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Fort Lee, NJ

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Mastermind Fort Lee Chef Inspired By Italian Ancestors, 5-Year-Old Son FORT LEE, N.J. — Ask Bing's Burgers Fort Lee Head Chef Jonathon Tinari how he got his start in cooking and he'll take you way back to before he was alive. Back to before he opened Zinbuger at the Garden State Plaza. Back to before he learned the grind at Brooklyn hot spots and back before the days of working at his mother's restaurant, Just Janice, a Ho-Ho-Kus establishment. Tinari of Ridgewood, affectionately known among friends as "Jonny Details," will tell you about his ancestors — the Italian immigrants who brought their passion for good, fresh food with them to New York City.…

by Cecilia Levine

08/30/2017

Darien, CT

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Analyst: Whole Foods Price Cuts 'More Bark Than Bite' An analyst is warning that Monday's price cuts by Amazon at Whole Foods Market locations are "more bark than bite," according to a note published Tuesday. Gordon Haskett Research Advisors analyst Charles Grom said in the note that the cuts look deep on the surface but in reality, reveal only modest reductions. The average price of more than 100 products Grom tracked from last week declined by 1.2 percent as of Monday, but 78 percent of those products did not see any discounts, according to Tuesday's note. Related story: Amazon Cuts Some Prices By 43% At Whole Foods In Fairfield C…

by Cecilia Levine

08/30/2017

Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ

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Bergen County Doc Explains Why Teen Drug Overdose Death Rates Are Rising TEANECK, N.J. — After years of decline, U.S. teen drug overdoses are beginning to rise again, according to Holy Name Medical Center Co-Director of Emergency Medicine Randy Tartacoff and a recent report released by the U.S. government. The study focused on adolescents from 15 to 19 years old. When the epidemic began in 1999, the death rate among adolescents was 1.6 per 100,000, Tartacoff said. It has since quadrupled. Overall, the overdose death rate — mainly accidental and caused by heroin — rose from 3.1 per 100,000 in 2014 to 3.7 in 2015, the physician said, citing the report. The rate …

by Cecilia Levine

08/30/2017

Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ

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Cliffside Park Middle School Adopts Lateness Policy CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. — Chronic lateness will come with ramifications this year at Cliffside Park Middle School. The district will be implementing a new policy this school year. "Any student who is late to school or to any one class more than 12 times during a marking period shall not be allowed to attend or join extracurricular events and will be dropped one grade in that class for that marking period," the policy states. "These activities include, but are not limited to, participating on sport teams, attending trips, dinner dance, and other special events, etc. "Such…

by Cecilia Levine

08/30/2017

Hackensack, NJ

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Analyst: Whole Foods Price Cuts 'More Bark Than Bite' An analyst is warning that Monday's price cuts by Amazon at Whole Foods Market locations are "more bark than bite," according to a note published Tuesday. Gordon Haskett Research Advisors analyst Charles Grom said in the note that the cuts look deep on the surface but in reality, reveal modest reductions. The average price of more than 100 products Grom tracked from last week declined by 1.2 percent as of Monday, but 78 percent of those products did not see any discounts, according to Tuesday's note. Products with the greatest discounts came from the dairy and yogurt section (5.6…

by Cecilia Levine

08/30/2017

Paterson, NJ

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Let Me Hear You Scream: Passaic Haunted House Holding Auditions PASSAIC, N.J. — The Brighton Asylum in Passaic wants to hear you scream. The premier indoor haunted house is holding open auditions for scare actors, security, escape room event staff, parking attendants, special effects/makeup artists and more. Audition times and dates are: Aug. 30, 31 and Sept. 5, 6, 7 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sept. 9 auditions are from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Must be 18 years or older to apply. The scares return on Sept. 29. CLICK HERE FOR MORE ON BRIGHTON ASYLUM.

by Cecilia Levine

08/29/2017

Paterson, NJ

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Do You Even Follow This Clifton Food Blogger? CLIFTON, N.J. — Chris Putignano of Clifton takes a bite out of each one of his mac & cheese "bites" at Bing's Burgers in Fort Lee and sets them back on his plate. He has his iPhone ready to snap a picture of the cheese oozing out, and then continues with his meal. The 28-year-old will later go back through his photos and find the best one to post on his "food porn" account on @chrispy.eats Instagram, where he's amounted thousands of followers since launching in April. "People just love to look at food," Putignano said. "But a lot are scared to eat as …

by Cecilia Levine

08/29/2017

Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ

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Watch Bergen's Wimbush — Notre Dame QB — Face Temple Owls On NBC TEANECK, N.J. — Brandon Wimbush formerly of Teaneck will be on NBC Saturday as Notre Dame faces Temple at 3:30 p.m. Wimbush, of South Hackensack, currently stands on one of the largest stages in sports as quarterback for the Fighting Irish. The athlete was recruited from St. Peters Prep and committed to Notre Dame on in October 2014. CLICK HERE FOR STATS.

by Cecilia Levine

08/29/2017

Paterson, NJ

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Winning Lottery Ticket Sold At Passaic Speedy Mart PASSAIC, N.J. — A winning Jersey Cash 5 jackpot ticket worth nearly $70,000 was sold at Speedy Mart on Broadway in Passaic County. The store will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for selling the winning ticket "We are thrilled that the winning jackpot ticket was sold at Speedy Mart," Executive Director Carole Hedinger said. There were 241,634 tickets purchased for the drawing. By adding XTRA, for an additional $1 per play, winners are able to multiply their non-jackpot prizes by the XTRA number drawn. For correctly matching four of the five numbers drawn, 38 ticket holders won…

by Cecilia Levine

08/29/2017

Teaneck, NJ

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Teaneck Principal Resigns, Search Process For Replacement To Begin TEANECK, N.J. — Deirdre Spollen-LaRaia announced earlier this month she will be resigning as principal of the Hawthorne School in Teaneck to accept a role as a middle school principal elsewhere. The Board of Education has approved the appointment of Emilio Jennette to serve as the Hawthorne School Interim Principal. Spollen-LaRaia, a mom from Dumont, took the position in 2011. "We have grown immensely as a school community with the programs, services, and materials we have at Hawthorne and I am proud of our accomplishments," she said. "I have had the pleasure of working wi…

by Cecilia Levine

08/29/2017

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