Franklin Township, NJ
Business
Popular Somerset County Eatery Shutters, Relocates To North Jersey Popular Somerset County Eatery Shutters, Relocates To North Jersey
Popular Somerset County Eatery Shutters, Relocates To North Jersey The Salad House in Somerville has closed its doors. The eatery first opened on West Main Street in February 2018.  It has since expanded to Millburn, Morristown and Westfield.  Locations in Livingston in Montclair were expected to open this month or next.

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by Cecilia Levine
Jersey City, NJ
News
Lottery Ticket Good For $983K Sold In Essex County Lottery Ticket Good For $983K Sold In Essex County
Lottery Ticket Good For $983K Sold In Essex County A New Jersey Lottery ticket good for $983,561 was sold in Essex County. The Jersey Cash 5 ticket from Sunday's drawing was sold at Quick Mart in Livingston. The winning numbers were 02, 04, 22, 38, and 39 and the XTRA number was 03. The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for the winning ticket sold. 

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Lifestyle
Livingston Resident Elected 75th International President Of Jewish Fraternity AEPi Livingston Resident Elected 75th International President Of Jewish Fraternity AEPi
Livingston Resident Elected 75th International President Of Jewish Fraternity AEPi A Livingston resident has been elected the 7th Supreme Master of the world's leading Jewish college fraternity, Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi). Jason A. Oshins was elected earlier this year at the fraternity's 107th convention. “Jason is the perfect person to lead our organization at this critical time in our history,” said AEPi’s CEO, Jim Fleischer. “Now more than ever, we need his intelligence and fierce commitment to our mission to develop the future leaders of the world’s Jewish communities.” Oshins, a 1987 graduate of Union College in Schenectady, NY, and a 1991 graduate of New York Law, is …

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Business
Booming Salad Restaurant Opening 2 Essex County Locations Booming Salad Restaurant Opening 2 Essex County Locations
Booming Salad Restaurant Opening 2 Essex County Locations A popular salad restaurant taking North Jersey by storm is opening up two locations in Essex County. The Salad House is coming to 639 Route 10, in Livingston, and 18 S. Fullerton Ave., in Montclair, sometime mid-October or early November, a company spokesperson told Daily Voice. Founded in 2011 and franchising since 2017, The Salad House is a health-conscious fast casual restaurant brand that serves up fresh, made-to-order customizable salad creations.  In addition to its various salad menu items, the brand also offers sandwiches, wraps, soups, appetizers and smoothies. The brand has …

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Business
Lord & Taylor Closing All U.S. Stores Including 9 In NJ Lord & Taylor Closing All U.S. Stores Including 9 In NJ
Lord & Taylor Closing All U.S. Stores Including 9 In NJ Lord & Taylor is going out of business. The company initially said it would be closing 19 stores after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month. On Thursday, Lord & Taylor said it will instead be closing all of its stores, including the nine in New Jersey, after 194 years in business. "While we are still entertaining various opportunities, we believe it is prudent to simultaneously put the remainder of the stores into liquidation to maximize value of inventory for the estate while pursuing options for the company's brands," said Ed Kremer, Lord & Taylor's chief restr…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Lifestyle
Parsippany Man, 25, Endures Daily Dialysis While Searching For Kidney Donor Parsippany Man, 25, Endures Daily Dialysis While Searching For Kidney Donor
Parsippany Man, 25, Endures Daily Dialysis While Searching For Kidney Donor The community has gotten behind a 25-year-old Morris County man on a quest for a new kidney. Brandon Tellawy of Parsippany has been enduring daily dialysis treatments after he was diagnosed with kidney failure last year. Tellawy, who grew up in Kinnelon, was forced to put his pursuit of pharmacology on hold to keep up with his intensive treatment, which requires four nightly cycles of fluid to be pumped through his abdomen, Daily Record reports. Tellawy awaits a kidney transplant, and while his O-negative blood type makes him a universal donor, the same can’t be said when it comes to the …

