A day after Leonia suspended its entire Fire Department, borough officials maintained it was their only option considering the liability they faced during the investigation of allegations that a teenager molested a 3-year-old boy in the firehouse last week.

EXCLUSIVE An 18-year-old special needs student charged with molesting a 3-year-old boy he’d pinned in a locker at the Leonia firehouse has been indefinitely committed to the secure unit of Bergen Regional Medical Center, under guard by the county Sheriff’s Office, CLIFFVIEW PILOT has learned. Although Darius E. Levine tentatively has an initial court appearance [...]

A northern New Jersey town has suspended its volunteer fire department after a teen was accused of molesting a firefighter's 3-year-old son behind a fire truck.

The borough of Leonia suspended its volunteer Fire Department and recruited two neighboring departments to respond to emergency calls. Meanwhile, officials grappled with allegations that a teenager molested a 3-year-old boy behind a fire­truck.

Darius Levine, 18, was arrested Friday after investigators learned that he engaged in "inappropriate sexual activity with a 3-year-old male acquaintance," Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli said in a news release Sunday

An 18-year-old man whose parents said has physical and mental disabilities is accused of sexually assaulting a boy, 3. The suspect, Darius E. Levine, was arrested after investigators learned that he engaged in “inappropriate sexual activity with a 3-year-old male acquaintance,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said

An 18-year-old special needs student was being held on $100,000 bail in the Bergen County Jail on charges of molesting a 3-year-boy Thursday night at the Leonia firehouse. Darius E. Levine, who lives in Leonia, was arrested early Friday after an intensive overnight review of the circumstances. Sources told CLIFFVIEW PILOT the boy was riding [...]

An 18-year-old man whose parents said has physical and mental disabilities is accused of sexually assaulting a boy, 3. The suspect, Darius E. Levine, was arrested after investigators learned that he engaged in “inappropriate sexual activity with a 3-year-old male acquaintance,” Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli said

A sign on the Leonia Fire Department door says only active members responding to an actual alarm are allowed on the premises.

Leonia’s fire headquarters has been closed for all but emergency firefighting purposes as authorities investigate a “serious incident” that took place there last week, officials said Saturday.

The borough’s fire headquarters has been closed for all but emergency firefighting purposes as authorities investigate a “serious incident” that took place there this week, officials said.

The League of Women Voters of Northern Valley (LWVNV), a nonpartisan political organization serving residents in 27 towns in Bergen County, announced the organization’s 2013-2014 board of directors and recognized a member’s contributions to the League at its annual meeting held recently at Griffin’s Restaurant in Cresskill, New Jersey.

Bergen County candidates who have filed to run in the Nov. 5 school board elections.

Businesses and homes in an area that covered several blocks were evacuated late Friday afternoon as natural gas spewed out of a pressure valve outside the Leonia Market, authorities said.

ONLY ON CLIFFVIEW PILOT A Hudson County man was sentenced today to 364 days in the Bergen County Jail for repeatedly assaulting his Leonia girlfriend over a period of several months and then violating the restraining order she sought for protection. “Abuse and controlling behavior take many forms,” Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian told [...]

Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli announced today the arrests of SHAKIR MAJOR, age 25 and DIANDRE MIKELL, age 26, both of Teaneck, New Jersey. The arrests are the result of a several week long investigation comprised of detectives from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and a task force comprised of local municipal police departments.

For the last two years, Newsweek and The Daily Beast have considered the nation’s high schools with a simple conceit: to find the ones that best prepare students for college. Ninety three High Schools in New Jersey made the list.

LEONIA ?” The borough dedicated its new Department of Public Works complex to Jose Alvarez, a retiree who spent just over three decades of his career at the DPW on May 31.

New Jersey voters cast their primary votes to determine which candidates will appear on November's statewide elections ballot.

CVP EXCLUSIVE As flames roared below, Palisades Park firefighters rescued six people through second-floor rear windows during an overnight house fire this morning that authorities suspect may have been ignited by a soap-making operation. Police responding to the initial call around 315 a.m. found smoke pouring out the front entrance to the two-family house at [...]

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST Two Teaneck men were collared by a special task force organized by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office following a string of burglaries in the county and in Greenwich, CT. Task force members were watching as Shakir Major, 25, drove from Teaneck to Tenafly in the early afternoon hours of May [...]

LEONIA — Though he was on the other side of the world, a doctor's last-minute kindness let Staff Sgt. Emilio Acevedo III witness the birth of his twin sons at Holy Name Medical Center via Skype in April.

This year, 10 young women from the 37th legislative district were selected by their high schools to participate in the program, including: Danielle Gillon of Tenafly High School, Frailine Gliozzi of Bogota High School, Monica Gonzalez-Curci of Leonia High School, Ashley Hernandez of Hackensack High School, Ji-Yoon Lee of Bergen County Academies, Ta'Quashia Lee of the Academies at Englewood, Nancy Mannebach of Hackensack High School, Myla Ona of Teaneck High School, Taylor Strickland of Teaneck High School, and Nyla Thomas of the Academies at Englewood.