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Paramus, NJ

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Bergen County Native Shakira Barrera Gets Big Break On Hit Netflix Series 'Glow' Bergen County native Shakira Barrera is the latest cast member to join the hit Netflix series "GLOW." Barrera of Englewood, a Bergen County Academies graduate, plays Yolanda Rives, a professional wrestler on the Emmy-nominated series. The show follows a group of women who perform for a wrestling organization in Los Angeles during the 1980s. Barrera, who is Nicaraguan-American and the first in her family to attend college, recently sat down for a webcam interview about how her Rutgers prepared her for the role. “My character is a stripper, break-dancer, ballerina," said Barre…

by Cecilia Levine

09/14/2018

Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ

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Route 17 TGI Friday's Out, Westin Hotel In A TGI Friday's on Route 17 will be coming down to make room for a Westin hotel. Approved this summer by the Wood-Ridge Planning Board, the seven-story hotel is owned by Briad Development -- the same developer that owns TGI Friday's and the Wendy's next door, NorthJersey.com reports. There will be approximately 100 rooms available in the hotel. No word on when work or demolition will begin.

by Cecilia Levine

09/14/2018

Hackensack, NJ

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Say Goodbye To Exact Change Lanes On The Garden State Parkway The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is doing away with exact change lanes at several toll plazas on the Garden State Parkway. With work set to begin Sept. 24, the lanes will be replaced with full-service or E-ZPass lanes along the mainline barrier plazas -- locally effecting Bergen and Essex counties, along with several other between Cape May and the New York State boarder. NJTA anticipates the impact to be minimal and said anyone who wants to continue using exact change will be handing their money to a toll collector instead of dropping it into a basket. Just make sure to select a full-servi…

by Cecilia Levine

09/14/2018

Hackensack, NJ

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Brand New Apartments Coming To Hackensack After $7.45M Sale Of Warehouse Two adjoining Hackensack properties will soon be redeveloped into an apartment building as the result of the $7.45 million sale negotiation. The two 372,000-square-foot properties at 437-439 and 445-451 Main Street -- most recently an office and warehouse for Holman Moving Systems -- will become a a four-story apartment building with 235 units. Alexander Anderson Real Estate Group negotiated the sale and represented both the seller, Holman Realty Associates and the buyer, Waypoint Residential. The transaction represents Waypoint’s first mid-rise, multifamily, residential development in N…

by Cecilia Levine

09/14/2018

Hackensack, NJ

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Fundraiser Will Aid North Jersey Man Paralyzed Neck Down In Brutal February Attack Life can change in an instant. It did last February for Charles Stubbs, 25 of Westwood, who was paralyzed from the neck down after being thrown from a vehicle on a dead-end Hillsdale street and left for dead. Since that fateful night, every moment has been a fight for his life. "A parent's worst nightmare [is] having to identify their son in a coma laying in ICU," his mom Hillaria Stubbs said on a GoFundMe page, where more than $1,000 had been raised as of Thursday afternoon. "He survived a violent attack that came with in inches of his life. He is lucky to be alive." …

by Cecilia Levine

09/13/2018

Hackensack, NJ

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6 New North Jersey Real Estate Listings All Under $1M In the market for a new home? Here are six North Jersey real estate listings posted within the last week on Zillow -- all under $1 million. PARAMUS: Brown Circle, 4 beds 2 baths, $569,000 RIDGEWOOD: Fairway Road, 3 beds 2 baths, $735,000 MAYWOOD: Edel Avenue, 2 beds 1 bath, $377,777 HAWTHORNE: Taylor Avenue, 3 beds 2 baths, $395,000 ORADELL: Camden Street, 3 beds 3 baths, $724,000 NORTH ARLINGTON: Hoover Street, 3 beds 1 bath, $359,000

by Cecilia Levine

09/13/2018

Paterson, NJ

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73-Year-Old Mets Media Legend -- Jay Horwitz Of Clifton -- Takes New Gig With Team Clifton native Jay Horwitz, who is in his 39th season as the vice president of media relations for the New York Mets, is transitioning into a new role with the team. The 73-year-old will be at the helm of alumni relations and the official team historian effective Oct. 1, the Mets announced Wednesday. Horwitz -- formerly the PR director for Fairleigh Dickinson University -- was interviewing for the media relations position in 1980 when he spilled orange juice on general manager Frank Cashen, MLB.com reports. Horwitz was certain he wouldn't be offered the gig after that -- but he was, and we…

by Cecilia Levine

09/12/2018

Bergenfield, NJ

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Dumont School Officials Vow To Monitor Ongoing Mold Problem Dumont school officials announced there will be an ongoing effort to monitor a mold problem that was first evident in two educational buildings since late August. The computer lab at the Honiss Elementary School reopened Wednesday, Sept. 12 after test results showed the lab was cleared of mold. The room was closed after custodians found "suspicious spots" on the cloth chairs, according to an announcement posted on the district website. On Aug. 27, before school began, a Dumont High School teacher reportedly found mold on two fabric chairs and a first floor room, school officials s…

by Cecilia Levine

09/12/2018

Hackensack, NJ

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Retired NY Giant Stars In Auto Business Together Sued Over Missing Vehicles, Sketchy Sales A national car dealership group that includes former New York Giants linebackers Jessie Armstead and Antonio Pearce is a "house of cards" that sold more than $10.5 million worth of vehicle without paying the financers and can't account for nearly 100 others, a lawsuit filed by Hyundai and Nissan charges. Armstead, Pearce and retail veteran Michael Saporito own several dealerships in New Jersey, Michigan and Pennsylvania, including Englewood Cliffs Cadillac on Sylvan Avenue. The lawsuit calls the group insolvent and accuses it of defaulting on loan agreements, Automotive News repor…

by Cecilia Levine

09/12/2018

Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ

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Kinchley's Tavern Pizza Not Crispy Enough For 'Barstool Sports' CEO Portnoy "Barstool Sports" CEO Dave Portnoy is one of the many Americans who just had to try a bite of the pizza from Kinchley's Tavern in Ramsey. The Massachusetts native and pop culture blogger was pleased -- not thrilled. "It's very good pizza," he said in a video of himself inhaling a slice in the parking lot, "but not crispy enough to say it's elite." Portnoy -- who has been traveling across the U.S. sampling readers' favorite pizza joints -- rated Kinchley's pizza a 7.5/10. He said it was nothing more than "bar pizza." "Am I happy that I drove lik…

by Cecilia Levine

09/11/2018

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