Hayden Panettiere’s Suffern Adventure
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- January
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No one will confuse the nightlife in Suffern with Manhattan. And NV bar – the former Mountain Valley Brew Pub and Green Room – will not replace the chic clubs of New York City.
That doesn’t mean the neighborhood tavern can’t attract a little celebrity.
In this case, the celebrity was singer-actress Hayden Panettiere, who grew up in the Orangetown community of Palisades and was visiting from the West Coast during the Christmas holidays. The actress, who began appearing in commercials at 11 months and has been acting since she was 5, now has a role in the NBC television series, “Heroes.”
Panettiere ended up visiting the NV bar on Dec. 23 to see a member of the Joe Turco band and calling the Suffern police when a bouncer took her identification. She’s 19 and cannot legally drink in New York.
She told them she wanted to discuss music collaborations with the band member. She went in the side door, because she told police she didn’t want to cause a stir or be mobbed at the front door.
Anyway, the bouncer found her and proofed her. He gave her the boot for being underage, but kept her driver’s license/identification card, police said. He shouldn’t have kept her ID card and she was correct to ask for it back, Suffern Detective Craig Long said.
To get her ID back, Panettiere called 911 – her call going to the Mahwah police, who sent it to Suffern. Police went to the nightclub.
“She had a valid driver’s license,” Long said. “He takes it and doesn’t give it back. He says it’s fraudulent. She’s going back to California and rightfully so wants her identification back.”
Long said he never heard of Panettiere, but the only television he watches is the History channel. (He is the town and village historian)
“The only Hayden I know is the Planetarium (in New York City),” Long joked. “From what the officer said you would never know she was a celebrity. She acted like a regular person and was very nice and polite.
Panettiere also has involved with Kohl’s Cares for Kids and the department store chain “Candie’s” spokeswoman.
One officer on the scene, Lou Venturini, the K-9 officer whose police partner is named Hero.
Panettiere’s Suffern adventure was important enough to be picked up by the celebrity-gossip magazines and Websites like TMZ ( www.tmz.com/2009/01/13/hayden-underage-hero/ )which has documented events in her life, from boyfriends and family controversies to buying a house in California.
For more information on Panettiere, one can google her name.
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on Friday, January 16th, 2009 at 9:00 pm by Steve Lieberman. 
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I am a friend of Hayden’s and was with her that night. This is Absolutely the MOST ridiculous thing I have ever read. Whoever wrote this should be embarrassed for using unreliable sources.
We don’t even know who “Jon Turco” is, so how and why would Hayden want to collaborate with him. This pathetic guy “Jon” is trying to promote his own band by releasing false stories to news reporters. Your truly sad Jon…
Did you read the article, it sounds like all quotes were from the POLICE CHIEF and bouncers. There were no quotes from Turco at all. Getting a little defensive for someone who didn’t do anything wrong. If you are a true friend before writing about your friend you really should quote on the facts, or how about this, dont quote at all, your making the poor girls life harder. All articles I read about this incident is Turco quoting that he was sorry the girl couldn’t have hung out for the night. She went to a club, got kicked out, big deal~!
joe
December 28th, 2009 at 10:11 pm
Jon Turco and Hayden were having an affair, I was keeping that a secret for a long time. Its about time New York knew the real story. That is why her friend up there is saying “she doesn’t even know Jon Turco.
Joe: You should have kept it to yourself – cause it sounds like jealousy talking. And, besides, who cares who she slept with or had an affair with, then, now or in between, or in the future. We’re talking d-rated “actiress”