Transgender rights under debate in Pascack Valley schools
The district may allow students to use restrooms and locker rooms based on their gender identity. MONTVALE -- Pascack Valley Regional High School District has proposed allowing students to use...
View ArticleN.J. car dealer used bait-and-switch pricing, state says
Odometer rolled back before car sale, state alleges Acting Director of Consumer Affairs Steve Lee speaks at an unrelated press conference in Teaneck (Myles Ma | NJ Advance Media) TRENTON -- The state...
View ArticleDriver was speeding in fatal road rage crash, expert says
An accident reconstruction expert testified in the vehicular homicide case HACKENSACK -- An accident reconstruction expert said one of the two men charged in a road-rage accident that killed a woman...
View ArticleFederal officials probe deadly fall at Teaneck building
Police investigate if high winds contributed to death of building manager A building at the Glenpointe complex in Teaneck (Google Maps) TEANECK -- Officials with the federal Occupational Health and...
View ArticleVintage photos of things delivered to your home in N.J.
Home delivery has begun to make a comeback in the 21st century. I was a "paperboy" as a youth. It was a position eagerly sought by many of us in those days; being able to perform what certainly was an...
View ArticleWeeks before being shot dead, victim in triple homicide feared neighbor with gun
Sandy Mazzella, 47, his wife, Stephenie, 43, and Sandy's mother, Elaine, 76, were shot to death in their home on Clearsprings Drive in Wake Forest, N.C. WAKE FOREST, N.C. - A former New Jersey man...
View ArticleFAA won't delay test for new Teterboro flight path
Officials from towns under the new route asked the FAA for a delay. Jets at Teterboro Airport. The airport is testing a new flight path for approaching planes. (File Photo) TETERBORO -- Officials...
View ArticleWreck of the Binghamton: The decline and fall of a N.J. landmark
A true Jersey story of history, murder and decay IT'S A WONDER the ship ever lasted long enough to sit here, half-sunken on the rocks, tethered to the shore by a burnt-out gangplank jutting over the...
View ArticleLab tech who faked result in drug case, mishandled 11 other cases, report says
Kamalkant Shah worked as a lab technician for the State Police laboratory in Little Falls for more than a decade. Nearly 8,000 criminal cases are under review after a State Police lab tech was...
View Article3 treated for smoke inhalation after apartment fire in Hackensack
Hackensack firefighters contained flames Hackensack firefighters at the scene of a grease fire on Prospect Avenue March 30, 2016 (Photo: HFD) HACKENSACK -- Three people were treated for smoke...
View ArticleMan sentenced to 60 years for murder, dismemberment
A judge gave Pedro Garcia credit for testifying against his co-defendant. HACKENSACK -- A judge on Thursday sentenced Pedro Garcia to 60 years in prison for killing and dismembering Francisco Gonzalez...
View ArticleBlunt instrument used in Teaneck carjacking, police say
The man was attacked Wednesday night, police say. Teaneck Police say a man was carjacked Wednesday night. (File Photo) TEANECK -- A man was carjacked with a blunt instrument Wednesday night, police...
View ArticleChristie: I'll fight north Jersey casinos without Atlantic City takeover
Gov. Chris Christie said he thinks voters won't support expanding casino gambling if Atlantic City goes belly-up. Watch video TRENTON -- Gov. Chris Christie predicted Thursday that a ballot question...
View ArticleHackensack cop car involved in crash
Two crashes reported after pursuit from Paramus UPDATE: 1 dead in crash with Hackensack police car, report says HACKENSACK -- A city police car was involved in a crash with a sedan on Summit Avenue...
View ArticleMan, 67, killed in crash with Hackensack police car
Police car reportedly responding chase call HACKENSACK -- A 67-year-old city man died after a crash with a Hackensack police car that was responding to another wreck involving a motorcyclist who fled...
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Share your score to see how you stack up with other NJ.com users. Prove how well you know New Jersey news by taking this week's local news quiz. The questions below are all based on popular local...
View ArticleEx-School of Rock CEO plans national art school franchise
Matt Ross founded One River School in Englewood in 2012 Watch video ENGLEWOOD -- Matt Ross, the founding CEO for the School of Rock, helped shepherd a company with a handful of schools into a...
View ArticleCelebrity rabbi Shmuley Boteach lists Englewood mansion for $3.5M
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's home, next to property owned by the Libyan mission to the U.N., made headlines when he protested Moammar Gadhafi's plans to stay there in 2009 Shmuley Boteach, the self-styled...
View ArticleFlorida man charged with sex assault of girl in Ridgewood
Man held pending extradition to Bergen County Joseph McCain, 45 (Photo: BCPO) HACKENSACK -- A 36-year-old Florida man was accused of sexually assaulting a girl when she was approximately 11-years-old...
View Article'The evil one took my family': Dad mourns shooting victims at funeral
The Mazzellas, all former New Jersey residents, were slain in what law enforcement has said is the result of a feud with a neighbor, Jonathan Frederick Sander. WAKE FOREST, N.C. - In the end, they...
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