Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Business
Korean Fried Chicken Franchise Plots North Jersey Expansion Korean Fried Chicken Franchise Plots North Jersey Expansion
Korean Fried Chicken Franchise Plots North Jersey Expansion Fans of Korean fried chicken in North Jersey will be 매우 흥분 by this news.  Bonchon, a Korean fried chicken franchise, announced a planned expansion in Hudson, Union and Morris counties. The franchisee, Seung Kim, said he is currently searching for specific sites for the fried chicken joints and an opening date has not been announced. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bonchon Chicken (@bonchonchicken) Bonchon has more than 122 locations in the United States, including spots in Midland Park, Hackensack, Fort Lee, Lodi, Nutley, Parsip…

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by Sam Barron
Teaneck, NJ
Police & Fire
$206,908 In Drug Money Seized From Home Of Accused Teaneck Bag Man, Prosecutor Says $206,908 In Drug Money Seized From Home Of Accused Teaneck Bag Man, Prosecutor Says
$206,908 In Drug Money Seized From Home Of Accused Teaneck Bag Man, Prosecutor Says Bergen County narcotics detectives seized $206,980 in cash from two men – one of them from Teaneck, the other from Queens -- who they said were running both drugs and huge amounts of cash. The green was collected at the modest Alpine Drive home of Wesley Cordova, 44, after a stun gun and prescription drugs were found in his car during a stop in Fort Lee, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Cordova’s alleged partner, William Vargas of Ozone Park, had heroin and fentanyl in an electronically-operated hidden compartment built into his vehicle that the detectives discovered during anoth…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Fort Lee Boy, 15, Charged With Attempted Murder In Elmwood Park Shooting GOTCHA! Fort Lee Boy, 15, Charged With Attempted Murder In Elmwood Park Shooting
Gotcha! Fort Lee Boy, 15, Charged With Attempted Murder In Elmwood Park Shooting Capping an intense investigation, Elmwood Park detectives charged a 15-year-old Fort Lee boy with attempted murder for shooting another teen earlier this month. Identifying and capturing the accused shooter was difficult "because there weren't many cooperating witnesses," Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said on Saturday, July 22. This "brings a sense of relief to the residents of Elmwood Park, especially those in the Elmwood Village area of the community," the chief said. The victim was hospitalized after being shot in the thigh on Elmwood Terrace in the Elmwood Village develop…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Legal
Public Notification of Environmental Investigation and Cleanup Public Notification of Environmental Investigation and Cleanup
Public Notification of Environmental Investigation and Cleanup Delta Service Station – 1433 Palisade Avenue, Fort Lee, NJ (Block: 2556, Lot: 7) NJDEP PI 025890, Case #’s 99-07-30-1001-02 and 12-12-06-1153-32 July 14, 2023 In accordance with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) regulations for “Notification and Public Outreach,” Westview Realty Corp provides herein information relating to environmental investigative and remedial activities being conducted at the above referenced Site. Westview Reality Corp operates a retail service station and repair facility at the site. Chemical constituents associated with pr…

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by Daily Voice
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
Police & Fire
Fort Lee Boy, 15, Charged With Shooting Elmwood Park Teen Fort Lee Boy, 15, Charged With Shooting Elmwood Park Teen
Fort Lee Boy, 15, Charged With Shooting Elmwood Park Teen Capping an intense investigation, Elmwood Park detectives charged a 15-year-old Fort Lee boy with attempted murder for shooting another teen earlier this month. Identifying and capturing the accused shooter was difficult "because there weren't many cooperating witnesses," Elmwood Park Police Chief Michael Foligno said on Saturday, July 22. This "brings a sense of relief to the residents of Elmwood Park, especially those in the Elmwood Village area of the community," the chief said.  The victim was hospitalized after being shot in the thigh on Elmwood Terrace in the Elmwood Village develop…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Fort Lee Food Service Worker Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor Fort Lee Food Service Worker Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor
Fort Lee Food Service Worker Charged With Sexually Assaulting Minor A married food service worker from Fort Lee was charged with sexually assaulting an underage teen, authorities said. Nelson Reyes Jr., 38, sexually abused the child, who was between 13 and 16 at the time, in Fort Lee, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said on Thursday, July 6. Records show Nelson was arrested on aggravated assault and illegal weapons charges in Fort Lee in July 2019. A judge released him after two days under New Jersey’s bail reform law. The outcome of the case couldn’t immediately be determined. This time was different. Reyes was arrested last Friday, June 30, follo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Business
Opa! Gyro Project Officially Opens In Fort Lee Opa! Gyro Project Officially Opens In Fort Lee
Opa! Gyro Project Officially Opens In Fort Lee It's going to be a hot gyro summer in Bergen County. The Gyro Project, a fast casual restaurant in Fort Lee, officially opened its doors on Wednesday, July 5, at 2151 Lemoine Ave. after months of anticipation. The restaurant is the brainchild of George Tenedios, an Englewood Cliffs resident who recently opened fresh&co in Newark and Spiro Kokkosis, who owns several restaurants in New York and lives in Fort Lee. Tenedios and Kokkosis have been friends for 25 years and are both second generation restauranteurs with Greek backgrounds. Kokkosis came up with the idea for the Gyro Project an…

