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Mt. Kisco, NY
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Miss New York Crowned Miss America 2019 Miss New York Crowned Miss America 2019 Miss New York Crowned Miss America 2019
Miss New York Crowned Miss America 2019 Miss New York Nia Franklin was crowned Miss America 2019 late Sunday night. The Brooklynite, a 24-year-old opera singer, earned a master's degree in music composition from UNC School of the Arts and advocated arts programs in schools across the U.S. Franklin named among the eight contestants to watch for by Cosmopolitan. She donated stem cells to her father while fighting cancer and advocated This is the first year that the contest, at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall, will take place without a swimsuit competition.

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Fairfield, CT
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Miss Connecticut Falls Short As First Runner Up In Miss America Competition Miss Connecticut Falls Short As First Runner Up In Miss America Competition Miss Connecticut Falls Short As First Runner Up In Miss America Competition
Miss Connecticut Falls Short As First Runner Up In Miss America Competition Miss Connecticut Bridget Oei fell short by to Miss New York in Sunday night's Miss America competition The 22-year-old Irish step dancer from Hebron -- named among the eight contestants to watch by Cosmopolitan -- was first runner up in the 2019 contest. Miss New York Nia Franklin was crowned Miss America. Oei is ranked the fifth best Irish dancer in the world and graduated from UConn with a degree in environmental chemistry. This was the first year that the contest at Atlantic City's Boardwalk Hall that took place without a swimsuit competition.

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Hackensack, NJ
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Miss New Jersey Falls Short In Miss America Competition Miss New Jersey Falls Short In Miss America Competition Miss New Jersey Falls Short In Miss America Competition
Miss New Jersey Falls Short In Miss America Competition Miss New Jersey Jaime Gialloreto of Woolwich fell short in this year's Miss America competition when Miss New York took the crown Sunday night. Nia Franklin was crowned Miss America 2019 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Miss Connecticut was first runner up. The 19-year-old contemporary jazz dancer is a sophomore at Loyola University Maryland.  She danced to Aretha Franklin's "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" during the first talent competition, and advocated for food allergy awareness.  This was the first year that the contest took place without a swimsuit competition…

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Bergenfield, NJ
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Dumont Family Fights For Beloved 'Gentle Giant' Dog Diagnosed With Cancer Dumont Family Fights For Beloved 'Gentle Giant' Dog Diagnosed With Cancer Dumont Family Fights For Beloved 'Gentle Giant' Dog Diagnosed With Cancer
Dumont Family Fights For Beloved 'Gentle Giant' Dog Diagnosed With Cancer A Dumont family is turning to the community for support after its beloved dog was diagnosed with cancer. More than $2,300 had been raised on a GoFundMe as of Monday launched by Becky Cabrera for her family's dog Bentley. The "life-thriving gentle giant" was diagnosed with Lymphoma after an emergency visit to the hospital. Doctors told the family all hope was lost and suggested putting Bentley down the following day, Cabrera wrote on the GoFundMe. "Just when we thought Bentley had no hope, he proved us wrong and has been doing great on steroids which will help him fight for h…

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Hackensack, NJ
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Emaciated North Jersey Dog Left For Dead Shows Signs Of Improvement, Rescue Says Emaciated North Jersey Dog Left For Dead Shows Signs Of Improvement, Rescue Says Emaciated North Jersey Dog Left For Dead Shows Signs Of Improvement, Rescue Says
Emaciated North Jersey Dog Left For Dead Shows Signs Of Improvement, Rescue Says A dog who was left for dead in a sweltering North Jersey apartment last week is showing signs of improvement. Phoenix -- who was found last week chained up in the basement of a Paterson apartment complex with no food or water -- held her head up for the very first time on Saturday, RBARI officials said. "Those beautiful eyes were shining even brighter today, and some of Phoenix’s bandages, which protect the deep pressure sores on her legs have been removed," the rescue said in a Facebook post. "Perhaps the best news of all...is that Phoenix is learning to trust, more and mor…

