Top 10: Pedestrians Hit By Cars, School Officials Criticized, Madonna Carnival

A routine traffic stop on Interstate 95 in Fort Lee led state troopers to seize more than $783,000 and arrest two Bronx men on money laundering charges.

It was a full house at Fort Lee High School on May 7, when people turned out in droves to urge the school board to reconsider a decision not to renew the contracts of two middle school teachers.

Steven Engravalle said he was at a meeting in the Washington, D.C. area on May 7 that had been planned long in advance, but that he was proud of the Fort Lee students who spoke out at the school board meeting in support of their teachers.

A 71-year-old Fort Lee man was charged in connection with yet another traffic accident involving pedestrians in the borough.

The annual Madonna Carnival returned to Main Street May 16. Originally scheduled for the previous day, the carnival's opening night had to be postponed due to the heavy rain in Fort Lee.

A group of community members, family and friends are banding together to help a Fort Lee family, whose 15-year-old son is in need of a heart transplant, through some difficult times, and in the process, to raise awareness about the importance of organ donation.

The 92-year-old woman badly injured May 18 at Whiteman Plaza died early the next morning at the hospital.

People showed up at the Fort Lee High School library May 29 thinking they would have a chance to address their concerns to Steven Engravalle, but school board president Arthur Levine said the interim superintendent had a serious family medical emergency.

BOE president says there will be a principal in place at Fort Lee School No. 1 by the beginning of the next school year but says current principal, Kristine Cecere, whose contract was recently not renewed, has rights the school board has to protect.

A 92-year-old Fort Lee woman was walking in the parking lot of Whiteman Plaza when she was struck by a car May 18; she was taken to a local hospital in critical condition, authorities said.