Operation Swill nets 29 establishments

More than 100 state investigators this morning raided 29 bars and restaurants — including the Railroad Café in East Rutherford, The Brick House in Wyckoff and TGI Fridays in Wood-Ridge and Clifton — seizing cheap booze that they said was being passed off as premium liquor, capping a major investigation dubbed “Operation Swill.” The ABC [...]

East Rutherford-based Kid Brands, Inc. reported Tuesday that its net loss for the first quarter of 2013 widened slightly to $1 million, from $800,000 in the prior year’s first quarter. Net loss per share was four cents.

More than 800 tickets have been sold, and nearly 90 percent of exhibit booth spaces taken, for The Big Game Experience on Wednesday at the Meadowlands Expo Center. The event is for business owners interested in planning on hosting or attending events related to the February 2014 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium, in East Rutherford.

A forklift operator narrowly escaped tragedy Monday afternoon as the concrete floor of a warehouse collapsed, swallowing him and his vehicle in a gooey pool of spilled cooking oil and soy sauce, authorities and witnesses said.

A forklift operator narrowly escaped tragedy Monday afternoon as the concrete floor of a warehouse collapsed, swallowing him and his vehicle in a gooey pool of spilled cooking oil and soy sauce, authorities and witnesses said.

A MAGICAL WEEKEND Whirlwind isn’t the word for the weekend that police from Bergen County – particularly a Westwood patrolman and county sheriff’s officer — showed Nathan Norman, a 6-year-old cancer survivor from Virginia who won the world’s hearts with a simple Christmas wish. Try hanging at the Yankee Stadium batting cage with Mariano Rivera [...]

A MAGICAL WEEKEND Whirlwind isn’t the word for the weekend that police from Bergen County – particularly a Westwood patrolman and county sheriff’s officer — showed Nathan Norman, a 6-year-old cancer survivor from Virginia who won the world’s hearts with a simple Christmas wish. Try hanging at the Yankee Stadium batting cage with Mariano Rivera [...]

Worker hurt due to sinkhole inside an East Rutherford warehouse.

Witnesses told The Record the man was moving what appeared to be bags of cement when the 10-foot deep hole opened up and the man and the machine fell in. The man managed to get out without serious injury, officials said.

Worker hurt due to sinkhole inside an East Rutherford warehouse.

Worker hurt due to sinkhole inside an East Rutherford warehouse.

Beginning on May 20, law enforcement officials will be out in full force, taking part in the 2013 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization and cracking down on motorists who are not belted.

“Officers throughout New Jersey are prepared to ticket anyone who is not wearing their seat belt.”

Al Wright, a 70-year-old widower, is pretty fussy about his space. But for the right price — he's hoping for at least $1,500 a day — he's willing to let strangers take over his East Rutherford home for a few days next winter, when thousands of football fans descend on North Jersey for the Feb. 2 Super Bowl at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.

The missing 17-year-old Becton Regional High School junior Paola Terrazas has been found in Passaic, today, May 10, following a lengthy investigation, police said. But as of 9 p.m. Terrazas has yet to be reunited with her parents, according to her mother.

Missing 17-year-old Paola Terrazas was reunited with loved ones this afternoon after East Rutherford police found her in Passaic. East Rutherford Police Chief Lawrence Minda said Terrazas was found safe and sound after his detectives “determined a possible location” and contacted Passaic police. “Paola is in good condition,” Minda said. She’d last been seen in [...]

Last month the state released the school performance reports on New Jersey public schools that replaced the traditional school report cards released in years past with a system that focuses on comparing individual schools rather than entire districts to one another.

Retired municiapl and school officials from Bergen Countyare are enjoying pension salaries in excess of $100,000 a year.