White Plains, NY
News
COVID-19: CDC Adds Seven Destinations To 'Very High Risk' Category For Travel COVID-19: CDC Adds Seven Destinations To 'Very High Risk' Category For Travel
Covid-19: CDC Adds Seven Destinations To 'Very High Risk' Category For Travel The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has added seven destinations to its COVID-19 Level 4 “very high” risk category for travel. The CDC's parameters define the "very high" risk category as having more than 500 cases per 100,000 residents in the last four weeks. Americans should now avoid travel to: France,  Israel,  Thailand,  Iceland,  Aruba,  French Polynesia, Eswatini. That brings the total to 74 nations. For a complete rundown, view the list here. Those who absolutely must travel should be fully vaccinated, the CDC said. The majority of count…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mount Pleasant, NY
Obituaries
Ex-Marine From Northern Westchester Dies At Age 28 Ex-Marine From Northern Westchester Dies At Age 28
Ex-Marine From Northern Westchester Dies At Age 28 A former Marine from Northern Westchester died on Monday, March 22 at age 28. Kittiphon "Kit" Ponchareon was a graduate of Ossining High School who served in the Marine Corps for four years.  He began his training in Yuma, Arizona, and was then deployed to multiple locations in the Middle East.  His roles in the Marines included Fiscal Specialist, Security Forces and Supply Administrator, Operations Specialist, and Transit Coordinator.  He was born in Thailand on June 20, 1992. He moved to America in 2000 and attended his first American school in Connecticut, Parkway Elemen…

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by Daily Voice
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Woman Hospitalized In Hackensack Tests Negative For Coronavirus NJ Woman Hospitalized In Hackensack Tests Negative For Coronavirus
NJ Woman Hospitalized In Hackensack Tests Negative For Coronavirus UPDATE: A 25-year-old New Jersey woman tested negative for the coronavirus, the state Department of Health said. It turned out she had a cold. The woman was transported to HUMC from Riverside Medical Group at Mariners Plaza on River Road in Edgewater around 6 p.m. Thursday with possible exposure to the mysterious pneumonia-like respiratory illness, borough police said. She was discharged more than five hours later after tests came up negative. "The NJ Department of Heath consulted with the CDC and it was determined patient did not meet CDC criteria for testing for the novel virus," the sta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Who Tried To Smuggle Foreigners Into US Via Newark Airport Sentenced Man Who Tried To Smuggle Foreigners Into US Via Newark Airport Sentenced
Man Who Tried To Smuggle Foreigners Into US Via Newark Airport Sentenced A man from India will serve just over a year in prison for attempting to sneak foreign-born nationals into the United States in exchange for hefty cash payments, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said Tuesday.   The Department of Homeland Security learned that Bhavin Patel, 39, was trying to smuggle Indians and citizens of other countries into the U.S. by way of Thailand. From there, the people were to be flown to Newark Liberty International Airport.  An undercover agent posing as a smuggle began to meet with Patel in Thailand beginning in October 2013. On three o…

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by Paul Milo
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Body Of Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Hudson Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB Recovered Body Of Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Hudson Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB Recovered
Body Of Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Hudson Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB Recovered UPDATE: The body of an internationally-recognized AIDS researcher and activist who drowned during the next-to-last-leg of a 120-mile marathon was recovered from the Hudson River, authorities confirmed. A kayaker alerted the NYPD after spotting the body of Charles Van der Horst, 67, of Chapel Hill, NC Tuesday morning, they said. It was brought to the Dyckman Street Boat Marina. The Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Marine Services Bureau assisted the NYPD Harbor Patrol Unit in the recovery. A spotter saw Van der Horst go under and not reappear near the foot of the "Little Red Lightho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
News
Search Continues For Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB Search Continues For Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB
Search Continues For Renowned Researcher Who Drowned In Swim Between Tappan Zee, GWB UPDATE: The long-distance swimmer believed drowned during the next-to-last-leg of a 120-mile marathon was an internationally-recognized AIDS researcher, activist and former professor at the University of North Carolina. A spotter saw Charles Van der Horst, 67, of Chapel Hill go under and not reappear near the foot of the "Little Red Lighthouse" at Fort Washington Park near the George Washington Bridge just after 3 p.m. Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Van der Horst, a native of the upstate New York town of Olean, was participating in a 15.7-mile leg of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim from…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB
Swimmer, 67, Confirmed Drowned In Long-Distance Event Between Tappan Zee, GWB UPDATE: The long-distance swimmer believed drowned during the next-to-last-leg of a 120-mile marathon was an internationally-recognized AIDS researcher, activist and former professor at the University of North Carolina. A spotter saw Charles Van der Horst, 67, of Chapel Hill go under and not reappear near the foot of the "Little Red Lighthouse" at Fort Washington Park near the George Washington Bridge just after 3 p.m. Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. Van der Horst, a native of the upstate New York town of Olean, was participating in a 15.7-mile leg of the 8 Bridges Hudson River Swim from…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Lifestyle
NSFW: Bergen County Nurse's Vacation Video Goes Viral NSFW: Bergen County Nurse's Vacation Video Goes Viral
Nsfw: Bergen County Nurse's Vacation Video Goes Viral A photo of the monkeys alone would have been fine. But Washington Township native Kendall Cheney Dalessio got more than she bargained for on her trip to Thailand -- a video of, well, monkey business. Dalessio, 27, a Pace University graduate, initially posted the video to her own Instagram account -- but it didn't take long before it went viral.  In less than a day, the nurse's video had garnered more than 32,000 views on her own account, and more than 2 million on Barstool Sports, along with several other social media platforms. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE.

