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Police & Fire
Passaic County Sheriff's Department K9 Unit Seeks Pet Oxygen Masks Passaic County Sheriff's Department K9 Unit Seeks Pet Oxygen Masks
Passaic County Sheriff's Department K9 Unit Seeks Pet Oxygen Masks HILLSDALE, N.J. — The Passaic County Sheriff's Department K9 Unit is in need of pet oxygen masks for 13 of its dogs. Each mask costs $100. Anyone interested in donating should call Barbara Messina at Companion Animal Advocates at 201-706-7666. CLICK HERE for more.

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Sports
Youth Leads Old Tappan Golf Team To State Championship Youth Leads Old Tappan Golf Team To State Championship
Youth Leads Old Tappan Golf Team To State Championship OLD TAPPAN, N.J. — The Northern Valley Old Tappan High School golf team stood in the clubhouse during a thunder delay at Hopewell Valley Golf Club in Pennington, New Jersey Monday afternoon, trying to contain their excitement. The team, comprised of sophomores Ryan Lee, Chan Park and Sam Yam, and senior Graysen Kim, had already finished their 18-hole round, with a combined 313 strokes between them. Their competitors -- Northern Valley Regional High School Demarest, Moorestown High School and Mainland Regional High School -- still had one hole to play, but were already mathematically elimina…

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Business
Fort Lee Businesswoman Creates 1-Stop Hair, Clothes Shop Fort Lee Businesswoman Creates 1-Stop Hair, Clothes Shop
Fort Lee Businesswoman Creates 1-Stop Hair, Clothes Shop FORT LEE, N.J. — Soyoun Chung wants to give every Fort Lee mother a new hairstyle with an outfit to match. On Wednesday, she held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for "KUUN," a woman's fashion boutique on the first floor of the 200 Main Street shopping center. Right above KUUN is "JUUN," a hair salon Chung opened four years earlier. "I want everyone to say 'hair at JUUN, shop at KUUN,'" Chung told Daily Voice.  Chung immigrated to America from South Korea when she was 18 to attend the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. The Englewood Cliffs mother spen…

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Police & Fire
Bogota Police Emergency Services Youth Academy Organize Fundraiser Bogota Police Emergency Services Youth Academy Organize Fundraiser
Bogota Police Emergency Services Youth Academy Organize Fundraiser BOGOTA, N.J. — The Bogota Police Emergency Services Youth Academy will hold a benefit buffet dinner to support this summer's class on Friday, June 3. At the event, the Academy will announce which applicants will be one of the first ten accepted into the class. The event is open to academy alumni and any student who has applied for this summer's academy along with their friends and family. It is an opportunity for future cadets to meet with academy alumni and some of the instructors of previous academy classes. There will be a buffet style dinner, soft drinks, a 50/50 raffle and other prize…

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Schools
Moonachie School Receives Donation Of Four 3D Printers Moonachie School Receives Donation Of Four 3D Printers
Moonachie School Receives Donation Of Four 3D Printers MOONACHIE, N.J. — Robert L. Craig Elementary School in Moonachie received a donation of four 3D Printers from printing company XYZ during a ceremony Tuesday afternoon. The donation was arranged by wholesale company FLOMO, which recently moved its corporate headquarters from Teterboro to Moonachie. The printers are valued at $400 each. "It's great to see a local business work with the school for the benefit of the community and our kids," Moonachie Mayor Dennis Vaccaro told Daily Voice. The printers will be used in the school's arts, computer science and after-school programs. Kid…

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Neighbors
Leonia Wedding Singer Has Seen It All Leonia Wedding Singer Has Seen It All
Leonia Wedding Singer Has Seen It All LEONIA, N.J. — Leonia wedding singer Lois Bruno remembers that wedding where the furnace caught fire. After it was extinguished, Bruno began her set with "Fire" by the Ohio Players. Then there was that Wyckoff tent wedding where the generator died. Bruno and her band made up for the lack of electricity by singing gospel music. And, of course, there was also that mob wedding, where Bruno recalls being told by an attendee "Is this band good? Because if not, you know who we are." "I've seen it all," said Bruno, who has been performing at parties of all types sin…

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Business
Cresskill Dad Is Rockin' The Suburbs With Englewood Arts School Cresskill Dad Is Rockin' The Suburbs With Englewood Arts School
Cresskill Dad Is Rockin' The Suburbs With Englewood Arts School CRESSKILL, N.J. — Cresskill father Matt Ross stood in the crowd at CBGB's in 2005, watching a bunch of "School of Rock" students cover Led Zeppelin's "Stairway To Heaven." He observed how prideful the kids looked, being able to showcase what they had been practicing in class. Then he turned to look at the crowd, most of which was comprised of the students' parents, and saw that same look of pride. He had an epiphany — the concert was a game. "There was this shared experience between the performers and the spectators that was very sticky to me," Ross remembere…

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Politics
Chelsea Clinton Campaigning For Hillary In Fort Lee Tuesday Chelsea Clinton Campaigning For Hillary In Fort Lee Tuesday
Chelsea Clinton Campaigning For Hillary In Fort Lee Tuesday FORT LEE, N.J. — Chelsea Clinton will be campaigning for her mother and Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton at the Fort Lee Senior Center Tuesday afternoon. Clinton will meet with voters from 1:15 p.m. to 3 p.m. to talk about breaking down barriers and raising incomes for New Jersey families, according to a press release. New Jersey's Democratic primary is on June 7. The Fort Lee Senior Center is located at 319 Main Street. CLICK HERE for more.

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Events
Hasbrouck Heights Benefit Raises $400,000 For New Hackensack Arts Center Hasbrouck Heights Benefit Raises $400,000 For New Hackensack Arts Center
Hasbrouck Heights Benefit Raises $400,000 For New Hackensack Arts Center HACKENSACK, N.J. — Over $400,000 was raised to help build the new Hackensack Performing Arts Center (PAC) during a benefit at the Hilton in Hasbrouck Heights Friday night. The largest donations were $100,000 from Hekemian & Co. Inc., and $50,000 from Inserra Supermarkets. Pledges of $25,000 were received from C.J. Lombardo Co.; Capodagli Property Company/Merida LLC; Lakeland Bank; Oritani Bank; NAI James E. Hanson; and Alfred Sanzari Enterprises. Attendees who pledged $350 received a seat tag with their name on it in the new performing arts center. "We got a tremendous response f…

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Business
Fort Lee Movie Theater Set To Open August 12 Fort Lee Movie Theater Set To Open August 12
Fort Lee Movie Theater Set To Open August 12 FORT LEE, N.J. — The iPic Theater at the new "Hudson Lights" shopping center in Fort Lee will open for business on August 12. The announcement was made by Jim Nowicki, director of strategic marketing for iPic Entertainment, during a multi-chamber networking event at American Cut Grill in Englewood Cliffs on May 18. The theater will feature eight screens, 533 seats, a full-service restaurant, reclining chairs with pillows and blankets and the option to have food and drinks delivered directly to your seat. The iPic Theater will be located at 2023 Hudson Street in Fort Lee.

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