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Greenwich, CT
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Greenwich Native Ryan McCormack, 26, Remembered As Great Friend With Large Presence Greenwich Native Ryan McCormack, 26, Remembered As Great Friend With Large Presence Greenwich Native Ryan McCormack, 26, Remembered As Great Friend With Large Presence
Greenwich Native Ryan McCormack, 26, Remembered As Great Friend With Large Presence Greenwich native Ryan Joseph McCormack, who died on Sept. 6, is being remembered as a popular friend at his college campus and in his hometown. He was 26 years old. Ryan, who lived in Brooklyn, graduated with the Greenwich High School Class of 2010 and the College of Wooster Class of 2014, his obituary says. He was passionate about music and comedy. Friends and loved ones remembered McCormack as a great friend with a large presence. "From the very beginning, his presence on campus was so large and became a part of so many friend groups, clubs, study sessions, late-night debauchery, et…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen County Native Killed In Crash Had Infectious Smile, Unmatched Charisma, Fraternity Says Bergen County Native Killed In Crash Had Infectious Smile, Unmatched Charisma, Fraternity Says Bergen County Native Killed In Crash Had Infectious Smile, Unmatched Charisma, Fraternity Says
Bergen County Native Killed In Crash Had Infectious Smile, Unmatched Charisma, Fraternity Says A 21-year-old Bergen County native killed last week in a motor vehicle accident is being remembered as an incredible friend who made a tremendous impact on his college's campus. University of Maryland undergraduate student and Cresskill native Zachary Garcia died Sunday, Sept. 9 when the Toyota Camry he was riding in with four of his Phi Gamma Delta fraternity brothers slid of Interstate 70 in Pennsylvania and overturned, authorities said. Garcia was killed, despite having been wearing his seatbelt, while the other occupants were transported to the hospital, police said. More than $126,000…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Bergen County Man Fatally Struck Fleeing Crash On Manhattan's FDR Drive: Police Bergen County Man Fatally Struck Fleeing Crash On Manhattan's FDR Drive: Police Bergen County Man Fatally Struck Fleeing Crash On Manhattan's FDR Drive: Police
Bergen County Man Fatally Struck Fleeing Crash On Manhattan's FDR Drive: Police A 50-year-old Bergen County man was fatally struck attempting to flee the scene of an accident by running across Manhattan's FDR Drive early Saturday morning, authorities said. Heward Velez of Moonachie side-swiped a Jeep in his Honda Civic near the 96th Street exit before taking off on foot across the busy highway -- when he was hit by a Cadillac SUV at approximately 5 a.m., the NYPD said, Velez and the other driver pulled over to the shoulder when Velez attempted to cross the median to the southbound lanes, authorities said. That's when the SUV hit Velez, who was pronounced dead at Metrop…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Ellen DeGeneres Surprises North Jersey Principal Who Installed Washing Machines For Students Ellen DeGeneres Surprises North Jersey Principal Who Installed Washing Machines For Students Ellen DeGeneres Surprises North Jersey Principal Who Installed Washing Machines For Students
Ellen DeGeneres Surprises North Jersey Principal Who Installed Washing Machines For Students A North Jersey high school principal who installed washing machines for his students has the support of talkshow host and comedian Ellen DeGeneres. Akbar Cook, the brand new principal of West Side High School in Newark, was given a check for $50,000 donation from Cheerios on "The Ellen Show" Thursday. The company will also will provide a fully-stocked pantry of food for one of Cook's extracurricular programs. Cook had the washing machines installed at the high school after learning that some of his students -- whose parents did not have access to laundry machines -- were being bul…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Cresskill 'Impractical Jokers' Pool Prank Sidelines Kids For Bullying... Even If They Weren't Cresskill 'Impractical Jokers' Pool Prank Sidelines Kids For Bullying... Even If They Weren't Cresskill 'Impractical Jokers' Pool Prank Sidelines Kids For Bullying... Even If They Weren't
Cresskill 'Impractical Jokers' Pool Prank Sidelines Kids For Bullying... Even If They Weren't The episode of TruTV's "Impractical Jokers" filmed this summer at a North Jersey pool has finally aired. The hidden camera reality series in July followed friends Brian "Q" Quinn, James "Murr" Murray, Joe Gatto and Sal Vulcano to the Cresskill Swim Club. As a punishment for losing the prank wars on the episode, Sal was forced to kick all of the kids out of the pool -- whether they were bullies or not. "This might be the first day in my life that I don't have fun in a pool," Vulcano said. Watch the video above for the rest.

