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Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
Are You Registered To Vote In NJ? How To Check Status, Sign Up Easily
Election Day is right around the corner — but if you’re not registered, you won’t be able to cast a ballot. The New Jersey Division of Elections website has everything you need to get started. The registration deadline for the General Election is Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025. Here’s what you can do online: Register to Vote: Complete your voter registration application online. Registration Applications: Download and submit a paper voter registration application. Am I Registered?: Use the “Voter Search” tool to check your registration status. Student Registration: Find voter registration and voti…
Dover-Wharton, NJ
Breaking News
Sadistic Monkey Torture Videos Land Wharton Man Behind Bars
A New Jersey man was sentenced to federal prison for his role in creating and distributing violent animal torture videos, authorities said. Giancarlo Morelli, of Wharton, was sentenced Tuesday, Sept. 30, to 48 months behind bars for conspiring to create and distribute “animal crush videos,” according to the U.S. Department of Justice. WARNING: The following story contains disturbing details of animal abuse. Reader discretion is advised. Court documents show Morelli paid another individual 19 times for videos depicting the torture and abuse of monkeys. Prosecutors said he not only purchased…
National Interest
Asthma Turned Out To Be Cancer: Woodland Park Mourns Astounding Loss Of Alexander Billson
One day, doctors thought it was asthma and a sinus infection. Two days later, 13-year-old Alexander Billson collapsed on the kitchen floor of his New Jersey home. And within 72 hours, he was gone. The Woodland Park eighth grader was removed from life support Monday, Sept. 29, just one day after doctors discovered a hidden cancerous tumor in his neck or chest, according to Facebook posts from his mother, Maria. Monday evening, she announced that the family would be removing him from life support. She said she washed and brushed his signature long, brown hair, braided it, and then cut it to b…
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Your Community
$53.2M Edgewater Towne Center Sale Closes With Whole Foods, 64 Apartments Included
A prime slice of Hudson River waterfront real estate just sold for $53.2 million — and it comes with Whole Foods, boutique fitness studios, and apartments overlooking the Manhattan skyline. JLL Capital Markets announced it closed the sale of Edgewater Towne Center on River Road, a mixed-use property with 76,525 square feet of retail space and 64 apartment homes. JLL represented the seller, Site Centers Corp., and secured a local private buyer. Built in 2000 and spread across nearly 14 acres, the property is anchored by Whole Foods Market, one of the chain’s top performers in New Jersey. Sho…
National Interest
Stop Petting, Feeding The Deer: Bergen County Officials Warn Of Safety Risks In Parks
Visitors to local parks are being warned not to feed or pet deer after multiple sightings of people coaxing them over with food and treating them like tame animals. The practice is unsafe, according to Michele Schaper, general manager of the James A. McFaul Environmental Center in Wyckoff, who noted that it's also prohibited in Bergen County parks altogether. Feeding deer does far more harm than good and poses a serious safety threat to humans, Schaper tells Daily Voice. Why Feeding And Petting Deer Is Unsafe According to Schaper and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protecti…
Tinton Falls-Eatontown, NJ
On Your Side
Netflix’s Eatontown Studio Could Pay $47M Upfront — Even If It Closes In 2026 (
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The Netflix development in a Jersey Shore town is set to deliver a major financial windfall to the borough under a new tax agreement. In an update shared Monday, Sept. 29, Eatontown Mayor Anthony Talerico Jr. said he is formally recommending that the borough approve a Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) arrangement with Netflix, which recently secured final planning board approvals for its studio campus at Fort Monmouth. The money, generated through non-recourse Redevelopment Area Bonds, will go directly to public infrastructure improvements. “So, to be clear," he said, "if Netflix goes…
National Interest
Teen Stalker Killed Girl, Friend On E-Bikes In Cranford, Report Says
Harrowing new details are coming to light in a double fatal crash that claimed the lives of two 17-year-old best friends in Cranford on Monday, Sept. 29. UPDATE: A 17-year-old Garwood boy has been charged with two counts of murder in the violent crash. Speaking to neighbors, Fox 5 New York says that the girls, identified in published reports as Maria and Isabel were riding e-bikes on Burnside Avenue when they were struck and killed by a 17-year-old boy who had been stalking one of them just before 5:30 p.m. The women, speaking to Fox 5, say that the boy often parked his car outside of …
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Obituaries
Paola Velez Of Lodi, 32, Dies After Months-Long Cancer Battle
Paola E. Velez, of Lodi, died peacefully on Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025. She was 32 years old, according to her obituary on the G. Thomas Gentile Funeral Home website. A GoFundMe launched by Paola's family in September said she had been diagnosed with breast cancer “a few months ago.” Paola had started chemotherapy, but her condition worsened and rapidly spread to her brain and spine, the campaign said. As of press time, the fundraiser had raised about $12,000. Paola, Christian, and Dino GoFundMe photo/Jorge Velez Born in Ecuador, Paola came to the United States in 2004 and was rememb…
National Interest
Government Shutdown 'Likely,' Vance Says As Dems, Republicans Trade Blame
A government shutdown is looking increasingly likely as Democrats and Republicans point fingers at each other just hours before the deadline, officials said Monday, Sept. 29. On Monday, President Donald Trump met with the leaders of both parties in a push to pass a spending bill before the midnight Wednesday, Oct. 1 deadline. Republicans need Democratic support to approve a spending bill in the Senate, but Democrats said they won’t agree unless Medicaid cuts are reversed and Obamacare subsidies are extended. A spending bill passed the House earlier this month that would fund the government u…
North Bergen-Guttenberg, NJ
Breaking News
AG IDs 2 Dead In North Bergen Police-Involved Crash
Authorities have identified the victims killed in a police-involved pursuit in North Bergen early this week as. The victims were identified Tuesday, Sept. 30, as Joseph Aziz, 20, of Jersey City, and Bryan Rivera, 24, of North Bergen on Sunday, Sept. 28, according to the New Jersey State Attorney General's Office. The preliminary investigation shows North Bergen Police Lt. Jason Appello was driving a marked police vehicle when he began following a Honda Accord driven by Aziz after the car was allegedly involved in a traffic violation at 70th Street and Tonnelle Avenue, the AG said. About a …
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