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Powerball Jackpot Boosted To $500M, Makes History Powerball Jackpot Boosted To $500M, Makes History Powerball Jackpot Boosted To $500M, Makes History
Powerball Jackpot Boosted To $500M, Makes History BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — The Powerball jackpot was boosted to $500 million from $450 million on Wednesday morning, making history as the sixth-largest prize in North American history, New Jersey Powerball representative Judy Drucker told Daily Voice. The chances of winning? One in 292.2 million, Drucker said. “We always recommend folks play to win, so buy tickets with the Power Play Multiplier option,” Drucker said. “It will increase the non-jackpot and second-tier prizes by a multiplier number, which goes up to 10.” The dollar amount of the sales across all participating lotteries — 47 in No…
Death Of Hasbrouck Heights Mother Sparks Fundraiser For Family Death Of Hasbrouck Heights Mother Sparks Fundraiser For Family Death Of Hasbrouck Heights Mother Sparks Fundraiser For Family
Death Of Hasbrouck Heights Mother Sparks Fundraiser For Family HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. — More than $3,500 had been raised as of Monday afternoon on a GoFundMe page to help a newly single father raise his baby girl after the baby’s mother of Hasbrouck Heights died. Manny Toribio became the only living parent to his baby girl after Neejhow "Joie" Gomez, a mother of three children, died Dec. 26, the site says. “She was full of so much life and energy,” said the page’s founder, Manny Martes. “Trying to understand why she was taken has been so difficult.” After graduating from Felician University in Lodi with her bachelor's in nursing, Gomez went…
Ringwood Earthquake Shakes People Awake Ringwood Earthquake Shakes People Awake Ringwood Earthquake Shakes People Awake
Ringwood Earthquake Shakes People Awake WAYNE, N.J. — Joseph Daibes, of Wayne, was laying in his bed trying to sleep when he thought he heard a truck loudly passing by his house just before 1 a.m. on Jan. 2. He said his sister, Natasha Daibes, 21, yelled “that was an earthquake,” after the rumbling. But Daibes, 25, and his other family members assured her that surely it was not. Daibes and his family members knew that Natasha was actually correct in her theory when they heard on the news several hours later that a minor earthquake had occurred just over the New Jersey border in Ringwood "at exactly the same time," Daibe…
Hasbrouck Heights Couple Welcomes Last New Jersey Baby Born In 2015 Hasbrouck Heights Couple Welcomes Last New Jersey Baby Born In 2015 Hasbrouck Heights Couple Welcomes Last New Jersey Baby Born In 2015
Hasbrouck Heights Couple Welcomes Last New Jersey Baby Born In 2015 HACKENSACK, N.J. — Just 30 seconds before the New Year, Jared Branda and Stephanie Lopez of Hasbrouck Heights welcomed baby Jacob Michael Branda at The Donna A. Sanzari Women’s Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, according to a press release. Weighing 7 pounds and 1 ounce, and measuring 19 and 3/4 inches long, Jacob was the last baby born in New Jersey, the press release said. After a long labor and about two hours of pushing, little Jacob arrived just before the clock stuck midnight, according to the press release. “It is all so surreal,” Lopez said in the press release. “I …
River Vale Swears In First Female Fire Chief River Vale Swears In First Female Fire Chief River Vale Swears In First Female Fire Chief
River Vale Swears In First Female Fire Chief RIVER VALE, N.J. — The River Vale Fire Department has its first female chief — and she’s only 33 years old. Kellie Goodell was accompanied by her brother — River Vale Fire Marshall and Inspector Gregory Goodell, Jr. — and her 3-year-old nephew, Jaxon, as Municipal Court Judge Vincent Galasso swore her in during Friday's New Year's reorganization meeting. “Kellie worked three to four times as hard as anyone else,” Mayor Glen Jasionowski said of her climb from junior firefighter. “Behind the scenes [she] always rose to the occasion.” Supporting Goodell from along the perimeter of the courtro…
