911 hostage call a prank
CLIFFVIEW PILOT EXCLUSIVE: Detectives are already searching for the 911 caller who brought a SWAT team and phalanx of police officers to a quiet Dumont block on a bogus report that a man had barricaded himself inside with weapons. Inside they found a man alone -- and asleep, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned.
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Struck pedestrian remains on roof as motorist keeps driving, police say
CLIFFVIEW PILOT HAD IT FIRST: A 50-something woman was struck by a car that kept going, with her clinging to the roof, before it made a turn and stopped, leading to charges against the driver, Fairview police said.
Third synagogue firebombing plot brings more charges
YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli confirmed this morning that the 19-year-old man accused of firebombing a Rutherford rabbi's home and igniting a small arson blaze outside a Paramus synagogue has been charged with a plot to torch a third target -- in an incident first disclosed on CLIFFVIEW PILOT.
Police hope public can ID suspects in Maywood burglary
HAVE YOU SEEN THESE MEN? Maywood police are hoping someone can help identify two men who were chased from the scene of an attempted burglary and vanished into the crowd at Bergen Town Center.More firebombings of synagogues may have been planned
CLIFFVIEW PILOT EXCLUSIVE: Store-bought materials similar to those used in both the firebombing of a Rutherford rabbi's home and an attempted arson at a Paramus synagogue were found outside another temple in Bergen County this week, raising the possibility that at least one other attack was planned, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned.Read more...
Lyndhurst football coach charged in student sex, cover-up attempt
ANOTHER CLIFFVIEW PILOT SCOOP: A Lyndhurst High School football coach and gym instructor who previously taught at two other Bergen County schools is charged with having sex with a 17-year-old student and then telling her to lie to investigators.Read more...
Police hope sketch solves Route 4 stabbing of Korean BCC student
HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? Lost amid the publicity surrounding the manhunts for a synagogue firebomber and a man who tried luring young girls into his car has been the search for a mugger who stabbed a 19-year-old Bergen Community College student at the foot of a Route 4 pedestrian walkway in Paramus earlier this month. Read more...
Body found in rubble of Union City fire identified
CLIFFVIEW PILOT HAS IT FIRST: A 55-year-old missing man's body was found in the rubble of a massive wind-swept fire that destroyed six buildings on Bergenline Avenue in Union City and damaged two others. Read more...
Police said man found hiding in Newark Airport restaurant had crack, pipe
CLIFFVIEW PILOT SCOOP: A Port Authority police officer chased down a wanted man who he said was carrying a crack pipe that still had some of the drug in it when he was discovered hiding in a terminal restaurant at Newark Airport early this morning.Read more...
British rapper hoping to break out in U.S. finds part-time home in Bergen
IN TUNE: British recording artist Master Shortie has quietly been making a move here. And when he’s on this side of the pond, the 22-year-old MC ordinarily stays in, of all places, Ridgefield Park.Read more...
George Clinton, 420 Funk Mob take it to the small stage
IN TUNE: Funk legend George Clinton’s performance with the magnificent 420 Funk Mob at City Winery was a reminder of the risk of building our heroes too high: Somewhere along the line, they might topple on you.Read more...
Just around the corner to the light of fame for Bergen's Action Item
IN TUNE: Action Item was about to play its largest show ever, a homecoming at the massive Starland Ballroom, to end a national tour. The Bergen County band's gig got when hundreds of fans held up cut-out hearts with “Welcome Home,” “Thank You” and other sentiments during the song “Home.”Read more...
Beware the driveway paving scam
ALERT: Beware of fly-by-day driveway repairmen, says Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert J. Kugler, whose squad this week picked off one without a license who told police he was "looking to make money."Read more...
Find your dream home with Lennar
As other companies plan their holiday parties, the people at Lennar are lining up their Focused Acts of Caring for 2012: Lennar offices in each market will “adopt” a charity to work with throughout the year. It speaks to the integrity and credibility of one of the most innovative companies in the homebuilding industry.Read more...
Quality workmanship is everything for Jenne Construction
Finding a quality contractor you can trust isn't easy. If you're building a new home, adding onto your house or spiffing up the kitchen, you want it to look good, and you want it to last.Read more...
Cervical cancer 'is 100 percent preventable'
GUEST COLUMN: There were no flashing lights or red flags that let 4,000 women across this country know that cervical cancer was coming. Most of these women – mothers, sisters, daughters, and aunts – felt no pain and lived normally unaware of the disease that in a matter of time would take their lives.Read more...
Rutherford rabbi turns firebomb into seeds of love
AN OFFICER WRITES: The coward who firebombed the home of Rabbi Rosson Schuman and his family failed to produce the terror, silence or cries for vengeance that such incendiary devices are meant for. No. The hateful act offered the Rutherford rabbi an opportunity to deliver a message that is as important now as ever. Read more...
We must do our part to slow burglaries
WHAT WE THINK: Amid waves of burglaries of area homes and businesses, local police are urging everyone to keep an eye out for anyone or anything suspicious-looking -- and to take any and all burglar alarms seriously. We'd best listen: A Saddle Brook homeowner learned the hard way when he dismissed an alarm in what turned out to be a $30,000 jewelry heist.Read more...
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Community helps grateful family find missing dog
EXCLUSIVE: Bruiser is back. The young boxer who sparked one of the largest doghunts in recent North Jersey memory turned up late Thursday a few miles from home, thanks to hundreds of friends, strangers -- even a dog whisperer from New Milford who says the skittish pooch prefers to be called “Baby.”Help find 'Bruiser,' the missing boxer
HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? We're sincerely hoping you can help a local police captain find "Bruiser," a 15-month-old adopted boxer who got skittish and took off from his Rockaway Township home.Nat'l Police Defense Foundation chief hopes to save teen's sight
SPECIAL REPORT: Joe Occhipinti is back in action, working to bring an Ecuadoran teen to the U.S. for surgery that will restore the eyesight she lost when she was accidentally shot in the head. 
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