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New Grocery Store Coming To Downtown Hackensack New Grocery Store Coming To Downtown Hackensack
New Grocery Store Coming To Downtown Hackensack Hackensack is getting a new grocery store. Maharaja Hypermarket signed a lease in a 3,500-square-foot space on Main Street. The full-service grocery store will be located at the ground floor of Crossroads 389, located at 389 Main St. The five-story, 119,000-square-foot mixed-use building opened earlier this year. It wasn't immediately clear if Maharaja Hypermarket was affiliated with Maharaja Store, an Indian grocer that ships across the United States. Maharaja translates to prince, or great ruler. "Maharaja Hypermarket’s scheduled opening in the fall will provide a sought-…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
GOOD RIDDANCE: Abandoned Building Collapses In Lodi, Decades-Long Eyesore Reduced To Rubble GOOD RIDDANCE: Abandoned Building Collapses In Lodi, Decades-Long Eyesore Reduced To Rubble
Good Riddance: Abandoned Building Collapses In Lodi, Decades-Long Eyesore Reduced To Rubble The saga of a long-abandoned eyesore that contaminated area groundwater and marred the look of one of Lodi's main thoroughfares finally came to an end Tuesday after the building partially collapsed into the street. Heavy machinery was used to take down the rest of the Garibaldi Avenue site after the partial late-morning collapse across from the Cynthia Gardens apartment complex. No serious injuries or major damage to other property was reported. The road, however, remained closed indefinitely between Mill and Short streets. The building at 199 Garibaldi Avenue was once owned by Gibraltar …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Politics
NJ Flags Fly At Half-Staff To Honor Pioneering Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson NJ Flags Fly At Half-Staff To Honor Pioneering Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson
NJ Flags Fly At Half-Staff To Honor Pioneering Newark Mayor Kenneth Gibson The state and U.S. flags were lowered over the Statehouse in Trenton Monday to honor Kenneth Gibson, who became the first black mayor of a major Northeastern city when he was elected in Newark in 1970.  Gibson died Friday. He was 86.  Gibson came to power at a time when New Jersey's largest city was still recovering from a devastating riot three years earlier, part of a wave of racial violence sweeping the nation touched off partly by assassinations of prominent civll rights leaders, including Martin Luther King.  Born in Alabama, Gibson attended Central High School and…

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by Paul Milo