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Ridgewood, NJ
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Ridgewood Pizza Store Offers Neapolitan Experience
RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Naples, Italy, thrives on the outskirts of downtown Ridgewood in a pizzeria where everything is made A Mano — by hand. Butternut squash, pistachio pesto and truffled cheese spreads might make A Mano’s menu seem overwhelming at first glance. So general manager John Lugano suggests newcomers ease in with a familiar margherita pie. “The idea of Neapolitan style is basic and simple,” said Lugano, whose restaurant is at the corner of Franklin Avenue and Chestnut Street. “Margherita is the basic pizza, and then they get more adventurous." A Mano is the only pizzeria in New…
Hackensack, NJ
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Hackensack Christmas Tree Vendor Returns For 19th Year Of Business
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Donning dark-wash jeans and a baseball cap, Christmas tree vendor Kris McShane wraps his arms around a 6-foot tree at his outdoor Hackensack Avenue shop Thursday evening under cotton candy skies. "This is how you hold a Christmas tree," he said, swinging it over his left shoulder before passing it off to Elijah, of Hackensack, to bring back to his family. McShane, an outdoor guide from Upstate New York, has since 1996 been making the trip to TJK Landscaping's shop — located just behind the Steuben House in River Edge — to pursue a career he never thought he'd fe…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
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Elmwood Park Holiday Concert Benefits Centennial Celebrations
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — The Elmwood Park Centennial Committee's Dec. 12 Holiday Brasstacular in the Memorial High School Auditorium will benefit the borough's 2016 centennial celebration. The 7 p.m. performance on River Drive will feature the renowned Imperial Brass — a 25-piece professional ensemble comprised of musicians from throughout New Jersey. Tickets are $20 per person. The group will present seasonal music of all brass British instrumentation. Musical arrangements from contemporary to classical will include brass band classics, contemporary works, classical arrangements, music from B…
Teaneck, NJ
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Late-Night Black Supremacist Meeting In Teaneck Draws Police Attention
TEANECK, N.J. -- Teaneck police kept an eye late Thursday into the overnight on the Glenpointe Marriott, where the controversial Israelite Church of God in Jesus Christ -- branded a black supremacist hate group by a civil rights organization -- held a meeting that lasted until nearly 1:30 a.m. "There were no issues, and we didn't expect there to be," a law enforcement source told Daily Voice. As a precaution, township police requested mobilization of the Bergen County Police Chiefs Association Rapid Deployment Force -- a team of elite officers trained to handle large crowds -- on …
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
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Local Vendors To Feed PBA Toy Drive Volunteers At Closter Firehouse
CLOSTER, N.J. – A group of local vendors will serve up eats as emergency service workers, National Guard troops, loved ones and friends pile presents at the Closter firehouse during the Dec. 16 annual PBA Toy Drive for terminally ill, sick and needy children. "I like to give what I can give," said Johnny "Meatballs" DeCarlo of Wood-Ridge, who'll be dishing his original meatballs for the fifth year in a row. "I call them the 'Holy Trinity — veal pork and beef," he said. DeCarlo also uses Jersey tomatoes, which he called "the best in the world." He'll…
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Disney World Victory Places Montvale Team Fifth In United States
ORLANDO, F.L. — The Bergen County Pop Warner Football Unlimited Division is ranked fifth in the United States after a 39-6 victory against the South Carolina Hurricanes Wednesday morning in Disney World. The team — which practices in Montvale and Paramus — lost to the New Fairfield Falcons from Connecticut in the first round of the round-robin 59th Pop Warner Super Bowl on Dec. 6 (SEE: Bergen County Pop Warner Team Aims For National Championship). The star of the day was Jed DeNobile of Upper Saddle River, Coach Anthony Galella said. DeNobile had three interceptions, two of which he return…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Renovated Fair Lawn Food Pantry Honors Late Resident
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — Edith Wigod of Fair Lawn spent much of her life serving others, so it was considered fitting that a new food pantry at Borough Hall be named for her. “She was always trying to help people,” resident Wayne Robbins said following Tuesday night's official dedication. “An avid promoter of the food pantry, her whole life was dedicated to helping others.” The Fair Lawn Food Pantry had been operating as a converted closet for years until Wigod’s son and his family donated what reportedly was thousands of dollars for renovations last year. Edith Wigod was 93 when she died in 2002.…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Breaking News
Utility Work Closes Southbound Lane Of Saddle River Road In Fair Lawn
FAIR LAWN, N.J. — The southbound lane of Saddle River Road in Fair Lawn is closed from Prospect Street to just before Knott Terrace. PSE&G will be performing utility pole-line work from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Friday, Dec. 11. CLICK HERE for more.
Pascack Valley, NJ
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Washington Township Rabbi Unites Religious Communities In Solidarity
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. — More than a dozen Christian, Muslim and Jewish communities will unite at a Washington Township synagogue to show their solidarity in peace on Dec. 13 — the last night of Hanukkah. The 7 p.m. Unity Gathering in light of the Paris, Colorado Springs and San Bernardino shootings will be at Temple Beth Or on Ridgewood Road. Temple Beth Or's Rabbi Noah Fabricant, of Ridgewood, last week reached out to officials at the Elzahra Islamic Center — a mosque in Midland Park — before contacting more than a dozen clergies throughout Bergen County. "I feel the need for a l…
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Moonachie Teacher Asks Astrophycisist To #TakeMsKennyToFormal
MOONACHIE, N.J. — Robert L. Craig School Middle School science teacher Valerie Kenny and her students are tweeting at and Facebook messaging astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson in hopes he will #TakeMsKennyToFormal. While Kenny and her youngsters got a jump on inundating Tyson's social media platforms last month to make sure the cosmologist will be free come May 11, they recently discovered he'll be on the West Coast the week of formal. Still, Kenny is determined to introduce Tyson to her students. "He's the kind of scientist that can explain anything to anyone and they'll get it,"…
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