PASSAIC -- All Passaic County offices will be closed Tuesday due to the impending snowstorm, the county announced in a release.The county is planning to open for regular business hours on Wednesday. The Freeholder Meeting has been rescheduled to Thursday, March 16th at 5:30 p.m.Gov. Christie Declares State Of Emergency Ahead Of Winter Storm StellaThe National Weather Service said more ...

GLEN ROCK, N.J. -- The Glen Rock board of education on Feb. 13 made a preliminary move to eliminate six middle school sports clubs next year it says are already offered by the Glen Rock Recreational Department.The programs slated to be cut include boys and girls soccer, boys and girls basketball, softball and baseball.In a letter to parents dated Feb. 16, schools superintendent Paula ...

PASSAIC, N.J. -- What’s the secret to business success? For A-1 Nutrition Store, a funky vitamin shop and marketplace that will be celebrating its 40th anniversary in April, an array of products at good prices has always helped. But one thing has helped it survive big competition, the rise of nutrition competitors and Internet sales.“I know it’s our customer service and catering to the ...

“What’s your favorite Irish song?” asked Mark Murphy.“Oh, Danny Boy,” was the reply.And that’s all it took for the man who has been the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ringwood singer since the mid-1990s to break out into song in a clear tenor that nearly overloaded the phone’s speaker.Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling | From glen to glen and down the mountain side.On March 25, ...

Bergen and Passaic counties have a chance for record high temperatures of around 70 degrees Thursday following partly sunny skies and a high of near 61 on Wednesday, according to meteorologist Joe Cioffi.Cioffi posted on his blog that the region could see some dense fog develop tonight as warmer air streams northward over cooler marine air below.“A wind shift to the west on Thursday is ...

Your Presidents’ Day forecast around Bergen and Passaic counties calls cooler temperatures than the past several days, with a high near 40, but hardly a cloud in the sky, according to the National Weather Service.NWS says clouds will increase on Tuesday after a sunny start, with a 50 percent chance of showers at night.On Wednesday, the area will experience a return to unseasonably warm ...

NORWALK, Conn. — Tanisha Williams, a native of Jamaica, began collecting recipes at 9 and  started a side business as a personal chef at 19. She dubbed that business the Fragrant Basil Personal Chef Service. And now she runs Fragrant Basil Juice Cafe at 11 Main St. in Norwalk, an organic and gluten-free restaurant that opened at its current location in June. With a name like Fragrant ...

GARFIELD — The City of Garfield is considering lifting a BYOB ban on restaurants that don’t currently serve alcohol, according to NorthJersey.com.The ban on diners bringing their own wine or beer to local restaurants has been in place since 1979, and Mayor Richard Rigoglioso, who is suggesting the policy change, said the city loses business to other areas because of it."Every other ...

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. -- Sarah Harinstein and her 9-year-old daughter Aliza are both survivors of rare forms of cancer, and for the past three years, Harinstein and her husband, Jason, have participated in Cycle for Survival to raise funds for rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.After the Rigdewood resident’s sister, Maryana Winston, of Franklin Lakes, joined them ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – A collection of eclectic eateries – including some of Manhattan’s and Connecticut’s most popular and notable casual dining hot spots – announced that they will join the mall’s new Savor Westchester 350-seat dining venue, part of a multimillion-dollar enhancement completed last year.Mall owner Simon announced this week that Whitmans New York, Mighty Quinn’s Barbeque, ...