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Hackensack First NJ Hospital To Have Mazor Robotics Hackensack First NJ Hospital To Have Mazor Robotics
Hackensack First NJ Hospital To Have Mazor Robotics HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Hackensack University Medical Center (HUMC) is the first hospital in the state to offer robotic guidance for spine surgery. Mazor Robotics Renaissance® has arrived for installation in the medical center’s main operating room, and will be implemented later this month. President and CEO Robert Garrett said HUMC is committed to new technology and innovation for better patient care. “Our medical center offers a world-class team of physicians who collaborate across specialties,” he said. “Both our neurosurgery and orthopaedic teams will be able to use Mazor Robotics to impro…

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Neighbors
Leonia American Legion Selling Pumpkins Leonia American Legion Selling Pumpkins
Leonia American Legion Selling Pumpkins LEONIA, N.J. -- American Legion Post # 1 will be selling pumpkins from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, Oct. 17 and 24. Profits from the pumpkin sales will be used for programs to support veterans. Pumpkins can be purchased at the post, 399 Broad Ave.

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Events
Bogota's Bixby School Runs Clothing Drive Oct. 23 - 26 Bogota's Bixby School Runs Clothing Drive Oct. 23 - 26
Bogota's Bixby School Runs Clothing Drive Oct. 23 - 26 BOGOTA, N.J. -- The Bixby Class of 2016 is holding a clothing drive in front of the school from Friday, Oct. 23 through Monday, Oct. 26. There will be a tarp in front of the E. Roy Bixby School at the corner of Fisher and Chestnut Sts. where donations can be left. The class is collecting new and gently used items:  clothing, bedding, curtains and towels. Outerwear including hats, gloves, scarves , and backpacks are also accepted. Clean stuffed animals and hard toys may also be donated. Please bag all donations securely and place on the tarp. Shoes should be placed in separate bags and ma…

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News
New Bergen Justice Center Garage Officially Opens In Hackensack New Bergen Justice Center Garage Officially Opens In Hackensack
New Bergen Justice Center Garage Officially Opens In Hackensack HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Bergen County notables turned out to cut a large red ribbon that signaled the official opening of a much-needed 650-space parking garage at the new Justice Center in Hackensack on Oct. 9. County Executive Jim Tedesco cut the ribbon with a pair of over-sized scissors after thanking many in the construction crew -- as well as county administration who, he said, made it possible for the five-story parking deck to open on schedule. Ground was broken for the new justice center a little over two years ago. The parking garage informally opened on Oct. 5, after an original Sept…

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Grand Ave. Closed In Leonia Monday For Sinkhole Repair Grand Ave. Closed In Leonia Monday For Sinkhole Repair
Grand Ave. Closed In Leonia Monday For Sinkhole Repair LEONIA, N.J. -- Grand Avenue in Leonia will be closed Monday from Station Parkway to Fort Lee Road. The state Department of Transportation is making a repair to a major underground sinkhole recently discovered at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Prospect Street. The street will be closed from 9 a.m. until approximately 5 p.m., in both directions. Traffic will be diverted around the intersection onto Station Parkway.  The work has been scheduled for Columbus Day because schools are closed and holiday traffic is expected to be less. The Leonia Police Department will place detour signs an…

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Events
Enjoy A Fright At Leonia Library's Mad Science Laboratory Enjoy A Fright At Leonia Library's Mad Science Laboratory
Enjoy A Fright At Leonia Library's Mad Science Laboratory LEONIA, N.J. -- The Friday Night Fright After Hours Halloween Party will be Friday in the Leonia Library. To set the scene, the library will be transformed into a mad science laboratory with a haunted house, games and spooky fun for families. New this year is a digital scavenger hunt that is played with a smartphone or digital camera, where participants work in teams to solve riddles, complete challenges and snap photos. Only one camera is needed per person. The party is from 6-7:30 p.m. in the library, 227 Fort Lee Road. For information, call (201) 592-5777 or e-mail elizabeth.bender@leo…

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Paramus Library Has Family Drug Prevention Program Paramus Library Has Family Drug Prevention Program
Paramus Library Has Family Drug Prevention Program PARAMUS, N.J. -- The Paramus Library will have a program on drug abuse and prevention in families Monday, Oct. 26. A substance abuse counselor, police officer, and CarePlus representative will be on hand to discuss “It's Not 'Just' Pot: Drug abuse and prevention in families" in the main library at 7 p.m. Seating in on a first-come, first-served basis at this free event. The library is at 116 E. Century Road, with free on-site parking. For more information on library programs, click here.

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Politics
Mahwah Must Pay Ambulance Company Legal Fees Mahwah Must Pay Ambulance Company Legal Fees
Mahwah Must Pay Ambulance Company Legal Fees MAHWAH, N.J. -- The township will have to pay legal fees incurred by Mahwah Volunteer Ambulance Squad Company 1 following a Superior Court judge’s ruling, NorthJersey.com reported. Judge William Meehan said the township must pay $3,000 it cost the volunteer company when they sued the township for failing to provide a 30-day notice of lease termination when they moved a new company into the headquarters, and for violation of the Open Public Meetings Act, according to the story. Ten members of the company, which has since merged with another, sued saying they were forced out of their building…

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News
College Student From Tenafly Released By North Koreans College Student From Tenafly Released By North Koreans
College Student From Tenafly Released By North Koreans TENAFLY, N.J. -- A borough college student who deliberately crossed illegally into North Korea so “some great event could happen” was freed Monday after almost five months of detention by the communist dictatorship, NJ.com reported. Joo Won-moon, 21, crossed the Amnok River near the Great Wall of China on April. 22, and was arrested some distance into the country.  In May, he told CNN that after crossing the river he traveled on foot over farms, scaled two barbed wire fences, and followed a river before he was arrested by North Korean troops, the report said. Moon is a citizen of South Kor…

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Police & Fire
Closter Man Gets 6 Years For Selling Heroin In Overdose Death Closter Man Gets 6 Years For Selling Heroin In Overdose Death
Closter Man Gets 6 Years For Selling Heroin In Overdose Death CLOSTER, N.J. -- A Closter man described by his lawyer as “the face of the heroin epidemic” was sentenced to six years in state prison for his involvement in the overdose death of an Emerson woman. Jesse Kurzweil, 28, “was a hockey player who was injured, and was prescribed medicine for pain,” defense attorney Alan Krauss told Presiding Superior Court Judge Susan Steele in Hackensack on Oct. 7. “He became addicted to heroin.” Kurzweil pleaded guilty in July to strict liability for a heroin-induced death, under a New Jersey law that permits authorities to prosecute those connected with the c…

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