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Glen Rock NJ, from Glen Rock Mayor Bruce Packer ,on Saturday Evening, the kiddie pool was closed down due to a loose accident. Bathing codes dictate how long we must stay closed and treat the water. In a case like today’s, we need to treat for a minimum of 12.75 hours. In addition to treating the water, we will need to do a deep clean of the kiddie pool and scrub the affected areas.
Continue reading Accident Closes Kiddie Pool in Glen Rock
photos courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook page
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Glen Rock NJ, Two (2) individuals were seriously injured in a head on motor vehicle crash at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Rock Road, Glen Rock in the early morning hours of Saturday, 07/13. Both victims were transported by ambulances to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson. Lincoln Avenue was closed between Rock Road and Van Winkle Avenue, Hawthorne for an extended period during a post accident investigation and clean up process. Glen Rock Police was assisted by Hawthorne Police and Ridgewood Police at the scene. A crash related vehicle fire was extinguished by Glen Rock Fire; Hawthorne FD also aided in fire suppression efforts. Glen Rock EMS and and hospital based paramedic teams also responded to the incident. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Fatal Accident Investigation Unit and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation Crime Scene Unit helped collected visual and physical evidence at the scene. Both vehicles involved in the crash, a Chevrolet Trailblazer and a 4-door Nissan Sedan, were removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck.
Continue reading UPDATE: Early Morning Crash Leaves Two Seriously Injured
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Glen Rock NJ, An adult male was struck and killed by a Hoboken bound New Jersey Transit passenger train at the Main Line Train Station in Glen Rock on Saturday afternoon, 07/13. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital. Motor vehicle traffic was diverted away from New Jersey Transit’s Main Line’s Rock Road, Glen Rock grade level crossing during the subsequent police investigation, which was conducted by officers of the New Jersey Transit Police Department. Glen Rock Police, Glen Rock Fire, and Glen Rock EMS also responded to the incident, as did a representative of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office.
Continue reading UPDATE :Man Struck and Killed by Hoboken Bound NJT Train
BE ADVISED LINCOLN AVE HAS BEEN REOPENED
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GLEN ROCK NJ, THE GLEN ROCK POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS ISSED A TRAFFIC ALERT : ROAD CLOSURE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS – LINCOLN AVE BETWEEN KENMORE PLACE AND ISABELLA PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE . PLEASE PLAN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE .
Glen Rock NJ, Detectives from both Ridgewood and Glen Rock are investigating the theft of money from a safe at the Glen Rock municipal pool recently.
Ridgewood detectives investigating a burglary in the village on Thursday morning discovered property belonging to the Glen Rock pool.
When a follow-up investigation was done at the pool and staff discovered that $175 was taken from a small safe in the office and nothing else was reported missing and no other damage was reported.
According to Police there were no signs of forced entry, and staff reported that everything appeared in order when they got there at 5:30 a.m.
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Glen Rock NJ, on Wednesday both the Glen Rock Fire Department and Glen Rock Police Department responded to an active gas leak in the area of Main Street and Argyle Road.
Main Street and Argyle Road were temporally shut down and homes on Argyle Road and portions of Main Street and Southboro Lane were evacuated . PSE&G stopped the leak around 11 a.m.
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Glen Rock NJ, the Glen Rock Police report that a Ridgewood man was arrested following a three-week investigation into a package theft at a Dunham Place home. The “porch pirate”
Alain D. Zaltzman, 20, was charged with theft. Zaltzman was identified with the help of the Saddle River Police Department following a motor vehicle stop .
Using the Victims RING doorbell surveillance system Glen Rock Detective Lucas Doney and a Saddle River police officer confirmed Zaltzman’s identity in the package theft incident .
Zaltzman was booked at Glen Rock Police Headquarters and released with a Glen Rock Municipal Court date of July 9th.
photo Courtesy of Glen Rock Police
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Glen Rock NJ, following the last day of school Glen Rock’s Crossing Guards were honored at a Luncheon courtesy of Victor Quinn at the Glen Rock Inn. Adult school crossing guards, first established in Glen Rock during the early 1950’s, play an important role in the lives of our school children. They help them safely cross the street at key locations.
The Glen Rock Police thanked the Glen Rock Crossing Guard Corps for their dedicated service to Glen Rock’s school children and wishes each of them a great summer!
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Glen Rock NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that the State Board of Medical Examiners (“the Board”) has temporarily suspended the license of a Bergen County doctor following his arrest on charges of sexually assaulting two female patients during office visits.
Carl J. Renner, who practiced in Hasbrouck Heights, was arrested by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office (“BCPO”) on June 6 and charged with second-degree sexual assault on a female patient who reported the alleged incident to police on June 3.
Continue reading State Board of Medical Examiners Temporarily Suspends License of Glen Rock Doctor Charged With Sexually Assaulting Two Female Patients
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Glen Rock NJ, Glen Rock Police Department: As Humans expand their living areas and Fox expand their range, contact between the two is inevitable. Most of the time, Fox go out of their way to avoid humans. In urban areas the Fox are changing their behavior because of human behavior.
The most serious problem is that the animals have become very use to people because they find food left on our properties. As they lose their fear of people they will approach people looking for more food, and may put themselves in hazardous situations that they would normally avoid. That means close garbage cans lids tightly, do not leave any food outside.
Continue reading Glen Rock Police Department : Its Fox Season
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Glen Rock NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of DR. CARL RENNER (DOB: 03/13/1952; married; employed as a doctor) of 61 Waldron Avenue, Glen Rock, NJ on a charge of Sexual Assault. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti and the Hasbrouck Heights Police Department under the direction of Chief Michael Colaneri.
Researched and written by historian Kevin W. Wright, 2015.
Glen Rock NJ, ever wonder where the rock in Glen Rock came from according to the Bergen Historical Society, 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.
Continue reading Painmaikapuka, the great rock, Glen Rock
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Glen Rock NJ, in preparation for the County of Bergen to pave Rock Road and Maple Avenue this summer, the County ADA ramp and curb cuts contractor will be working along Rock Road and Maple Avenue beginning on Tuesday May 28th and is scheduled to work through July 31st . Work hours will be from 7 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday. The contractor will be starting on Rock Road, from Lincoln Avenue, and will proceed to work on one side of the road at a time. Please be aware of this construction and plan accordingly. This project, and the paving of Rock Road and Maple Avenue will be funded by the County of Bergen.
The Mayor and Council condemn any and all acts of hate. Hate speech and hate in any form is not welcome in Glen Rock.
While the Superintendent and BOE are the appropriate lead on the response in the schools to this incident, we have offered our help and support in any way that they deem necessary.
In the wake of this incident, we urge our community to come together; for us all to speak with our children and our neighbors; to discuss the impact of our words and actions on others, whether or not the intent is malicious.
As a governing body, we will continue to work with the Superintendent and the schools as appropriate, to reinforce the culture of empathy and inclusion that is the hallmark of our community in Glen Rock
Mayor Bruce Packer
Council President Kristine Morieko
Council Member Michael O’Hagan
Council Member Amy Martin
Council Member Bill Leonard
Council Member Arati Kreibich
Council Member Mary Barchetto
the fly has noticed Ridgewood councilman, who left the Ridgewood Pride event very soon after it began (and long before the flag was raised on the new pole) , went to the Glen Rock Pride event where he was photographed in a bromance embrace with Hans Lehman, husband of Jan Philips. So nice that this elected official is more interested in the event at another town than the one he swore to represent.
