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Hackensack NJ, City of Hackensack Fire officials reported that Friday morning at approximately 9am City of Hackensack Engine 5, Rescue 1 and Deputy 3 responded to a reported motor vehicle accident with rollover at Route 4 West and Hackensack Avenue.
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Teaneck NJ, Teaneck Chief of Police Andrew R. McGurr announces that the Teaneck Police Department is actively investigating a threat to Benjamin Franklin Middle School that was brought to the attention of the Teaneck Police Department this week.
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Teaneck NJ, last week, the Township of Teaneck held their unveiling of “Lt. Freddy Greene Way” in honor of the town’s first African American police officer! Greene was a trailblazer and inspiration to thousands of families and kids growing up in Teaneck. He served on the force for 26 years before retiring in 1988, changing lives along the way. Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco called it, “an amazing way to commemorate such an influential Bergen County resident!”
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Teaneck NJ, according to Teaneck Police, a 10-year-old boy was hospitalized after he was struck by a hit-and-run driver while riding his bike. The boy was hit last Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Sagamore and Garrison Avenues in Teaneck, Teaneck police Capt. Seth Kriegel said.
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Teaneck NJ, two unrelated fires at a Teaneck PSE&G substation and a local underground electrical vault knocked out power for a portion of the Township , Wednesday and Thursday.
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Teaneck NJ, a Teaneck man is wanted by police for allegedly stabbing a man outside an apartment complex on Teaneck Road on Tuesday.
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Hackensack NJ, Hackensack, Teaneck, Oradell and The Bergen County regional scuba task force assisted the Teaneck and Hackensack Police departments in removing a victim from the river. The victim was originally being questioned by Police in Teaneck when he dove into the Hackensack river and began to swim towards Costco in Hackensack. Police units were able to remove the victim from the water without incident. Additional resources were called as precaution. In case the incident escalated.
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Teaneck NJ, Teaneck police have confirmed a child drowned Sunday night in a backyard swimming pool. The incident occurred at a home on Westervelt Place. A 7-year-old girl, who is from Newark, was at a pool party with relatives. Those relatives had apparently rented the backyard space and the pool through an app called Swimply.
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Teaneck NJ, according to officials , students and staff at the Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Metropolitan campus in Teaneck were ordered to shelter in place Wednesday afternoon after a fight broke out and a BB gun was discovered.
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Teaneck NJ, a motorcyclist died Monday morning after colliding with a deer on Route 4 east. The crash happened near the Margaret Street overpass, near to Teaneck High School.
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Teaneck NJ, thousand of supporters marched in support of the state of Israel for several hours on Sunday, transforming Teaneck’s leafy streets into a vast landscape of blue and white, the colors of the Israeli flag.
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Teaneck NJ, a traffic signal device was destroyed when two (2) SUVs collided at the intersection of Sussex Road and West Englewood Avenue, Teaneck on Sunday afternoon, 04/05. Both vehicles were propelled off of the roadway as a result of the crash’s impact, and wound up on the front lawn of a nearby single family home. No injuries were reported by either vehicles’ occupants. Teaneck Police and Teaneck Fire Department responded to the incident. A flatbed tow truck removed both wrecks. A portion of West Englewood Avenue was closed briefly due to the downed signal device.
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Teaneck NJ, a front yard construction project was immediately called to a halt in Teaneck when workers discovered human bones .The Teaneck Police Department said the remains were discovered at 139 Van Arsdale Place while the homeowner was having part of the front yard excavated to install a new drainage system.
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