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Ridgewood Fire Department Quickly Extinguishes a Smokey Kitchen Fire

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Fire Department personnel quickly extinguished a smokey kitchen fire in a single family, split level home located within the 400 block of Lucille Court, Ridgewood on Friday afternoon, 08/05. No injuries were reported by either the lone adult female occupant or any firefighters. Damage to the home was light. Ridgewood Fire Department, Ridgewood Police Department, and Ridgewood OEM representatives were on the scene. The cause appears to be a toaster oven .

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The 9th annual Ridgewood Police Department Chief Michael Feeney Jr Police Academy was a Huge Success

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Ridgewood Nj, Ridgewood Police once again held the Chief Michael Feeney Junior Police Academy . This was the 9th annual Ridgewood Police Department Chief Michael Feeney Jr Police Academy. The Academy ran from June 27th to July 1st. The mission of the junior police academy is for students to learn and experience what emergency services do while serving the community.

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Truck Takes Out Utility Pole Near Glen School in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, the driver of small box truck escaped injury when he crashed his vehicle into a utility pole on East Glen Avenue near Van Emburgh Avenue, Ridgewood on Monday morning, 06/13. Ridgewood Police, Ridgewood Fire Department, and Ridgewood Emergency Services personnel and vehicles responded to the incident. Motor vehicle access to and from the Glen School and several nearby homes was disrupted by the incident for an extended period.

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UPDATE: Multiple Alarm Fire at the Ridgecrest Senior Housing in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood Nj, on Saturday afternoon Ridgewood Fire Department and Ridgewood Police Department responded to a multi alarm fire Ridgecrest Senior Housing on Ridge Road .

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Friday Afternoon Crash at Intersection of East Ridgewood and North Pleasant Avenues Diverts Traffic in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, traffic was diverted from the 900 block of westbound East Ridgewood Avenue late Friday afternoon, 06/10, due to a single vehicle crash near the intersection of East Ridgewood and North Pleasant Avenues. The vehicle’s driver sustained a minor leg injury, but refused ambulance transport to a hospital. His 4-door sedan was towed from the scene. Ridgewood Police and Ridgewood Fire Department personnel & vehicles responded to aid the victim.

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A Short History of Memorial Day

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May 28,2018

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Ridgewood NJ, On May 5, 1868, General John A. Logan, leader of an organization for Northern Civil War veterans, called for a nationwide day of remembrance . “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose of strewing with flowers, or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village and hamlet churchyard in the land,” he proclaimed.

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Two Car Collision on North Maple in Ho-Ho-Kus Sends One to Hospital

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Ho-Ho-Kus NJ, one (1) driver was seriously injured when two (2) small, 4-door sedans collided at the intersection of First Street and North Maple Avenue, Ho-Ho-Kus early Wednesday afternoon, 04/27. The injured driver, an adult male, was transported by ambulance to a local hospital with a paramedic team assisting attending EMTs. The other driver, an adult female, was evaluated on the scene by Ho-Ho-Kus EMTs and refused further medical attention. Both heavily damaged vehicles were removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Ridgewood Police, Ridgewood Fire Department, Ho-Ho-Kus Police, Ho-Ho-Kus Fire Department, and Ho-Ho-Kus EMS equipment and personnel responded to aid crash victims, along with a paramedic team from the nearby The Valley Hospital.

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Ridgewood Firefighters Receive Honors

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Ridgewood NJ, Firefighters  received  awards at Wednesday’s  Village Council meeting primarily in response to actions taken during the  Broad Street “Bagelicious” fire in April of 2020. Mark Barone and Matthew Bombace received a  Lifesaving Award.

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Ridgewood Fire Department Conducts “ladder operations training” at the Board of Education Building

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Ridgewood NJ, readers noticed some unusual activity at the Board of Ed building on Cottage place this weekend . According to the Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 Facebook page , the Ridgewood Fire Department conducted a drill on Saturday 3/26/2022 .  “B” Shift conducted ladder operations training using the Ridgewood Board of Education headquarters .

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Ridgewood Westside Reporting Power Outages

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Ridgewood Nj, electric power outages in sections of the Village’s west side may have been related to a downed tree in the 300 block of Godwin Avenue that took out two (2) utility poles when it fell early Saturday afternoon, 03/12.  No motor vehicles were hit when the tree fell, nor were any personal injuries reported.  Godwin Avenue was closed in both directions from Melrose Place to West End/South Murray Avenues as of 1300 hours.  Ridgewood Police, Ridgewood Fire Department, and Ridgewood Emergency Services personnel and vehicles responded to the incident.

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Three Ridgewood Firefighters Sworn Into Their New Positions

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Ridgewood NJ, at Wednesday nights Village Council meeting , Chief John Judge, Captain Justin O’Connor, and Lieutenant Brian Peacock were officially sworn into their new positions for the Ridgewood Fire Department .

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Babysitter Steps Through the Floor of Ridgewood Home

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Ridgewood NJ, an adult female babysitter and her young charge were injured when the sitter’s leg fell through a floorboard at a single family home in the 400 block of Prospect Street, Ridgewood early Friday afternoon, 02/18. Ridgewood Police, Ridgewood Fire Department, and Ridgewood EMS personnel and vehicles rushed to aid the two (2) victims. Arriving fire department personnel observed evidence of an active construction site with no permits visible. A Village of Ridgewood building inspector was summoned as a result of the Fire Department’s observation.

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Three Vehicle Accident in Ridgewood Sends One Individual to The Valley Hospital

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Ridgewood NJ, one (1) individual was transported by ambulance to The Valley Hospital following a three (3) vehicle collision at the intersection of Dayton Street and South Maple Avenue, Ridgewood on Tuesday morning, 02/15. Ridgewood Police, Ridgewood Fire Department, and Ridgewood EMS personnel and vehicles responded to the incident. All three (3) vehicles were towed from the scene.

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Saturday Night Cooking Oil Spill Closes Chestnut Street in Ridgewood’s Central Business District

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Ridgewood NJ, a containment vessel hose line of a single axle tanker truck carrying cooking oil ruptured on Chestnut Street, Ridgewood early Saturday evening, 02/12, while the truck was parked and its driver was servicing a nearby restaurant. An unconfirmed report was that 200-300 gallons of oil may have leaked, with an unknown quantity having spilled into a Chestnut Street located storm drain. Ridgewood Police, Ridgewood Fire Department , Ridgewood Emergency Services, and Bergen County HazMat personnel and vehicles responded to the incident. Clean-up, by a commercial contractor hired by the tanker’s owner, was expected to take several hours. The driver indicated to police that he was in the basement of the restaurant he was servicing at the time the hose line ruptured, and was made aware of the spill by a pedestrian who noticed the oil slick. Despite slick sidewalk and street surfaces, no injuries due to slips & falls were reported in the incident.

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The Force of Collision in Ridgewood Sends Two Cars into a Near by Home

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Ridgewood NJ, a Thursday afternoon, 02/03 collision in the 500 block of Northern Parkway, Ridgewood propelled a Toyota Scion across the front lawn of a nearby home, and into the driveway of second home, where it crashed into a parked car and the second home’s foundation. The three (3) occupants of all vehicles involved (2 adults and 1 child) refused ambulance transportation to a local hospital. The Toyota Scion and parked Toyota Camry were towed from the scene. The third vehicle, a Chevrolet Equinox, was driven from the scene on its own power. Ridgewood Police, Ridgewood Fire Department, and Ridgewood EMS personnel and vehicles responded to the incident. Fortunately no children  playing in the neighborhood at time of the incident .

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