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Arlington
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Unpaid Parker Convicted For Kidnapping Threat, Assault Of DPW Worker Towing Car In DC: Feds Unpaid Parker Convicted For Kidnapping Threat, Assault Of DPW Worker Towing Car In DC: Feds
Unpaid Parker Convicted For Kidnapping Threat, Assault Of DPW Worker Towing Car In DC: Feds Nobody likes getting parking tickets, but a Washington, DC man took it a little too far and is facing prison time for threatening DPW employees trying to tow his car.  Antoine Nicholson, 34, was convicted on several charges following a trial for making threats against government employees during an incident on U Street in August when he was about to be towed, federal authorities announced. In the early hours of Saturday, Aug. 12, prosecutors said that Nicholson was parked illegally in a no-parking zone in the 2100 block of 10th Street NW - a vehicle that had more than $3,000 in unpaid …

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by Zak Failla
Baltimore
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Workers Injured By Steam Pipe Explosion In Baltimore Workers Injured By Steam Pipe Explosion In Baltimore
Workers Injured By Steam Pipe Explosion In Baltimore Several workers were hospitalized in Baltimore on Sunday night when a water main was struck and broke, leading to a steam pipe explosion at a construction site, officials confirmed. At approximately 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 14, first responders were called to the 400 block of West Pratt Street near South Eutaw Street to investigate a reported explosion that left several workers with injuries as they were attempting to install a gas line. During the installation, the crew accidentally struck a water main, which exploded, leading to a chaotic scene throughout the area. Around 6:30pm #BCF…

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by Zak Failla
Baltimore
Police & Fire
E. Coli Found In Water At Baltimore Police, Fire Facilities E. Coli Found In Water At Baltimore Police, Fire Facilities
E. Coli Found In Water At Baltimore Police, Fire Facilities E. coli was detected in the drinking water of one Baltimore neighborhood — including some police and fire facilities, the DPW said. The discovery impacts 1,500 residential and commercial buildings in the 9th District Labor Day. WATER SAMPLING NOTICE: DPW has sampled several locations in City Council District 9: 1503 W. Lafayette Ave. (Fire Dept. Engine 8) and Police facilities at 1034 N. Mount St, 920 N. Carey St where total coliform, E.coli contaminants have been identified in the water. (Read thread) — BaltimoreDPW (@BaltimoreDPW) September 5, 2022 The DPW asks businesses and residen…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hampden
Police & Fire
Police In Hampden County Issue Alert For Paving Scams Police In Hampden County Issue Alert For Paving Scams
Police In Hampden County Issue Alert For Paving Scams Police have issued an alert about paving scams as the summer months approach in New England. The West Springfield Police Department in Hampden County said in an announcement that paving scams typically increase during spring and summer. Police said the scams usually involve a person coming to a home and offering extra asphalt that needs to be used and to pave the driveway at a discounted price. "If you agree or do not firmly refuse the offer, a crew appears quickly and begins working on your driveway only to eventually tell you that there is a mistake or issue and that the price will be se…

