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Hackensack, NJ
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Rapping Hackensack Teacher Featured In New Windows Commercial Rapping Hackensack Teacher Featured In New Windows Commercial Rapping Hackensack Teacher Featured In New Windows Commercial
Rapping Hackensack Teacher Featured In New Windows Commercial HACKENSACK, N.J. — Fourth grade Hackensack teacher Toney Jackson is known in the classroom for his lyrical wit. He recently took his talents to an international level in a new commercial for the Windows 10 PC. In it, Jackson discusses how the new technology can enhance learning. "Rap is a great way to engage students," he says. "It's literacy, vocabulary words. Technology is a huge piece of education. He says the Windows 10 PC, which features a digital pen, makes it possible for him to highlight different rhyme schemes and write over videos, bringing it all to life. "…

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by Cecilia Levine
Ridgewood, NJ
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Run For It: Ridgewood Store, Ben & Jerry's Team Up For Grand Re-Opening Run For It: Ridgewood Store, Ben & Jerry's Team Up For Grand Re-Opening Run For It: Ridgewood Store, Ben & Jerry's Team Up For Grand Re-Opening
Run For It: Ridgewood Store, Ben & Jerry's Team Up For Grand Re-Opening RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Sure, you can have free ice cream in Ridgewood, but don't be surprised if they make you run for it. Ben & Jerry's is teaming up with JackRabbit for E. Ridgewood Avenue store's grand reopening on Aug. 2. The event will begin at 6:15 p.m. with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, followed by a run, ending at Ben & Jerry's. Click here for more on the event.

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
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Construction Chaos: Roadwork Causes Delays In Hackensack Construction Chaos: Roadwork Causes Delays In Hackensack Construction Chaos: Roadwork Causes Delays In Hackensack
Construction Chaos: Roadwork Causes Delays In Hackensack HACKENSACK, N.J. — The good news is that some Hackensack streets will soon run in both directions. The bad? Construction is causing some delays on the roads. Work has already begun on State Street, particularly at the the Passaic Street intersection. Main Street is up next. Detours are in place, but streets are more congested than usual. Click here for more on the project.

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by Cecilia Levine
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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Ulta Beauty Opens Garfield Location Ulta Beauty Opens Garfield Location Ulta Beauty Opens Garfield Location
Ulta Beauty Opens Garfield Location GARFIELD, N.J. — Ulta Beauty is coming to Garfield. The national's largest beauty retailer will hold its grand opening on aug. 4, at 174 Passaic St. The new location will feature 20,000 beauty products from over 500 brands. First 100 shoppers on Friday, Saturday and Sunday will win exclusive beauty give-a-ways.

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by Cecilia Levine
West Milford, NJ
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Candy Bar Thief Had Outstanding Warrant, Bloomingdale Police Say Candy Bar Thief Had Outstanding Warrant, Bloomingdale Police Say Candy Bar Thief Had Outstanding Warrant, Bloomingdale Police Say
Candy Bar Thief Had Outstanding Warrant, Bloomingdale Police Say BLOOMINGDALE, N.J. — A 27-year-old man from Passaic was arrested after he was caught stealing candy bars from a Bloomingdale business, police said. Bloomingdale police on July 23 responded to a report of shoplifting from a business on Main Street, according to a press release from the BPD. The officers spoke with a business employee who described a male who had left the business without paying for several candy bars, and also appeared to be intoxicated, the release says. A short while later the officers located a male who fit the description and identified him Steven Sarmiento of Passaic, …

