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Paramus NJ, on Thursday October 28th at approximately 7:30 PM, Paramus Police and Fire Units responded to a house fire behind station 3 on Midland Avenue. Fire was knocked down quickly, but not before causing extensive damage to the 2½-story, wood-frame home.
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Paramus NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of MATHEW TESTINO (DOB: 10/29/1970; single; licensed nurse practitioner) of 9 June Ct, River Edge, NJ on drug-related offenses. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Jason Love.
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Paramus NJ, according to Paramus Mayor Richard LaBarbiera the Century Road Bridge Reconstruction will be completed till March 24, 2022.
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Paramus NJ, a California man was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to steal 94,000 credit and debit cards from customers at approximately 80 Michaels’ Stores in 19 states and to then use that information to make fraudulent withdrawals from the bank accounts of those customers, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
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Paramus NJ, the historic Van Dien-Ruffgarten House, which has ties to a tiny community of free African American homesteaders, has once again received a reprieve from demolition.
Continue reading The Historic Van Dien-Ruffgarten House in Paramus Maybe Saved Yet
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Paramus NJ, Federal investigators have finally descended on two state-run veterans homes this week as part of the U.S. government’s investigation into deficiencies in care at the nursing homes that had one of the highest COVID death tolls in the nation.
Valley Health System is bringing the iconic Alexander’s mural back home to Paramus after a 30-year hiatus. Shown here is a rendering of how panels from the mural will be displayed on the new hospital’s campus.
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Paramus NJ, Valley Health System is bringing the iconic Alexander’s mural back home to Paramus after a 30-year hiatus.
The panels will find their new home on the campus of The Valley Hospital, currently being constructed in Paramus. The panels will be within the hospital as well as in the gardens that surround the campus.
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Paramus NJ, with the opening of The Valley Hospital in Paramus scheduled for the end of 2023, The Valley Hospital Foundation has announced a $125 million fundraising campaign, Serve. Care. Transform. The Next Chapter of The Valley Hospital, in support of the project. The Foundation also announced that Vincent Forlenza, Chairman, Valley Health System Board of Trustees; Carol Gillespie; and Michael A. Ietta, M.D., Bergen Anesthesia Group; will serve as Campaign Co-Chairs.
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Paramus NJ, a vehicle stolen in what police are calling a “carjacking” outside the Garden State Plaza mall has been located in Jersey City, officials said.
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Continue reading Dog Missing from Chicago Spotted at Van Saun Park Paramus
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Continue reading The Valley Hospital to offer 3rd Dose to Immunocompromised Patients
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Paramus NJ, every available inch of land for “overdevelopment” , giving Paramus the feel of an outer borough of New York City and not a suburban New Jersey town. In its latest move the borough of Paramus is looking to eliminate the last vestiges of family farms that used to inhabit much of the area .
The borough targeted nurseries in a 2019 ordinance that had designated nurseries in town areas “in need of rehabilitation”.
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