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BRAVO! Fifth-Generation Police Officer From Mahwah Revives Stricken Opera Veteran BRAVO! Fifth-Generation Police Officer From Mahwah Revives Stricken Opera Veteran
Bravo! Fifth-Generation Police Officer From Mahwah Revives Stricken Opera Veteran LOCAL HERO: Veteran Metropolitan Opera singer Richard Bernstein was having chest pains when a fifth-generation police officer who’d only just hit the street in Mahwah responded to a call at his home. Then Bernstein stopped breathing. Turns out Officer Joseph Powderley got there just in time. The tenor of the situation became grave as the Grammy-winning father of three went into cardiac arrest, his face turning blue, in his master bedroom. Powderley placed Bernstein on the floor and began chest compressions, Mahwah Police Capt. Guido Bussinelli said. The officer then shocked him with a de…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Essex County Woman Finishes Third On 'Jeopardy'! Essex County Woman Finishes Third On 'Jeopardy'!
Essex County Woman Finishes Third On 'Jeopardy'! Final Jeopardy ended up being Joyce Sun's downfall. The Bloomfield lawyer finished in third place on "Jeopardy!" in an episode that aired on Wednesday, May 24. Sun entered Final Jeopardy with a slight lead, $10,800 to $10,400 over the second place contestant, but was tripped up on this: When the opera “Lohengrin” premiered in 1850, this man, a future in-law of the composer, was the conductor. The answer: Who is Franz Liszt? Sun guessed Rachmaninoff, which cost her $10,500. The other two contestants also got Final Jeopardy wrong, but were more conservative with their wagers. Whiffing…

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by Sam Barron
Real Estate
Opera Singer's Newark Home Hits Market At $699K Opera Singer's Newark Home Hits Market At $699K
Opera Singer's Newark Home Hits Market At $699K The New Jersey estate of a legendary opera singer’s home is on the market for just $699,000. 200 Elwood Avenue in Newark was formerly occupied by Maria Jeritza, an internationally renowned opera singer from Austria, and even had a basement that was home to a speakeasy used throughout the Prohibition Era, according to NJ.com. Meanwhile, the report said the mansion was infamously owned in the early 2000s by Dean Faiello, an unlicensed doctor who spent 17 years in prison after admitting to causing the death of 35-year-old Maria Cruz, an investment banker, by performing a laser treatment while …

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by Valerie Musson
News
Passaic County Theater Apologizes For Use Of Blackface Passaic County Theater Apologizes For Use Of Blackface
Passaic County Theater Apologizes For Use Of Blackface Amid growing public discussions of race and racism, a theater company in North Jersey has apologized publicly for its use of blackface in a production that has relied on the makeup as a plot point. “Even though no harm was meant, we sincerely apologize for any offense,” the owners of the Rhino Theatre in Pompton Lakes wrote in a social media post. In question is Rhino’s 2018 production of the 1986 Ken Ludwig comedy “Lend Me a Tenor,” about an opera company that stages Verdi’s “Otello.” In the play, a white opera company assistant must assume the role of the lead character, who is Moroccan.…

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by Jerry DeMarco