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by Nicole Valinote
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park
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Bergen Sheriff's K-9 Saves The (Earth) Day In Elmwood Park After Key Set Is Lost Bergen Sheriff's K-9 Saves The (Earth) Day In Elmwood Park After Key Set Is Lost
Bergen Sheriff's K-9 Saves The (Earth) Day In Elmwood Park After Key Set Is Lost An ad hoc search party was having trouble finding an important set of keys lost during an Earth Day cleanup in Elmwood Park, so Police Chief Michael Foligno called on the experts. Borough police had organized the community cleanup involving their officers, DPW and Recreation Department workers and Foligno's administrative assistant, Angela Fava on Friday, April 22. They were about an hour into the job along the Susquehanna Railroad tracks when Fava lost the keys to her house and job in some thick brush along the tracks, said Foligno, who's also the borough administrator. "The crew switche…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee
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Fire Investigators Examine Fort Lee House Blaze Fire Investigators Examine Fort Lee House Blaze
Fire Investigators Examine Fort Lee House Blaze Firefighters contained a Fort Lee house blaze to a front bedroom after a passing lieutenant saw smoke. Fire Lt. Phil Craddock was driving on the Route 1&9 overpass around 4:45 p.m. Monday when he spotted the smoke coming from the two-story home at 2068 Jones Road just below. Firefighters knocked the blaze down in under a half hour. No injuries were reported. The rest of the house beyond the fire room sustained smoke, water and ventilation damage. The borough Volunteer Ambulance Squad remained on standby. Borough police also responded, along with DPW workers who salted the street and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Valley
News
HEROES: Bergen Mom, Son Rescued From Rising Floodwaters HEROES: Bergen Mom, Son Rescued From Rising Floodwaters
Heroes: Bergen Mom, Son Rescued From Rising Floodwaters Floodwaters had reached the bottom of their SUV's windshield when heroes from Norwood rescued a Demarest woman and her young son during Tuesday's downpour. It was one of several saves throughout the late-afternoon thunderstorms that rocked North Jersey. First, DPW Supt. Robert Tracy grabbed hold of the Mercedes to keep the swollen brook from sweeping it under a Walnut Street bridge, Police Chief Jeffrey Krapels said. Then Police Officer Daniel Sullivan and Detective Perry Duelfer got the mom and her 10-year-old boy out, assisted by Sgt. Sal Russino, the chief said. Both were fine, he sai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater
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Homeless Man Found Frozen To Death In Vacant Cliffside Park Building Identified Homeless Man Found Frozen To Death In Vacant Cliffside Park Building Identified
Homeless Man Found Frozen To Death In Vacant Cliffside Park Building Identified UPDATE: The family of a homeless Guatemalan immigrant found frozen to death in a vacant apartment in Cliffside Park won’t be able to bring his body home, friends say. A concerned friend who hadn’t seen him went to check the Palisade Avenue building near the Fairview border where Jorge Adalberto Roca had been staying with nearly a dozen other squatters, authorities said. Like him, Roca’s wife had suffered from severe alcoholism Roca’s wife, Virginia, died from alcoholism three months ago. Their children were placed with a caretaker in Fairview. That left Roca – an undocumented immigrant fro…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee
News
Homeless Man Found Frozen To Death In Palisades Park Garage, Companion Hospitalized Homeless Man Found Frozen To Death In Palisades Park Garage, Companion Hospitalized
Homeless Man Found Frozen To Death In Palisades Park Garage, Companion Hospitalized A 35-year-old homeless man was found frozen to death and his companion barely alive Friday morning in a Palisades Park municipal parking garage, authorities said. The male companion was in critical condition in the Intensive Care Unit at Hackensack University Medical Center, they said. A DPW crew found the pair sleeping on a mattress and called police at 9:40 a.m., said Capt. Anthony Espino, the officer in charge of the department. The Bergen County Medical Examiner found no signs of foul play and said the cause of death was hypothermia. Temperatures dropped into the mid-teens overnight w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Ridgewood
Police & Fire
Packed Garbage Truck Tips On Route 17 Ramp Packed Garbage Truck Tips On Route 17 Ramp
Packed Garbage Truck Tips On Route 17 Ramp A fully loaded garbage truck tipped over on a Route 17 exit ramp late Wednesday morning. The driver was hospitalized with back and neck injuries after climbing from the rig, which rolled onto its side on the ramp from southbound Route 17 onto eastbound Linwood Avenue in Ridgewood by the Stop & Shop at the Paramus border shortly after 11 a.m. Ridgewood police, firefighters and EMS were joined by Paramus police. A heavy duty wrecker righted and removed the truck and a DPW crew cleaned up the mess. The ramp was reopened shortly after 2 p.m. Route 17 ramp to Linwood Avenue in Ridgewo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middlesex NJ
Police & Fire
Weekend Explosion Damages Three Middlesex County Homes Weekend Explosion Damages Three Middlesex County Homes
Weekend Explosion Damages Three Middlesex County Homes An explosion related to an early-morning fire damaged three Central Jersey homes over the weekend. Helmetta's volunteer firefighters responded to 1 High St. around 3 a.m. Sunday, and put out the fire that broke out. The subsequent explosion was caused by propane tanks on a trailer, initial reports says. No injuries were reported, though three homes were damaged, the Helmetta OEM said. The Helmetta Volunteer Fire Department, Fire Marshal’s Office, DPW, Spotswood police, Spotswood EMS, Spotswood OEM, Middlesex County Hazmat, and Sayreville Building Department all responded.

