Middle-aged robber in white hat hits Hackensack bank

Middle-aged robber in white hat hits Hackensack bank

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: A bank robber in a white hat carrying the end of a blowtorch made off with several thousand dollars after holding up a Hackensack bank this afternoon and bolting in a silver, 4-door Honda Accord.

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Free CSI-styled classes begin for adult citizens' police academy

Free CSI-styled classes begin for adult citizens' police academy

Enrollment is open for a nine-week course that teaches adults and high school seniors the type of work done by the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office -- including one of the most critical services, that of the Bureau of Criminal Identification, which processes crime scenes for clues.
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Jacqui Phillips is back: The beauty expert returns

Jacqui Phillips is back: The beauty expert returns She’s back and more brilliant than ever. Jacqui Phillips -- former model and, now, makeup artist to the stars -- brings her inside scoops and fool-proof tips on cosmetics, beauty and fashion back to CLIFFVIEW PILOT. This week, she and partner Pasquale Destro attended the Season 2 premiere party of the hit show “Jerseylicious.” It was a hot night, and Jacqui -- as always -- was right in the  middle of the action.

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Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women: Might as well call 'em the Honeydrippers

Dave Alvin & the Guilty Women: Might as well call 'em the Honeydrippers IN TUNE: Kill me now. After 38 years of nourishing my soul with live music, I wonder whether I’ll ever experience a night like this again. Sometimes a band is on fire, in perfect sync. The audience is stoked. The musicians exchange knowing smiles and half-glances. Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women gave us one those nights.
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You'll need a receipt to exchange this gift

You'll need a receipt to exchange this gift

RENEE ANTONELLI VALENTE: Two women standing on line at Customer Service -- let's call them Ridiculous Vanessa and Realist Annie -- discuss the meaning of life. Guess which one has a better grip and which one is too busy bitchin' to enjoy the gift she wants to exchange?

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How to kick your workday drug habit

How to kick your workday drug habit JILL MacINNES: It’s early morning and you’re already late for work, but you hit Duncan Donuts or Starbucks, anyway. Latte or Frappe and a croissant. By 10 o’clock, you're starting to sag, so you buy a soda and candy bar from the machines -- and SHA-ZAM! Instant buzz…. But you’re just getting started, my junkie friend.

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New York Jets 'Ultimate Fan' Facebook application a first

New York Jets 'Ultimate Fan' Facebook application a first Can’t make till the next Jets game? How about joining a virtual tailgate? As the buzz continues to build around New York’s “other” football team, “Ultimate Fan” has become the first social network game backed by the NFL.

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The marvelous Robert Schimmel, R.I.P.: The joke's on us

The marvelous Robert Schimmel, R.I.P.: The joke's on us A TRIBUTE: I could hear Bob Schimmel now: "Ain't this a bitch?" he'd say, marveling at how he became an overnight sensation -- by dying. For a man who laughed at cancer, survived not only the death of an 11-year-old son, two failed  marriages and a heart attack, it would have been either the cruelest or the funniest joke of all, coming as it did as 60-year-old Robert Schimmel desperately tried to find a liver that would save his life.
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Tattoo me: Religious markings could actually be a cry for help

Tattoo me: Religious  markings could actually be a cry for help

ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Besides the fact that it’s trendy, many young adults today feel that having tattoos is a way to define who they are as a person. But that declaration of individuality could contain an ominous message, one that requires we all pay attention.

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National Preparedness Month: It's not a celebration

September brings us not only the anniversary of the worst attack on U.S. soil: It’s also National Preparedness Month, a time when those responsible for our safety ask whether we’ve done what we can to help protect our families. So: How about checking this list to see how YOU measure up?

 

Critics of Bergen's first gun buy-back program are off-target

Naysayers are firing criticism at a gun buy-back program that netted more than 700 firearms this weekend, but Bergen County Sheriff Leo P. McGuire says they’re way off the mark.

 

Amber Alert nixed, Terry Dusseault and son found

UPDATE: Terry Dusseault and his 8-year-old son have been found, and New Jersey State Police have cancelled an Amber Alert.

 

No 'Kyleigh's Law' decal repeal: 6-month study instead

If Gov. Chris Christie goes along with it, state authorities will have six months to evaluate an unpopular law that requires young drivers to have red decals on their license plates -- a far cry from the repeal sought by several Bergen-area lawmakers and tens of thousands of New Jerseyans.

 

Firefighters helped catch wanted serial bank robbers

ONLY ON CVP: It’s no coincidence that New Jersey has the highest percentage of bank robbery arrests in the nation, not when there are people like the firefighters who helped lead to the arrest of two accused serial bank robbers.

 

String of high-figure bank jobs solved, FBI says

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: Nathaniel Barreto of Newark admitted to being "the Black Stocking Robber" and Juan Perez of Clifton the wheelman in a string of bank holdups in Paramus, Boonton and elsewhere from North to Central Jersey that ended when they were tracked down following an armed robbery Tuesday, the FBI said.

 

Cops find new tactic: The Facebook perp walk

Posting mug shots on Facebook seemed a sweet idea for police in a small New Jersey town within spitting distance of Philadelphia -- only some people aren’t too crazy about it.

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Muscle Maker Grill celebration in Edgewater

No reason to let the weather keep you indoors. Muscle Maker Grill in Edgewater is celebrating an extremely successful first year down in Edgewater.

 

US judo champ Toni Marie Geiger of Dumont aims for 2012 Olympics

ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT: Because U.S. Olympic athletes don’t receive government funding, Toni Marie Geiger of Dumont -- the #1 ranked female judo athlete in the U.S. and a member of Team USA -- has to raise the money she needs to train, travel and compete herself to qualify for the 2012 Summer Games in London.

 

Hot on the teen scene: North Jersey's hard-rocking Odd Man In

Remember the days when you and your friends dreamed of starting a band? Well, it’s wonderful to watch a group of kids pursue their collective dream today -- which, in the case of Odd Man In, is a record deal. What makes it sweeter: The oldest is 15.

 

Beloved Union City educator taught students to believe in themselves

Jack O'Connor is being remembered with intense love and affection by hundreds of former students whose lives he touched. "He was a true man's man," former student John ODonnell Rosales said of one of Union City's most popular educators.

 

Ex-Passaic sheriff Englehardt, 80, 'sharp as a tack' after heat sends him to hospital, Speziale says

ONLY ON CVP: Passaic County Sheriff Jerry Speziale was driving on Route 80 when the radio crackled with the report of a disoriented driver who had blown a tire hitting a curb on Garrett Mountain. Imagine Speziale’s surprise when he pulled up to discover the motorist was his predecessor, perhaps the most legendary of all Passaic County political figures.

 

Those who knew Justin Sanchez recall 'that beautiful, bright smile'

ONLY ON CVP: Among those trying to make sense of the death of Justin Sanchez is Lucille Stanziale, who was there when the happy-go-lucky teen suffered a freak accident that killed him.