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Glen Rock NJ, according to Glen Rock police a workplace dispute led to a Fair Lawn woman’s tires being slashed . The Fair Lawn resident reported that one tire had been slashed while her car was parked in a lot on the 1000 block of Maple Avenue. Police were able to use video surveillance from a nearby business to identify who had done it. They later charged a 24-year-old Bloomfield resident with one count of criminal mischief.
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Glen Rock NJ, bring your own picnic and enjoy Wilde Memorial Park on Saturday, May 22nd from 12pm to 2pm! Spring has sprung! Let’s get outside and safely see our friends and neighbors! Bring your own picnic and blanket and join us in the wooded area of Wilde Memorial Park. We’ll bring the music, everyone will bring the fun. Each family must have their own ticket, groups to be seated at socially distant intervals. Please wear a mask when not in your assigned picnic area. Registration is required. www.eventbrite.com/e/picnic-in-the-park-tickets-152556581843
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Glen Rock NJ, Glen Rock Police reported officers found a green 2000 Buick Lesabre abandoned near the corner of Cumberland Road and Tonawanda Road. The vehicle VIN number was tampered with and police reported finding heroin folds and crack cocaine vials inside the car. That vehicle was impounded for investigation.
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Glen Rock NJ, according to Glen Rock Police a car stolen from a Glen Rock driveway was found in Newark Saturday. It was the latest example of an unlocked car being “stolen” from a Bergen County driveway.
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Glen Rock NJ, at 1:20 AM on April 30th, the NJ State Police in Bloomfield reported that the stolen vehicle had been involved in a motor vehicle accident on the Garden State Parkway. The occupant(s) fled the scene and left the vehicle behind, which sustained extensive damage. The Glen Rock Detective Bureau is continuing the investigation in cooperation with the NJ State Police.
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Glen Rock NJ, Glen Rock Police report that “An alert resident” noticed a group attempting to enter vehicles in residents’ driveways in the area of Woodvale Road on Friday morning at 4:48 a.m.
Continue reading Alert Resident Tip leads to Arrest 5 Newark Men by Glen Rock Police
Continue reading Bergen County Parks Department Redesigns Pickleball Courts
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Glen Rock NJ, Three (3) non-life threatening injuries were reported in connection with a Monday morning, 04/19, single vehicle rollover crash at the intersection of Elm Avenue and Harristown Road, Glen Rock. A heavy duty wrecker was able to quickly right the vehicle involved (a single axle box truck), which appeared to have sustained only minor damage. At least one (1) victim required ambulance transportation; he was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center via a Glen Rock BLS ambulance. Glen Rock Police and Glen Rock Fire Department also responded to the incident, as did an ambulance from the local hospital consortium. Fair Lawn Police assisted by providing incident traffic control.
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Glen Rock NJ, from the Glen Rock Police Department , according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), in 2019 distracted driving crashes killed 3,142 people in the U.S., an average of 9 deaths per day. That number was up 10 percent from the year before (2,839 deaths in 2018). In New Jersey, 137 people died in 2019 as a result of distracted driving.
Distracted driving remains a growing traffic safety problem according to the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety’s 2019 Traffic Safety Culture Index. The survey found most drivers (96 percent) believe typing or reading on a hand-held cellphone while driving to be very or extremely dangerous, but 39 percent admit to reading and 29 percent admit to typing on a smartphone at least once while behind the wheel within the last month.
Continue reading Don’t Drive Intoxicated. Don’t Drive Intexticated
Continue reading Glen Rock Police Dispel Rumors of a Hate Crime Committed Against Grand Nails
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Glen Rock NJ, the Glen Rock Police were dispatched to the Boro Hall NJT Rail Station near Harding Plaza after reports of a man attempting to jump in front of a train.
Continue reading Glen Rock Police Stop Suicidal Man From Jumping In Front of a NJ Transit Train
April 6th, 2021
Dear Glen Rock High School Staff, Parents and Guardians:
This letter is to inform you that since our return from Spring Break we had fourteen (14) high school students test positive for COVID-19. Though several of these results occurred over
break, we did receive notice today of an additional ten (10) students with positive tests. With these additional positive cases, Glen Rock High School will transition to remote instruction from
April 7th – April 9th, 2021. The High School will return to in person instruction via the previously
announced three (3) cohort schedule on Monday, April 12th, 2021.
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Glen Rock NJ, on Saturday March 27th at 11:18 a.m. Glen Rock Police Patrols were dispatched to a residence on the 100 block of Rutland Road in response to an alleged altercation in progress. Upon arrival officers found that a 44-year-old Glen Rock man had become involved in a dispute with a contractor, a 41-year-old Linden man, over work done at the Glen Rock man’s home which was not to his satisfaction. The Glen Rock man subsequently refused to pay a remaining balance owned to the contractor. Both were advised that this was a civil matter, not a criminal matter, which would need to be resolved by filing a civil action at the Superior Court in Hackensack to resolve the issue of payment.
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