Midland Park NJ, A two (2) vehicle, Sunday afternoon, 09/24, collision at the intersection of Franklin and Vreeland Avenues in Midland Park brought out Midland Park Police, EMS, and FD. One (1) person was transported by ambulance to a local hospital; a paramedic team from The Valley Hospital assisted with patient evaluation and care. Both vehicles were rendered undriveable and had to be towed from the scene. Midland Park Fire Department attended to a minor crash related fluid spill.
Midland Park NJ, A downed tree blocked a section of North Monroe Street in Midland Park and Ridgewood on Sunday morning, 09/03. Midland Park Police and Ridgewood Police responded to the incident along with Ridgewood Emergency Services. The tree was removed by an employee of the Village of Ridgewood’s Shade Tree Division. No injuries, property damage, nor utility outages were reported,
Midland Park NJ, Midland Park Police, Ridgewood Police, and Wyckoff Police officers were dispatched to provide traffic control duties while construction crews worked to repair a potentially dangerous sinkhole on Lake Avenue in Midland Park that was identified on Thursday afternoon, 07/27. A crew performing a closed circuit television inspection on a sewer trunk line belonging to the Northwest Bergen Utilities Authority discovered a defect and immediately recommended that the roadway be closed. A repair crew supervisor told Ridgewood PD that work could take as long as 24 hours to complete. Lake Avenue is closed to motor vehicle traffic between Godwin Avenue in Ridgewood to Goffle Road in Wyckoff. A nearby lumber yard and supermarket located on Lake Avenue both remain accessible via alternate routes.
Ridgewood Nj, Two (2) adults, a teenager, and a toddler all escaped injury following a two (2) vehicle collision at the intersection of North Monroe Street and West Glen Avenue, Ridgewood on Monday afternoon, 12/12. Both vehicles, a Toyota Camry and a Mercedes SUV were removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Ridgewood FD personnel addressed a crash related fluid spill while Midland Park and Ridgewood PD officers provided traffic control. Although witnesses reported that a driver involved in the crash ignored a red traffic signal, Ridgewood PD did not issue any summonses at the crash scene (but may at a later date).
Midland Park NJ, An elderly female/male couple sustained only minor injuries when their brand new 4-door Toyota Corolla crashed into a strip mall located at 644 Godwin Avenue, Midland Park at approximately 11:30 AM on Thursday, 05/05. Midland Park PD, FD, and EMS all responded along with a paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital and a BLS unit from Wyckoff. The victims were trapped in the vehicle until Midland Park firefighters removed a rear door to obtain access to the passenger compartment. The were both transported by separate ambulances to The Valley Hospital. A flatbed tow truck removed the Toyota from the building after PSE&G disconnected all gas & electric service. The section of the strip mall affected appeared to have been unoccupied and under renovation at the time of the crash.
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.
Ridgewood NJ, In just under 2 weeks, Patrolman John Ward Jr will be running the Honolulu Marathon in memory of Officer Chris Goodell of Waldwick Police and Officer Chris Birch of Midland Park Police. Thanks to dozens of generous donations, he is on track to reach and exceed his goal of raising $5,000 to be donated to the Christopher Goodell Scholarship Fund and Special Olympics New Jersey in Chris Birch’s name. If you haven’t already, please consider making a donation.
OCTOBER 22, 2015, 5:36 PM LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2015, 11:34 PM
BY STEFANIE DAZIO AND ABBOTT KOLOFF
STAFF WRITERS |
THE RECORD
A former New York City police officer who fatally stabbed his former girlfriend with a machete at her Midland Park home previously threatened her with scissors, violated a restraining order at least twice and was the subject of two massive manhunts this month, authorities said Friday.
Arthur J. Lomando, 44, was charged with murder and related offenses Friday and remained in a New York City hospital where both of his feet had been amputated after he jumped in front of a Manhattan subway train Thursday night. Hours earlier, Suzanne Bardzell, a 48-year-old mother of two, had been found dead in her SUV in the driveway of her Midland Park home, the vehicle’s engine still running.
The killing culminated a monthlong series of events that included police showing up at Lomando’s Centereach, N.Y., home in the early morning of Oct. 10, only to leave when he refused to turn himself in to authorities for violating a temporary restraining order, said Midland Park Police Chief Michael Powderley. Police launched a manhunt hours later after a borough police officer on patrol saw Lomando’s unoccupied car near Bardzell’s home, Powderly said.
Midland Park NJ, An adult male shooting victim was transported by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center from a home located at 29 Post Street, Midland Park shortly after 12 midnight on Friday, 10/16. The victim was reportedly shot in the abdomen. A paramedic unit from The Valley Hospital assisted Midland Park EMS.
The victim was conscious and alert at the time of transport. A bloodied white tee shirt could be seen on the victim as he was being loaded into the ambulance. Police officers from Wyckoff and Midland Park were observed at the scene shining flashlights inside the first floor of the home. No other information about the nature of the shooting was immediately available.
