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Ridgewood, NJ

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Ridgewood 'Jeopardy!' Winner Leaves Lasting Impression On Host Trebek A 20-year-old college student with Ridgewood roots took home $26,000 on ABC's "Jeopardy! College Championship" Thursday and will go on to compete for $100,000 Monday night. Host Alex Trebek said Rebecca Rosenthal, a sophomore at Swarthmore College, "owned the game" before the correct answer to the final question was revealed. Her parents watched the live show from home in Ridgewood, NorthJersey.com said. Her father said he wasn't surprised she won, as she's been doing quiz bowl since she was a student at Benjamin Franklin Middle School. She was later captain of her tea…

by Cecilia Levine

04/13/2018

Paramus, NJ

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Paramus Toys 'R' Us Landlord Wants Lease Blocked From Raymour & Flanigan Not so fast, Raymour & Flanigan. Less than two weeks after the furniture store bid $1.3 to take over the lease of the Route 4 east Toys R Us store in Paramus, the building's landlord has asked Bankruptcy Court to block the sale, NorthJersey.com reports. Property owner N.T. Hegeman Co., Ltd., cites a provision in the 46-year-old building lease prohibiting assigning the lease to furniture stores, the article says. Prior to the request, the Paramus store was among the 20 on the auction block in the U.S. that received winning bids from someone other than their own landlords, according to a…

by Cecilia Levine

04/12/2018

Paramus, NJ

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Paramus Catholic Hockey Team Honors Humboldt Following Fatal Crash Last Friday, a Canadian town that lives for hockey was shaken when a bus of teenage athletes collided with a tractor-trailer, killing 16 and injuring 14. Members of the Paramus Catholic Hockey Team are donning Paladins jerseys on Thursday, April 12, in solidarity with the Humboldt Broncos who lost their lives and those still fighting. "We’ve all traveled on buses as a team and it’s a bonding experience," Head Coach Keith Bland said. "As an organization we chose to wear our shirts to support them in any way we could." "This hit hard," school employee and team…

by Cecilia Levine

04/12/2018

Bergenfield, NJ

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Bergen Native Pushed Quadriplegic Boyfriend Along Boston Marathon Route "For years, running has been a way for me to relax, unwind, and take some time for myself," writes Old Tappan native Kaitlyn Kiely in Shape.com. "It has a way of making me feel strong, empowered, free, and happy. But I never truly realized what it meant to me until I was faced with one of the greatest adversities of my life." In 2016, her boyfriend of seven years, Matt Wetherbee, became paralyzed from the shoulders down during a basketball game. Kiely promised him when he began intensive physical therapy that year that they would run the Boston Marathon together -- eve…

by Cecilia Levine

04/12/2018

Hackensack, NJ

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How HackensackUMC Doctors Saved Mom's Fertility MaryBeth Stancato of New Milford always knew she wanted several children. At the age of 37, the mother of three children and her husband wanted a fourth child. But, she wasn’t sure if she would be able to have another baby. “Two years ago, my cycle was changing in that both the duration and frequency of my period had increased,” Stancato said. “I was getting my period almost every two weeks and it was lasting for two weeks. I constantly felt as though I had my period. And, it was very heavy.” The bleeding was so heavy that Stancato was given a blood transfusion. It was determined that …

by Cecilia Levine

04/12/2018

Hackensack, NJ

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Daily Voice Photo Contest: Submit Original Shots For Bergen County Facebook We don't want to jinx it, but the cover photo on the Daily Voice Bergen County Facebook page is starting to feel outdated (although always beautiful, Mary Garofalo Pitera). It's almost time to switch things up to something a little more... springy. Daily Voice is currently accepting original photo submissions from anywhere in Bergen County (read: ORIGINAL photos only!). You can submit people, places or things -- anything with a local, homegrown connection -- by Monday, April 16: Email [email protected]. The winning photo will be at the top of the Daily Voice Bergen County Facebook pa…

by Cecilia Levine

04/11/2018

Hackensack, NJ

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Hackensack Friends Are Thrilled To See Familiar Face In Target If you thought that was Hackensack's Barbie Ferreira you saw in the beauty section of Target, you would be correct. The 22-year-old is in yet another Target ad campaign, and you can find her smiling face in the beauty section of the store's Hackensack Avenue location -- and many more. Friends and fans are thrilled to see Ferreira's familiar face. "I saw your face in my local target and I yelled ‘Yay Barbie is in the beauty section!!’ And I got a couple of weird looks," one said. "I swear every time I see you pictures at store all that goes through my head is 'Yaaaassss quee…

by Cecilia Levine

04/11/2018

Hackensack, NJ

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Wawa Has A Secret Menu: Here's How To Unlock It Wawa will be celebrating its 54th birthday Thursday with a free cup of coffee for customers. Oh yeah, there's also a birthday cake smoothie and milkshake option. But you'll need to know how to unlock the new secret menu for that. The menu will remain hidden inside the Kiosks until May 6, according to Billy Penn reports. The convenience store has locations in Hackensack, Lodi and Garfield. Watch video above to learn how to access the menu.

by Cecilia Levine

04/11/2018

Paramus, NJ

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Bergen Democrat To Resign From NJ Assembly For 'Different Position' Bergen County Democrat Timothy Eustace will be resigning from the state Assembly Friday, NJ.com reports. The 61-year-old Maywood resident is the second openly gay person ever to have been elected to the New Jersey legislature. Eustace said he is moving on to a "different position" but did not disclose anything more, the article says. Eustace and his late partner Kevin Williams were New Jersey's first openly gay couple to apply to the state for joint adoption in the 1980s. The couple later adopted three children who had contracted AIDS. Eustace served as Maywood's mayor from 2008…

by Cecilia Levine

04/11/2018

Paterson, NJ

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Andrea Black Of Little Falls, 26, Remembered As Inspiring, Vivacious Andrea N. Black of Little Falls died suddenly on April 10. Andrea was born in Teaneck and lived in Little Falls, graduating from Passaic Valley High School in 2009. She is remembered in her obituary as being a loving, vivacious and selfless person, able to lift the spirits of everyone. Andrea was a trend-setter and inspired other people through her fashion. Gymnastics was a passion of hers and she also cheered at Passaic Valley High School. She participated four years of Green-X team and became head her senior year. She attended Johnson & Wales University after graduating from high s…

by Cecilia Levine

04/11/2018

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