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Nationwide Recall Issued For Meat Products Due To Possible Contamination Nationwide Recall Issued For Meat Products Due To Possible Contamination
Nationwide Recall Issued For Meat Products Due To Possible Contamination A  nationwide recall has been issued for a brand of meat products. Fratelli Beretta USA, Inc., based in Mount Olive, NJ, says the undetermined amount of ready-to-eat (RTE) meat charcuterie products containing Coppa may be under-processed, which may have resulted in possible contamination with foodborne pathogens. The recall was announced by the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The Coppa products have various best-by-dates.  Coppa, a dry-cured capicola, is a boneless pork shoulder product that is dry-cured. Click here to view product…

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by Joe Lombardi
Schools
These NJ Schools Are Closed, Delayed Due To Snow Tuesday, Feb. 28 These NJ Schools Are Closed, Delayed Due To Snow Tuesday, Feb. 28
These NJ Schools Are Closed, Delayed Due To Snow Tuesday, Feb. 28 The first winter storm of the season is causing a change in plans for New Jersey schools on Tuesday, Feb. 28. Some districts have delayed openings while others are closed completely. Here's a list of which school are closed or delayed for Tuesday, Feb. 28. Check your school/district's website for details. Bedminster: 10: 50 a.m. start Bellville: Delayed Bergen County Tech: Closed Bergenfield: 2-hour delay Bernards: 2-hour delay Bloomfield: Delay Bloomingdale: Closed Bogota: Delayed Butler: Closed Cliffside Park: 10 a.m. start Clifton: Delayed Closter: Delayed Cresskill: Delayed Demarest: …

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Owner Of Popular NJ Hair Salon Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Employee: Prosecutor Owner Of Popular NJ Hair Salon Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Employee: Prosecutor
Owner Of Popular NJ Hair Salon Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Teen Employee: Prosecutor The 42-year-old owner of a popular New Jersey hair studio was arrested for sexually assaulting a teenage employee, authorities announced. Joseph Guzman, who owns Joseph Vincent’s Salon in Mount Olive, sexually assaulted the 16-year-old girl on Wednesday, Aug. 10, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said in a release with local officials. Guzman was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 23, and charged with second-degree sexual assault of a victim between 16 and 18 years old where the defendant had supervisory power over the victim, child endangerment, and four counts of criminal sexu…

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by Valerie Musson
News
6-Year-Old NJ Boy Killed In Route 80 Crash Was Firefighter's Grandson 6-Year-Old NJ Boy Killed In Route 80 Crash Was Firefighter's Grandson
6-Year-Old NJ Boy Killed In Route 80 Crash Was Firefighter's Grandson Support is skyrocketing for the family of the beloved 6-year-old boy killed in a devastating hit-and-run crash on Route 80 just two days before Christmas. The Mount Olive boy was killed after a 2012 Chevrolet Equinox struck a Honda HRV and fled the scene near milepost 28.5 in Roxbury around 7:45 p.m. Thursday, DailyVoice.com reported. The victim, identified as Lorenzo Van Dine, is the grandson of a Budd Lake firefighter, the department said in a heartbreaking Facebook post. As many in the community have heard of the loss of Lorenzo Van Dine this tragedy hits particularly close to home…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
NJ Teacher Re-sentenced For Deadly Shooting Of Angelina Jolie's Former Bodyguard NJ Teacher Re-sentenced For Deadly Shooting Of Angelina Jolie's Former Bodyguard
NJ Teacher Re-sentenced For Deadly Shooting Of Angelina Jolie's Former Bodyguard Virginia Vertetis, infamously known as a “lady killer,” was sentenced to 20 years in New Jersey State Prison on Friday, according to a release by the Morris County police and court documents. Vertetis, 59, of Mount Olive, NJ, was first investigated following the murder of her boyfriend Patrick Gilhuley, as CBS News reported during her trial in 2018. Gilhuley, a retired New York Police Department officer and celebrity bodyguard for clients such as Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, was found dead at their home at 2 Apollo Way in Flanders on March 3, 2014 just before 10 p.m. Vertetis was cha…

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by Jillian Pikora