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Four-Alarm Fire Crashes Wedding At Popular Bergen County Venue, No Injuries Reported Four-Alarm Fire Crashes Wedding At Popular Bergen County Venue, No Injuries Reported
Four-Alarm Fire Crashes Wedding At Popular Bergen County Venue, No Injuries Reported A wedding was underway when a boiler fire broke out at a popular Bergen County event venue early Thursday night, authorities said. The four-alarm fire extended to the second floor of The Rockleigh on Paris Avenue after igniting in the boiler room shortly before 6 p.m., Northvale Police Chief Howard Ostrow said. Firefighters had it under control in under 40 minutes, the chief said. Rockleigh and Northvale firefighters were able to control the raging blaze with help from their colleagues from Norwood, Closter, Harrington Park, Old Tappan, Demarest and Emerson, along with New York smoke eater…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Wedding Guest Killed By Hit-Run Driver Outside Fiesta On Route 17 Wedding Guest Killed By Hit-Run Driver Outside Fiesta On Route 17
Wedding Guest Killed By Hit-Run Driver Outside Fiesta On Route 17 UPDATE: Authorities have the hit-and-run vehicle that struck and killed a 20-year-old wedding guest from Massachusetts outside a popular Route 17 catering hall Saturday night. Now they just need to determine who was driving. Witnesses and several occupants who were in the vehicle at the time were being interviewed. "We need to make sure which one was the actual driver," Bergen County Prosecutor's Chief of Detectives Robert Anzilotti told Daily Voice around noontime. An alert initially was broadcast for a red Dodge that fled the scene after the victim from Roxbury, MA was struck outside t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Newark TSA Agent Gets Misplaced Wedding Dress To The Ceremony On Time Newark TSA Agent Gets Misplaced Wedding Dress To The Ceremony On Time
Newark TSA Agent Gets Misplaced Wedding Dress To The Ceremony On Time It seemed like your ordinary roller bag left behind at the Newark Airport TSA checkpoint by someone perhaps in a rush -- only inside was the dress a young bride-to-be was to wear at her wedding in Ohio the very next day. Narolin Cepeda, a former Paterson resident, was already winging on her way there when the MOB inadvertently left hers and her daughter's dresses behind. Moving quickly, Cepeda's younger brother, Christopher, pulled up a form online, sent it to the TSA’s Lost and Found Office at Newark Liberty International Airport and hoped for the best. Loletta Nathan-Gordon, a TSA admini…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
End Of Chemo Marks New Beginning For Sussex County Couple End Of Chemo Marks New Beginning For Sussex County Couple
End Of Chemo Marks New Beginning For Sussex County Couple Jillian Hanson Allegretti had nearly given up on life when she says her now-husband, Max Allegretti, breathed life back into her. It's a line the Andover native included in her wedding vows -- nearly two years after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Through it all, Max, of Montlcair, was by her side. Back then, they weren't engaged yet. All then 25-year-old Jillian had was a promise from Max he'd be there through it all. And he was. during Jillian's last round of chemotherapy, Max asked her to be his wife (it went viral!). The couple tied the knot last month -- cancer-free. Click here…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Wyckoff's Joe Jonas Weds 'Game Of Thrones' Star Sophie Turner In Vegas Wyckoff's Joe Jonas Weds 'Game Of Thrones' Star Sophie Turner In Vegas
Wyckoff's Joe Jonas Weds 'Game Of Thrones' Star Sophie Turner In Vegas Joe Jonas, one-third of the famed musical trio from Wyckoff, sprung a surprise on millions of fans by marrying "Game of Thrones" star Sophie Turner in what was described as a low-key affair in Las Vegas.  The couple applied for a wedding certificate Wednesday, USA Today reported.  Jonas' brothers Nick and Kevin served as groomsmen for the 29-year-old newlywed.  The newly-reunited Jonas Brothers performed their hit single "Sucker" at the Billboard Music Awards shortly before the wedding. 

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by Paul Milo
Neighbors
TMZ: Wyckoff Jonas Brother Dropped $6.6M On Beverly Hills Mansion TMZ: Wyckoff Jonas Brother Dropped $6.6M On Beverly Hills Mansion
TMZ: Wyckoff Jonas Brother Dropped $6.6M On Beverly Hills Mansion Wyckoff native Nick Jonas shelled out $6.6 million on a Beverly Hills mansion at the beginning of his relationship with now-fiancé Priyanka Chopra, TMZ reports. The media outlet called the 4,129-square-foot home an "architectural masterpiece" with five bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms, a floating guest wing, canyon views and a terrace that wraps around the swimming pool. Newsroom Post tweeted out photos of the pad on Oct. 24. The couple apparently has a wedding date set for next month.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Bogota PD In Humvee Rescue Bride, Groom, Guests Stranded In Rising Floodwaters VIDEO: Bogota PD In Humvee Rescue Bride, Groom, Guests Stranded In Rising Floodwaters
Video: Bogota PD In Humvee Rescue Bride, Groom, Guests Stranded In Rising Floodwaters Some say you can count on at least one thing going wrong on your wedding day, but a bride and groom stranded in Bogota during Saturday’s flash flooding actually had good fortune – thanks to a handy piece of police property. "We'd usually use something else, but the water was coming up so fast, we grabbed the Humvee," Sgt. Geoffrey Cole said. Cole and Officer Michael Laferrera reached the stranded vehicle at River Road and Elm Avenue -- an area prone to flooding -- around 6:15 p.m. "They were shocked not just to be stuck in the water but to see us in the Humvee,' Cole said. &…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Just Married! Bergen-Passaic Couple Met In Grad School Just Married! Bergen-Passaic Couple Met In Grad School
Just Married! Bergen-Passaic Couple Met In Grad School Sara Marie Brandsema and John David Handal were married March 2 at St. Aedan’s Church on the campus of St. Peter’s University in Jersey City.  Brandsema is from River Edge and Handal is from Totowa. The pair met at Rutgers University in Newark in 2011, from where Brandesma received a master’s degree in global affairs and the groom received a master’s degree and a doctorate degree in global affairs. The bride is 31 and works as a philanthropy and partnerships officer at the International Rescue Committee in New York City, generating resources to benefit refugees and displaced populations. S…

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by Cecilia Levine
Neighbors
Couple Says ‘I Do’ At Valley Hospital Before Major Surgery Couple Says ‘I Do’ At Valley Hospital Before Major Surgery
Couple Says ‘I Do’ At Valley Hospital Before Major Surgery RIDGEWOOD, N.J. – The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood was recently transformed into a special wedding venue for one patient and his partner. “Mark DeBenedectis expressed to Cheel 4 Neuro Charge Nurse Michelle Bower, RN, his wish to marry his partner, Greg, before he was scheduled to have major surgery,” Valley Health System shared in a Facebook post. With DeBenedictis’ surgery just two days away, staff and volunteers transformed the hospital’s terrace into a wedding venue for the Emerson couple. Staff and volunteers thought of and coordinated all the details -- including decorations, flowers,…

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson