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Paramus NJ, Fairway Market announces it will extend the closing date of its Paramus, NJ location to May 15, 2020. The store was purchased by Amazon in early March and Fairway has continued to operate the location in order to serve the community and preserve jobs.
Continue reading Fairway Market to close Paramus Store May 15, 2020

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Paramus NJ, At least one (1) person was transported by ambulance to a local hospital following a Monday morning, 05/04, rear end crash in front of 186 Paramus Road, Paramus, in which a BMW sedan plowed into a Ford Windstar van. Paramus Police, Paramus EMS, and Paramus Fire Company #3 responded to the incident. Two (2) flatbed tow trucks removed the wrecked vehicles. Paramus Police uniformed and plainclothes officers conducted a thorough search of the BMW before it was towed away.
Continue reading Paramus Road Temporarily Closed after Motor Vehicle Collision

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Paramus NJ, Paramus Police Department did not let the pandemic interfere with a rescue operation at Garden State Plaza, on Thursday April 23, 2020 patrol and ESU officers responded to the Garden State Plaza to assist with removing 7 ducklings trapped within a sewer drain. Officer Gil Maynard lowered himself into the sewer, assisted by officers Jon Henderson, Nicole Capone and Sgt. Robert Gleason.
Continue reading Paramus Police Rescue 7 ducklings trapped within a sewer drain

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Paramus NJ, The membership of the Veterans of Foreign Wars is closely monitoring the COVID 19 situation at the Paramus and Menlo Park Memorial Homes and its effects on the veterans, spouses and Gold Star families residing in the homes. We all mourn the deaths and promise to every family member that we will use every resource available to ensure adequate staffing, funding, and procedures to care for those ill and prevent future infections. We owe a huge thank you to the 25 additional nurses who volunteered to assist the residents along with the 90 Veterans Affairs nurses and National Guard troops deployed to the homes.

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Ridgewood NJ, as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps through the nation’s nursing homes, the facilities will now have to report all cases to patients and families, as well as to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Paramus NJ, the Paramus Police Department is aware that today is 420. Be aware that we will have numerous traps set up throughout the Borough.
420: It started as the police code for Marijuana Smoking in Progress. After local heads heard of the police call, they started using the expression 420 when referring to herb – Let’s Go 420, dude!” … (Pot is still, after all, illegal.)

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Paramus NJ, U.S. retail giant Neiman Marcus is filing for bankruptcy after having to close its stores over the coronavirus pandemic, according to Reuters. The Dallas-based company temporarily closed its 43 flagship Neiman Marcus stores, two dozen Last Call stores and its two Bergdorf Goodman stores in New York over nation-wide shelter-in-place regulations, rendering the company unable to pay its billions in debts. It has also furloughed most of its 14,000 employees. Reuters reports that the bankruptcy filing could come within days. The debt-laden retailer, which carries about $4.8 billion in loans, skipped millions of dollars in debt payments last week. Neiman Marcus is the first major retailer to reach this level, but Reuters reports that Macy’s and Nordstrom have also been working on new financing and that J.C. Penney is contemplating a bankruptcy filing. Neiman Marcus has a store in the Garden State Plaza in Paramus .

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Paramus NJ, Paramus Police Department reports ,”We are very surprised to find out that car theft crews are not following the stay at home regulations. We had a vehicle stolen last night in the Alpine Drive area. With that being said, please keep your vehicles locked and take your key fob inside with you!”

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PARMAUS NJ, The National Guard is sending help to the New Jersey Veterans’ Home at Paramus where 10 residents have died from the coronavirus. The National Guard is sending combat medics and EMTs are among the 40 Guard members who were sent to help. Currently over 20 residents are battling the virus, and nearly 20 staff have also been infected.
Continue reading National Guard Deployed As Paramus Nursing Home Reports13 Deaths from COVID-19

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Continue reading Nursing Homes Need to Comply with Coronavirus Notification Requirements

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Paramus NJ, medics revived a Ridgewood man at the scene of a multi-car crash on Route 4 on Tuesday using Narcan. The Tuesday multi-car crash on Route 4 resulted in the arrest of a Ridgewood man who was charged with DWI, and possession of what appeared to be heroin. In addition to DWI and possession, Brennan was also charged with aggravated assault by motor vehicle, reckless driving and possession of a fraudulent driver’s license.
Continue reading Ridgewood Driver Revived with Narcan after Multi Car Crash on Route 4

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Paramus NJ, according to a new release from the Traders Joe’s website a member of the Paramus store crew tested positive for coronavirus and the store is temporarily closed for a precautionary cleaning and sanitization .
Continue reading Trader Joe’s in Paramus Temporarily Closed For Cleaning Related To COVID-19

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Paramus NJ, as the Ridgewood blog previously reported a court-supervised asset auction, Fairway Market awarded bids for two store leases in New Jersey to Amazon and six locations in New York City to ShopRite operator Village Super Market Inc. and Key Food Cooperative member Seven Seas Georgetowne LLC.
Continue reading Amazon to Takeover Fairway in Paramus Location

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Paramus NJ, The NJ EMS Task Force has been providing logistics and administrative at the COVID-19 testing site at Bergen Community College in Paramus as well as the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel since they began operations. The NJEMSTF has been deploying tent structures at medical facilities in the region as part of its work during the Covid-19 crisis. Members of the NJ EMS Task Force are on hand to support local, state and national partners for the fight against the COVID-19 virus.