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by Cecilia Levine
West Milford, NJ
Business
This West Milford Bar Owner Just Bought A Pirate Ship 'Because, Why Not?' This West Milford Bar Owner Just Bought A Pirate Ship 'Because, Why Not?'
This West Milford Bar Owner Just Bought A Pirate Ship 'Because, Why Not?' West Milford's Mark Palmieri knew just what his Greenwood Lake, N.Y. bar and restaurant needed. No, not more beer or pretty ladies -- but a pirate ship. Currently sitting on the water right outside of The Helm on Jersey Avenue. "Cause why not!" Palmier said on Facebook. Palmieri told NorthJersey.com a man from Thailand offered him $100,000 for the 55-foot boat he first saw on social media, but he suspects it's going to be worth much more than that one day. He is currently working on transforming the space into a "Martini-ville" -- bringing customers completely out of t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Trumbull-Monroe, CT
Lifestyle
Is It Art Or Is It Furniture? You Have Both With Trumbull's I.M. Smitten Is It Art Or Is It Furniture? You Have Both With Trumbull's I.M. Smitten
Is It Art Or Is It Furniture? You Have Both With Trumbull's I.M. Smitten Admit it, you’ve watched your share of home design shows. We've all learned that a key piece can serve as a focal point in a room and make all the difference in how a space looks and the feelings it conveys. Norwalk resident George Holley learned that lesson when he was trying to decorate  tiny bedrooms in a new summer home. The beds – let alone other furniture – barely fit, so he decided to make the headboard the focal point, only Holley couldn’t find what he wanted in any retail, antique or online shop. Luckily for him, he had access to factories and craftsmen in Thailand from a specialty …

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by Vira Mamchur Schwartz
Hackensack, NJ
Lifestyle
Bergen Newlyweds Quit Their Jobs To Travel World In Wedding Clothes Bergen Newlyweds Quit Their Jobs To Travel World In Wedding Clothes
Bergen Newlyweds Quit Their Jobs To Travel World In Wedding Clothes If not now, then when? That question is what pushed Bergen County newlyweds Nick and Zoe Aust to quit their jobs and travel the world... in their wedding clothes. After a surprise Paris proposal in 2016, the pair got married Dec. 31, 2017 and packed their bags for a honeymoon that would last forever. They started a blog and Instagram account called "Marry Me In" so loved ones and strangers alike would be able to keep track of them. The Austs' excursion has brought them to 14 countries so far, top favorites being Cape Town, Bali and New Zealand. The travel bloggers hope to inspi…

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by Cecilia Levine
White Plains, NY
Lifestyle
White Plains Company 'Unmaps' Your Next Adventure White Plains Company 'Unmaps' Your Next Adventure
White Plains Company 'Unmaps' Your Next Adventure Where to know where to travel to next? Tune into "Unmapped," a new podcast by Uncover Studios, a White Plains-based podcast and influencer company. The new show, which debuted in October 2017, stars Angelina Zeppieri, a New Rochelle native. Adam Raymonda, another New Ro native, produces it. Unmapped, according to Dave Keine, Uncover's Managing Director, is a narrative, non-fiction diary similar in style to podcasts such as "Millennial" or "This American Life" in which Zeppieri chronicles her journeys to destinations near and far, while also exploring what it’s…

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by Jeanne Muchnick