The Sasson Report

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Bergen prosecutor says an SUV driver ran a stop sign in Hackensack on July 29 and killed one of assistants riding a motorcycle

FATAL CRASH: A photo of Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Avon Morgan of Ridgewood and the scene of his fatal accident in Hackensack appear...

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Deirdre J. Bowe is yet another victim of Bergen County officials' criminal refusal to improve pedestrian safety in Hackensack

The large SUV that struck and fatally injured Deirdre Bowe, 64, stopped approximately here on Polifly Road and Mary Street in Hackensack, as...

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Here's a tortured tale of real estate hype and a buyer who got saddled with a 'new' home filled with shoddy workmanship

THE PROMISE AND THE REALITY: In a Real Estate section article in The Record of Hackensack in 2007, above, the seller promised a redesigned a...

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MOB SCENES RETURN WITH THE END OF SENIOR HOURS AT THE COSTCO WHOLESALE W...

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'See, you have pneumonia in both lungs,' the doctor said as we looked at my X-ray. 'Go to the hospital's emergency room now'

DISORIENTED: My 5-day hospital stay for pneumonia began here in cubicle No. 30 of the Emergency Department on March 22, 2022, and ended with...

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Newspaper cartoonists are not up to task of conveying the horrors of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and killing of civilians

HOW IS THIS FUNNY? Showing a clownish Vladimir Putin in a Russian tank stopped by a parking-enforcement boot is far from funny, especially w...

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If Consumer Reports' auto editors cared about our environment, every car on their annual Top 10 list would be a hybrid or EV

COVER STORY OR COVER UP? Consumer Reports' annual Auto Issue lists only 4 gas-electric hybrids or electric cars among its Top 10 vehicles fo...

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WHY NOT?

Why not assassinate Vladimir Putin? Can anyone give me one good reason? He is killing innocent people, destroying cities, putting the world at risk of a nuclear holocaust…why not kill this in…

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Bergen prosecutor is stumped on identity of driver who killed Hackensack woman, 81, as she crossed the street one year ago

After Lillian J. Holmes of Hackensack was killed by a hit-run driver on March 4, 2021, the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office issued this sto...

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Readers continued to drop The Record and NorthJersey.com in 2021 -- 5 years after $40M purchase by the Gannett Co.

EX-PUBLISHER TURNS DEVELOPER: Stephen A. Borg, former publisher of The Record, is a partner in the development of Print House, luxury apar...

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Here are 3 recipes -- a Pasta with Yogurt, Korean-style Haddock and Kimchi Stew, and Monkfish with Spinach -- all from Victor's Healthy Kitchen on YouTube

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Don't curse potholes and rough pavement: You can blame this wealthy county in N.J. for refusing to repair, repave many streets

WHO OWNS THIS STREET? Summit Avenue -- from Essex Street in Hackensack to the Hasbrouck Heights border -- is considered a road under the con...

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Bergen officials fail to add safety measures or warnings signs many months after two women were killed by cars in Hackensack

FATAL CROSSING: None of the four crosswalks at Passaic Street and Summit Avenue in Hackensack -- including this one used by Carol A. Ventura...

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Bells toll for the death of customer service at online companies both big and small, including Carvana, Raymour & Flanigan

CARVANA DISAPPOINTS: In mid-November 2021, I sold my 2016 Tesla Model S 75D, above, to an electric-car dealer in Nebraska for $10,000 more t...

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HAVING A PASTA PESTO PARTY? DON'T FORGET TO INVITE SOME TENDER WILD-CAUG...

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Why didn't most Democrats bother to vote on Nov. 2? They're apathetic, lazy, stupid or offer your own explanation or excuse

EASIEST WAY TO VOTE: The postage-paid, mail-in election ballot is by far the easiest way to vote, and if you don't want to take it to a drop...