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NJ's Livvy Dunne Gets Times Square Billboard NJ's Livvy Dunne Gets Times Square Billboard
NJ's Livvy Dunne Gets Times Square Billboard Livvy Dunne can add "Times Square billboard" to her list of accomplishments. The Bergen County native and college gymnast is the new brand ambassador for Nautica, an apparel brand.  The campaign kicked off with a billboard of Dunne, who was raised in Hillsdale, which the gymnast unveiled on her Instagram on Sunday, Feb. 25. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Olivia Dunne (@livvydunne) As a brand ambassador, Dunne will be wearing apparel from the company's spring line. @nautica Off duty style never looked so good @Olivia…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
NJ Driver Who Mowed Down Police, Bystanders On New Year's In NYC Has Drug History, Records Show NJ Driver Who Mowed Down Police, Bystanders On New Year's In NYC Has Drug History, Records Show
NJ Driver Who Mowed Down Police, Bystanders On New Year's In NYC Has Drug History, Records Show UPDATE: A wrong-way driver from Fort Lee who hit a half-dozen people in midtown Manhattan as he tried to flee police on New Year’s Day has a history of drug arrests and convictions, records show. Mohamed Alaouie, 44, was driving a Mercedes sedan that twice mounted the sidewalk on West 34th Street going the wrong way, hitting people, vehicles and a food cart overnight Monday before finally coming to rest, city police said. Alaouie was fleeing uniformed officers 90 minutes or so after the New Year’s ball drop in nearby Times Square when the chain-reaction crashes occurred near Madison Square …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Attractive Couples Sought For Commercial Filming At Times Square Hotel Attractive Couples Sought For Commercial Filming At Times Square Hotel
Attractive Couples Sought For Commercial Filming At Times Square Hotel How cute are you and your partner? Really cute? Well, this might be an opportunity for you. 226 Collective is casting for a social media photo and video shoot at a hotel in Times Square, being shot on Thursday, April 20 with lodging provided from Wednesday, April 19 to Friday, April 21.  They are looking for couples on vacation, a woman and a man, between the ages of 36 to 60.  "An attractive, photogenic, and fit man and woman in their late 40s to early 50s to play the role of 'Couple on Vacation,' according to the listing. "While not required, real couples are encouraged to appl…

