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Bergen County Latina Inventor Has Important Message For Female Entrepreneurs Bergen County Latina Inventor Has Important Message For Female Entrepreneurs Bergen County Latina Inventor Has Important Message For Female Entrepreneurs
Bergen County Latina Inventor Has Important Message For Female Entrepreneurs Hipatia Lopez of Elmwood Park has an important message for other young, Latina entrepreneurs: Si se puede. The mom of three invented the Empanada Fork -- a tool used to seal the stuffed pastry -- but admits she had no idea what she was doing when she began her entrepreneurial journey. She vowed to herself that once she made it through, she'd share her story to motivate other entrepreneurs. Particularly Latinas, like herself, she said. "Si se puede!" That's Lopez's message to other aspiring entrepreneurs.Hipatia Lopez "Female inventors hold seven percent of U.S. patents and less than on…
Passing Of Longtime Bar Owner Skip Kazer 'Leaves Hole In Clifton's Heart' Passing Of Longtime Bar Owner Skip Kazer 'Leaves Hole In Clifton's Heart' Passing Of Longtime Bar Owner Skip Kazer 'Leaves Hole In Clifton's Heart'
Passing Of Longtime Bar Owner Skip Kazer 'Leaves Hole In Clifton's Heart' The Clifton community is grieving the loss of longtime bar owner Charles "Skip" Kazer, who died on Sept. 29. Kazer leaves more than his popular Clifton Avenue watering hole The Clif, where a makeshift memorial had been set up Tuesday. His good heart, kind spirit and guiding principle "peace and love," too, have left a lasting impression. "The City of Clifton lost a great one yesterday," retired city police lieutenant Pat Ciser said. "Skip Kazer passed away leaving a hole in Clifton’s heart. You’ll truly be missed by all who knew and loved you my friend." A makeshift memorial was set …
State Police: Man, 61, Airlifted With Serious Injuries, Dogs Taken To Vet After Frankford Crash State Police: Man, 61, Airlifted With Serious Injuries, Dogs Taken To Vet After Frankford Crash State Police: Man, 61, Airlifted With Serious Injuries, Dogs Taken To Vet After Frankford Crash
State Police: Man, 61, Airlifted With Serious Injuries, Dogs Taken To Vet After Frankford Crash A 61-year-old man was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries after his pick-up truck struck a tree in Frankford Tuesday evening, authorities said. The Frankford man was headed north on Mattison Road in his Dodge 1500 with his two dogs when his truck veered off the road and struck a tree near Kice Road just before 5:30 p.m., New Jersey State Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Neighbors and witnesses said the scene as "horrific" and worried for the dogs and the driver. The dogs were uninjured but taken to a Brancheville animal hospital as a precaution, Goez said. The driver, who sustained …
State's First Death From Vaping-Related Illness Reported In North Jersey State's First Death From Vaping-Related Illness Reported In North Jersey State's First Death From Vaping-Related Illness Reported In North Jersey
State's First Death From Vaping-Related Illness Reported In North Jersey New Jersey's first death associated with a vaping-related illness has been reported by the state's health department. The woman's death was reported to the health department in August and is under investigation by Department of Health Acting Commissioner Judith Persichilli. There are 12 confirmed cases of serious vaping-related lung disease in New Jersey, and two probable cases -- including this death. Thirty-two reports of severe lung illness among people ages 15 and 51 are under investigation as well. Most of those cases are male. There are currently 800 confirmed and probable case…
Man, 23, Slashed In Face During Sussex County Park Fight Man, 23, Slashed In Face During Sussex County Park Fight Man, 23, Slashed In Face During Sussex County Park Fight
Man, 23, Slashed In Face During Sussex County Park Fight A Newton man was charged with aggravated assault and unlawful weapon possession after slashing a Sparta man on the cheek with a knife during a fight in a Sussex County park, authorities said. Police responded to reports of a fight at the County Park around 7:15 p.m.Monday, where Douglas Hill, 23 of Sparta, had been cut in the left cheek by Johnathan Figueroa, 24 of Newton, local police said in a release. Figueroa had brandished a knife during an argument with Hill over a woman, police said. The Newton Volunteer First Aid Squad transported Hill to Newton Medical Center, where he received th…