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by Cecilia Levine
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Fair Lawn Tattoo Artist Gets Inked By Inspiration Fair Lawn Tattoo Artist Gets Inked By Inspiration Fair Lawn Tattoo Artist Gets Inked By Inspiration
Fair Lawn Tattoo Artist Gets Inked By Inspiration FAIR LAWN, N.J. — The very man that Fair Lawn's Jay Hernandez said inspired him to pursue a career as a tattoo artist inked him up at last weekend's Asbury Park festival. Kerry O'Neill, a Butler tattoo artist, is the man who Hernandez, 29, said changed the trajectory of his life. "Getting tattooed by Kerry was an incredible experience," said Herndandez of the fresh skull on his arm. "When I was a kid my mentor was covered in artwork by Kerry, and I knew right and there then that I wanted to have tattoos." Hernandez works at Our Lady of Ink in Secaucus, and dropped out …

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by Cecilia Levine
Hackensack, NJ
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Body Of Missing Swimmer, 24, Recovered From Jersey Shore Beach Body Of Missing Swimmer, 24, Recovered From Jersey Shore Beach Body Of Missing Swimmer, 24, Recovered From Jersey Shore Beach
Body Of Missing Swimmer, 24, Recovered From Jersey Shore Beach The body of a 24-year-old woman last seen skinny dipping early Sunday morning at a Point Pleasant beach was believed to have been recovered in Lavallette, News12 reports. Police said the woman, Zuzana Oravcova, was working at an eatery on the boardwalk before getting in the water, according to the article. A friend got in the water with her but struggled to get out, News12 says. CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL STORY.

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Hackensack, NJ
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Christie Has Ballpark Meltdown With Nachos In Fan's Face Christie Has Ballpark Meltdown With Nachos In Fan's Face Christie Has Ballpark Meltdown With Nachos In Fan's Face
Christie Has Ballpark Meltdown With Nachos In Fan's Face New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was seen getting in a fan's face — holding a bowl of nachos — at a baseball game in Milwaukee Sunday. In a video posted to Twitter, Christie leaned over into a fan's face calling him a "big shot" before storming off. The man who got the whole spat on tape was local news reporter Ben Hutchinson, who said he was a relative of the man — Brad Joseph — who Christie confronted, the Huffington Post reports. Joseph said he yelled Christie's name and told him "that he sucked," which is when things escalated, the article says. CLICK HERE FOR MORE F…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Wanted Fugitive Living In Glen Rock Camper Had Brick Of Heroin, $10K Cash Wanted Fugitive Living In Glen Rock Camper Had Brick Of Heroin, $10K Cash Wanted Fugitive Living In Glen Rock Camper Had Brick Of Heroin, $10K Cash
Wanted Fugitive Living In Glen Rock Camper Had Brick Of Heroin, $10K Cash GLEN ROCK, N.J. — A 53-year-old fugitive wanted out of Passaic County was arrested after Glen Rock police found he had taken up residence in a camper containing a brick of heroin, drug paraphernalia and $10,000 in cash outside of a house on Lincoln Avenue last week, police said. While on patrol on the 700 block of Lincoln Avenue, Police Officer John Tarantino observed a large camper in the driveway of a residential property where an individual appeared to have taken up temporary residence, Chief Dean Ackermann said in a press release.  The officer was attempting to gather information about …

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by Cecilia Levine
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
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Life Sentence For Wood-Ridge Man Convicted Of Beating, Burning Realtor Life Sentence For Wood-Ridge Man Convicted Of Beating, Burning Realtor Life Sentence For Wood-Ridge Man Convicted Of Beating, Burning Realtor
Life Sentence For Wood-Ridge Man Convicted Of Beating, Burning Realtor WOOD-RIDGE, N.J. — A Wood-Ridge man who last year was convicted in the 2012 bludgeoning and burning of a 70-year-old East Rutherford realtor was sentenced to life in prison, NBC reports. Daniel Rochat, a Waldwick native, was accused of breaking into Barbara Vernieri’s East Rutherford home, bludgeoning her and then setting fire to the body in what prosecutors said was an attempt to avoid detection, Daily Voice reported. In addition to murder, jurors convicted him of aggravated arson, burglary, desecration of human remains and hindering his own apprehension. CLICK HERE FOR MORE FROM NBC.

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