Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Six-year old Nathan Norman has terminal cancer and is reaching out to policemen, firemen and all emergency service workers to fulfill his final Christmas wish.
The only thing on Dawn Norman's wish list this holiday season is that her 6-year old son Nathan lives to see another Christmas, and that his wish of receiving cards, letters and patches from as many policemen, firemen and EMT's is fulfilled. Why? Because policemen, firemen and EMT's happen to be Nathan's heroes. Three years ago, Nathan, who lives with his family in Rustburg, Virginia, was diagnosed with brain cancer. "I remember the doctor saying that there was an abnormality," Dawn Norman remembers. "The doctor kept telling me over and over that there was an abnormality and then it hit me. He was telling me that my son had cancer." An operation removed 55 percent of the tumor; however, Nathan has since developed an inoperable tumor on …
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Bergen County Police Chiefs hold 9/11 memorial service at the Westfield Garden State Plaza.
The Bergen County Police Chiefs Association held a memorial service at the Westfield Garden State Plaza Tuesday commemorating those lives lost in the terrorist attacks on the 11th anniversary of September 11. Police Chiefs, ranked officers, police officers and members of the public gathered before the memorial that was originally dedicated by the Chiefs on September 11, 2002, while members of the Police Pipes and Drums of Bergen County played. According to Cliffside Park Police Chief Donald Keane, who serves as the 1st Vice President of the Chiefs Association, the Chiefs Association wanted to dedicate a memorial where it would be seen by everyone and not just those in emergency services. "There's a memorial at the Law and Public Safety …
Friday, March 16, 2012
Mayor and council ask that Christopher Righetti be denied parole.
In response to Chief Frank Papapietro's call for action to keep convicted murderer Christopher Righetti behind bars, the mayor and council passed a resolution Monday that Righetti be denied parole. The resolution—unanimously approved—asks that the parole board deny Righetti parole and that any consideration of a future parole date be no less than 35 years from now. Righetti is eligible for parole on April 16, nearly 36 years after he killed Kim Montalero, a 20-year-old New Milford resident who he kidnapped from the Paramus Park Mall on Aug. 31, 1976, brutally raped and stabbed to death in a secluded area of the Pine Lake Swim Club in Washington Township. Righetti was found guilty and given a life sentence. The resolution comes about as a …
Monday, December 12, 2011
Chiefs annual hospital ‘toys for tots’ puts smiles on the faces of many sick children and their parents
“He’s magical,” three-year old Rebecca whispered to her mother when Santa Claus handed her a Barbie Princess doll as she sat cradled in her mother’s arms in Holy Name Medical Center. “Rebecca loves princesses,” her mother said overcome with emotion that unexpected kindness brings. “I am a princess,” Rebecca confidently countered. This was just one of the stops that Santa made last week with his very special helpers--Bergen County Chiefs of Police and Sheriff Michael Saudino, former chief of the Emerson police department and past president of the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association. Santa and his helpers delivered toys purchased by the Chiefs Association to the pediatric wards of Englewood, Holy Name Medical Center, Hackensack …
mike B
2:14 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
Nathan you are a child of God and he will be with you always. Keep fighting and Never Give Up! We are extremely proud of you here at the New Brunswick Police Department Platoon A. We have a package coming your way from New Brunswick New Jersey, Little Buddy. I will be praying for you Brother. God Bless, LT. Mike Bobadilla more ›