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Midland Park rallies for sons of slain mother

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DECEMBER 24, 2015    LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2015, 12:31 AM
BY LYNN BRUGGEMANN
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MIDLAND PARK SUBURBAN NEWS

MIDLAND PARK — The gym at Midland Park Junior/Senior High School was filled with community members who came out to score more than points for their team by supporting a local family at the Bardzell Volleyball Marathon on Dec. 11.

The volleyball marathon was sponsored by the Spectrum Club, a student tolerance group at the high school to raise funds for brothers Alex and Adam Barzell following the death of their mother, Suzanne. The 48-year-old mother was allegedly stabbed to death by her former boyfriend, 44-year-old Arthur J. Lomando, on Oct. 22 as she chatted on a cellphone in her car after pulling into the driveway of her Godwin Avenue home.

Alex graduated from the school in 2015. Adam is a junior at the high school.

“The turnout for this event was no less than I expected from our wonderful town,” said Emily Padovano, Spectrum co-president. “A big thank you to the many local businesses who donated food and drinks to make the event a success.”

Club advisor and physical education teacher Maureen Fister-Donatein said 250 players helped field 34 teams who played for 7-1/2 hours with rosters that included parents, administrators, teachers, alumni, students and first responderd from the Midland Park Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Midland Park Police Dept., and Midland Park Volunteer Ambulance Corp.

https://www.northjersey.com/community-news/community-rallies-in-support-of-sons-of-slain-resident-1.1479231

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Stormy days before killing; ex-cop accused of threats, harassment of Midland Park woman

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OCTOBER 29, 2015, 6:19 PM    LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2015, 11:22 PM
BY STEVE JANOSKI
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THE RECORD

The weeks leading up to the Oct. 22 stabbing death of Suzanne Bardzell of Midland Park were marked by a fearful series of events as alleged killer Arthur J. Lomando was charged repeatedly with threatening, terrorizing and harassing the mother of two, according to police records released Thursday.

The files document nearly a dozen alleged incidents — several leading to criminal complaints filed by Bardzell and police in Midland Park and in Teaneck, where the victim worked as a private-school teacher — that preceded the killing of the 48-year-old in the driveway of her Godwin Avenue home.

The records were released by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office as a result of an Open Public Records Act request by The Record.

https://www.northjersey.com/news/police-records-allege-terrorizing-behavior-by-ex-cop-charged-in-killing-of-midland-park-woman-1.1444365