ, An electrical fire that originated in a commercial laundry dryer forced the temporary evacuation of the Ethos Spa at 85 Godwin Avenue, Midland Park on Thursday morning, 08/13. Midland Park FD responded and determined that the fire had not extended beyond the laundry room area. No injuries were reported and following ventilation of all smoke from the area, the premises were able to be reoccupied. Midland Park PD also responded.
Target started an effort to become more gender inclusive, doing so by getting rid of gender-based signs in its store’s toy sections. Unfortunately, not everyone is happy about it.
As with every progressive brand change, people have been flooding Target’s social media pages with serious and sarcastic complaints about its new policy, which was announced on Aug. 7.
In response, a Facebook troll called Ask ForHelp has been responding to these unhappy customers with hilariously snarky comments, pretending to represent Target customer service. Naturally, the account doesn’t take being made fun of with a grain of salt.
Flooding caused when Crash takes out Fire hydrant closing right shoulder of 17 south in Paramus
August 14,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Paramus NJ, Paramus Police Department units on the scene of a motor vehicle collision in which a fire hydrant was struck on Route 17 southbound in Paramus, just south of Ridgewood Avenue, on Friday, 08/14.
The force of the collision’s impact sheared off the hydrant at its base causing a water leak that closed the right shoulder and right & center travel lanes of the highway for approximately two (2) hours beginning at 3:45 PM. Southbound traffic on Route 17 was backed up for miles as a result, and there was heavy rubbernecking northbound. The center travel lane of the highway was opened shortly after 5:30 PM.
No information about the number vehicles involved in the collision, nor the nature of any injuries, was available from police on the scene. A worker from United Water was observed at the scene attending to the leak.
AUGUST 12, 2015, 8:00 AM LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2015, 1:07 PM
BY CHRIS HARRIS AND STEFANIE DAZIO
STAFF WRITERS |
THE RECORD
MAHWAH — Police have arrested a brother and sister in connection with a stolen bag containing $150,000 cash that had been accidentally left on a curb in Mahwah last month.
Mahwah Chief James Batelli said that Jamar Bludson, 35, was apprehended in Newark on Tuesday, around the same time his sister, 32-year-old Irvington resident Tamirah Laberth, was detained by police.
The other suspect in the bag’s theft, Alton Harvey, 42, of Hillside, was arrested a few days after the alleged crime. Harvey and Bludson were both charged with one count of theft of mislaid property, a second-degree crime.
AUGUST 12, 2015, 6:39 PM LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2015, 7:15 PM
BY KIBRET MARKOS
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
A bail hearing for a Glen Rock police officer accused of sending explicit text messages to two teenage girls he was supervising as the borough’s juvenile officer has been rescheduled for Thursday.
Sgt. Eric Reamy remained held at the Bergen County Jail on $250,000 bail, following his arrest last week on charges that he also exchanged nude photos with one of the girls.
Judge Susan Steele in Superior Court in Hackensack had held a bail reduction hearing on Monday and had scheduled the continuation of that hearing for Wednesday, which was then postponed until Thursday.
Jail officials testified on Monday that Reamy was initially placed on suicide watch as a matter of standard protocol but was later removed from the watch after he was found to pose no risk to himself.
Jail officials also said they had concerns about two guns that Reamy had bought that remained unaccounted for. Reamy had bought 11 guns over the years, according to the state police registry, and nine of them have been accounted for.
Glen Rock NJ, The driver of a 4-door Lexus sedan refused medical attention after his vehicle struck a utility pole at the intersection of Maple and South Highwood Avenues in Glen Rock late Monday night, 08/10. Glen Rock PD and EMS responded to the 11:30 PM collision.
The vehicle was removed by a flatbed tow truck just as a PSE&G trouble shooter arrived at the scene to assess damages. There were no reported utility outages in the area.
NJMG newspaper carriers lose jobs?
August 12,2015
Boyd A. Loving
8:34 AM
Ridgewood NJ, I found this in my Sunday copy of The Record. Did anyone else get one? What does this really mean?
I’ve seen no notice in The Record about the acquisition of a new company.Very strange.
Meanwhile ,The Villadom Times shut its doors overnight a few months back. They owner couldn’t even find a buyer who was willing to pay one dollar for the paper. The Ridgewood News and the Suburban News seem to be carrying fewer and fewer ads. I can’t remember the last time I saw an advertisement of any substance in the NY Times’ sports section. Classified advertising in The Record is minimal. The company that owns the Star Ledger and the Jersey Journal just had massive layoffs. And the local Gannett papers just plain suck.
AUGUST 10, 2015, 5:16 PM LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2015, 7:40 AM
BY PETER J. SAMPSON
STAFF WRITER |
THE RECORD
A Glen Rock police detective charged with sending sexually explicit text messages to two teenage girls he was supervising as the borough’s juvenile officer, and exchanging nude photos with one of them, on Monday moved a step closer to being released on bail with an electronic ankle bracelet.
During a hearing in Hackensack, Superior Court Judge Susan Steele heard testimony from Jacqueline Gill, a mental health technician who conducts suicide risk assessments on inmates coming into the Bergen County Jail. The judge also heard from Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Daniel Marro, who discussed the county’s enhanced bail program with electronic monitoring.
