Anne Marie Russo, Former DPW Secretary

Longtime Hasbrouck Heights resident Anne Marie Russo passed away May 5. She worked as a secretary for the borough's Department of Public Works.

Whitney Houston Laid to Rest in Westfield

Procession arrived at noon Sunday for burial ceremony at Fairview Cemetery. Nearly 100 fans shouted 'We love you, Whitney' as hearse turned into the cemetery.

The vigil at Fairview Cemetery began at first light Sunday morning. There were no mourners, just reporters and photographers mingling congenially as they staked out a good spot for their reports back to the network morning shows or a position for the perfect photo of the funeral procession bringing Whitney Houston to the cemetery for her burial. Police officers arrived before daylight, at 6 a.m., to secure every possible corner of the Fairview property, from the Cranford border along Union County College to the south and E. Broad Street to the north. At the western end of the cemetery, Gallows Hill Road was closed to prevent any neighborhood street from messing up any potential route in which the procession of hearses and limos that would …

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Joseph L. Costa 73, Owned Costa Funeral Home For 37 Years

NorthJersey.com obituary for Joseph L. Costa, of Hasbrouck Heights of Costa Funeral Home passed away Feb. 15, 2012.

Former Borough Councilman Harry Maisch III Dies at Age 52

Former Hasbrouck Heights councilman Harry Maisch III died New Year's Eve of a heart attack, NorthJersey.com reports in his obituary. During the New Year's Day reorganization meeting, Mayor Rose Heck asked for a moment of silence in his memory.