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NJ Man Who Scouted Landmarks As Terror Targets Gets 12 Years In Federal Prison NJ Man Who Scouted Landmarks As Terror Targets Gets 12 Years In Federal Prison
NJ Man Who Scouted Landmarks As Terror Targets Gets 12 Years In Federal Prison UPDATE: A convicted New Jersey “sleeper agent” for Hezbollah who scoped out potential terrorism targets in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C. and elsewhere was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison. Alexei Saab, a 45-year-old software developer who lived in Morristown, must serve just about all of the sentence delivered in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday, May 23, because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Saab kept up appearances as an ordinary American citizen while working for Hezbollah’s Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO) from 2000 to 2005, federal prosecutors said. Dur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hasbrouck Heights Professor Accused Of Attempted St. Patrick's Arson Dies In Verrazano Leap Hasbrouck Heights Professor Accused Of Attempted St. Patrick's Arson Dies In Verrazano Leap
Hasbrouck Heights Professor Accused Of Attempted St. Patrick's Arson Dies In Verrazano Leap A philosophy professor from Hasbrouck Heights who authorities said planned to burn down St. Patrick's Cathedral died by suicide last week, nearly a month after being released from Rikers Island amid the coronavirus outbreak. A judge ordered Marc Lamparello, 38, to participate in an outpatient program at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center after releasing him on March 20 as part of an effort to stem the rapid spread of COVID-19 through the city jail system. Lamparello jumped from Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge last Friday, a week after police prevented a similar suicide try at the George Washington …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
No Vino? No Problem! Bring Your Own To New Italian Restaurant In Mahwah No Vino? No Problem! Bring Your Own To New Italian Restaurant In Mahwah
No Vino? No Problem! Bring Your Own To New Italian Restaurant In Mahwah Rome wasn't built in a day -- and neither was Novino. George Jamieson has spent more than four years building the Italian restaurant, but is hoping for a July 8 opening. All that's left to do for him and his wife Renee to do is pave the parking lot. Novino will be more a retirement project for Jamieson, who named his restaurant after his wife's maternal grandmother. It also happens to be a play on the words "no vino," implying you can bring your own wine, Jamieson explained. The Italian villa-inspired restaurant will specialize in Neapolitan pizza and other authentic delicacies, which Ja…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Renowned French Chef Opens Bar & Grill At Hackensack Mall Renowned French Chef Opens Bar & Grill At Hackensack Mall
Renowned French Chef Opens Bar & Grill At Hackensack Mall French chef Laurent Tourondel will helm LT Bar & Grill, set to open next spring at the Shops at Riverside in Hackensack. The restaurant will have a sushi bar as well as a curated menu including salads, steaks, burgers, classic cocktails and more. LT Bar & Grill’s new location spans 15,000 square feet on two floors, including a main dining room with seating for approximately 120 guests.  The second level, called "ABOVE,"  features an 8,000-square-foot private event space that accommodates up to 200 guests.  The restaurant will be located by the new mall grand entrance (where the …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hasbrouck Heights Professor Found Unfit To Be Tried In Attempted St. Patrick's Arson Hasbrouck Heights Professor Found Unfit To Be Tried In Attempted St. Patrick's Arson
Hasbrouck Heights Professor Found Unfit To Be Tried In Attempted St. Patrick's Arson UPDATE: A philosophy professor from Hasbrouck Heights who authorities said planned to burn down St. Patricks' Cathedral was found unfit to stand trial, Manhattan's district attorney announced Tuesday. Marc Lamparello, a 37-year-old East Rutherford native who'd been staying at a hotel in the city, was carrying a one-way ticket to Rome when he was caught entering the famed cathedral with four gallons of gasoline, two cans of lighter fluid and lighters on April 17, authorities said. He was charged with attempted arson and reckless endangerment. Earlier that same week, Essex County s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NYPD: Hasbrouck Heights Man Seized With Gas Cans, Charcoal Fluid, Lighters At St. Patrick's NYPD: Hasbrouck Heights Man Seized With Gas Cans, Charcoal Fluid, Lighters At St. Patrick's
Nypd: Hasbrouck Heights Man Seized With Gas Cans, Charcoal Fluid, Lighters At St. Patrick's Two days after a devastating fire at Notre Dame in Paris, a Hasbrouck Heights man was caught trying to enter St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan with four gallons of gasoline, two cans of lighter fluid and lighters Wednesday night, the NYPD said. The suspect -- identified by a local law enforcement source as Marc Lamparello, 37 -- parked a minivan on Fifth Avenue, "left the car there for some time and walked around the area," Deputy NYPD Commissioner John Miller said. He later returned to the minivan and removed a pair of two-gallon plastic cans of gasoline, a plastic bag with two bags of …

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by Jerry DeMarco