More than 100 investigators from the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control simultaneously entered the establishments around the state at 11 a.m., among them TGI Fridays in Clifton, The Brick House in Wyckoff and The Railroad Café in Rutherford, the state Attorney General’s Office said of the year-long probe it has dubbed “Operation Swill.”

The seven-count complaint, against former Wyckoff priest Michael Fugee, is not tied to his involvement with Holy Family Church in Nutley. He is accused of disobeying a judicial order that apparently banned work with children.

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 [...]

The lawyer representing the Rev. Michael Fugee, the Catholic priest accused of violating a judicial order never to work with children, vigorously defended his client this morning, insisting that he will be acquitted because he “acted in good faith” when he heard confessions of minors at parishes throughout New Jersey.

The man who prosecutors said was the victim of a former Wyckoff priest put the blame squarely on church officials Tuesday for allowing the cleric to continue in ministry, promoting him to prestigious positions, and failing to stop him from working with children in violation of an agreement with law enforcement.

YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST A snapped power line in Ridgewood burned through pavement and a gas pipe, igniting a small fire. The gas-fed fire broke out around 3 o’clock this afternoon on Goffle Road. No injuries were reported. Goffle Road was closed between Ravine Avenue and Lake Street while PSE&G crews worked to extinguish [...]

Bergen County’s prosecutor Tuesday described circumstances in which a Catholic priest, a former Wyckoff assistant pastor who was arrested Monday night, allegedly heard children’s confessions in defiance of a judicial order barring him for life from working with children.

The Rev. Michael Fugee, a former Wyckoff associate pastor who was allowed to continue working as a priest despite confessing to groping a 13-year-old boy, was arrested Monday. He had purposely disobeyed the judicial order that prohibited him from having contact with children, a prosecutor said during the hearing.

The Rev. Michael Fugee, a former Wyckoff associate pastor who was allowed to continue working as a priest despite confessing to groping a 13-year-old boy, was arrested Monday. He had purposely disobeyed the judicial order that prohibited him from having contact with children, a prosecutor said during the hearing. Fugee had heard confessions from minors and attended a youth retreat on two occasions, the prosecutor said.

Detectives from Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli’s Special Victims Unit today arrested a former Wyckoff assistant pastor who’d been allowed to remain a priest on charges of violating an agreement not to ever work with children again. The Rev. Michael Fugee is charged with seven counts of violating a judicial order “as a result [...]

A former Wyckoff assistant pastor, who had been allowed to continue working as a priest despite confessing to the sexual abuse of a 13-year-old child, was arrested Monday and charged with violating an agreement with law enforcement officials that barred him from working with children.

A township police sergeant was hospitalized Friday night after he was struck in the knee by a drunken man he and other officers were trying to subdue.

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST A 35-year-old Wyckoff man sent a borough police sergeant to the hospital following a domestic incident. Christopher C. Frawley was drunk and combative when Sgt. Dale Winters and Patrolman Kevin Kasak and two officers from Midland Park were summoned by his 67-year-old mother Friday night, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said [...]

To no surprise Tea Party Darling and Republican New Jersey Congressman Scott Garrett (Bergen, Sussex, Warren) voted for the 37th time to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010

Vincent Padula has “reopened” his “new” restaurant in Wyckoff, and wants his customers to know that nothing but the name has changed.

Pickle specialty store Pickle Licious in Teaneck and specialty food company Heartbreaking Dawns in Wyckoff will join Mr. Green Tea in Keyport as the show’s first competitors, joining a growing trend on reality TV where small businesses are becoming the stars.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton posted a forceful message on its website this morning about a priest who attended youth ministry events in its parishes without permission, following the example of the Paterson Diocese, which took similar action earlier this week.

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST A Wyckoff police officer clocked a motorcyclist at 122 miles per hour on Route 208 last night — more than 15 mph BELOW the fastest speed in recent memory. Szymon Tereszko, 26, of Clifton was charged with speeding, reckless driving and unsafe lane changing after he was stopped by Patrolman [...]