Responders Rescue 100+ From Flooded Fairview Industrial Park Responders Rescue 100+ From Flooded Fairview Industrial Park
Responders Rescue 100+ From Flooded Fairview Industrial Park Firefighters rescued more than 100 people from a flooded Fairview industrial park on Tuesday. Responders used a backhoe and a High Water Rescue Vehicle brought by Ridgefield firefighters to evacuate the industrial park at 815 Fairview Avenue, Fairview Police Chief Martin Kahn said. Rain swelled creeks fed by the Hackensack River, flooding the area just off Broad Avenue.
CT Couple Charged With Burglarizing USS Ling After It Was Flooded CT Couple Charged With Burglarizing USS Ling After It Was Flooded
CT Couple Charged With Burglarizing USS Ling After It Was Flooded Hackensack police charged a Connecticut couple with stealing a lantern and shoulder lapel from the USS Ling submarine on the Hackensack River a short time after someone looted and flooded the landmark museum, authorities said. Jon P. Stevens of West Haven and Laura Palmese of Colchester, both 48, parked in the lot of the Heritage Diner and "swam through the Hackensack River to the submarine" on Aug. 11, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. Damage had already been done to the submarine when the couple "removed a lantern and a Medical Corps lieutenant shoulder lapel," he said. Cit…
Section Of Century-Old Railroad Bridge Collapses In Ridgefield Park Section Of Century-Old Railroad Bridge Collapses In Ridgefield Park
Section Of Century-Old Railroad Bridge Collapses In Ridgefield Park No one was hurt when a stretch of a 100-year-old railroad bridge collapsed in Ridgefield Park on Saturday. The rear car of a New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway train crossing the 405-foot bridge where Overpeck Creek meets the Hackensack River tumbled down in the collapse just before 8:30 a.m. No one was inside, responders said. Work had begun just last week to replace the roadbed approaching the bridge from the NYS&W yard.
UPDATE: Hackensack Man Kills Himself Near Riverbank UPDATE: Hackensack Man Kills Himself Near Riverbank
Update: Hackensack Man Kills Himself Near Riverbank UPDATE: An elderly Hackensack man sitting above the Hackensack River pulled out a gun, shot himself in the head and then fell to the embankment below early Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The Anderson Street bridge into Teaneck was temporarily closed while authorities recovered the body. Two people who called police told the responding officer that "they had seen an elderly male attempting to climb over a bridge guardrail," Capt. Peter Busciglio said. "They offered him help [and] he refused.  "On their way back over the bridge, the same two parties observed the vi…
Little Ferry Officers Grab Suicidal Teen Trying To Jump From Bridge Little Ferry Officers Grab Suicidal Teen Trying To Jump From Bridge
Little Ferry Officers Grab Suicidal Teen Trying To Jump From Bridge LITTLE FERRY, N.J. – A pair of Little Ferry police officers rescued a suicidal 17-year-old girl, grabbing her just as she was about to leap from the Route 46 bridge over the Hackensack River. The troubled teen repeatedly shouted that she wanted to die, then fought so furiously with an EMT in an ambulance police had to tie her to a gurney, Police Chief Ralph Verdi said. Police got a call from the girl's mother just before 11 p.m. Saturday saying that her daughter "just drank alcohol and took prescription pills," got into an argument with her and apparently was headed to the bridge …
Update: Female Body Pulled From Hackensack River Update: Female Body Pulled From Hackensack River
Update: Female Body Pulled From Hackensack River Authorities recovered a female body from the Hackensack River on Sunday, local police said. UPDATE: Body Pulled From River ID'd As Missing Woman, 26 First responders arrived just after 10 a.m. following a report of an unidentified body in the water behind the Shops at Riverside, authorities said. The body was recovered at 12:20 p.m., Hackensack Lt. Darrin Dewitt told Daily Voice. Responders including the Hackensack police and fire departments, Oradell Fire Department, Bergenfield Fire Department and the Bergen County Sheriff's Office worked for more than two hours to recover the body.
Services Set For Wallington's Sylvia Lubak, 26, Found In Hackensack River Services Set For Wallington's Sylvia Lubak, 26, Found In Hackensack River
Services Set For Wallington's Sylvia Lubak, 26, Found In Hackensack River Services for Wallington's Sylvia Lubak have been set. Visitation will be Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Warner-Wozniak Funeral Home. A Funeral Mass will be Thursday at The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Paterson followed by a private cremation. The 26-year-old's body was found Sunday in the Hackensack River and identified by Bogota Police on Monday, authorities told Daily Voice. Lubak was born in Poland and moved to the U.S. in 2000 when she was eight years old. She graduated from Becton HS, East Rutherford, Class of 2010, and then attended NYU.  Lubak had been living in Bogota …
POLICE: Body Pulled From River ID'd As Missing Woman, 26 POLICE: Body Pulled From River ID'd As Missing Woman, 26
Police: Body Pulled From River ID'd As Missing Woman, 26 Police identified the woman whose body was pulled from the Hackensack River over the weekend as a missing 26-year-old who had been living in Bogota. Bogota Police Detective Victor Negron said his department identified the body as Sylvia Lubak on Monday. Negron could not release more information due to an ongoing investigation. A missing persons report was filed in December 2017, which says she was last seen by her boyfriend, police said. "She was wearing blue or black snow pants and a black jacket with fur on the hood. Ms. Lubak also has several tattoos all over her body, one being a …
UPDATE: Female Body Pulled From Hackensack River UPDATE: Female Body Pulled From Hackensack River
Update: Female Body Pulled From Hackensack River This story has been updated. HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Authorities recovered a female body from the Hackensack River on Sunday, local police said. First responders arrived just after 10 a.m. following a report of an unidentified body in the water behind the Shops at Riverside, authorities said. The body was recovered at 12:20 p.m., Hackensack Lt. Darrin Dewitt told Daily Voice. Responders including the Hackensack police and fire departments, Oradell Fire Department, Bergenfield Fire Department and the Bergen County Sheriff's Office worked for more than two hours to recover the body.
Flooding Leaves Hackensack Drivers Stranded Flooding Leaves Hackensack Drivers Stranded
Flooding Leaves Hackensack Drivers Stranded HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Some drivers in Hackensack were stranded due to flooding. Stretches of River Street and spots along Commerce Way behind Staples were covered with nearly six inches of water, and it's only going to get worse. Employees of Retro Fitness Hackensack moved their cars to avoid further damage, and some members headed back inside the gym -- hoping to see the water go down before leaving. The area routinely floods after rain or snow because of overflow from the Hackensack River. Last year, at least two cars died after trying to make it through the puddles that accumulated by the…
NY Times Shines Spotlight On Hackensack: 'Billy Joel Is Always Welcome' NY Times Shines Spotlight On Hackensack: 'Billy Joel Is Always Welcome'
NY Times Shines Spotlight On Hackensack: 'Billy Joel Is Always Welcome' HACKENSACK, N.J. — The City of Hackensack is receiving accolades in a recent New York Times article. "Immortalized in an unflattering Billy Joel lyric — 'Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money?'" the article reads. "The Bergen County seat is an ethnically diverse city of 45,000, suburban in feel but with an urban center hugging the Hackensack River."  The Times quotes new neighbors, real-estate agents and city officials praising Hackensack for its affordable housing, close proximity to Jersey City, Hoboken and New York, its sprawling par…