Holocaust Center, 'James Bond Gang' in Top Teaneck News

State OKs Teaneck's $2.2M Tax Refund Plan

The state Local Finance Board has approved Teaneck's application to issue refunding bonds to cover $2.2 million in tax appeals, Township Manager William Broughton said Wednesday. 

Three alleged thieves linked to Bergen County's "James Bond Gang" were indicted this week in Sussex County on charges stemming from a burglary in Sparta, the New Jersey Herald reported Thursday. 

Leevan Lawrence, 31, of Englewood, Courry Rice, 30, of Hackensack, and the crew's purported ringleader, 32-year-old Jerry Montgomery of Teaneck, were charged with third-degree burglary, third-degree theft, third-degree conspiracy to commit burglary and theft, and fourth-degree criminal mischief, according to the report. 

A plan to build a Holocaust memorial and education center at a Teaneck park faced opposition Tuesday from residents who said public land shouldn't be used for the project. 

At issue is the proposed Holocaust Memorial and Center for Tolerance Education, which supporters hope will be built in a vacant two-story carriage house at Andreas Park along the Hackensack River. 

Two finalists vying to become the next president of Fairleigh Dickinson University are scheduled to visit the school later this month, according to a University statement.

FDU’s Board of Trustees has narrowed the candidates to Jorge Haddock, dean of theSchool of Management at George Mason University in Virginia, and F. Javier Cevallos, president of Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, a statement posted on the school’s website said.