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Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ

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Fair Lawn Clown Mask Chase Tops Bergen County News Last Week Here's a look at the five stories that topped Bergen County news this week: CLOWN MASKS: Amid all the recent genuine and contrived tales of troublemakers in "creepy clown" masks, Fair Lawn police nabbed five Bergen County occupants of a truck who they said frightened a female motorist before dawn Wednesday. CEMETERY VANDALISM: Almost 10 years-worth of restoration work on the century-old headstones behind the Wyckoff Reformed Church was ruined in just one night. CIGAR SHOP: A Lyndhurst cigar shop owner was indicted on charges of ducking $442,000 in sales and tobacco product taxes,…

by Cecilia Levine

10/09/2016

Paterson, NJ

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Paterson Street Killing Arrest Tops Passaic County News Last Week Here's a look at the top five stories that topped Passaic County news last week: PATERSON ARREST: Investigators hunted down and charged a 26-year-old Paterson man ordered held on $1 million bail in the shooting death of another man a month earlier. FINAL CUT: After 40 years of serving the Ringwood community, the Shear Shop closed its doors last week, and a man who spent decades cutting the hair of borough residents said goodbye to his career as a barber. CASH FLOW: A routine appearance at municipal court could've been a scene out of a music video for Paterson's Fetty Wap. PIZZA: Jersey Pi…

by Cecilia Levine

10/09/2016

Cresskill-Closter, NJ

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Burger Named To List Of Best In U.S. Comes To Closter CLOSTER, N.J. — Iron Chef Jose Garces' speakeasy-style bar and burger joint coming to Closter Plaza was named to Zagat's list of the 30 best burgers in the United States. The Philadelphia location, in particular, was listed for its Village burger, among the simplest — yet best — on the menu, Zagat says. Other suggestions include duck fat fries with cheddar beer sauce, braised short ribs and the foie gras and blue cheese burger, topped with Whiskey King. CLICK HERE FOR ZAGAT'S LIST.

by Cecilia Levine

10/08/2016

Paramus, NJ

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Oradell Collects 'Kostumes4Kids' For At-Risk Bergen Children More than 200 donated Halloween costumes will be donated Sunday at Oradell's Oktoberfest to the at-risk children in the Hackensack-based Bergen Volunteer Center's Mentoring Youth program, thanks to Kostumes4Kids. The 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fall Festival will be in the Senior Center parking lot. Wristbands will be given out to children for free carnival rides. The event is made possible by its sponsors: Borough of Oradell B Hive Organic Salon in Hillsdale Keller Williams Valley Realty of Oradell Affinity Federal Credit Union Calabria Pizza of Oradell Mr. Cupcakes (stores in Hawthorne, Hackensac…

by Cecilia Levine

10/08/2016

Englewood, NJ

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Teen Tenafly Metal Band Gets Holiday Weekend Rockin' TENAFLY, N.J. — A band of teen rockers from Tenafly's School of Rock will be jamming out at the Hudson County Fair on Friday night. "Lunatic Fringe" will go on at 6:30 p.m., on the stage at James J. Braddock North Hudson Park. The band includes: Vocalist/rhythmic guitarist Mary O'Neill, 14, of River Vale Drummer Eitan Ofeck, 16, of Englewood Cliffs Guitarist Cooper Boyd, 16, of Carlstadt Matt Stone, bassist (new member) of Dumont Abby Zachko, guitar (new member) of Tenafly After performing an Iron Maiden song for School of Rock last year, the quartet formed Lunatic Fringe. O'N…

by Cecilia Levine

10/07/2016

Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ

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Fundraiser Set For Fair Lawn Native In Paterson Multi-Home Explosion PATERSON, N.J. — More than $500 had been raised as of Thursday evening on a GoFundMe page for a Fair Lawn native and her husband involved in a Paterson multi-home explosion. The couple was at work when their house exploded, the page says. Eighteen first responders were taken to the hospital after evacuating families from the houses, NorthJersey.com reports. They were released from the hospital Wednesday morning, the story says. CLICK HERE for the full NorthJersey.com story and HERE for the GoFundMe.

by Cecilia Levine

10/06/2016

Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

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BuzzFeed: Wood-Ridge Pizza Shop Is Best In New Jersey WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. — Jersey Pizza Co. in Wood-Ridge represents New Jersey in BuzzFeed's list of best pizza places in every state in the country. BuzzFeed asked Yelp for the most popular pizza places in every state determined by the number of reviews and the star-rating, according to the article. One Yelper said the pizza is "almost always cooked to perfection," and another suggested trying the "absurdly delicious" truffle pizza. Jersey Pizza Co. is located at 200 Hackensack St., Wood-Ridge, and has a North Haledon location at 5 Sicomac Road.

by Cecilia Levine

10/06/2016

Paterson, NJ

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Court Or Music Video? Paterson's Fetty Wap Makes 'Cash-Filled' Appearance PATERSON, N.J. — A routine appearance at municipal court could've been a scene out of a music video for Paterson's Fetty Wap. The hip-hop star showed up to a routine municipal court appearance in Cedar Grove on motor vehicle summonses Wednesday with cash spilling out of his pockets, NorthJersey.com reports. Fetty Wap — whose real name is Willie J. Maxwell II — carried wads of bills amounting to $175,000, the article says. In August, a member of Fetty Wap's musical group Remy Boyz left jail in a Rolls Royce. CLICK HERE for the full NorthJersey.com story.

by Cecilia Levine

10/06/2016

Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ

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Photos: Fair Lawn Soccer Team Honors Breast Cancer Fighters, Survivors FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Athletes holding pink balloons wiped tears from their eyes as breast cancer fighters and survivors in the community walked across the Fair Lawn High School soccer field. Last to walk at the inaugural Thursday ceremony launched by coach John VanSoest were his mother, Nancy VanSoest of Totowa, and aunt, Joan VanSoest of Parsippany, alongside him and his two sons. "They’re fighters," the coach said of all of the survivors who walked the field, including Fair Lawn mom Bearn Vargas, this year's Santa Boone recipient. "They deserve to be recognized." CHECK…

by Cecilia Levine

10/06/2016

Garfield-Lodi, NJ

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Garfield Nurse Gains Traction On The 'Gram GARFIELD, N.J. — He's got a long beard and horror story tattoo sleeves up both of his arms, but Garfield's Matt Savage is anything but what his last name suggests. The Hackensack University Medical Center night-shift nurse is a rather gentle giant. With more than 10,000 Instagram followers tracking his every bite, and many a shift in the orthopedic unit, Savage is on a mission to set the record straight: what you see isn't always what you get. "People just look at you differently," said the Bergenfield native of the ink covering his arms Savage sees it as art, but he knows some…

by Cecilia Levine

10/06/2016

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