Top 10 Most Read Hasbrouck Heights Stories in 2012

#1 - Truck Driver Killed After Striking Route 17 Office Building

Witnesses say a tractor trailer veered over several lanes of traffic before careening into a Hasbrouck Heights office building, setting it ablaze on the morning of July 28.  The driver, later indentified as a New York man, was found down in the cab.

#2 -Former Hasbrouck Heights Man Found Dead in NYC

The man found stabbed to death early Sunday, Oct. 7 on a West Village sidewalk has been identified as Michael Jones, a former Hasbrouck Heights resident who currently lived in West Harrison, New York, according to the NYPD.

#3 - Hasbrouck Heights Man Charged In Fatal Route 208 Crash

A 22-year-old Hasbrouck Heights man was charged with vehicular homicide Thursday, March 29 after his passenger died in an early morning drunk driving crash on Route 208, authorities said.

After hearing about 90-minutes of testimony from dozens of parents on Lincoln School Principal Lesa Brinker’s behalf, the Board of Education voted 7 to 2 to transfer her from the helm of the school back to the art classrooms in the district.

#5 - Thousands Without Power in Hasbrouck Heights Area

Power outages continued to be reported Monday evening as the winds from Hurricane Sandy ripped through the borough taking out power lines and trees all over the area. It would later be reported that 70 percent of the town was without power in the initial aftermath of the storm.

#6 - Police and Fire Departments Investigate Fatal Woodside Avenue Accident

A Hasbrouck Heights man was pronounced dead at the scene when his vehicle crashed into a home on Woodside Avenue on the border of Lodi the afternoon of Friday, Feb. 3.

#7 - Risotto House Opens Its Doors to the Heights Community

Risotto House, the Italian restaurant known for its risotto as its name suggests, opened on the Boulevard in May and very quickly began to become a favorite among area patrons.

Hasbrouck Heights' Desiree Polakowski shared her personal story of love, loss and illness and the strength she gets from family, friends and faith that help her through.

Bergen County authorities arrested 27 people and seized more than $27,000 in a weeklong prostitution sweep back in April.

#10 - Ex-Hasbrouck Heights Cop Indicted in Murder of Wood-Ridge Man

This past July Bergen County grand jury handed up a ten count indictment charging a former Hasbrouck Heights police officer in the December 2011 stabbing death of his longtime friend in Wood-Ridge.