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Paramus, NJ
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Bergen County Native Shakira Barrera Gets Big Break On Hit Netflix Series 'GLOW' Bergen County Native Shakira Barrera Gets Big Break On Hit Netflix Series 'GLOW' Bergen County Native Shakira Barrera Gets Big Break On Hit Netflix Series 'GLOW'
Bergen County Native Shakira Barrera Gets Big Break On Hit Netflix Series 'Glow' Bergen County native Shakira Barrera is the latest cast member to join the hit Netflix series "GLOW." Barrera of Englewood, a Bergen County Academies graduate, plays Yolanda Rives, a professional wrestler on the Emmy-nominated series. The show follows a group of women who perform for a wrestling organization in Los Angeles during the 1980s. Barrera, who is Nicaraguan-American and the first in her family to attend college, recently sat down for a webcam interview about how her Rutgers prepared her for the role. “My character is a stripper, break-dancer, ballerina," said Barre…

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Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Route 17 TGI Friday's Out, Westin Hotel In Route 17 TGI Friday's Out, Westin Hotel In Route 17 TGI Friday's Out, Westin Hotel In
Route 17 TGI Friday's Out, Westin Hotel In A TGI Friday's on Route 17 will be coming down to make room for a Westin hotel. Approved this summer by the Wood-Ridge Planning Board, the seven-story hotel is owned by Briad Development -- the same developer that owns TGI Friday's and the Wendy's next door, NorthJersey.com reports. There will be approximately 100 rooms available in the hotel. No word on when work or demolition will begin.

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Hackensack, NJ
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Say Goodbye To Exact Change Lanes On The Garden State Parkway Say Goodbye To Exact Change Lanes On The Garden State Parkway Say Goodbye To Exact Change Lanes On The Garden State Parkway
Say Goodbye To Exact Change Lanes On The Garden State Parkway The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is doing away with exact change lanes at several toll plazas on the Garden State Parkway. With work set to begin Sept. 24, the lanes will be replaced with full-service or E-ZPass lanes along the mainline barrier plazas -- locally effecting Bergen and Essex counties, along with several other between Cape May and the New York State boarder. NJTA anticipates the impact to be minimal and said anyone who wants to continue using exact change will be handing their money to a toll collector instead of dropping it into a basket. Just make sure to select a full-servi…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Brand New Apartments Coming To Hackensack After $7.45M Sale Of Warehouse Brand New Apartments Coming To Hackensack After $7.45M Sale Of Warehouse Brand New Apartments Coming To Hackensack After $7.45M Sale Of Warehouse
Brand New Apartments Coming To Hackensack After $7.45M Sale Of Warehouse Two adjoining Hackensack properties will soon be redeveloped into an apartment building as the result of the $7.45 million sale negotiation. The two 372,000-square-foot properties at  437-439 and 445-451 Main Street -- most recently an office and warehouse for Holman Moving Systems -- will become a a four-story apartment building with 235 units. Alexander Anderson Real Estate Group negotiated the sale and represented both the seller, Holman Realty Associates and the buyer, Waypoint Residential. The transaction represents Waypoint’s first mid-rise, multifamily, residential development in N…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Fundraiser Will Aid North Jersey Man Paralyzed Neck Down In Brutal February Attack Fundraiser Will Aid North Jersey Man Paralyzed Neck Down In Brutal February Attack Fundraiser Will Aid North Jersey Man Paralyzed Neck Down In Brutal February Attack
Fundraiser Will Aid North Jersey Man Paralyzed Neck Down In Brutal February Attack Life can change in an instant. It did last February for Charles Stubbs, 25 of Westwood, who was paralyzed from the neck down after being thrown from a vehicle on a dead-end Hillsdale street and left for dead. Since that fateful night, every moment has been a fight for his life. "A parent's worst nightmare [is] having to identify their son in a coma laying in ICU," his mom Hillaria Stubbs said on a GoFundMe page, where more than $1,000 had been raised as of Thursday afternoon. "He survived a violent attack that came with in inches of his life. He is lucky to be alive." …

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