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by Cecilia Levine
Sussex
Police & Fire
Englewood Man, 23, Cited For Illegal Dumping At Sussex County Park Englewood Man, 23, Cited For Illegal Dumping At Sussex County Park
Englewood Man, 23, Cited For Illegal Dumping At Sussex County Park A 23-year-old Englewood man dumped a heaping pile of miscellaneous garbage at Maple Grange Park in Vernon, local authorities charged. Mike Lopez was charged with dumping on lands owned by others and littering after he left numerous items including an old couch, window shutters, wooden trunks of clothing, masonry items, cans of wood stain and other miscellaneous items on Maple Grange Park property Sunday night, Vernon police said. The trash has since been removed by the local DPW, and Lopez is scheduled to appear in court.

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by Valerie Musson
Englewood
Police & Fire
HEROES: Englewood Police, Firefighters, Dispatcher DPW Workers Save Lives HEROES: Englewood Police, Firefighters, Dispatcher DPW Workers Save Lives
Heroes: Englewood Police, Firefighters, Dispatcher DPW Workers Save Lives A police officer who was nearly killed when a gunman dragged him with a car, a trio of men in blue who revived a heart attack victim along with a group of firefighters who rescued a man overcome by freon fumes and two DPW workers who freed a trapped elderly driver are among several Englewood first responders recently honored for their heroism. Police Officer Anthony Gallo had stopped two upstate New York men in a car last year when the driver ran off. Gallo bolted after him while Officer Maciej Mlynaryk dealt with a front-seat passenger -- who got into the driver’s seat and hit the gas. Ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Snapped Tree Limb Clips Hawthorne Home Snapped Tree Limb Clips Hawthorne Home
Snapped Tree Limb Clips Hawthorne Home A tree limb fell outside a Hawthorne home Tuesday morning, taking some utility wires with it. No one was injured after the tree missed hitting the Diamond Bridge Avenue house flush, nicking the corner of the roof instead. Hawthorne police and DPW workers responded, along with PSE&G. At the scene on Diamond Bridge Avenue early Tuesday.Michael Jannicelli for DAILY VOICE No one was injured.Michael Jannicelli for DAILY VOICE Michael Jannicelli took the photos and contributed to this report.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Mount Pleasant
News
Sinkhole From Storm Shuts Down Busy Westchester Street Sinkhole From Storm Shuts Down Busy Westchester Street
Sinkhole From Storm Shuts Down Busy Westchester Street A week's worth of wild weather led to the development of a sinkhole that forced the closure of a busy Westchester roadway. Orchard Place had to be shut down between Orchard Street and Nepperhan Avenue in Yonkers on Friday, July 19, after a sinkhole that opened up earlier this week spread, leaving the roadway with a large crater. When the sinkhole was initially discovered, DPW crews put temporary metal sheets over the hole, though the recent unpredictable weather led to a larger cave-in on the street. Police said that Orchard Place will remain closed indefinitely as DPW crews look to patch …

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by Zak Failla
Hackensack
News
Snapped Tree Shuts Maywood Dog Park Snapped Tree Shuts Maywood Dog Park
Snapped Tree Shuts Maywood Dog Park A tree that snapped in Saturday's thunderstorm and was left partially hanging temporarily closed the Maywood Dog Park. DPW workers were on scene at the Spring Valley Road park removing the tree as of 5 p.m. The dog park was expected to reopen by sunset, police said.

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by Cecilia Levine
Mount Pleasant
News
With Garbage Piling Up, Trash Pickup Resumes In Mount Vernon With Garbage Piling Up, Trash Pickup Resumes In Mount Vernon
With Garbage Piling Up, Trash Pickup Resumes In Mount Vernon Garbage is piling up on Mount Vernon streets as DPW crews were grounded for the second straight day due to a lack of fuel, though trash pickup is expected to resume Wednesday. According to Mount Vernon Mayor Richard Thomas, the city was down to approximately 800 gallons of fuel for the city’s fleet on Tuesday, June 4, before receiving a new supply. Thomas said that garbage pickup will resume on Wednesday, June 5. DPW crews will begin garbage pickup citywide beginning at 6 a.m. and Thomas vowed that they will run until "all the trash from all sides of Mount Vernon in one shot.” DPW Commis…

