Final Step: Just Our Shoes In Ridgewood Closing After 43 Years
For more than 40 years, customers walked into Just Our Shoes in Ridgewood and Westwood not just to shop, but to say hello.
They were greeted by the Green family, fitted for shoes, and often lingered to chat. Regulars came to know not only Marty and Wendy Green and their children, Matt and Amy, but even the dogs that were part of the store’s charm over the years.
“They come in not just to try on shoes but to tell you their problems, see the various dogs we had in the store over the years,” said Matt Green, whose parents, Marty, 78, and Wendy, 76, opened their first store in 1983.
Now, it’s …
Racecar Driver Airlifted With Brain Bleeds, Fractures After Bridgeport Speedway Crash
A New Jersey racecar driver was seriously injured in a crash at Bridgeport Raceway and airlifted to a trauma center, his family said.
George Schweigart, a crate modified driver, was hurt during a race on Saturday night, March 21, according to a Facebook post by his mother, Cathy Schweigart.
Cathy said her son suffered two brain bleeds, three bruises on the brain, two broken ribs, a fracture under his eyes, two fractures in his neck, and fractures in his lower back.
“He has been heavily sedated since the wreck, so haven't been able to speak to him yet,” she wrote.
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