Empty boxes: A list of the 20 N.J. towns where a Sports Authority will close
New Jersey will lose 21 stores in 20 towns and hundreds of jobs. The announcement this week that Sports Authority will close all its stores nationwide sent another jolt through the commercial real...
View ArticleCustodian found dead at Bergenfield High School
Police said the death did not appear suspicious. UPDATE: Police ID custodian found dead in school BERGENFIELD - A custodian who worked at Bergenfield High School was found dead at the school Tuesday...
View ArticleDriver fled police at 115 mph with no lights, cops say
Shawn S. Henry, 25, was charged with second-degree eluding and several motor vehicle violations. Shawn S. Henry (PIP photo) ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS - A Brooklyn man led police on a chase shortly after 12...
View ArticlePolice ID janitor found dead in Bergenfield High School
David Zatta, 59, of Dumont died in a second-floor leisure room, police said. BERGENFIELD - An overnight custodian found dead inside Bergenfield High School Tuesday morning has been identified as David...
View ArticleFairway files for bankruptcy, owes $279M
Fairway, with stores in Woodland Park and Paramus, is $290 million in debt Days after news surfaces that Sport Authority might be on the verge of going out of business, another company with a presence...
View ArticleBurglar falls from window after finding homeowner, police say
Police are looking for the public's help in finding the burglar LODI -- An alleged burglar fell from a window Sunday after being confronted by a homeowner, police said. The owner of a home on Green...
View ArticleJustin Bieber poses for photo after 'run-in' with Bergen County cop
"What's up?" Bieber said to the officer, identified as Rob Mantone. "Let's take a picture." WOOD-RIDGE - Justin Bieber surprised a Bergen County Sheriff's Officer stopped at a red light Sunday and it...
View Article2 years after fire, Carlstadt Post Office to reopen
The facility has been renovated. CARLSTADT -- The Carlstadt Post Office, wrecked by fire in 2014, is reopening Saturday. The facility has undergone major renovations and a lobby upgrade, Rutherford...
View ArticleRosie O'Donnell slashes price of Saddle River estate by $480K
Rosie O'Donnell, the former co-host of 'The View,' bought the house in 2014 and put it on the market 20 months later After her Saddle River home has lingered for nearly a year on the market, Rosie...
View Article3 arrested after N.J. woman is beaten for her cellphone, cops say
The victim told police two women approached her and one of them struck her in the head multiple times. NEW MILFORD - Two women and one man were arrested Monday after a New Milford woman was badly...
View ArticleWyckoff police chief suspended over racial profiling email
Chief Ben Fox sent the email in 2014. Chief Ben Fox of the Wyckoff Police DepartmentHandout WYCKOFF - The Township Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to suspend police Chief Benjamin Fox as the...
View ArticleRising or falling? How N.J.'s top prospects size up for MLB Draft
A month into the HS baseball season and a month from the draft, NJ.com updates the stock outlook of state's top prospects.
View ArticleFinally, it's a girl! New baby breaks family's 156-year streak
The previous girl had been born in Poland in 1860. RIDGEWOOD -- When Eve Ziobro was born Sept. 10, 2015, she broke her family's 156-year-long streak of boys, People reported. Katerina Ziobro, born in...
View ArticleSoftball Class of 2014: A look at how they've fared in college
We look at the vast amount of Division I talent that graduated two years ago
View ArticleParamus man charged with having sex with 2 children
Fernando Salinas, 48, is charged with two counts of sexual assault and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Fernando Salinas (BCPO) PARAMUS - A 48-year-old Paramus man has been arrested...
View ArticleCocaine found in Cresskill man's home, police say
Investigators believe he is a drug dealer Yair Paz-Pineda, 31, of Cresskill (Bergen County Prosecutor's Office) CRESSKILL -- A borough man had cocaine and drug paraphernalia in his Broadway home,...
View ArticleInvestors swindled out of more than $5M, U.S. attorney charges
Separate, related SEC charges also were filed against three businessmen, including one from Alpine. NEWARK -- A Las Vegas man who allegedly schemed with a Bergen County businessman was charged with...
View ArticleJanitors who were fired over union ties to receive up to $1 million in back pay
The janitors lost their jobs in 2014 when a new contractor, Eastern Essential Services, refused to hire them because of their affiliation with Union 32-BJ. NEWARK - Thirty-six janitors who lost their...
View ArticleTrack & Field's Fab 50: Ranking N.J.'s top male athletes, Nos. 1-30
Who is the best of the best in New Jersey track and field? NJ.com tries to answer that question this season with the brand new Fab 50 individual male rankings. Check back each week for five new...
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