Franklin Lakes Animal Hospital Saves Emaciated Dog In Time For New Year Franklin Lakes Animal Hospital Saves Emaciated Dog In Time For New Year Franklin Lakes Animal Hospital Saves Emaciated Dog In Time For New Year
Franklin Lakes Animal Hospital Saves Emaciated Dog In Time For New Year FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. — Two days after being brought to the Franklin Lakes Animal Hospital, a starved and emaciated pit bull is ringing in the new year with a foster family, Lead Technician Kathy DeBlock said. A Pathway To Hope Rescue in North Haledon was contacted by animal control on Tuesday morning after concerned neighbors found Calista, 3, wandering around outside — her ribcage protruding from her body. “She’s doing amazingly well considering her condition,” A Pathway to Hope President Amy Hofer told Daily Voice. “It’s sort of surprising to us because even with her being as emaciated as…
Bergenfield Pizzeria Owner Wants Vandals To Pay Bergenfield Pizzeria Owner Wants Vandals To Pay Bergenfield Pizzeria Owner Wants Vandals To Pay
Bergenfield Pizzeria Owner Wants Vandals To Pay BERGENFIELD, N.J. — It's been six months since Jeff Ambrosino posted a $1,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever slashed the awning over his Nick's Pizza and Pasta shop in Bergenfield. Ambrosino of Park Ridge nonetheless remains hopeful that police will find the culprit. "It was somebody that had a problem with me or the business, or both. It wasn't random," he told Daily Voice. "I want restitution." Ambrosino first noticed a gash in his awning on a blustery February day. He waited until the weather cleared to have it fixed, then di…
River Vale Swearing In First Female Fire Chief River Vale Swearing In First Female Fire Chief River Vale Swearing In First Female Fire Chief
River Vale Swearing In First Female Fire Chief RIVER VALE, N.J. — If he were alive today, the River Vale Volunteer Fire Department’s first chief would be proud to know that his great-great-granddaughter will be sworn in as its first female chief on Jan. 1. Kellie Goodell represents the fifth generation in her family to serve as the RVFD chief, beginning with Leopold Hermann. The passion to be just like her father and other family firefighters has carried Goodell to the position. “I used to stand at the top of the stairs and ask my dad if I could come with him on calls to the firehouse,” the captain said. “He said no, because then I’d …
Edgewater Target Store Offers Gift Card Exchange Program Edgewater Target Store Offers Gift Card Exchange Program Edgewater Target Store Offers Gift Card Exchange Program
Edgewater Target Store Offers Gift Card Exchange Program BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — Target stores with electronics departments in Bergen and Passaic counties are among 1,500 now accepting gift cards from more than 600 brands, ABC7 reported. The gift card exchange program is through a partnership with Cardpool and Nextworth, ABC7 said. Trade-in rates vary depending on where the gift card is from. Target is among the first of the big-box stores to offer the gift card exchange program, ABC7 said. Participating stores include: Hackensack, Main Street Paramus, Bergen Town Center Edgewater, River Road North Bergen, Tonnelle Avenue Clifton, Kingsland Ro…
Daily Voice Year In Review: Fair Lawn Mom Reflects On Life-Changing Year Daily Voice Year In Review: Fair Lawn Mom Reflects On Life-Changing Year Daily Voice Year In Review: Fair Lawn Mom Reflects On Life-Changing Year
Daily Voice Year In Review: Fair Lawn Mom Reflects On Life-Changing Year Daily Voice this week is running down some of the top stories of 2015, leading up to the most popular Thursday. Here is one of the stories that left a big impression on us. FAIR LAWN, N.J. — A diagnosis of stage II breast cancer in July tipped off a domino effect of life-changing events for single Fair Lawn mom Bernadette Vargas. Losing her job came after the diagnosis, followed by six rounds of chemotherapy and several bumps in the road along the way. The greatest shock of the year for Vargas came early last week, she said, when Fair Lawn Police Det. David Boone — as Santa — Human Service…
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