Beekman-Poughquag, NY
News
Unruly Airline Passengers Incurred More Than $1 Million In Fines This Year, FAA Says Unruly Airline Passengers Incurred More Than $1 Million In Fines This Year, FAA Says
Unruly Airline Passengers Incurred More Than $1 Million In Fines This Year, FAA Says Unruly airline passengers have incurred more than $1 million in fines in 2021 from the United States Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA announced on Thursday, Aug. 19 that is recommending another $531,545 in civil penalties against 34 passengers for their alleged unruly behavior, bringing the total for 2021 past the $1 million mark. The agency said since the beginning of the year, it has received about 3,889 reports of unruly behavior by passengers. This included about 2,867 reports of passengers who refused to comply with the federal mask mand…

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by Nicole Valinote
Hamilton Township, NJ
Business
California-Based 'Grocery Outlet' Opens 1st NJ Store, Replacing Shuttered South Jersey Kmart California-Based 'Grocery Outlet' Opens 1st NJ Store, Replacing Shuttered South Jersey Kmart
California-Based 'Grocery Outlet' Opens 1st NJ Store, Replacing Shuttered South Jersey Kmart A discount grocery chain plans to open its first New Jersey store this fall, reports said. Grocery Outlet is moving into vacated Kmart space in Mercer County, according to JerseyDigs.com. Kmart closed its former Hamilton Township store in December 2019. Based in San Francisco, Grocery Outlet will replace the former Kmart in Hamilton Plaza at 1061 White Horse Ave.  The former Kmart store at Hamilton Township in Mercer County closed for good in the fall of 2019.Google Maps Grocery Outlet stores are best known on the West Coast, but the chain began opening stores in Pennsylvania, after b…

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by Jon Craig
Hackensack, NJ
News
14 Arrested In ICE Protest At Bergen County Jail 14 Arrested In ICE Protest At Bergen County Jail
14 Arrested In ICE Protest At Bergen County Jail Fourteen protestors were arrested – one of whom was charged with assaulting an officer – during another anti-ICE demonstration at the Bergen County Jail. Those arrested were part of a group that held an overnight vigil across from the jail aimed at stopping the deportation of Marvin Jerezano Peña. Peña has been arrested by police in Red Bank and had a federal deportation hearing scheduled Tuesday in Newark, they said. Trespassing protestors prevented vehicles from entering and leaving the sally port used to shuttle inmates and detainees in and out of the lockup in Hackensack, Bergen Count…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown, NJ
News
Bartending Brothers From Jersey Shore Walk 3,000 Miles Across America For Restaurant Workers Bartending Brothers From Jersey Shore Walk 3,000 Miles Across America For Restaurant Workers
Bartending Brothers From Jersey Shore Walk 3,000 Miles Across America For Restaurant Workers A pair of brothers and former bartenders who live on the Jersey Shore are trekking 3,000 miles across America to raise money for restaurant workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Aiden, 28, and Louis Ardine, 27, say they experienced the stresses of working in a bar during the pandemic and -- while they were still able to provide for themselves after being laid off -- many others were not. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Aiden and Louis Ardine (@ardinesxamerica) "To give back to an industry that they for so long loved being …

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by Cecilia Levine
Massapequa, NY
Lifestyle
COVID-19: When Will It Be Safe To Kiss A Stranger? New Report Sheds Some Light COVID-19: When Will It Be Safe To Kiss A Stranger? New Report Sheds Some Light
Covid-19: When Will It Be Safe To Kiss A Stranger? New Report Sheds Some Light Sick and tired of the COVID-19 pandemic and need a big kiss? Well, experts say if you have received your vaccine and the person you want to kiss has too, and you're comfortable doing so, then kiss away. But the key is to make sure the person you are kissing -- especially if it's a stranger -- has really been vaccinated,  Dr. David Rubin, a professor of pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania told The New York Times. Rubin said even without confirmation, making out with a stranger is lower-risk than going to a packed nightclub or party. “It’s one of…

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by Kathy Reakes
Tarrytown-SleepyHollow, NY
Obituaries
Washington Irving High Graduate Mary Pat (Deely) McGuire, 80 Washington Irving High Graduate Mary Pat (Deely) McGuire, 80
Washington Irving High Graduate Mary Pat (Deely) McGuire, 80 Mary Patricia (Deely) McGuire, age 80, of Bridgewater, MA died on Friday, March 5 after a brief illness. Born in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Dr. Thomas H. and Rosalie T. Deely. Mary Pat was a graduate of Washington Irving High School in Tarrytown and the College of Mount Saint Vincent in Riverdale. Mary Pat was married to the predeceased J. Francis McGuire in 1962 and they settled in Avon, where they raised their three children. Mary Pat was bigger than life and was always the life of the party; additionally, she was a long-time substitute teacher in the Avon school sys…