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by Zak Failla
Tarrytown-SleepyHollow
News
Busy Street, Construction Site Shut Down Due To Street Collapse In Westchester Busy Street, Construction Site Shut Down Due To Street Collapse In Westchester
Busy Street, Construction Site Shut Down Due To Street Collapse In Westchester A busy street and bustling construction site are both temporarily closed in Westchester following a street collapse just outside the walls of the development. Broad Street was shut down between Fleetwood Avenue and Gramatan Avenue in Mount Vernon on Thursday afternoon, May 23 after an ambulate driver drove into it and got stuck. The hole developed just outside the 42 Broad Street development. Broad Street is expected to open at approximately noon on Friday, May 24, though it was unclear when construction will resume at the site as it is evaluated. According to DPW officials, the street has…

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by Zak Failla
Rivertowns
Traffic
Paving Project Rescheduled For Busy Irvington Road Paving Project Rescheduled For Busy Irvington Road
Paving Project Rescheduled For Busy Irvington Road There will be road closures and limited vehicular access to certain areas in Irvington for several days as DPW crews undergo a road resurfacing project in the area. East Sunnyside Lane was originally scheduled for milling and paving work on Monday, Oct. 8 and Tuesday, Oct. 9. However, paving operations have been rescheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 10 due to weather.  While crews are performing the project, only local traffic will be permitted on East Sunnyside Lane. The Irvington Police Department noted that there will also be no vehicular access from Broadway (Route 9) through to Route 119. A…

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by Zak Failla
Mahwah-Ramsey
Police & Fire
Ramsey Rescue Clears Chlorine-Laced Trash That Fell From Truck Near School Ramsey Rescue Clears Chlorine-Laced Trash That Fell From Truck Near School
Ramsey Rescue Clears Chlorine-Laced Trash That Fell From Truck Near School Hazardous materials technicians from the Ramsey Rescue squad cleared a pile of chlorine-laced trash that fell off the back of a garbage truck near an elementary school on Monday. Ramsey police, firefighters and Ambulance Corps members also responded to the Island Avenue incident near the Wesley D. Tisdale School. So did their colleagues from OEM, DPW and a Bergen County Hazmat team. "The scene has been mitigated without incident," the rescue squad reported. There were no injuries, the squad said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack
Police & Fire
Talk About Timing: Troubled Jet News Follows Rochelle Park Emergency Drill Talk About Timing: Troubled Jet News Follows Rochelle Park Emergency Drill
Talk About Timing: Troubled Jet News Follows Rochelle Park Emergency Drill ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. -- When news came Thursday morning that a troubled incoming Lear jet was safely diverted from Teterboro to another airport, Rochelle Park Emergency Management Coordinator Pete Donatello smiled. "We can only hope an event doesn’t happen," he wrote moments later, "but I am confident based on the participation and input from all who participated in our recent Air Crash Table Top Exercise that we will respond to this like we have responded to ALL major disasters in the past – with the utmost professionalism, dedication and focus on life safety." More than…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Resident, Two Dogs Escape Lyndhurst Fire VIDEO: Resident, Two Dogs Escape Lyndhurst Fire
Video: Resident, Two Dogs Escape Lyndhurst Fire LYNDHURST, N.J. -- (UPDATE) A Lyndhurst resident made it out with two small dogs Saturday as flames engulfed the upper floors of a single-family home. Firefighters faced frigid cold in extinguishing the smoky Page Avenue blaze, which borough police Detective Vincent Auteri said apparently was sparked by a faulty extension cord in a second-floor bedroom. The resident "detected a strange odor [around 10:50 a.m.] and ultimately found the second floor engulfed in smoke," Auteri said. "The occupant, along with two small dogs, made it at out of the home unharmed." Lyndhurst f…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack
Lifestyle
Got Photos? Bergen County Digs Its Way Out Of Snow Got Photos? Bergen County Digs Its Way Out Of Snow
Got Photos? Bergen County Digs Its Way Out Of Snow HACKENSACK, N.J. — Short of a handful of shovelers, Main Street was nearly desolate Thursday evening in Hackensack. Business owners and DPW workers pooled their efforts to dig their way out of the nearly 8 inches that fell on the county. The above photos were taken by Daily Voice staffers... but we want to see your best shots. Send them to clevine@dailyvoice.com.

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by Cecilia Levine