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Hackensack, NJ
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North Jersey Family Displaced By Fire Seeks Help During 'Unfortunately Costly Process'
A North Jersey dad is seeking financial assistance after he, his wife, newborn baby girl and dog were displaced by a fire. More than $5,900 had been raised on a GoFundMe as of Saturday launched by Tom Mathew, whose Bergenfield home was ravaged by a fire on Sept. 2. Mathew considers himself lucky that nobody was home at the time of the fire, but is already on to the "next order of business," he said: Moving back in. "The realization set in yesterday that this will be a long, arduous, and unfortunately costly process," he wrote on the GoFundMe. "I am most humbly an…
Pascack Valley, NJ
Obituaries
Community Rallies For Family Of Late River Vale Dad Phil Foleen, 38
The community is coming together in support of a River Vale family mourning its husband and father, Phil Foleen. He died Sept. 5 at 38 years old, his obituary says. More than $38,800 had been raised on a Fundly account for Foleen's wife, Sarah, and kids, Aiden Alexander and Quinn Leeanne, as of Saturday evening. "One of the kindest, smartest, best people I have ever known," Samuel Adams wrote on the campaign. "All the love in the world to him and his beautiful family." "He always brought smiles to everyone," said Jessie Rayot, Phil's former teacher at Adelphi.…
Hackensack, NJ
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North Jersey Bakeries To Be Featured On Food Network Show
Two North Jersey bakeries will be on Food Network later this month. Comedian Tom Papa's show "Baked" will feature Lyndhurst Pastry Shop and Taskin Bakery in Paterson in the final episode, "Home Sweet Home." The show will focus on Turkish dough layered with butter and cheese and Portuguese puff pastries filled with cinnamon-spiked custard from Taskin Bakery, and Italian rum cake soaked with the spirit and layered with whipped cream from Lyndhurst Pastry Shop. Tune in on Sept. 24 at 10:30 p.m., Sept. 25 at 1:30 a.m. or Sept. 29 at 2:30 p.m.
Hackensack, NJ
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Ultra Runner Goes 24 Hours Nonstop To Honor Late North Jersey Mom's Valiant Cancer Battle
The most tragic element of Kerri Prettitore's battle with colon cancer to Chad Lapp of Ridgewood was that after just one chemotherapy treatment, her condition worsened. Tests indicated that 42-year-old Prettitore had suffered from a condition called Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase deficiency (DPD), which was caused by the chemotherapy and prevented her body from breaking down one of the chemotherapy drugs. Lapp will be honoring Prettitore, who died of medical complications while battling cancer, and raising awareness toward DPD by running a 24-hour race in the Northcoast 24 Hour Endurance R…
Englewood, NJ
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Meet Kayden, The 6-Year-Old Double Amputee From Englewood Saddened Over No-Show School Bus
Kayden Kinckles of Englewood is just like any ordinary 6-year-old. He loves soccer. Playing on the playground. He even looks forward to going to school. The only difference between Kayden and most of his peers is that he is a double leg amputee. Kayden made headlines earlier this week when the bus with a wheelchair lift that was supposed to take him to school failed to show up every single day, according to his mom Nicole Sessoms said. Despite the bus problems and the fact that Kayden appears different on the outside, he remains positive. "Kayden has an excellent attitude," Se…
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Videos Show Cause Of Rt. 17 Tractor-Trailer Crash That Ejected Passenger, Rochelle Park PD Says
UPDATE: A rollover crash that ejected a passenger Friday morning on northbound Route 17 in Rochelle Park occurred when a tractor-trailer clipped the back of the sedan, surveillance video obtained by Daily Voice shows. Park Avenue Auto Group supplied the videos, first to police and then to Daily Voice. The 62-year-old tractor-trailer driver from Montgomery, N.Y. received three summonses -- for careless driving, tailgating and making an unsafe lane change, Rochelle Park Police Lt. Dean Pinto. He was carrying 50,000 pounds of empty pallets when the crash occurred just after 9 a.m., Pinto said…
Hackensack, NJ
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'Grey's Anatomy'-Inspired Research Project Wins North Jersey Student National Award
An 18-year-old student from Closter is among 20 from across the country being recognized for a recent project that has the capacity to benefit society. Nicole Moiseyev won a $10,000 Davidson Fellows Scholarship for her "Grey's Anatomy"-inspired project, The Effects of the Orphan Drug Act on Rare Disease Research and Drug Development: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design. "Even more so than the scholarship itself," said Moiseyev, a rising Duke University freshman, "the recognition awarded to me for my research encourages me to continue pursuing projects su…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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These North Jersey Schools Have Early Dismissals Due To Extreme Heat
With a heat advisory by the National Weather Service in effect, several North Jersey schools will be closing early Thursday. Heat index values are expected to reach 100 degrees Thursday afternoon -- humidity will also be "quite high," the NWS said. The following districts have announced early dismissals: Cliffside Park Public Schools Clifton Public Schools Fairview Public Schools Fort Lee Public Schools Garfield Public Schools Hackensack Public Schools Hasbrouck Heights Public Schools Lodi Public Schools Maywood Public Schools Midland Park Public Schools Teaneck Public Schools T…
Hackensack, NJ
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Two North Jersey Retailers Sell Winning Lottery Tickets
Two winning lottery tickets were sold at North Jersey retailers. A Jersey Cash 5 ticket from the Aug. 4 drawing was sold at Union Food Stores in Totowa. The winning numbers were 22, 23, 27, 33 and 40 and the XTRA number was: 04. That ticket will win the jackpot of $380,993. One of two third-tier prizewinning tickets from the Sept. 4 drawing was sold at the ShopRite of Post Road in Oakland. The winning numbers were 02, 07, 25, 35 and 44. The Gold Mega Ball was 03, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 03. That ticket will take home the $10,000 prize for matching four of the five white balls and…
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Dog Left To Die In Sweltering North Jersey Apartment
No food. No water. No strength to move from her own waste -- a dog was left to die in a Paterson apartment in more than 100 degree temperatures. The emaciated pit bull was found Wednesday tied up in the basement of an apartment complex on North 3rd Street after a concerned citizen reported the dog was in the basement Paterson Chief Animal Control Officer John DeCando told local media outlets. Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge rescued the dog -- now named Phoenix -- and rushed her to the Oradell Animal Hospital. "This poor innocent dog can’t move," the rescue said. "She can’t even…
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