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by Daily Voice
Hackensack, NJ
News
Hackensack PD: 128 Pounds Of Pot Seized From Chinese Transnational OC Member In Route 80 Stop Hackensack PD: 128 Pounds Of Pot Seized From Chinese Transnational OC Member In Route 80 Stop
Hackensack PD: 128 Pounds Of Pot Seized From Chinese Transnational OC Member In Route 80 Stop Hackensack police seized 128 pounds of pot from a reputed Chinese organized crime member from San Francisco during a traffic stop, authorities said. Narcotics Bureau Detectives Sergio Raneli and Nart Marza stopped the rented 2019 Chrysler Pacifica with Florida license plates on eastbound Route 80 after the driver failed to signal, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. The unemployed driver, Vincent Lee, 35, was unable to provide any paperwork for the rental, DeWitt said. Lee also told them that he "didn't know who rented the vehicle and said he didn't know what was inside eight large cardboa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Feds: NJ Teacher, Soccer Coach Caught Making Child Porn After Sending Hard Drive For Repairs Feds: NJ Teacher, Soccer Coach Caught Making Child Porn After Sending Hard Drive For Repairs
Feds: NJ Teacher, Soccer Coach Caught Making Child Porn After Sending Hard Drive For Repairs A Union County fifth-grade teacher from Morristown who also coaches youth soccer was arrested by the FBI after sending a hard drive containing child porn that he’d created to a California company to recover his files, authorities said. Steven Brooks, 34, who recently taught at Washington Elementary School in Summit and has helped run the Livingston Soccer Club the past 10 years, used a fake online profile to get underage boys to send him videos and photos, authorities said Tuesday. Brooks had emailed an employee at a California company that he had “sensitive and private” information on a ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lyndhurst, NJ
Lifestyle
Lyndhurst Woman Saves 4 Lives With Kidney Donation To Honor Late Father, Jersey City Officer Lyndhurst Woman Saves 4 Lives With Kidney Donation To Honor Late Father, Jersey City Officer
Lyndhurst Woman Saves 4 Lives With Kidney Donation To Honor Late Father, Jersey City Officer A Lyndhurst woman who recently donated a kidney in honor of her late father, a Jersey City police officer, saved four lives when she ignited a “zig-zagging bi-coastal chain” of donations across the country. Gianna Graw, a 24-year-old grad student in higher education at Montclair State, wanted to honor her father — a Jersey City police officer who died in 2016 — by donating a kidney to another officer in need. “My dad dedicated his life to helping others, and I wanted to find a way to honor him and live his legacy,” she said. But finding out that the officer had already found a suitable don…

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by Valerie Musson
Hartford, CT
News
Connecticut Is Top Destination For People Moving Due To COVID-19 Connecticut Is Top Destination For People Moving Due To COVID-19
Connecticut Is Top Destination For People Moving Due To Covid-19 More and more people moving due to COVID-19 are relocating to Connecticut. A new survey by United Van Lines, a national moving company, found that 20 percent of its customers who moved to Connecticut between March and August did so due to COVID-19. Only Vermont and North Dakota had more people moving there due to the pandemic. Among the reasons customers gave for moving during the pandemic: - Concerns for personal and family health and wellbeing - Desires to be closer to family - Changes in employment or work arrangement (including the ability to work remotely) - The desire for a life…

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by Kristin Palpini
Torrington, CT
News
COVID-19: CDC Survey Reveals Percentage Of CT Residents Who've Had Virus COVID-19: CDC Survey Reveals Percentage Of CT Residents Who've Had Virus
Covid-19: CDC Survey Reveals Percentage Of CT Residents Who've Had Virus The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention  (CDC) teamed with commercial laboratories to find the percentage of those who have tested positive for COVID-19 in 10 specifically targeted regions, including Connecticut. Other regions included in the survey were the New York City metro area (the five boroughs, Long Island and Westchester County), Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Philadelphia, San Francisco, South Florida, Utah, and Western Washington State. The survey includes people who had blood specimens tested for reasons unrelated to COVID-19, such as for a routine or sick visit dur…

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by Zak Failla
Massapequa, NY
News
COVID-19: CDC Reveals Percentage Of NYC, Long Island, Westchester Residents Who've Had Virus COVID-19: CDC Reveals Percentage Of NYC, Long Island, Westchester Residents Who've Had Virus
Covid-19: CDC Reveals Percentage Of NYC, Long Island, Westchester Residents Who've Had Virus A significant percentage of residents living in the Metro New York area have had COVID-19, according to a newly released study. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) teamed with commercial laboratories to find those who have tested positive for the virus in 10 specifically targeted regions. Regions included in the survey: Connecticut, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, South Florida, Utah, and Western Washington State. The survey includes people who had blood specimens tested for reasons unrelated to COVID-19, such as for a routine or…

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by Zak Failla