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Ridgewood, NJ
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Juice Bar, Drug Busts Top Bergen County News Last Week
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Drug busts, burglars and a professional errand-runner — here's a look at the stories that topped Bergen County news last week. JUICE BAR: Ever since Jessica Piatt opened Beets Juice Bar last month, Park Ridge High School students have a healthy place to hang out at lunchtime and 3:15 p.m. DRUG BUST: A local judge released a Hackensack man without bail after Bergen County prosecutor’s detectives and city police said they seized seven pounds of methamphetamine, nearly a half-pound of cocaine and nine ounces of marijuana – worth a combined $450,000 on the street -- during…
Paterson, NJ
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Buzzer-Beater Shot, Parking Lot Crash Top Passaic County News Last Week
PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. — Here's a look at the five stories that topped Passaic County news last week: PARKING LOT CRASH: A preliminary investigation found no reason to charge the driver of a pickup truck that struck and killed a 58-year-old Wanaque woman in a supermarket parking lot Thursday night, authorities said. BUZZER BEATER: With seconds left in the game, Wood-Ridge's Anthony D'Amico caught the rebound of Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology's second foul shot and chucked the ball across the court. GOOD EATS: A star chef and his first-class restaurateur dad are rolling ou…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Mom Brings Dream Playground Closer To Reality For Fair Lawn Students
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — The Radburn School in Fair Lawn is one step closer to having a playground. The school's PTA recently received word that the Radburn Association approved its application for the structure. All that's left is permission from the New Jersey Historical Commission. "This is huge," said Fair Lawn mom Kelly Sullivan, who spearheaded the process almost five years ago. Sullivan's kids are too old for Radburn School: they're now in college. But that's not stopping her from making the dream playground a reality for the 450 current students. "I had almost given up h…
Hackensack, NJ
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County Executive Reaches Agreement With Bergen Regional Medical Center
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco has reached a transition agreement with the current operator of Bergen Regional Medical Center. The agreement comes months after state officials considered oversight of the hospital following hundreds of reported assaults. “My primary goals for Bergen Regional have been to ensure continuity of care for patients, stability for staff, and to establish the necessary oversight, while we plan for the future of the hospital," Tedesco said. "This agreement meets these goals and mandates the daily on-site presence of county represen…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock Students Sample Organic Lunch Options
GLEN ROCK, N.J. — Students in Glen Rock are trying out some tasty new lunch options — and they’re all organic. Administrators, parents and representatives from Pomptonian Food Service have developed a pilot organic menu plan being featured once a week through march at all schools in the borough. The menu was designed to be appealing to students of all ages, while promoting a healthy lifestyle that features organic ingredients. Menu options include spaghetti and meatballs, macaroni and cheese, baked chicken wings and sweet potato fries. Students and parents will provide feedback following …
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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: Wood-Ridge Buzzer Beater Shot Sends Game Into Overtime
WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. — With seconds left in the game, Wood-Ridge's Anthony D'Amico caught the rebound of Paterson Charter School for Science and Technology's second foul shot and chucked the ball across the court. The chances of it going into the net were slim, but the JV player figured he had nothing to lose. Skill or luck no matter, the ball went in, sending the game, then tied, into overtime. Wood-Ridge trailed the game 60-63, but D'Amico's shot still made it one to remember.
Teaneck, NJ
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Company Wants To Bring Electric Billboard To Teaneck Highway
TEANECK, N.J. — A vacant strip of land along Route 4 in Teaneck could soon be sporting an LED billboard. That is, if the township planning board likes what it hears Thursday night. All Vision, LLC is requesting a double-sided, LED billboard containing two, 14x48-foot sign faces and a pole along Route 4 West, the application says. Motorists traveling westbound through Englewood and Fort Lee into New York City would pass the electric sign. The application is coming almost two years after council approved a 20-year lease with the company, approving a digital billboard expected to bring in m…
Hackensack, NJ
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Tae Kwon Do Black Belt Takes Hands-On Approach To Health In Hackensack
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Being sick was something Hackensack physician Edward Shmaruk was used to as a kid. It was never anything severe or life-threatening, but constantly having head colds certainly was uncomfortable and exhausting. The only thing that seemed to help was holistic medicine, particularly chiropractic — which is why the Fair Lawn native pursued just that. "Being in treatment and chiropractic care helped my health and immune system," said Shmaruk, who opened his Jefferson Street practice, Back2Health Chiropractic and Therapy Center, in 2008. The Tae Kwon Do black belt s…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Residents Lobby To Protect Radburn Governance
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — A longtime Fair Lawn resident and dozens of other locals are rallying to protect the beloved Radburn governance. Don Morris, who has lived in town for 45 years, started an online petition after receiving a letter from state officials proposing a bill that would invalidate the 87-year-old governance structure of Radburn, the petition says. The neighborhood is governed by an individual, non-profit organization run by current and former trustees. If passed, the bill would remove the Radburn Association's blind nomination system, eliminate the role of membership, change sever…
Paramus, NJ
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Oradell Pizzeria Owner Authentic As His Italian Recipes
ORADELL, N.J. — Most menu items at Oradell's Calabria Pizza are what owner Franco Vaccaro was raised on. Take the chicken francese, gnocchi bolognese or stuffed shells — all recipes his parents brought with them after immigrating from Calabria, Italy to the U.S. Check out the menu in Vaccaro's Kinderkamack Road shop and you'll see all of those, and more. He says they taste like home, which is why his restaurant is a perfect fit for a little town like Oradell. "It's family oriented," said Vaccaro, of Cliffside Park, who opened his shop almost two years ago. Vaccaro's first shop, …
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