HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Three juveniles who broke into and burglarized a First Street convenience store -- two of whom tried to run from police -- have been taken into custody.

Early Monday morning, the juveniles -- a 12-year-old Hackensack resident, a 15-year-old from Wallington, and a 17-year-old from Elmwood Park -- smashed the glass window of Miss T’s Two and robbed $200 in ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. — A team of assessors from the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police (NJSACOP) will arrive on Monday, February 24 to examine all aspects of the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office policies and procedures, management, operations, and support services.
 
“Receiving verification that the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office meets the ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Despite a recent admonishment from city police advising drivers and pedestrians to pay attention while driving or crossing the street following a string of pedestrian-related motor vehicle accidents, a third pedestrian has been struck by a car in the city in the last three weeks.

Last night after 8 p.m., a 30-year-old Hackensack woman was struck in the crosswalk at the ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. — Two fires that occurred within nine days and three miles of each other caused extensive damage to a warehouse and an apartment complex in the city, and required assistance from multiple area fire companies to extinguish.

On Sunday, Feb. 16 at around 9 p.m., a two-alarm fire engulfed several apartment units at 970 Main Street and displaced “multiple” ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation (NNJCF), a leader in creative placemaking in the region, is offering scholarships to attend The National Consortium for Creative Placemaking's Northeast Creative Placemaking Leadership Summit from March 26 to 27 in Philadelphia.

Residents of Bergen County who are artists, nonprofit, municipal, arts, or community leaders, ...

HACKENSACK, NJ -- Hackensack is honoring Black History Month with a series of exciting community events celebrating the history and culture of African Americans. Festivities began on Saturday with an event in the Hackensack Performing Arts Center (HACPAC) titled “Celebrating Our Stories,” featuring storytelling, music, spoken word, historians’ remarks, and artistic and musical ...

ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — Tickets to see Boyz II Men perform live at the Bergen Performing Arts Center in Englewood on Saturday, May 9 at 8 p.m. will go on sale this Friday, Feb. 21 at 11 a.m. 

Boyz II Men remains one of the most truly iconic R&B groups in music history. The group redefined popular R&B and continues to create timeless hits that appeal to fans across generations.

FORT LEE, N.J. — All of last week, tenth-grade students at Fort Lee High School were excused from their class studies to learn about the culturally omnipresent issue of mental health.

In groups classes learned critically important Mental Health First Aid (MFHA) training, which teaches attendants to recognize mental health crises in themselves or peers/family, and connect to services that ...

NORTH JERSEY — Thirty-five years after a New York City man’s body was discovered on the side of the road less than two miles from the Meadowlands in East Rutherford, police have made an arrest in his murder.

On Wednesday, the NYPD arrested 66-year-old David Garrido at the Midtown North Precinct in New York City and charged him with murder following a renewed investigation by ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bergen County Clerk John S. Hogan presented the 4th quarter recipient of his Five Star Student Award to Julia Scozzafava, of Hillsdale.

The junior at Pascack Valley High School is a High Honor Roll student. She was acknowledged for her goals set towards earning her Bronze, Silver and Gold Awards for Girl Scouts (currently serving her 12th year) ...