Gill testified that Sgt. Eric Reamy was placed on suicide watch by a nurse when he entered the jail last week, based solely on “standard protocol,” due to the sexual nature of the charges and his high bail, which was set at $250,000.
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
1256 PM EDT MON AUG 10 2015
…HEAVY RAIN ON TUESDAY COULD CAUSE URBAN FLOODING…
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
AFTERNOON…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN UPTON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT…
NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING IN SOUTHERN …CONNECTICUT…SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD. IN
NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY…EASTERN BERGEN…EASTERN ESSEX…
EASTERN PASSAIC…EASTERN UNION…HUDSON…WESTERN BERGEN…
WESTERN ESSEX…WESTERN PASSAIC AND WESTERN UNION. IN
SOUTHEAST NEW YORK…BRONX…KINGS (BROOKLYN)…NEW YORK
(MANHATTAN)…NORTHERN NASSAU…NORTHERN QUEENS…RICHMOND
(STATEN ISLAND)…SOUTHERN NASSAU…SOUTHERN QUEENS AND
SOUTHERN WESTCHESTER.
* FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH A WARM FRONTAL PASSAGE COULD
PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF CAUSING URBAN FLASH
FLOODING IN THE NEW YORK CITY METROPOLITAN AREA.
* RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES…WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 3
INCHES AND HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR…ARE EXPECTED. WHILE THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO
BE WIDESPREAD…URBAN AREAS THAT RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS
COULD EXPERIENCE DISRUPTIVE IMPACTS.
* DESPITE DRY CONDITIONS…SOME FAST-RESPONDING SMALL STREAMS IN
NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY COULD APPROACH BANK FULL IF DIRECTLY
IMPACTED. LARGER STREAMS AND MAIN STEM RIVERS SHOULD NOT
EXPERIENCE FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
A 20-year-old New Jersey man has been charged on terror-related counts for allegedly trying to help organize a “small army” of ISIS fighters in New York and the Garden State, federal prosecutors said Monday.
Nader Saadeh was taken into custody May 5 while allegedly attempting to travel overseas to join ISIS. He had lived in Rutherford until that point.
Saadeh’s brother, Alaa, along with at least three others in New York and New Jersey, were arrested in recent months in connection with the alleged ISIS cell.
The FBI said Nader Saadeh posted anti-American messages online beginning in 2012 and repeatedly viewed ISIS videos. The agency said he praised the burning alive of a captured Jordanian pilot by ISIS fighters and said that, as well as the murders of several staff members of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris earlier this year were justified.
AUGUST 10, 2015 LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, AUGUST 10, 2015, 1:21 AM
THE RECORD
GLEN ROCK — The Borough Council has scheduled a special meeting tonight to continue public discussion on a proposed affordable-housing project for physically and developmentally disabled adults.
Bergen County’s United Way is in talks to purchase land on Glen Rock’s Bradford Street, the site of a condemned home abandoned years ago.
the staff of the Ridgewood blogRidgewood NJ, Porch Light Productions, a black box theatre in Glen Rock, NJ specializing in live theatre and professional theatre training, has been nominated for 10 New Jersey Association of Community Theaters (NJACT) Perry Awards. The NJACT celebrates outstanding achievements by artists of all disciplines involved in the performance and production of NJ Community Theater. Winners will be announced at the annual ceremony September 20 in Somerset, NJ. Porch Light is honored to have received the following nominations:
RED:
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN OF A PLAY – Ryan Pifher
OUTSTANDING PROPERTIES OF A PLAY – Ryan Pifher & Peter Martino
OUTSTANDING SCENIC DESIGN OF A PLAY – Peter Martino
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY – Ryan Pifher
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A PLAY – Ryan Pifher & Jenn Pifher
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN OF A PLAY – Zach Pizza
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY – Ben Prayz
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A PLAY – Jordan Zauha
MAB: A Retelling of Romeo & Juliet
OUTSTANDING YOUTH ACTRESS IN A PLAY – Tina Rivara
OUTSTANDING YOUTH ACTRESS IN A PLAY – Grace Rogers
Porch Light will be celebrating it’s 7th Season beginning in this fall with the hilarious musical, Avenue Q, opening October 2. For a full list of acting classes, theatre programs, private lessons and live shows, visit porchlightproductions.org or call (201) 857-3520.
Fair Lawn NJ, A fire that reportedly originated in an outdoor shed quickly spread to two (2) houses on Rys Terrace in Fair Lawn on Friday afternoon, 08/07. The fire was reported at approximately 3:45 PM and drew all fire companies in Fair Lawn plus help from departments in many neighboring communities.
The occupants of both homes were out at the time the fire struck. Both homes appear to be uninhabitable due to fire, smoke, and water damage. Fair Lawn PD and EMS were also at the scene. One (1) of the homes affected is located at 41-77 Rys Terrace, Fair Lawn
Contractor Airlifted to Hackensack University Medical Center after severed fingers
August 7,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blogUpper Saddle River NJ, A contractor reportedly severed multiple fingers while using a power saw at a home in Upper Saddle River on Thursday afternoon, 08/06. He was airlifted from 1 Lake Street to Hackensack University Medical Center’s main campus shortly after 4 PM. Upper Saddle River PD, EMS, assisted in the victim’s treatment and transport. A paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital also responded.
