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Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
Turn Down For What? Teaneck Man Bumping Loud Beats Charged With DWI In Hoboken
A 21-year-old Teaneck refusing to turn down loud music in his car was charged with driving while intoxicated after refusing to submit a chemical breath test in Hoboken, police said. Mario Aguilar was blaring music from his car while parked in a loading zone near 120 Washington St., around 12:15 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, Hoboken Det. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. Aguilar turned down the music after being warned by officers Christopher Barral and Joshua Campoverde to turn his music down, but when they pulled away, he turned it right back up, Cabrera said. The officers returned and conducted a motor v…
Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
Police: Robber Drags Woman, 73, Down Bayonne Sidewalk
A 73-year-old woman was hospitalized after being dragged down the sidewalk in Bayonne by a man who stole her purse and fled, police said. The woman was checking her mailbox on her porch at 52nd Street and Avenue B, when the unknown man approached her from behind and demanded her purse around 10:20 p.m. Thursday, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The man attempted to forcibly take the woman's purse, dragging her down her front steps in the process, Amato said. He dragged her a short distance across the sidewalk before taking her purse and fleeing, police said. The woman was taken t…
Paramus, NJ
Your Community
Covid-
19: More Bergen, Hudson County Schools Close Due To Positive Cases
Three additional schools in Bergen and Hudson counties had closed due to COVID-19 cases as of Friday. Nearly 40 "groups" were under quarantine at Garfield Middle School where a pair of teachers tested positive, school principal and Mayor Richard Rigoglioso said. The school closed after one staff member was in school Oct. 9, and the other Oct. 14. Both likely contracted the virus outside of the school, Rigoglioso said. A student at Pascack Valley High School contracted the virus over the weekend, Superintendent Erik Gundersen said. The building was closed Friday, Oct. 16, as the studen…
Lyndhurst, NJ
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Iconic Bergen County Diner Could Reopen, Source Says
There could still be hope for an iconic Bergen County diner that shuttered months ago, the owners' family says. The Lyndhurst Diner's current owners are in their late 70s and early 80s, and can't operate the Riverside Avenue establishment as they see fit during the pandemic, former owner John Sakellaris's grandson Emanuel Logothetis told Daily Voice. "Family is taking the time to decide whether to remodel with a new generation of members or to use the property as something completely different," Logothetis said. Many of the diner's workers are employed at the Candlewick Diner in …
Edison, NJ
Breaking News
Covid-
19: NJ Nursing Home Where 62 People Died Reports 2 Positive Cases Among Staff
A pair of staff members at a New Jersey nursing home where more than 100 people died of COVID-19 tested positive for the virus -- and later tested negative, reports say. One staff member at New Jersey Memorial Veterans Home at Menlo Park tested positive Oct. 1 and the other Oct. 6, NorthJersey.com reports. However, they both later tested negative and the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs considers the cases false positives, the spokesperson told the outlet. State officials consider the cases an outbreak because they occurred within two weeks of each other. None of the …
Paterson, NJ
Your Community
Covid-
19 Closes Paterson Schools Until January
Paterson schools will remain closed for in-person learning until January. The district's Board of Education on Wednesday passed a resolution to extend in-person learning until Jan. 19. “Given the predominant local pandemic conditions, we cannot in good conscience, allow school buildings to reopen at this time,” Board of Education President Kenneth Simmons said. “I thank the district administration for their due diligence in gathering the data to enable the Board Commissioners to make an informed, scientifically-based decision that is in the best interests of Paterson Public Schools s…
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
Covid-
19 Forces Life Change For Retired Trucker Opening Hackensack Juice Bar
A retired truck driver with a new, health-conscious lifestyle is bringing a juice bar to Hackensack. Jacquemiel White, 47, had moved to Jersey City from the Bronx about a decade ago to work as a for FedEx In Newark. After that, he was picking up medical waste, but had to quit due to a bad back. It wasn't until last March that he was forced to change his habits, he said. "I contracted COVID and that really rocked me," he said. "It really hit me the third day." White was walking up the stairs and was so out of breath he had to lay on the floor, he said. "It really did a number on me…
Jersey City, NJ
Your Community
Covid-
19: Hudson County Charter School Goes Remote After Student Tests Positive
A Hudson County charter school switched to entirely-remote learning after a student tested positive, reports say. The Elysian Charter School in Hoboken closed last Friday after the case was reported, NJ.com says. The Garden Street school services children in grades Kindergarten through 8, and is one of three charter schools in the city. Click here for Daily Voice's running list of COVID-19 cases in North Jersey schools.
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Your Community
Covid-
19: Pair Of Morris County Students Test Positive
A pair of Morris County students have tested positive for COVID-19. Kinnelon Superintendent Diane DiGiuseppe warned parents in an Oct. 11 letter that the high school could switch to virtual learning pending more information from contact tracers. A member of the Hanover Park football -- who played Kinnelon last week -- also tested positive, DiGiuseppe said. She urged parents to closely monitor their children for COVID-19 symptoms. "Cleaning and disinfecting of all exposed areas has been completed," she said. "The school is also taking precautions to prevent the introduction and spread of vi…
Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
Charges Upgraded For Hudson County Motorcyclist In Crash That Injured Woman, 26
A Hudson County motorcyclist is facing more serious charges in a crash that injured a 26-year-old woman. Peter Bishara, 26, was initially charged with creating risk of death or injuring while eluding in the June 16 crash, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. On Tuesday, he was charged with aggravated assault causing bodily injury while fleeing law enforcement, she said. Bishara was speeding and passing other vehicle outside the single northbound lane of traffic on Broadway near 49th Street in Jersey City when police spotted him around 7:45 p.m., June 16, Suarez said. Police activa…
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