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by Sam Barron
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
AT LONG LAST: Fort Lee Bar Owner’s Killer Returned To NJ After 30 Years AT LONG LAST: Fort Lee Bar Owner’s Killer Returned To NJ After 30 Years
AT Long Last: Fort Lee Bar Owner’s Killer Returned To NJ After 30 Years Justice may have been delayed, but it isn't being denied to loved ones of a Bergen County businessman who was tortured, robbed and savagely slain in his Hudson River apartment three decades ago. Jimmy Polites began the night of Aug. 4, 1994 with friends at the tavern he co-owned in Fort Lee. Hours later he was bound to a chair and hanged with an electrical cord in his Edgewater townhouse. It has taken nearly 30 years for his killer to finally pay. Thomas Christopher James was released from a New York State prison late this week after serving 28 years for murdering a reputed Long Island mo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
SMH: Released Burglar Returns To Cliffside For His Stuff, Gets Busted For Gun, Drugs SMH: Released Burglar Returns To Cliffside For His Stuff, Gets Busted For Gun, Drugs
SMH: Released Burglar Returns To Cliffside For His Stuff, Gets Busted For Gun, Drugs Only under New Jersey’s bail reform law can an ex-con charged with a string of burglaries be released by a judge before police even have a chance to search his car. And maybe only in New Jersey will the just-released defendant go to police headquarters to retrieve his things and immediately be arrested. That’s because while ex-con Ralph Lloyd Wilson was passing through the revolving door of justice, Cliffside Park detectives were finding a gun and drugs in the rented vehicle. It began with Wilson’s arrest last week by police in neighboring Fort Lee. He'd burglarized a row of businesse…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Fleeing Cliffside Business Burglar Nabbed By Fort Lee PD, Claims Sovereignty GOTCHA! Fleeing Cliffside Business Burglar Nabbed By Fort Lee PD, Claims Sovereignty
Gotcha! Fleeing Cliffside Business Burglar Nabbed By Fort Lee PD, Claims Sovereignty A burglar who hit several downtown Cliffside Park businesses overnight Wednesday was captured a half-dozen blocks away by Fort Lee police who were part of a dragnet. Officers from no fewer than seven other law enforcement agencies converged on Cliffside's business district after the intruder entered an unlocked sidewalk cellar door on Lawton Avenue and began going from business to business around 1:30 a.m. June 21, Deputy Police Chief Vincent Capano said. The owner of Dipped Donuts on Anderson Avenue got a burglar alert on his phone, saw what was happening on a surveillance camera and call…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Authorities Probe Late-Night Fire That Damaged Edgewater Townhouse Authorities Probe Late-Night Fire That Damaged Edgewater Townhouse
Authorities Probe Late-Night Fire That Damaged Edgewater Townhouse Edgewater police got everyone out safely after a house fire ignited overnight, responders said. Officer Victor Lopez Jr. ushered the residents to safety before flames blew out the front windows of the Undercliff Avenue residence at the top of North Street as Tuesday night turned to Wednesday morning, June 21. Borough firefighters had the main body of the two-alarmer knocked down in minutes. Firefighters from Cliffside Park and Fort Lee provided mutual aid. The scene was cleared shortly before 2:30 a.m. No injuries were reported in the overnight fire Wednesday, June 21 on Undercliff Av…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Business
Fort Lee High Schooler Starts Own Bakery From Parents Basement Fort Lee High Schooler Starts Own Bakery From Parents Basement
Fort Lee High Schooler Starts Own Bakery From Parents Basement Haya Nassar may be just a junior in high school but she already knows what she wants to do with her life. Nassar has recently opened Haya Baking, making chocolate chip cookies from her parents basement and delivering them to customers throughout the region. Nassar, a Fort Lee resident, balances high school, which she takes online, with fulfilling the orders of her customers.  "I had been thinking about doing this for a year," Nassar said. "I decided to put my foot down and I just did it. I really enjoy baking." Nassar's specialty is chocolate chip cookies, though she makes designs for what…

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by Sam Barron