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New City, NY
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New City Native Brings Mobile Vet, Transport Services To Rockland Pets
NEW CITY, N.Y. — Mobile veterinarian Tracy Cohen-Grady is about to make life even simpler for Rockland County pet owners. The New City native has been making house calls for VETdispatch in Bergen, Passaic, Essex, Hudson and Rockland counties since 2014. But the mobile vet company opened a hospital in Morristown last month, and Cohen-Grady will be helping with transporting clients to the facility for more intensive care. “We try to keep everything stress free,” said Cohen-Grady, a Rockland County native. The hospital will be having an open house on Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. Children ca…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Glen Rock Pizzeria Heats Up Pokemon Pie Contest
GLEN ROCK, N.J. — A Glen Rock pizzeria is running a Pokemon contest of its own. Inspired by the Pokemon Go smartphone craze, Francesca Brick Oven Pizza and Pasta will choose one winner to receive a free "Pokepizza." To enter: "Like" its Facebook page Share THIS post
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Cresskill Bakery Sees Sweet Food Network Victory
CRESSKILL, N.J. — A team of Cresskill confectioners might have to bake itself a cake for a change. “Usually we have a lot of time to think about our clients' cakes,” said Karin Carkirdas, who owns Keremo Cakes with her aunt, Elizabeth Ohanian, and sister, Karolin Cakirdas. The pair won Monday evening’s “Emoji Cake” episode of Food Network’s “Cake Wars.” The prize? A $10,000 check that the owners say will take their cakes to another level. “The time constraint was the most challenging part,” said Karin Cakirdas, 33 of Fairview. She had been working as a graphic dsigner for a luxury brand …
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Roadwork Shuts Lodi's Outwater Lane
LODI, N.J. — Outwater Lane's westbound lane at Westminster Place in Lodi will close for roadwork beginning Wednesday evening, officials said. Repairs will be conducted around the clock until further notice, local police said in a Nixle alert. Officers will assist with traffic.
Englewood, NJ
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Water Leak Closes Englewood Intersection
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — A water leak closed the intersection of Gloucester Street and Van Nostrand Avenue in Englewood Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The Englewood Police Department didn't know when the intersection will reopen, a Nixle alert says.
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes, NJ
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Franklin Lakes Editor In Chief, 20, Focuses On Feminism
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. — A 20-year-old NYU student from Franklin Lakes is giving a voice to women all around the world. Kate Avino launched “Her Culture” magazine during her senior year at Indian Hills High School as a result of an AP Italian assignment. “We had to go back to our families and talk about traditions,” said Avino, a Little Falls native. “I talked to my mom and grandma but neither had much to say — there was no real tradition from our ancestors.” Avino launched the magazine that weekend in hopes of preserving all she could about her family’s Italian heritage. She figured other…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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Zumba Fitness Instructors Bring Caribbean To Bogota
BOGOTA, N.J. — A local Zumba Fitness instructor is bringing the Caribbean to Bogota. Marissa Tonge of Maywood is teaming up with guest instructor Travis Algarin for Carib-Carnival Zumba on Saturday at 1 p.m., at the Bogota VFW. The class will feature Soca, dancehall, samba and salsa routines. Tonge hopes her class will bond guests for life. "Zumba brings together the community," the Englewood native said. "You dance and act crazy with people who you may have just met but at the end of the class, you feel a connection with everyone in the room. "You find yourself getti…
Paterson, NJ
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Wayne's Glaze Donuts Adds Ice Cream To Menu
WAYNE, N.J. — Glaze Donuts in Wayne just got a little bit sweeter. The gourmet doughnut shop added ice cream to the menu at its Hamburg Turnpike location. The store will have 16 flavors of hard ice cream on rotation, with a mix of exotic and limited selections seasonally. All flavors are made from scratch on-site using heavy cream, skim milk, vanilla, sugar, eggs and a dash of salt. The ice cream has no artificial flavorings and is made with fresh fruit. Two soft-serve flavors are also available. Glaze Donuts is located at 1055 Hamburg Tpke., Wayne.
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Injured Hillsdale Powerlifting Coach Practices Patience
PARK RIDGE, N.J. — Powerlifting coach Chris Della Fave of Park Ridge is no stranger to the sidelines. Sure, being on the platform is fun for Della Fave, who finished first in his weight class at the Arnold Classic in Ohio last March. Just as gratifying for the 28-year-old Fort Lee High School business teacher, though, is seeing his athletes’ success. “It’s always nice to see your hard work as a coach pay off,” said Della Fave, a Rochelle Park native. “You can’t lift or play for them, but it’s nice to see the time put into their programs and practices translate on the field and the platform…
New City, NY
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Corcoran Twins, Natives Of Rockland, Set For College Beach Volleyball
Sibling rivalry doesn't come up much for Victoria and Veronica Corcoran, natives of New Hempstead in Ramapo. Instead, the 18-year-old identical twins use their sisterhood to their advantage, predicting each other's moves on and basketball, volleyball courts and softball field. But this year is different — the girls, now of Closter, N.J. — will be finishing each other's sentences in the sand as they've accepted scholarships to play for the University of New Orleans' beach volleyball program. "Usually when you play with someone new you have to get to know how they play," said Victo…
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