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Photos: Ridgewood street co-naming ceremony honors late firefighter George P. Linnemann

By Ethan Marshall

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Ridgewood’s 104th Precinct ramping up towing operations of abandoned vehicles

By Bill Parry

Cops are looking for the suspect who allegedly ran off with a woman's handbag that she left on a bench inside the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenue subway station.

Suspect snatches woman’s handbag inside Ridgewood subway station: NYPD

By Bill Parry

woman with long legs sought for pepper spray attack at subway station in Queens

Woman blasted man with pepper spray on board L train in Ridgewood: cops

By Robert Pozarycki

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Community celebrates National Night Out Against Crime with 104th Precinct at Juniper Valley Park

By Ethan Marshall and Ramy Mahmoud

Ridgewood resident Ernesto Cruz is being held without bail following his arraignment in the stabbing death of his wife and 2-year-old daughter, inside the family home on Forest Avenue on the night of Saturday, July 19.

Ridgewood man faces life in prison without parole for savage murder of wife, 2-year-old daughter: DA

By Bill Parry

Ridgewood resident Ernesto Cruz was arrested and charged with murder for the fatal stabbings of his wife and 2-year-old daughter before he turned the knife on himself in an apparent suicide attempt on Saturday, July 19.

Ridgewood father charged with murder of wife, 2-year-old daughter: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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Ridgewood mother and daughter arrested for attacking woman over parking spot: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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Ridgewood man charged with murder in stabbing outside neighborhood bar: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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Man fatally stabbed outside Ridgewood bar; police questioning person of interest

By Dean Moses

Fast-moving blaze guts Ridgewood home on Wednesday injuring one firefighter: FDNY

By Bill Parry

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Firefighters from Rescue 4 in Woodside save teen impaled on fence in Ridgewood

By Bill Parry

A jury couldn't reach a verdict in the April 1988 trial of two men accused of killing Detective Anthony Venditti (inset) in Ridgewood in January of 1986.

Seeking justice for a good cop slain in Ridgewood: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Man stabbed outside Ridgewood Popeyes, suspect remains at large: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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CM Holden’s initiative and CB5 meeting result in positive enforcement in District 30 parks

By Colum Motherway

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CM Holden applauds initiative to combat ‘growing menace’ of illegal scooters and mopeds in Glendale and Ridgewood

By Colum Motherway

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Mayor Adams names Jessica Tisch as NYPD Commissioner; Holden praises her as a ‘phenomenal choice’

By Colum Motherway

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Council Member Holden leads effort for increased NYPD patrols in District 30 parks

By Colum Motherway

crime

Crunching the Queens crime stats: Grand larcenies down across borough, but car thefts rise sharply in southern neighborhoods

By Ethan Marshall

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Boy on board M train in Ridgewood punched out and robbed, suspect remains at large: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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Deviant sought for allegedly groping 14-year-old girl on an M train in Ridgewood on Sunday: NYPD

By Bill Parry

SUV crash in Queens

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Queens crash tips over SUV, leaves six people injured — including NYPD cop

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Hooded suspect sought for robbing teen at a Ridgewood subway station on Sept. 11: NYPD

By Bill Parry

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More illegal smoke shops shut down in Queens as CM Holden cracks down on remaining vendors

By Anthony Medina

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