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by Valerie Musson
Newark, NJ
News
SOLD: Wendy Williams' Essex County Mansion Sells For $420K Below Listing Price SOLD: Wendy Williams' Essex County Mansion Sells For $420K Below Listing Price
Sold: Wendy Williams' Essex County Mansion Sells For $420K Below Listing Price Wendy Williams and her ex-husband have bid farewell to Essex County. The 56-year-old talkshow host and ex-husband Kevin Hunter's former Livingston home was listed at nearly 1.9 million million but sold for $1.4 million, reports say. Williams and Hunter, together for more than two decades, bought the 5,398-square-foot home in Livingston's Bel Air section for $2.1 million in 2009. They listed the 5 bedroom, 4 bathroom mansion for nearly $1.9 million in August 2019, and then again for the same price the following month. The home sold on Aug. 6 of this year. The house has a jacuzzi, four-car …

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Hero Neighbor Saves Livingston Girl, 8, Attacked By Fox Hero Neighbor Saves Livingston Girl, 8, Attacked By Fox
Hero Neighbor Saves Livingston Girl, 8, Attacked By Fox  A Good Samaritan chased away a fox attacking an 8-year-old girl in Livingston -- sending her to the hospital Wednesday afternoon, authorities said. The girl was playing near the shed of a Springbrook Road home when she was attacked by the animal around 4:45 p.m., Livingston Police Lt. Chris Reinhardt said. A neighbor who heard commotion chased the fox away, Reinhardt said. The girl was taken to St. Barnabas Medical Center with several small punctures on her shins and foot, police said.  Animal control was called out to try and locate the fox.

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
News
Brand New Rankings: Best Places To Live In All Of NJ Brand New Rankings: Best Places To Live In All Of NJ
Brand New Rankings: Best Places To Live In All Of NJ Niche.com has released its latest rankings of best places to live in New Jersey. Crime, quality of schools, things to do, and cost of living were among the factors used in determining the rankings.  Princeton came in at No. 1, with Princeton Junction following at No. 2. Upper Montclair was listed as the third best place to live in New Jersey, and is described as a family-friendly area with plenty of parks and great schools. Here are other top places to live in New Jersey. 4: Ridgewood 5: Mountain Lakes 6: Princeton Meadows 7. Springdale 8. Monmouth Junction 9.Westfield 10. New Prov…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
Business
Ulta Beauty To Close 19 Stores Ulta Beauty To Close 19 Stores
Ulta Beauty To Close 19 Stores Ulta Beauty announced plans to close 19 stores this year. Shops slated to get the ax have not been announced, but the beauty supplies chain has shops across New Jersey that could be impacted. Ulta Beauty top officials blamed COVID-19’s economic disruption as the reason for the cuts. Even while it closes some stores, Ulta Beauty has plans to open 30 more. Efforts will be made to transfer employees from closed shops to new or already existing ones, the company said in a press release. In New Jersey, Ulta has stores in Edgewater, Clifton, Maywood, Garfield, Cedar Knolls, Wayne, Montvale, L…

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by Kristin Palpini
Newark, NJ
News
Mass Power Outage Reported In Livingston Mass Power Outage Reported In Livingston
Mass Power Outage Reported In Livingston Dozens of JCP&L customers were without power Monday afternoon in Livingston, leaving at least a few hundred people in the dark. The outage was reported around 2 p.m., in areas surrounding Eisenhower Parkway. The JCP&L outage map shows mass outages along Mount Pleasant Avenue, River Road and Stoneham Drive. Estimated restoration time was 4:30 p.m. The cause was under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
DETOUR: Route 10 Crash Downs Utility Poles, Knocks Power In Livingston DETOUR: Route 10 Crash Downs Utility Poles, Knocks Power In Livingston
Detour: Route 10 Crash Downs Utility Poles, Knocks Power In Livingston All lanes were closed on Route 10 when a car crash downed utility poles and knocked power out in the area Friday afternoon. The road was closed between Livingston and Hillside avenues after the 3:55 p.m. crash, police said. Police urged drivers to avoid the area until further notice. Injuries and cause of the accident were unknown.

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by Valerie Musson