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Alert For Missing Woman, 72, Canceled Alert For Missing Woman, 72, Canceled
Alert For Missing Woman, 72, Canceled Update, Thursday, 7 a.m. The missing person alert issued Wednesday for 72-year-old Elizabeth Shaw has been canceled, authorities announced. No further information was immediately released. Original report, Wednesday 9 p.m. Authorities are searching for a 72-year-old woman with dementia and heart trouble who has been missing since Wednesday afternoon and is in need of medical attention. Elizabeth Shaw was last seen about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 11, at her Alhambra Road home in the Nassau County hamlet of Baldwin, according to the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, which…

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Neighbors
Ridgewood Rotarian Betty Wiest Receives Arthur Fenniman Award Ridgewood Rotarian Betty Wiest Receives Arthur Fenniman Award
Ridgewood Rotarian Betty Wiest Receives Arthur Fenniman Award RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- A sportswoman, local personality, former village deputy mayor and a devoted Rotarian recently received the district's Arthur Fenniman Award. Betty Wiest was presented the honor by Rotary District 7490 Governor Peter Wells and District Governor Nominee/District Secretary James Boyer, a nominee for district governor, according to a statement from the group. The award, the organization's most prestigious, is presented to a Rotary member who demonstrates the qualities of "commitment to service and high ethical standards," according to the statement. It is named afte…

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Police & Fire
Ridgefield Man Charged In Connection With Rash Of Burglaries Ridgefield Man Charged In Connection With Rash Of Burglaries
Ridgefield Man Charged In Connection With Rash Of Burglaries RIDGEFIELD, Conn. -- A Tackora Trail man already facing a burglary charge was held on $100,000 bail Tuesday after facing fresh accusations that he forced his way into another home while armed with a knife, according to newstimes.com. Edward Janerico, 21, is the main suspect in a rash of home burglaries that occurred in a Route 116 neighborhood during the fall of 2015, according to newstimes.com. Those new charges against Janerico include home invasion, unlawful restraint and threatening, according to newstimes.com. Click here to read the report from newstimes.com.

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Danbury Man Gets Prison Time For Role in 2013 Sexual Assault Danbury Man Gets Prison Time For Role in 2013 Sexual Assault
Danbury Man Gets Prison Time For Role in 2013 Sexual Assault DANBURY, Conn. -- A 21-year-old William Street man has been sentenced to prison time for his role in the April 2013 sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman in the Hamrabee Center, according to newstimes.com.Jalenn Jackson was sentenced this week to 14 years in prison suspended after 7 1/2 years and followed by 10 years of probation, according to newstimes.com. Jackson and Dylan Kennedy, 23, lured the woman to the community center at 54 West St. after meeting her outside a downtown nightclub earlier that April night, according to newstimes.com, which reported that Kennedy was sentenced last ye…

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Monroe Woman Charged After Overdose Death In Trumbull Starbucks Monroe Woman Charged After Overdose Death In Trumbull Starbucks
Monroe Woman Charged After Overdose Death In Trumbull Starbucks TRUMBULL, Conn. -- A 22-year-old Monroe woman has been arrested on charges in connection with the January heroin overdose death of a 24-year-old man in the bathroom of a Trumbull Starbucks, according to MonroeCourier.com. Christina Lee was in the Starbucks when authorities arrived on Jan. 6 and found the 24-year-old Stratford man unconscious who later died, according to MonroeCourier.com. Lee, who faces counts of possession of narcotics and possession of drug paraphernalia, was questioned at the Starbucks on the day of the man's death, but was charged later after the police investigation wa…

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Police & Fire
Child Locked In Car Tops North Castle Police Blotter Child Locked In Car Tops North Castle Police Blotter
Child Locked In Car Tops North Castle Police Blotter NORTH CASTLE, N.Y. -- North Castle police responded to a Kingdom Ridge Road home about 4:15 p.m. on Monday, May 1, after receiving a call about a 2-year-old locked inside a car, according to authorities.The boy, whose grandfather reported the incident, was said to be locked inside with the keys.  By the time officers arrived, the matter had been "adjusted." There were no reports of injuries. In other news, a town resident called police about 5 p.m. on Sunday, April 30, to report a large blue dumpster illegally placed on the side of General Heath Avenue, according to police. An of…

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Lifestyle
Maywood Enrolling Youth In Summer Recreation Program Maywood Enrolling Youth In Summer Recreation Program
Maywood Enrolling Youth In Summer Recreation Program MAYWOOD, N.J. – The Maywood Recreation Department will be offering an eight-week, full-day Summer Program for kindergarten – eighth-grade students from the borough and elsewhere. While the program is open to students up to the eighth grade, most activities will be geared toward students in grades K-6, according to organizers. This year’s program, which runs from June 27 – Aug. 19, will include regular hours between 8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. and aftercare hours from 3:15 – 6 p.m. The full program costs $750 per child for borough residents and $1,000 per child for non-residents. Weekly rates are $1…

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Pre-Prom Substance Abuse Forum Required In Old Tappan, Demarest Pre-Prom Substance Abuse Forum Required In Old Tappan, Demarest
Pre-Prom Substance Abuse Forum Required In Old Tappan, Demarest BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. – The principals at Northern Valley Regional High School of Demarest and Northern Valley Regional High School of Old Tappan are requiring parents of all students attending the district's senior proms to attend an informational session to combat substance abuse. There are two sessions scheduled in the lead up to the proms, one at 7 p.m. on May 11 at the Demarest high school’s auditorium and another at 7 p.m. on May 25 at the Old Tappan high school’s auditorium. Those parents who attended the informational sessions earlier this year for the schools’ pre-junior proms are no…

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Events
Trumbull Tag Sale Supports Swim Across the Sound To Fight Cancer Trumbull Tag Sale Supports Swim Across the Sound To Fight Cancer
Trumbull Tag Sale Supports Swim Across the Sound To Fight Cancer TRUMBULL, Conn. -- A local cancer survivor is teaming with the property manager at Trumbull Self Storage to hold a community charity tag sale to benefit Swim Across the Sound for St. Vincent's Hospital in Bridgeport.Michael Murray said he and Property Manager Jean Romano are set to hold the charity event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 14, at Trumbull Self Storage, 245 Spring Hill Road. So far, the pair have scheduled 25 vendors to participate in the tag sale, including some residents from Stratford. Each parking space costs a donation of $20 and several spaces remain. Anyone interes…

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Schools
Bergen Community College Faculty, Students Raise Money For Food Pantry Bergen Community College Faculty, Students Raise Money For Food Pantry
Bergen Community College Faculty, Students Raise Money For Food Pantry PARAMUS, N.J. -- A dinner fundraiser organized by three longtime Bergen Community College faculty members recently raised several thousand dollars for the Center for Food Action. According to a statement from the school, Professor Steven Fischer, Professor Sydney Birnback and Professor Fred Golub utilized the culinary talents of the college's hotel/restaurant/hospitality students for the fundraiser, collecting $4,300 for the food pantry. In addition to preparing the food, the hospitality students also served the 67 people who attended the event at the main campus' "Bergen Room." …

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