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Business
Career Comes Full Circle For 28-Year-Old Closter Baker Opening Cake Shop Career Comes Full Circle For 28-Year-Old Closter Baker Opening Cake Shop
Career Comes Full Circle For 28-Year-Old Closter Baker Opening Cake Shop After 10 years working at cake shops across the region, Bergen County's Lori Lupardi is opening one of her own. Lupardi, 28, has fond memories of baking with her mother and grandmother, particularly around holidays growing up in Closter. In her junior and senior years at Northern Valley Demarest, Lupardi had a baking internship in Dumont and was looking at colleges, when her mom pointed out she could go to school for baking. Lupardi ended up graduating with her bachelor's of science in baking and pastry arts from Johnson and Wales, and spent the following decade learning the trade. She fe…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Numerous COVID-19 Cases Reported At Several Bergen County Schools Numerous COVID-19 Cases Reported At Several Bergen County Schools
Numerous Covid-19 Cases Reported At Several Bergen County Schools Several Bergen County schools are reporting COVID-19 cases. Individuals tested positive at Northern Valley Demarest, Ridgewood and Ramsey high schools this week.  NVD switched to remote learning Nov. 10 and will resume in-person learning Nov. 18, Superintendent James Santana said in a tweet. NV Old Tappan was also closed for contact tracing, he said. Ramsey High School reported two positive on Tuesday, Nov. 10, and closed the same day pending recommendations from the borough's health officer. Additional cases were reported earlier this year at Ramsey HS and the Eric S. Smith School. …

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Hilarious Closter Chicken Tender Expert Is 'Ballin On A Budget' Hilarious Closter Chicken Tender Expert Is 'Ballin On A Budget'
Hilarious Closter Chicken Tender Expert Is 'Ballin On A Budget' Bergen County teens Zack Fischberg and Jonathan Kopf know they're too old to order from the kids' menu. But that doesn't seem to stop the pair, who say they're "ballin' on a budget." Fischberg of Haworth, 18, and Kopf of Closter, 19, are on a quest to find the best chicken tenders on the East Coast and eventually, the country. It's all documented and scaled on their blog. "Ever since we can remember, we have had a passion for good chicken tenders," said the teens, who met when they were seven at Ramapo Day Camp. "After indulging ourselves in an abundance of chick…

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by Cecilia Levine