New Leadership at Englewood BOE, Workers Rally for LG in Top Local News

The transitioning Englewood Board of Education, which turned over one-third of its membership in last week's election, chose new officers at Thursday night's re-organization meeting.

A 24-year-old Paterson convict was sentenced Friday to seven years for the August 2012 prison attack that killed a fellow inmate from Englewood, officials said.

A convicted felon from Teaneck was arrested this week after he threatened to kill an Englewood resident over an unpaid debt from gambling on the NCAA basketball tournament, according to city police.

Elected officials and more than 300 union workers rallied Friday in support of LG's plan to build a new corporate headquarters building above the Palisades in Englewood Cliffs, according to the union and published reports.

The Englewood City Council unanimously approved a $59.33 million 2013 municipal budget Tuesday night that for the third straight year will keep the tax levy flat. Although the budget's passage was largely celebrated, concerns still weighed heavy on the minds of elected officials.

Englewood police are searching for the man they say pulled a knife on a 7-Eleven store clerk in a dispute over the price of cigarettes early Sunday. 

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