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DVlicious Year In Review: Pizza, Wings, Sushi Win Big In Bergen County DVlicious Year In Review: Pizza, Wings, Sushi Win Big In Bergen County
DVlicious Year In Review: Pizza, Wings, Sushi Win Big In Bergen County BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. -- Daily Voice readers had a lot of fun this fall choosing winners in three popular food categories as part of our ongoing DVlicious contest. Among the choices:  Pizza Wings Sushi First, readers gave us the names of their personal favorites. Those names were then whittled down to five finalists. There was good-natured rivalry, with the competing restaurants urging their customers to vote.  The 2015 Bergen County winners included: PIZZA: Barcelona's Restaurant and Bar in Garfield, known for its thin-crust pizza and family-like congeniality, won DVlicious "Best Pizz…

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Neighbors
January Is Mentor Month For Hackensack Volunteer Center January Is Mentor Month For Hackensack Volunteer Center
January Is Mentor Month For Hackensack Volunteer Center HACKENSACK, N.J. --- The Bergen Volunteer Center, headquartered in Hackensack, will once again commemorate January as the 14th annual National Mentoring Month. “To be a mentor, you don’t need any special skills — just an ability to listen and to offer friendship, guidance and encouragement to a child or an adult," Volunteer Center CEO Lynne Algrant said. “And you’ll be amazed by how much you’ll get out of the experience." The Bergen Volunteer Center is an affiliate of the Hands On Network and has been sponsoring mentoring programs for over 30 years.  Men and women ages 18 and up…

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Neighbors
Hasbrouck Heights Updates Wednesday, Dec. 30 Recycling Pickup Hasbrouck Heights Updates Wednesday, Dec. 30 Recycling Pickup
Hasbrouck Heights Updates Wednesday, Dec. 30 Recycling Pickup HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- The recycling pickup for Wednesday Dec. 30, is newspapers only. This announcement is to correct information that was printed in error in the borough calendar. Newspapers will be picked up Dec. 30, and not bottles and cans.

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News
Daily Voice Year In Review: Hackensack Man Loses Arm, Walks Home Daily Voice Year In Review: Hackensack Man Loses Arm, Walks Home
Daily Voice Year In Review: Hackensack Man Loses Arm, Walks Home Daily Voice this week is running down some of the top stories of 2015, leading up to the most popular on Thursday. Here is one of the stories that really left an impression on us. When someone is severely injured, you may think getting help would be his or her first thought. But, as Daily Voice reported Oct. 13, a Hackensack man lost his arm in an accident with a commuter train – and then walked home instead of waiting for help to come to him. And that wasn’t even the strangest part of the story. Responders, alerted to a suspected suicide attempt, found the arm around 10:15 p.m. near the A…

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Obituaries
Abstract Painting Master Ellsworth Kelly of Oradell, 92 Abstract Painting Master Ellsworth Kelly of Oradell, 92
Abstract Painting Master Ellsworth Kelly of Oradell, 92 ORADELL, N.J. -- American abstract painter Ellsworth Kelly, who grew up in Oradell, died Sunday at 92 in his home in Spencertown, N.Y., nj.com reported. Born in Newburgh, N.Y., in 1923, Kelly and his family moved to Oradell, where he attended public school and his grandmother introduced him to bird-watching at the reservoir, according to nj.com. Later, he wrote that his early interest in nature taught him to “see.” Kelly left the Pratt Institute to enlist in the U.S. Army in 1943, where he designed silk screen posters used to teach infantry units about concealment technique. After the war, …

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News
Leonia Officials Unanimously Approve Woodland Place Development Leonia Officials Unanimously Approve Woodland Place Development
Leonia Officials Unanimously Approve Woodland Place Development LEONIA, N.J. -- A revised plan for an apartment building on Woodland Place in Leonia has been unanimously approved by the Planning Board, Northjersey.com reported. The complex had been opposed by a citizens' lawsuit, the article says. Plans that developed from mediation between the developer, 313 Woodland Place LLC, and Save Leonia Zoning — an 800-person internet petition — were returned to the board for review after the two parties reached a tentative agreement, Northjersey.com said. The property is the site of the former Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, which closed after more than 30 years …

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Neighbors
Hasbrouck Heights Announces 2015 Holiday Decorating Winners Hasbrouck Heights Announces 2015 Holiday Decorating Winners
Hasbrouck Heights Announces 2015 Holiday Decorating Winners HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. -- Challenged this year by the Community Celebrations committee to make Hasbrouck Heights look spectacular, residents and businesses in the borough went all out to make the community warm and beautiful for the Christmas season. Final judging was Wednesday, and the winners were announced Christmas Eve. Here are the winners, and photos of some of the best. Residential Winners, General Display: 1st place – 26 Burton Avenue and 133 Terrace Avenue 2nd place -- 251 Madison Avenue, 314 Columbus Avenue and 179 Field Avenue 3rd place -- 62 Garrison Avenue and 511 Collins Av…

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Police & Fire
Man, 31, Sentenced In Fatal Crash Involving Former Clarkstown North Athlete Man, 31, Sentenced In Fatal Crash Involving Former Clarkstown North Athlete
Man, 31, Sentenced In Fatal Crash Involving Former Clarkstown North Athlete WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, N.J. -- A judge in Hackensack on Monday sentenced a Saddle Brook man to six years in prison for his part in a road rage crash with a Rockland resident that killed a Teaneck passenger on the Garden State Parkway in Washington Township three years ago. Thomas Vanderweit, 31, also must pay toward the funeral expenses of 63-year-old Annetta Billingy. Billingly was in another car with John C. Emili, a power weight-lifter and former Clarkstown North High School football player from New City. Prosecutors said the Sunday morning incident between Vanderweit and Emili began near…

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Business
Hackensack Town Green Is Festive For The Holidays Hackensack Town Green Is Festive For The Holidays
Hackensack Town Green Is Festive For The Holidays HACKENSACK, N.J. -- The Hackensack Town Green is ablaze in lights for the holiday season. The Green is one of the most historic locations in Bergen County. It's home to the Minuteman statue, commemorating the role of locals in the American Revolution. For November and December, city workers deck the trees beautifully in lights. It's a cheery sight on dark winter nights.

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Politics
Joseph Connolly Sworn In As New Demarest Councilman Joseph Connolly Sworn In As New Demarest Councilman
Joseph Connolly Sworn In As New Demarest Councilman DEMAREST, N.J. -- Joseph N. Connolly has been sworn in as Demarest Councilman, filling a vacancy left by Steve Schleim's resignation. The Mayor and Council appointed Connolly to fill the seat until the next general election. He was sworn in my Mayor Ray Cywinski last Monday.

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