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Morris Couple Admit $152,820 Superstorm Sandy Scam Morris Couple Admit $152,820 Superstorm Sandy Scam
Morris Couple Admit $152,820 Superstorm Sandy Scam A Morris County couple admitted pocketing $152,820 in taxpayer-funded Superstorm Sandy relief by claiming their damaged Jersey Shore home as their primary residence, state authorities charged. The home that Carmine Fusco and Lauri Fusco, 50, own on West End Drive in Point Pleasant that was damaged by the historic storm is actually a summer/weekend property, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said Wednesday. Their primary residence at the time of the storm was, and continues to be, in East Hanover, he said. By lying on applications, the Fuscos received $2,280 from FEMA and $150,000 in …

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Garfield Native Christopher Kanarski Dies, 35 Garfield Native Christopher Kanarski Dies, 35
Garfield Native Christopher Kanarski Dies, 35 Christopher Kanarski died on Nov. 16. He was 35 years old.  Kanarski was born and Passaic and raised in Garfield. He moved to Rockaway and graduated from Rockaway High School in 2001. Kanarski earned his associates degree from Morristown Community College and had been working for Verizon in East Hanover. Services were held Friday. Interment was at St. Mary's Cemetery in Saddle Brook.

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
TV Series: How New Jersey Native Helped Expose Lewinsky In Clinton Affair TV Series: How New Jersey Native Helped Expose Lewinsky In Clinton Affair
TV Series: How New Jersey Native Helped Expose Lewinsky In Clinton Affair Monica Lewinsky has decided it is time to share her story. Part of it chronicles the pivotal role of New Jersey native and former U.S. civil servant Linda Tripp, and her role in exposing the infamous scandal between Lewinsky and former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Sunday's two-hour premiere of "The Clinton Affair" on A&E ended with Lewinsky noting that Tripp -- formerly of East Hanover and Jersey City -- turned out not to be the trusted she initially thought she was. Lewinsky was 24 years old when her affair with Clinton, which ultimately led to Clinton's 1998 impeachment, came to lig…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Missing Bergenfield Group Home Resident Found In Atlantic City Missing Bergenfield Group Home Resident Found In Atlantic City
Missing Bergenfield Group Home Resident Found In Atlantic City BERGENFIELD, N.J. -- A Bergenfield adult group home resident who went missing exactly a week earlier was found Monday -- nearly 135 miles away. Checking hospitals, as is done whenever those with medical conditions go missing, police found 40-year-old Thomas Araneo at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh confirmed. Araneo, who authorities said was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was last seen at Vantage Health System on West Palisade Avenue in Englewood. Originally from East Hanover in Morris County, he's been known to ride NJ Transit, the captai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
SEEN HIM? Bergenfield Police Seek Help Finding Missing Group Home Resident SEEN HIM? Bergenfield Police Seek Help Finding Missing Group Home Resident
Seen HIM? Bergenfield Police Seek Help Finding Missing Group Home Resident BERGENFIELD, N.J. – Bergenfield police turned to the public for help Thursday finding a group home resident who went missing without his medication on Monday after a stop in Englewood. Thomas Araneo, 40, was described as 5’8 and nearly 200 pounds, with blue eyes and brown hair. He's been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, Capt. Mustafa Rabboh said. He was last seen at Vantage Health System on West Palisade Avenue in Englewood wearing black denim pants, an orange hooded sweatshirt (possibly bearing the Denver Broncos emblem), and a black Under Armour hat, Rabboh said. “The investigation…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Toys 'R' Us May Close Another 200 Stores, Report Says Toys 'R' Us May Close Another 200 Stores, Report Says
Toys 'R' Us May Close Another 200 Stores, Report Says Less than a month after announcing it planned to close 182 outlets, another 200 Toys 'R' Us stores may also be closing, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. The total of near 400 closures would be 45 percent of the toy retailer's total number of stores. Toys 'R' Us also reversed plans to offer severance packages to all affected employees, The Wall Street Journal reported. The locations of the 200 stores were not available. Toys 'R' Us, which filed for bankruptcy last fall, announced on Jan. 24 it planned on closing the 182 outlets, according to a court filing. A …

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by Joe Lombardi
News
NJ-Based Toys 'R' Us Closing 182 Stores, Including Location In Bergen NJ-Based Toys 'R' Us Closing 182 Stores, Including Location In Bergen
Nj-based Toys 'R' Us Closing 182 Stores, Including Location In Bergen Toys "R" Us, which filed for bankruptcy last fall, plans to close as many as 182 outlets, about one-fifth of its total number of stores across the country, according to a court filing late Tuesday. A shift by customers to online shopping and increased competition led to the move, the Wayne, New Jersey-based company said.  Here is a rundown of tristate area stores scheduled for closure: New York Yonkers, 2700 Central Park Avenue College Point, 139-19 20th Avenue Union Square, 24-30 Union Square East Sayville, 5181 Sunrise Highway Massapequa, 5214 Sunrise Highway Henrietta, 2…

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by Joe Lombardi