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Hackensack, NJ
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North Jersey Family Displaced By Fire Seeks Help During 'Unfortunately Costly Process' North Jersey Family Displaced By Fire Seeks Help During 'Unfortunately Costly Process' North Jersey Family Displaced By Fire Seeks Help During 'Unfortunately Costly Process'
North Jersey Family Displaced By Fire Seeks Help During 'Unfortunately Costly Process' A North Jersey dad is seeking financial assistance after he, his wife, newborn baby girl and dog were displaced by a fire. More than $5,900 had been raised on a GoFundMe as of Saturday launched by Tom Mathew, whose Bergenfield home was ravaged by a fire on Sept. 2.  Mathew considers himself lucky that nobody was home at the time of the fire, but is already on to the "next order of business," he said: Moving back in. "The realization set in yesterday that this will be a long, arduous, and unfortunately costly process," he wrote on the GoFundMe. "I am most humbly an…

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Pascack Valley, NJ
Obituaries
Community Rallies For Family Of Late River Vale Dad Phil Foleen, 38 Community Rallies For Family Of Late River Vale Dad Phil Foleen, 38 Community Rallies For Family Of Late River Vale Dad Phil Foleen, 38
Community Rallies For Family Of Late River Vale Dad Phil Foleen, 38 The community is coming together in support of a River Vale family mourning its husband and father, Phil Foleen. He died Sept. 5 at 38 years old, his obituary says. More than $38,800 had been raised on a Fundly account for Foleen's wife, Sarah, and kids, Aiden Alexander and Quinn Leeanne, as of Saturday evening. "One of the kindest, smartest, best people I have ever known," Samuel Adams wrote on the campaign. "All the love in the world to him and his beautiful family." "He always brought smiles to everyone," said Jessie Rayot, Phil's former teacher at Adelphi.…

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Hackensack, NJ
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North Jersey Bakeries To Be Featured On Food Network Show North Jersey Bakeries To Be Featured On Food Network Show North Jersey Bakeries To Be Featured On Food Network Show
North Jersey Bakeries To Be Featured On Food Network Show Two North Jersey bakeries will be on Food Network later this month. Comedian Tom Papa's show "Baked" will feature Lyndhurst Pastry Shop and Taskin Bakery in Paterson in the final episode, "Home Sweet Home." The show will focus on Turkish dough layered with butter and cheese and Portuguese puff pastries filled with cinnamon-spiked custard from Taskin Bakery, and Italian rum cake soaked with the spirit and layered with whipped cream from Lyndhurst Pastry Shop. Tune in on Sept. 24 at 10:30 p.m., Sept. 25 at 1:30 a.m. or Sept. 29 at 2:30 p.m.

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Hackensack, NJ
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Ultra Runner Goes 24 Hours Nonstop To Honor Late North Jersey Mom's Valiant Cancer Battle Ultra Runner Goes 24 Hours Nonstop To Honor Late North Jersey Mom's Valiant Cancer Battle Ultra Runner Goes 24 Hours Nonstop To Honor Late North Jersey Mom's Valiant Cancer Battle
Ultra Runner Goes 24 Hours Nonstop To Honor Late North Jersey Mom's Valiant Cancer Battle The most tragic element of Kerri Prettitore's battle with colon cancer to Chad Lapp of Ridgewood was that after just one chemotherapy treatment, her condition worsened. Tests indicated that 42-year-old Prettitore had suffered from a condition called Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency (DPD), which was caused by the chemotherapy and prevented her body from breaking down one of the chemotherapy drugs. Lapp will be honoring Prettitore, who died of medical complications while battling cancer, and raising awareness toward DPD by running a 24-hour race in the Northcoast 24 Hour Endurance R…

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Englewood, NJ
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Meet Kayden, The 6-Year-Old Double Amputee From Englewood Saddened Over No-Show School Bus Meet Kayden, The 6-Year-Old Double Amputee From Englewood Saddened Over No-Show School Bus Meet Kayden, The 6-Year-Old Double Amputee From Englewood Saddened Over No-Show School Bus
Meet Kayden, The 6-Year-Old Double Amputee From Englewood Saddened Over No-Show School Bus Kayden Kinckles of Englewood is just like any ordinary 6-year-old.  He loves soccer. Playing on the playground. He even looks forward to going to school. The only difference between Kayden and most of his peers is that he is a double leg amputee. Kayden made headlines earlier this week when the bus with a wheelchair lift that was supposed to take him to school failed to show up every single day, according to his mom Nicole Sessoms said.  Despite the bus problems and the fact that Kayden appears different on the outside, he remains positive. "Kayden has an excellent attitude," Se…

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