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Hackensack, NJ
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Peace
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: Woman Who Survived Coronavirus Shares Her Story
While the rest of the world is trying to make sense of the terrifying pandemic that is COVID-19, a 37-year-old woman from Seattle who survived the illness is telling her story. Elizabeth Schneider hopes her story, which she documented in a Facebook post, will bring peace of mind to others. The marketing manager believes she caught the bug at a party. No one was sneezing or coughing, but nearly 40 percent of attendees ended up sick within days, she said. It wasn't until after recovering that Schneider discovered she too had the virus. "The media tells you to wash your hands and avoid …
Hackensack, NJ
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Covid-
19: New Jersey Announces 6 New Cases Including Teen, Bringing Total To 32
New Jersey's total presumed positive cases of coronavirus rose to a total of 32 Thursday, state officials said. Most of those cases are in Bergen County (17), where a 16-year-old girl was hospitalized at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, they said at a briefing. A presumptive positive case was announced in Garfield Thursday evening. Later on Thursday, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco said all 75 county districts will shut down indefinitely at the close of Friday's school day in a bid to stem the spread of the coronavirus. Officials in Teaneck announced cases had risen from fiv…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
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Covid-
19: Matthew Broderick's Sister, Former Morris County Pastor Tests Positive
Janet Broderick, the sister of Hollywood actor Matthew Brockerick and former pastor of a Morris County church, has tested positive for coronavirus. Broderick left St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Morristown after nearly a decade to become rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills. She tested positive for coronavirus after attending the Consortium of Endowed Episcopal Parishes conference, according to a statement on her church's website. After being treated for a "severe form of pneumonia," Broderick remains hospitalized in stable condition at Cedars Sinai Medical Cent…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Lottery's 'Biggest Tickets Ever' Found In Bergen, Mercer Counties -- Three More Still Out There
A pair of Super 50 Scratch-Off tickets were found in Bergen and Mercer counties -- and three still remain out there somewhere. The tickets were sold at Paketeria Food Market on South Olden Avenue in Trenton, and Worldwide Liquors on Van Wrinkle Ave., in Garfield. The Mercer County winner stopped by a local food market and asked for five of the new Super 50 tickets -- the lottery's "biggest tickets ever." After receiving his towering five-foot-tall set of tickets, he scratched through the record-sized game one at a time. The first four were lucky enough, netting him three pri…
Jersey City, NJ
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Motorcyclist Killed In Jersey City Crash
A motorcyclist was killed after crashing into a car carrier Wednesday in Jersey City, authorities said. The unidentified rider crashed into the carrier on the northbound side of Routes 1&9 near North Street just after 10:15 p.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash at 10:35 p.m. No summonses had been issued as of Thursday morning. The Hudson County Regional Collision Investigation Unit is investigating. Earlier this week, a 29-year-old Stamford woman got out of her car and was fatally struck by two pass…
Newark, NJ
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Newark Charter School Closes After Staff Member Exposed To Confirmed Coronavirus Patient
People's Prep in Newark sent students home early and transitioned to at-home learning just 45 minutes after discovering a staff member came in contact with someone who had a confirmed has of coronavirus. The staff member was asymptomatic and the move was "out of an abundance of caution," the school said in a statement. Students were dismissed early Wednesday for a deep cleaning of facilities, and school was closed until further notice, officials said. The school plans on reopening March 16, however, that date could be further delayed in case of a mandatory, state-wide school closing impose…
Franklin Township, NJ
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Somerset County 7th Grader Headed To Scripps Spelling Bee After Nailing This Word
"Viscerotonia" is the word that Bridgewater-Raritan seventh grader Aritra Banerjee nailed in the Somerset County Library System of New Jersey’s Bee Spectacular Spelling Bee. And because of it, he's heading to the 2020 Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. "Viscerotonia" is defined by by Merriam-Webster as "a pattern of temperament that is marked by predominance of social over intellectual or physical factors and exhibits conviviality, tolerance, complacency, and love of food." Banerjee, won SCLSNJ’s spelling bee last year, will head to the Scripps spelling bee on May 24.
Highland Lakes-Vernon, NJ
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: Minivan Burns In Sussex County Walmart Parking Lot
Smoke billowed from a burning vehicle that spread flames to a grassy area Wednesday afternoon in Newton. Firefighters worked to contain the blaze that started in a minivan in front of the Walmart on Route 206 around 2:30 p.m. No injuries were reported and the fire was under control in minutes. The state's forestry department responded to contain the blaze in the grass, witnesses said. At the scene.Dave Wildrick A minivan burns in the Walmart parking lot in Newton.David Wildrick
Newark, NJ
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HIM? Police Say Man Knocked Victim Cold In Unprovoked Newark Penn Station Attack
Authorities in Newark are seeking a man who they say knocked a victim cold in an unprovoked attack at Newark Penn Station. Surveillance footage shows the man hitting a victim on March 6 near the Plaza East entrance around 7:20 p.m., NJ Transit police said. The victim suffered a head injury as a result, police said. The suspect is described as a black male in a black leather jacket, black winter cap, black backpack, dark pants with a graphic design on the left pant leg and black shoes. Anyone with information is encouraged to call NJ Transit Police Department's central communications at&nb…
Bergenfield, NJ
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' Cast Member Margaret Josephs Stops By Dumont Bar
"Real Housewives of New Jersey" cast member Margaret Josephs knew where to go for some good pizza and beer. Josephs was spotted Tuesday at Grant Street Cafe, which was recently represented New Jersey on a list of "Great American Beer Bars." According to a social media post, Josephs enjoyed some thin-crust pizza. The Elizabeth native lives in Englewood and joined the RHONJ cast in 2017 -- and almost exclusively wore her hair in pigtails.
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