Family's Prayers Answered For Critically Injured Tenafly Boy, 12, Hit By Pickup
A family’s prayers were answered after a 12-year-old Tenafly boy suffered a fractured skull, pelvis and ribs, along with a collapsed lung and lacerated liver, after being struck by a pickup truck walking home earlier this month.
Lucas Ferro has a ways to go, but he was all smiles recently – allowing his loved ones the chance to exhale.
Lucas was crossing County Road at Central Avenue headed east just after 3:30 p.m. April 11 when he was struck by the northbound pickup, driven by a 27-year-old Norwood woman, police said.
A bystander, Sonja Kramer Karlis, said she "ran over to make sure ever…
Hackensack Transient Charged With Sexually Assaulting 3 Norwood Women, Girl Under 13
A Hackensack transient sexually assaulted a trio of women in Norwood – as well as an underage girl -- before being arrested, authorities said Tuesday.
Lavert Conway, 25, fondled three victims, who knew him, against their will, authorities said.
They went to local police, who notified Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo’s Special Victims Unit.
Conway, who is unemployed, was then taken into custody by members of the unit and Norwood police.
In addition to being accused of having sexual contact with the three alleged victims, all adults, Conway was also charged with sexually assaulti…
Norwood Girl, 8, Critically Injured In Harrington Park Crash On ‘Miracle Pace,’ Dad Says
An 8-year-old Norwood girl critically injured in a head-on crash in Harrington Park earlier this month is on what her father called a “miracle pace.”
Glori Lee continues to experience intense pain, however – and, perhaps as heartbreaking, remembers the crash.
Still, a hospital employee called her “a fighter.”
“Glori could not sleep for 3 days,” Hans Lee wrote in a Facebook post. “Her eyes were blood-shot red, but it seemed like she was afraid to go to sleep.
“My aunt who had a similar accident when she was in her teens told me that when she was in the hospital bed, she kept hearing the no…
