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Hackensack, NJ
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NJ Family Sues Wawa After Toddler Suffers Horrific Hot Water Burns
A New Jersey family filed a federal lawsuit against Wawa after the company's hot water spilled on a three-year-old girl, leaving her with burns so bad they looked like they could have been caused by chemical weapons, attorney David Mazie said in a NJ.com article. Wawa has Bergen County locations in Garfield, Hackensack, Lodi and soon Oakland. Carl and Roya Konzman of Neptune claim in the suit that a Wawa clerk spilled the hot water on their daughter last month, burning her so badly that her skin fused to her clothing, NJ.com says. Paramedics apparently wanted to airlift the toddler, identi…
Ridgewood, NJ
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Film About College Suicide Stars Real Housewife Dolores Catania
"Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast member Dolores Catania is shedding light on teenage suicide with a starring role in a new film debuting this week at the Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival. Catania plays a grieving mother in "Breaking Points," a 34-minute film that tells the story of how a pair of college roommates coping with the suicide of their friend. Catania, who calls the suicide of a child "a mother's worst nightmare," along with the film's writer and director Brad Forenza, will hold a Q&A following the movie on Thursday evening. CLICK …
Rutherford, NJ
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Best High Schools In Bergen County Ranked (Some Are Best In America)
A new ranking by U.S. News and World Report has ranked 23 of New Jersey's schools among the 500 best in the U.S. Five of those schools ranked in the top 10, including two from Bergen County. The list, one of the most prominent national rankings, puts Bergen County Academies at No. 2 in the state and No. 43 in the U.S. Right below it at No. 3 in New Jersey is Bergen County Technical High School in Teterboro, which is ranked No. 58 best in the U.S. Topping off the list at No. 1 in the state and No. 22 in the country is Monmouth County's High Technology High School. Other Bergen County scho…
Bergenfield, NJ
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A Health Craze You Might Be Able To Get Down With Is Taking Bergen By Storm
If you haven't seen aesthetic photos of the fruity bowl of goodness, you've likely heard about the Playa Bowls that are taking Bergen County by storm. Here's why people are loving Playa Bowls, with locations in Ridgewood and Franklin Lakes, Rutherford coming soon. The idea stems from two Jersey Shore natives and longtime surfers, who fell in love with the fruit-based bowl on summer surf trips to Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, California, Hawaii, Nicaragua and Panama. The bowls are built like smoothies with a base of Acai (a Brazilian berry packed with antioxidants) or pitaya (a fancy way of sayi…
Bergenfield, NJ
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Italian Brothers Bring Neapolitan Pizza To Bergen County
A pair of Italian brothers are bringing their grandparents' recipes to Bergen County for the opening of Patrizias. There is no word yet on an opening date for the Old Tappan restaurant, which was formerly home to Bensi Cucina and Dino’s Cucina, BoozyBurbs reports. Giacomo and Gennaro Alaio, both born in Naples, moved to the U.S. when they were 8 and 10 years old to live with their grandparents in Brooklyn. Raised in the restaurant business, the pair found odd jobs after school in their father's pizza shop. Giacomo spent his summers working in his cousin's restaurant in the Spanish Quarter…
Hackensack, NJ
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: Gov. Murphy Surprises 'Inspiring' Hackensack Teacher During Class
Phil Murphy was the last person Fanny Meyers Hillers teacher Norma Hernandez expected to see Tuesday. But in the New Jersey governor walked to surprise Hernandez -- an English as a second language teacher -- and her students on National Teacher Appreciation Day. Hernandez, a teacher for nearly two decades, has received many awards including the Governor's Educator of the Year award and two Teacher of the Year awards. Murphy honored Hernandez with a proclamation, which he read to her and her students. "Because of Ms. Hernandez, thousands of students have a thirst for knowledge, a soli…
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Look Inside Futuristic Wyckoff Home With Outdoor Oasis
An New York City-inspired Wyckoff home that's been on the market for only two days is listed at $1.6 million. The more than 5,700-square-foot Franklin Avenue house has hosted a wedding with 175 guests and is ideal for other intimate gatherings -- with its fire pit and cabana. It was custom built in 2016 and has a heated saltwater pool, an outdoor kitchen, pizza oven and cocktail station. The house has four bedrooms with potential for a fifth, five bathrooms, an oversized gourmet kitchen, fireplace, media room and more. CLICK HERE FOR A VIRTUAL TOUR.
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Here's Where You Can Get Your Free Häagen-Dazs In Westchester County
Häagen-Dazs will be handing out free cones between 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 8 to raise awareness to a cause important to the company. Only specific locations are participating. Choose from the following Westchester County locations for your free scoop: Bronxville: 28 Park Place Scarsdale: 19 Spencer Place White Plains: Haagen-Dazs at The Westchester Mall Häagen-Dazs is using the free cones to draw attention to the plight of bees. Häagen-Dazs has been supporting initiatives to help with colony collapse disorder— what happens when the majority of worker bees abandon a colony, and this…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Get The Tissues: Military Sister Surprises Twins At Lodi Little League Game
A pair of twins who thought they had won a Nintendo Switch during a raffle during a Lodi Little League game instead got a much bigger surprise: A visit from their sister and her husband, who both serve in the U.S. Air Force. Nine-year-old twins Justin and Ryan Wilson see their sister Justine Asbridge and her husband Micheal once a year on average, NorthJersey.com reports. The twins apparently had been asking their father Ray Wilson when their sister would be coming home, according to the story. Justine is stationed in Oklahoma and Micheal is in Greenland, the article says. CLICK HERE FOR…
Ridgewood, NJ
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Here's Where You Can Get Your Free Haagen-Dazs In Bergen County
Haagen-Dazs will be handing out free cones between 4 and 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 8. Bergen County's participating Haagen-Dazs stores are: Edgewater Promenade Ridgewood, 22 E. Ridgewood Road Fair Lawn, 23-12 Fair Lawn Ave.
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