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by Sam Barron
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Ecuadorian National Pleads Guilty To Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef Ecuadorian National Pleads Guilty To Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef
Ecuadorian National Pleads Guilty To Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef A Jersey City man who brutally stabbed a well-known chef to death during a party at the victim’s Little Ferry home cut a deal with prosecutors, pleading guilty to aggravated manslaughter in exchange for a lesser sentence. Ray Edwardo Arcentales Sanchez, 24, could still get a minimum sentence of 10 years in state prison for the plea, entered in Superior Court in Hackensack earlier this week. Then there’s the matter of his citizenship. Police at the time said the Ecuadorian national was sitting on a curb, spattered with blood, when officers responding to a 911 call found a mortally wounded …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Notorious NJ Serial Killer To Plead Guilty To Murders Of Five Long Island Women: Report Notorious NJ Serial Killer To Plead Guilty To Murders Of Five Long Island Women: Report
Notorious NJ Serial Killer To Plead Guilty To Murders Of Five Long Island Women: Report The number of brutal murder confessions continues to mount for imprisoned New Jersey serial killer Richard Cottingham, who reportedly is scheduled to plead guilty to five more killings, all of women on Long Island. Cottingham, now 76, has been serving multiple life sentences in South Woods State Prison in Bridgeton, NJ, for more than four decades for killing six Garden State women between 1967 and 1980. He's spent a considerable part of that time lately claiming he's committed several other killings. “For a long time now I have been trying to understand the darkness that enveloped my soul…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ICE Puts Hold On Hudson Man Jailed In Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef ICE Puts Hold On Hudson Man Jailed In Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef
ICE Puts Hold On Hudson Man Jailed In Brutal Stabbing Death Of Popular Bergen County Chef UPDATE: Federal authorities have placed an immigration detainer on a 22-year-old Jersey City man accused of brutally stabbing a well-known chef to death during a party at the victim’s Little Ferry home. ICE issued the detainer amid questions over the immigration status of Ray Edwardo Arcentales Sanchez, who is listed in Bergen County Jail records as an Ecuadoran national. Sanchez was sitting on a curb, spattered with blood, when police responding to a 911 call before dawn Thursday found a mortally wounded Yuryin Herrera, 36, on the backyard steps of his Abend Street home, responders said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
NJ Cancer Nurse Dies After Being Knocked Down By Homeless Mugger In Times Square NJ Cancer Nurse Dies After Being Knocked Down By Homeless Mugger In Times Square
NJ Cancer Nurse Dies After Being Knocked Down By Homeless Mugger In Times Square A cancer nurse from New Jersey died after a day and a half of fighting for her life, after being knocked down by muggers in Times Square. Maria Ambrocio, 58 -- who worked at Bayonne Medical Center -- was walking through Times Square with friends after a trip to the  Philippines Consulate and lunch around 1:30 p.m., the New York Post reports. Meanwhile, Jermaine Foster grabbed a cell phone out of a 29-year-old woman's hands on West 41st Street and Broadway, then shoved Ambrocio to the ground while he fled, police said. Ambrocio was rushed to Bellevue with head trauma, and was pronounced de…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'It Happened So Quick': Otherwise Healthy Bergen Coronavirus Patient Describes Hellish Bug 'It Happened So Quick': Otherwise Healthy Bergen Coronavirus Patient Describes Hellish Bug
'It Happened So Quick': Otherwise Healthy Bergen Coronavirus Patient Describes Hellish Bug "Every day is getting worse," New Jersey's first presumed positive case of coronavirus said in a TV interview. "It happened so quick." James Cai, 32, went to an urgent care center before he was hospitalized at Hackensack University Medical Center last Tuesday. Cai is a physicians assistant, doesn't smoke and has no underlying health conditions, he said in an interview with CBS2.  He believes he contracted coronavirus at a Times Square medical conference two weekends ago and felt it spread quickly to both of his lungs. "People have to take coronavirus seriously," Cai to…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Times Square Bombing Plot: Suspect Seized By Joint Terrorism Task Force Times Square Bombing Plot: Suspect Seized By Joint Terrorism Task Force
Times Square Bombing Plot: Suspect Seized By Joint Terrorism Task Force A joint terrorism task force seized a Queens man whom they accused of planning to bomb Times Square. Investigators arranged a sting after discovering that Ashiqul Alam, 22, was looking to buy guns, grenades and ammo to kill police and civilians, authorities said. Alam, who lives with his parents in Jackson Heights, apparently was acting alone, they said. The Joint Terrorism Task Force, which includes federal agents and members of the NYPD, among others, took Alam him into custody after he arranged to buy weapons, authorities said Friday. They said they currently had no evidence to support…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
'Kai the Hitchhiker' Gets 57 Years For Killing Clark Lawyer 'Kai the Hitchhiker' Gets 57 Years For Killing Clark Lawyer
'Kai the Hitchhiker' Gets 57 Years For Killing Clark Lawyer A Canadian drifter who became known as "Kai the Hitchhiker" was sentenced Thursday to 57 years in prison for the slaying of a Clark attorney in 2013, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said.  Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, 30, was previously convicted of first-degree murder in the beating death of Joseph Galfy Jr. six years ago. He must serve at least 85 percent of the sentence, or more than 48 years, before he's eligible for parole.  Police discovered the 73-year-old Galfy's body beside his bed after responding to his Starlight Drive home May 13, 2013. Surveillance footage, cell phon…

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by Paul Milo
Lifestyle
TONIGHT: North Jersey 'Superman' Competes On Food Network Show TONIGHT: North Jersey 'Superman' Competes On Food Network Show
Tonight: North Jersey 'Superman' Competes On Food Network Show Bergen County native Robbie DeRaffele's kitchen skills aren't exactly heroic. The Hackensack models works in Times Square as Superman by day and wants to learn to cook so the kitchen is no longer his kryptonite. The Paramus native has set fires in the kitchen and even gave himself salmonella poisoning from eating his own undercooked eggs. He believes culinary boot camp will help him become the best version of himself. DeRaffele will be transformed by chefs Robert Irvine and Anne Burrell on the show, airing at 9 p.m. on Aug. 12, on Food Network.

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Look For New Milford Woman On Times Square Billboard Look For New Milford Woman On Times Square Billboard
Look For New Milford Woman On Times Square Billboard Zusette DeLeon of New Milford has always dreamed of seeing her name in lights. Well, that day finally came over the weekend, when the 22-year-old saw her own billboard for the first time in Times Square. The advertisement is for her new single "Special 4 U" featuring Tory Lanez, now available on Apple Music. "It was insane," said the vocalist, whose artist name is simply "Z."  "To see that unfold in real life was the most insane thing." The first person who noticed DeLeon's talent was her music teacher at the Memorial School in Paramus. She was on…

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by Cecilia Levine