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Woman Allegedly Bites Cop, Construction Worker Killed This Week

Outgoing village council passes budget with a warning – it could be much worse than we expect.

Glen Rock police say a 24-year-old Yonkers woman and her Glen Rock friend broke into a school bus and when confronted by police fought one officer. Police claim the woman bit a patrolman while he was simultaneously attempting to subdue both suspects. They were charged with assault on a police officer, among other charges.

Federal prosecutors indicted George Seperos, 39, on 16 counts of wire fraud and one count of wire fraud conspiracy for his involement in an alleged Ponzi scheme that included the use of a 'secret computer program'.

Embattled utility Ridgewood Water is facing a $38,000 fee for exceeding water rates by 60 million gallons in 2010 and likely an even larger one for 2011's water usage. The utility also has plans to build a , a move sure to generate controversy.

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A 71-year-old Sussex man died from injuries related to an apparent construction accident in which a wood plank fell from a second story house and struck him on the head. Carl S. Taylor was not wearing a hard hat, police said.

The family of late Ridgewood resident Tyler Clementi spoke to NBC on Dharun Ravi's culpability to his suicide, the judge's controversial ruling and their evolving views on homosexuality.

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CEO Audrey Meyers issued a statement saying the hospital was in favor of the United States Supreme Court's 5-4 decision to largely uphold the Affordable Care Act.

Municipal taxes in the village are rising $129 for the average resident, which is no surprise. What is unexpected is the vote was close – 3 to 2 – with Councilwoman Bernadette Walsh warning that greater than anticipated tax appeals could erode the village's already challenging fiscal situation.

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