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Store Owner Charged With Endangerment For Selling Homemade Sanitizer That Burned Bergen Boys Store Owner Charged With Endangerment For Selling Homemade Sanitizer That Burned Bergen Boys
Store Owner Charged With Endangerment For Selling Homemade Sanitizer That Burned Bergen Boys UPDATE: Authorities on Tuesday charged the owner of a Bergen County 7-Eleven with child endangerment for selling a sanitizer she mixed herself using a commercial cleanser that ended up burning four local boys. Manisha Bharade, 47, Wood-Ridge also was charged with deceptive business practices before being released on a summons pending court action. Bharade mixed "commercially available foaming sanitizer, which was not meant for resale," with water in pump bottles -- unwittingly causing a harmful chemical reaction -- then sold them for $2.50 each at her store in River Vale, authorities said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Increased Coyote Sightings In Ridgewood: Police Urge Caution Increased Coyote Sightings In Ridgewood: Police Urge Caution
Increased Coyote Sightings In Ridgewood: Police Urge Caution RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Coyote sightings recently have increased in Ridgewood, where police shared information from the state Division of Fish & Wildlife: The coyote is a wild member of the dog family and closely resembles a small German shepherd with the exception of its long snout and bushy, black-tipped tail. Another key difference from a domestic dog is readily noticeable even from a distance: The coyote has a habit of holding its tail below a horizontal position while standing, walking and running. Eastern coyotes differ from their western counterparts with a larger average size and var…

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by Cecilia Levine