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Fair Lawn NJ, a fast-moving brush fire caused significant damage to the exterior of a single-family home on Berdan Avenue in Fair Lawn on Thursday morning, January 9.
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Fair Lawn NJ, on Saturday July 23rf 6:38 pm Fair Lawn Det. Geovanny Buitron, while sitting in his police vehicle on Brookside Avenue at Margaret Court, observed a vehicle driving at a high speed through that neighborhood and pursued the vehicle until it stopped at a residence on Berdan Avenue, where the operator attempted to run off before he was stopped by the detective. The operator, a 16-year-old male from Fair Lawn, was released to a parent at his residence. He was charged on a juvenile petition to family court with eluding & resisting arrest.
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Fair Lawn NJ, Fair Lawn Police officers responded to Berdan Avenue & 12th Street on a two car crash. On Saturday afternoon, 03/26, a collision in the 12-00 block of 12th Street, in Fair Lawn resulted in both drivers being transported by ambulances to local hospitals with non-life threatening injuries. Following impact, one of the vehicles involved was catapulted off the roadway, through a fence, and partially into the back yard of a nearby home. Both vehicles were towed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Fair Lawn Police and Fair Lawn EMS responded to the incident. The accident is still under investigation.
Continue reading Berdan Avenue Crash in Fair Lawn Sends both Drivers to Local Hospitals
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Fair Lawn NJ, Members of the Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue Squad were dispatched to the 3500 block of Berdan Avenue, Fair Lawn early Wednesday evening, 08/11, to assist Fair Lawn EMS personnel rescue an adult male worker who was injured after falling into an open pit at a construction site. At least two (2) ladders, heavy roping, a Stokes basket, and plenty of muscle were used to extricate the victim from the pit’s bottom in order that he could be easily transferred to a waiting ambulance. Fair Lawn Police was also on the scene of the mishap.
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Wayne NJ, a second developer has hit Wayne township with a builder’s remedy lawsuit, this time to force a “substantial” housing project on pristine woodland off of Berdan Avenue.
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