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Hackensack, NJ

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Van Plowing Through Miami Cafe Window Brings Cory Booker's Speech To Screeching Halt U.S. Senator Cory Booker's speech came to a screeching halt when a minivan plowed through the Miami cafe window where he was speaking over the weekend. The New Jersey native and presidential candidate was speaking to a group a few dozen feet away from where the Ford Windstar landed, after wedging through two parked cars and and crashing through a support beam Sunday afternoon, the Miami Herald reports. Although the cafe was evacuated due to safety concerns, Booker remained calm and hung around to take photos and talk to nearly 30 people who also stayed, the article says. Last year, Hilary …

by Cecilia Levine

04/29/2019

Hackensack, NJ

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Tropical Hut Filipino Restaurant Replacing Maywood Subway Sandwich Shop A restaurant serving authentic Filipino cuisine will be replacing the shuttered Subway sandwich shop in Maywood. Tropical Hut, which mainly offers catering options, is expected to open sometime this summer on W. Pleasant Avenue, its website says. Pilippine-born owner, Chef Leo, has been known to combine many flavoring and curing techniques, including the creative use of marinades, flavored brines and natural wood smoking, the Tropical Hut website says. The restaurant already has several locations in Parsippany, Hackensack, Old Bridge, Somerset and Spring Valley, N.Y. Yelpers love the…

by Cecilia Levine

04/29/2019

Paterson, NJ

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ON3: What You Need To Know About Clifton's Next Generation, Self-Contained Lifestyle Hub A redevelopment group is working to transform the former Hoffmann-LaRoche campus in Passaic and Essex counties into a self-contained, next-generation lifestyle hub. An L-shaped, luxury hotel complete with rooftop dining and views of the New York City skyline is the latest project slated for ON3, a 116-acre campus along Route 3 straddling the Clifton-Nutley boarder already home to several tenants. "ON3 represents New Jersey’s largest contemplated redevelopment," according to redeveloper Prism Capital Partners, LLC, which you may recognize from its work on the landmark six-story warehous…

by Cecilia Levine

04/29/2019

Jersey City, NJ

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Secaucus Tattoo Artist: 'I Finally Found My Purpose' If it makes a mark, then Jay Hernandez is using it. He doesn't have a college degree and he barely scraped through high school. But he says he's living his dream as a tattoo artist at Our Lady of Ink in Secaucus. And for the first time in his life, Hernandez feels at peace. "I've always been larger than life," said the artist, 31 of Fair Lawn. "But when I'm drawing, whether it's on an envelope or a wall, I'm quiet. "Tattooing is the only thing in my life that's given me purpose." Hernandez has long been the "eccentric one" in his family, he said -- complete with piercings, over-the-top …

by Cecilia Levine

04/29/2019

Mount Pleasant, NY

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Rooftop Infinity Pool, Observation Deck To Open At JFK Airport If you needed a reason to stop flying out of Newark, check out the infinity pool, bar and observation deck coming to John F. Kennedy International Airport. The new amenities will debut May 15 on top of the airport's new 512-room TWA Hotel and stay open all year long. The 63-by-20 foot pool and the 10,000-square-foot observation deck overlook 4L/22R, one of the airport's largest runways, with views all the way to Jamaica Bay. Inspired by the infinity edge pool at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes, France, the swimming spot has a beach entry and underwater seating, becoming a "po…

by Cecilia Levine

04/28/2019

Englewood, NJ

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Look Inside: Price Of Englewood's Gloria Crest Drops From $39M To $9.99M The price of Englewood's Gloria Crest mansion has been slashed by nearly 75 percent, Zillow shows. The N. Woodland Street home that dates back to the 1920s was first listed at $39 million in 2013. Now prospective buyers can have the "Englewood White House" for just $9.99 million. This is the fifth time the price has been dropped on the 24,000-square-foot home, the New York Post reports. The house was on its way to a foreclosure auction over an unpaid $5 million mortgage in 2017, when owner Edward Turen (CEO of Control Equity Group) took out loans on the mansion for more than it was worth, …

by Cecilia Levine

04/26/2019

Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ

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NJ To Alaska: Chester Man With Heart Condition Rides 3,700 Miles For Science When John Schwenck's dad was 25 years old in 1990, he rode is bicycle more than 3,700 miles from New Jersey to California and camped out along the way. A few years later, Schwenck's mom joined his father for another bike trip to Alaska. This one, though, was cut short, though, when the couple found out their son was planning an arrival much sooner than they expected. Now that the younger John is 25 years old, he's planning on making the same bike trip to Alaska. The only difference is that he's doing it with a rare heart condition for a goal of advancing scientific research. John Schw…

by Cecilia Levine

04/26/2019

Hackensack, NJ

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Rooftop Infinity Pool, Observation Deck To Open At JFK Airport If you needed a reason to stop flying out of Newark, check out the infinity pool, bar and observation deck coming to JFK. The new amenities will debut May 15 on top of the airport's new 512-room TWA Hotel and stay open all year long. The 63-by-20 foot pool and the 10,000-square-foot observation deck overlook 4L/22R, one of the airport's largest runways, with views all the way to Jamaica Bay. Inspired by the infinity edge pool at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes, France, the swimming spot has a beach entry and underwater seating, becoming a "pool-cuzzi" in winter (heating up to …

by Cecilia Levine

04/26/2019

Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ

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Madison Police Officers Honored For Heroic Suicide Save Three Madison police officers knew they had to think fast when responding to a female juvenile attempting to jump off the Union Hill train bridge. Chatham Borough officers engaged her in conversation, holding her attention, as Madison Sgt. James Cavezza and officers Christopher Burans and Travis Daniel approached her from behind. They grabbed the girl by her waist and pulled her to safety, risking their own lives nearly 80 feet above the live wires on the tracks below. The officers were recognized for the heroic incident last August at the Morris County 200 Club Awards Night

by Cecilia Levine

04/26/2019

Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ

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New Lincoln Park Retail Space Available At Former Valero Site The site of the former Valero gas station in Lincoln Park will soon be replaced by a brand new retail space. "The Corner Shoppes" on Comly Road were approved by the LP Planning Board earlier this month. The 8,000-square-foot building opposite Boro Hall has five retail units up for lease, available August and September of this year. The construction status was listed as "proposed" on the building's listing. Nearby Lincoln Park Plaza, home to Ace Home Center and Hardware and McDonald's, will be remodeled this summer, listing agent Vita & Vita Reality Corp. said. Click here for more…

by Cecilia Levine

04/26/2019

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