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Police Chief Dean Ackermann Spoke On the Importance of the File of Life document at the Glen Rock Library

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Glen Rock NJ, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann attended and spoke at the File of Life event held at the Glen Rock Library. This event was presented by Terry Van Delden and Janet Chen of North Jersey Villages. Diane Herrlett of the Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Councilwoman Teresa Gilbreath were also in attendance.

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Former Ridgewood Board of Education Member Gets Arrested for DUI in Glen Rock

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Glen Rock NJ, during the coarse of a motor vehicle stop , on Prospect Street near East Gramercy Place , Glen Rock Police officer T.J. Graziani  arrested a 51 year old Ridgewood man for driving while intoxicated . The man was transported to Glen Rock Police Headquarters where he was processed and released to the custody of a sober adult . His vehicle was impounded in accordance with John’s Law . Additional summons ere issued  for careless driving, disregard of a stop sign and failure to posses a drivers license and  registration .

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Dispute Brings Glen Rock Police to Wilde Park Tennis Courts

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Glen Rock NJ, on December 30th 2022 at 4:29 PM , Glen Rock Patrol Units responded to Wilde Park on a report of a dispute in progress involving several male actors. Upon arrival, officers found that the dispute was over the amount of time one group was spending in the tennis courts. Several of the actors had left prior to officers’ arrival and those remaining were calm. No further police action was needed.

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Traffic Stopped after Car Hits utility pole at the Intersection of Route 208 Northbound and Harristown Road in Glen Rock

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Glen Rock NJ, a single vehicle, Wednesday morning, 01/04, crash into a utility pole at the intersection of Route 208 northbound and Harristown Road, Glen Rock, caused a communications cable to drop across the entire width of Route 208, stopping traffic on the busy highway in both directions for over one (1) hour. No injuries were reported in the crash; a flatbed tow truck removed the heavily damaged vehicle from the intersection.

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Glen Rock resident hit with “virtual kidnapping scam”

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Glen Rock NJ, a Glen Rock resident from Ackerman Avenue reported receiving numerous text messages containing graphic images and videos from an unknown person who was threatening to harm their family if the victim didn’t pay them money. The scam was reported to Glen Rock Police December 19th at 2:56pm . The messages appeared to be consistent with known scams where individuals try to scare victims into paying them money.

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Glen Rock neighborhood hit by package thieves

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Glen Rock NJ, Glen Rock neighborhood hit by package thieves , on December `19th at 2:38 PM , a Harristown Road resident reported to the Glen Rock Police that a package that was delivered to her home on 12/13/2022 had been stolen off her porch. Several other package thefts were reported during that time frame in the same area of town. The detective bureau is investigating.

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Glen Rock Collision Sends Cyclist to Hackensack University Medical Center with life-threatening injuries

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Glen Rock NJ, Glen Rock Police officers conducted a intensive investigation of a motor vehicle vs. bicyclist collision that took place in the 100 block of Delmar Avenue, Glen Rock on Wednesday afternoon, 12/28. The victim sustained life-threatening injuries and was transported by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center’s main campus. A paramedic team from The Valley Hospital assisted Glen Rock EMS EMTs.

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Ex-Con Picked Up in Glen Rock on Gun Charges

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Glen Rock NJ, according to Glen Rock police Lt. Frank Riggio an ex-con wanted on a federal warrant was caught Monday with a .40 caliber pistol, a high-capacity magazine and hollow-point bullets in Glen Rock. Aaron Williams, 30, of Paterson, is wanted by the U.S. Marshals for violating terms of his probation and / or supervised release. He was arrested in connection with the firearm and ammunition charge at 5:12 a.m. Monday in the area of Bradford Street. Williams was sitting inside of a car when Glen Rock officers arrived to investigate a dispute he was reportedly involved in. He was then charged with providing false pedigree information to officers to hinder apprehension and multiple weapons offenses. Williams was remanded to the Bergen County Jail on the charges and the federal warrant.

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Painmaikapuka, the Great Rock, of Glen Rock

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Glen Rock NJ, the rocky residue of glaciation comes in all shapes and sizes, from sand grains and clay particles up to abandoned boulders of often wondrous size. The most conspicuous glacial erratics in our neighborhood, seated in isolated splendor, earned names and had their likenesses published on postcards. Such is the story of the lonely stone-faced giant, Painmaikapuka, better known as the Glen Rock.

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New Pottery Studio, Rock Clay, is opening on South Broad St, Glen Rock

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Glen Rock NJ, a new Pottery Studio, Rock Clay, is opening on South Broad Street, Glen Rock. Rock Clay is looking for pottery and ceramic artists who are looking for a workspace. You know: the person who has been taking pottery lessons for a while and is now looking to have a place to come and work on their own.

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Glen Rock Student Finds Swastika Penned on Desk Top

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Glen Rock NJ, in what seems to a yearly occurrence Glen Rock school officials as well as police are looking into an incident after a student found a swastika penned into the top of a desk earlier this week.
The desk is located in a classroom shared by sixth, seventh and eighth graders.

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SHOCKER: Locked Cars Thwart Would be Car thieves in Glen Rock

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Glen Rock NJ, on December 8th at  1:59 PM , Glen Rock Police Patrols were dispatched to Plymouth Road in response to a resident’s report that a male subject attempted to enter vehicles in their neighbor’s driveway.  The actor was described as about 5’9” tall wearing grey sweatpants, a hooded shirt, and black sneakers, who departed the area on Plymouth Road towards Lowell Road in a dark-colored Audi with tinted license plate covers.

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Glen Rock Operation “Big Sweep”

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Glen Rock NJ, according to Business Administrator Lenora Benjamin the borough of Glen Rock created a program called  Big Sweep  to ease the challenge of fall leaf-raking  for its older residents by connecting seniors  with volunteers willing to take on the annual leaf-raking task.

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Stranger Wakes Glen Rock Resident With Early Morning Pounding on Door

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Glen Rock NJ, on the morning of December 2nd  at 4:08 AM a Glen Rock resident on the 700 block of Harristown Road recieved an early morning wake up call, knock on the door  by an unknown male subject at their front door.

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Glen Rock Resident Reports Luring Incident in Which an Elderly Women Approached their 6-year-old child

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Glen Rock NJ, on December 3rd at 2:27 PM , a Nottingham Road resident reported to Glen Rock Police that an elderly woman, driving by, stopped and approached their 6-year-old child asking if the child would walk their dog.

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