REPORT: Orange County Newlyweds Don't Remember 'Graphic, Upsetting' Assault REPORT: Orange County Newlyweds Don't Remember 'Graphic, Upsetting' Assault REPORT: Orange County Newlyweds Don't Remember 'Graphic, Upsetting' Assault
Report: Orange County Newlyweds Don't Remember 'Graphic, Upsetting' Assault A pair of newlyweds claimed no memory of a crash and subsequent assault last month in northern New Jersey, according to a recent report. Allan and Stephanie Grosso of Pine Bush, N.Y., were headed home from Oktoberfest at Mountain Creek on Sept. 21 when the incident occurred outside of a Vernon business, the NJ Herald reports. Stephanie Grosso said she had no memory of being beaten and tossed into traffic and suspected someone may have dropped something in her drink while testifying Monday in Newton before Superior Court Judge Thomas J. Critchley. Critchely, however, called the inciden…
REPORT: Newlyweds Don't Remember 'Graphic, Upsetting' Sussex County Assault REPORT: Newlyweds Don't Remember 'Graphic, Upsetting' Sussex County Assault REPORT: Newlyweds Don't Remember 'Graphic, Upsetting' Sussex County Assault
Report: Newlyweds Don't Remember 'Graphic, Upsetting' Sussex County Assault A pair of newlyweds claimed no memory of a crash and subsequent assault last month on Route 94 in Sussex County, according to a recent report. Allan and Stephanie Grosso of Pine Bush, N.Y., were headed home from Oktoberfest at Mountain Creek on Sept. 21 when the incident occurred outside of a Vernon business, the NJ Herald reports. Stephanie Grosso said she had no memory of being beaten and tossed into traffic and suspected someone may have dropped something in her drink while testifying Monday in Newton before Superior Court Judge Thomas J. Critchley. Critchely, however, called the i…
Wallington Mom Leaves Behind Young Daughter, Husband Wallington Mom Leaves Behind Young Daughter, Husband Wallington Mom Leaves Behind Young Daughter, Husband
Wallington Mom Leaves Behind Young Daughter, Husband The community is rallying for the family of a Wallington woman who will be buried her in her native country, Poland. Patrycja Rakszawska died unexpectedly on Sept. 24, at 30 years old. Born in Lezajsk, Poland, she came to the U.S. in 2010 -- a year after marrying her husband, Wojciech, her obituary says. She was remembered as being a devoted mom to daughter Alicia, 3, passionate about only ffeeding her family natural and organic foods. More than $17,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Patrycia's family as of Tuesday. The funds are intended to help bring her body to Poland for buria…
WATCH: Firefighters Battle Blaze At Morristown Law Firm WATCH: Firefighters Battle Blaze At Morristown Law Firm WATCH: Firefighters Battle Blaze At Morristown Law Firm
Watch: Firefighters Battle Blaze At Morristown Law Firm Firefighters battle three, two-alarm fires in the same morning in the Morristown area. One of them broke out around 5:30 a.m. at a law firm on Washington Street, nearly half a mile from downtown Morristown Monday. Scroll down for video. No one was in the residence at the time of the incident, fire officials said. Earlier fire broke out around 2 a.m. on  Ridgedale Avenue in Florham Park. The fire is under investigation by the Morris County Prosecutor's Office. This fire was the second of three multiple alarm fires within the Morristown area Monday.william rashak
Bergen County Native, EMT Amy Baker 'Always Put Others First -- Even During Cancer Battle' Bergen County Native, EMT Amy Baker 'Always Put Others First -- Even During Cancer Battle' Bergen County Native, EMT Amy Baker 'Always Put Others First -- Even During Cancer Battle'
Bergen County Native, EMT Amy Baker 'Always Put Others First -- Even During Cancer Battle' Fair Lawn native Amy Baker died on Sept. 17 after a long and courageous cancer battle. She was 46 years old. Baker had been living in Rockaway Borough with her beloved husband, Harry III, and children, Melissa and Harry IV. "Her courage and strength were admired by all who knew her," Baker's obituary says. "She always put others first, even while battling her own illness." Baker worked as a human resources manager for the Parsippany-Troy Hills library until 2011. Previously, she worked with the Garfield and Saddle Brook Ambulance Corps. Interment was held at Beth-El Cemetery.
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