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NBA Player From Hackensack Surprises Local Baker NBA Player From Hackensack Surprises Local Baker
NBA Player From Hackensack Surprises Local Baker The San Antonio Spurs may have wildly missed the NBA’s playoff bubble, but that didn’t stop one of their rookie guards from getting his favorite bubble tea not far from his New Jersey hometown. Hackensack native Dominick Barlow, 19, an undrafted rookie, picked up by the Spurs out of the Atlanta-based Team Overtime, returned to his hometown roots and enjoyed a treat from Zai’s Cappuccino Bubble Tea in Bergenfield, according to a post made on Monday, April 17 by members of the ecstatic business. Though the Spurs limped to the worst record in the Western Conference this season - tied with the …

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by Zak Failla
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'I Think She's Dead': Son Charged With Killing Mom, 79, With Fire Iron Called 911 'I Think She's Dead': Son Charged With Killing Mom, 79, With Fire Iron Called 911
'I Think She's Dead': Son Charged With Killing Mom, 79, With Fire Iron Called 911 UPDATE: A man charged with brutally bludgeoning his 79-year-old mother with a fireplace poker called 911 to report the crime, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Responding police officers found Patrick Maupai, 40, on the lawn of the New Milford Avenue home that he shared with his mother, Linda Maupai, across the street from Dumont High School. He was still on the phone talking with the dispatcher shortly before midnight Sunday, the prosecutor said. Maupai had admitted hitting his mother with the fire iron, Musella said. He also told the dispatcher that he believed she was dea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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PROSECUTOR: Dumont Widow, 79, Bludgeoned To Death With Fireplace Poker PROSECUTOR: Dumont Widow, 79, Bludgeoned To Death With Fireplace Poker
Prosecutor: Dumont Widow, 79, Bludgeoned To Death With Fireplace Poker UPDATE: A man charged with brutally bludgeoning his 79-year-old mother with a fireplace poker called 911 to report the crime, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Responding police officers found Patrick Maupai, 40, on the lawn of the New Milford Avenue home he shared with his mother, Linda Maupai, across the street from Dumont High School, shortly before midnight Sunday. He was still on the phone talking with the dispatcher, the prosecutor said. Maupai had admitted hitting his mother with the fire iron, Musella said. He also told the dispatcher that he believed she was dead. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fumes Clear Dumont High School Fumes Clear Dumont High School
Fumes Clear Dumont High School An exhaust fan broke, filling part of Dumont High School with neutralized sulfur fumes Monday afternoon, responders said. Neither the Science Department teacher involved nor any students or staff were injured or exposed in the incident just before 2 p.m., responders said. Dumont Fire Chief Mark Abdulla called the incident a ventilation issue and not a spill. Also responding were members of the Dumont Volunteer Ambulance Corps, a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit and a New Milford Hazardous Materials team.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Four Dumont HS Teachers Suspended For Anti-Gay Comments In Zoom Class Four Dumont HS Teachers Suspended For Anti-Gay Comments In Zoom Class
Four Dumont HS Teachers Suspended For Anti-Gay Comments In Zoom Class UPDATE: Four Dumont High School science teachers were suspended for anti-gay remarks about a female colleague during a Zoom class. The teachers will continue to be paid as an investigation continues, with possible disciplinary penalties to follow, they said. A student captured a screenshot from a teacher’s monitor during the disturbing open group Zoom chat last month. “Who the hell is that kid with [the] gay gym teacher?” one asked. “Why is that kid with the gay gym teacher,” another wrote. "Is that her adopted kid? Who is gonna be all f----d up growing up watching 2 chicks kissing and …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Consequences Demanded For Homophobic Remarks In Dumont Teachers' Zoom Chat Consequences Demanded For Homophobic Remarks In Dumont Teachers' Zoom Chat
Consequences Demanded For Homophobic Remarks In Dumont Teachers' Zoom Chat Homophobic comments posted in a Zoom chat among Dumont High School teachers has parents, students, graduates and other educators fuming -- and district officials investigating. Mayor Andrew LaBruno said he's contacted Schools Supt. Emanuele Triggiano, "who has assured me that this incident is being taken seriously and will be thoroughly investigated." Meanwhile, signatures mounted on a change.org petition calling for the teachers' ouster. A screenshot captured from the chat contains references to a "gay gym teacher," along with the comment: "Is that her adopted kid? Who is gonna be all f--…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hackensack Board Member Who Opposed LGBTQ Curriculum Resigns After Embarrassing Zoom Incident Hackensack Board Member Who Opposed LGBTQ Curriculum Resigns After Embarrassing Zoom Incident
Hackensack Board Member Who Opposed LGBTQ Curriculum Resigns After Embarrassing Zoom Incident A Hackensack School Board member who made national headlines by opposing a LGBTC curriculum has resigned after an embarrassing incident during a Zoom meeting. Frances Cogelja didn’t realize she’d left her laptop camera on when she took it with her while going to the bathroom during the public comments section of a board meeting Monday night. Nearly 150 participants, including students, apparently saw Cogelja relieve herself. No one immediately said anything when she returned from her trip to the toilet. A short time later, Vice President Scott James-Vickery reportedly told Cogelja: “You n…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Dumont School Officials Vow To Monitor Ongoing Mold Problem Dumont School Officials Vow To Monitor Ongoing Mold Problem
Dumont School Officials Vow To Monitor Ongoing Mold Problem Dumont school officials announced there will be an ongoing effort to monitor a mold problem that was first evident in two educational buildings since late August. The computer lab at the Honiss Elementary School reopened Wednesday, Sept. 12 after test results showed the lab was cleared of mold. The room was closed after custodians found "suspicious spots" on the cloth chairs, according to an announcement posted on the district website. On Aug. 27, before school began, a Dumont High School teacher reportedly found mold on two fabric chairs and a first floor room, school officials s…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
YOU CAN HELP: Dumont Teen With Disfigured Face Can't Get Needed Surgery YOU CAN HELP: Dumont Teen With Disfigured Face Can't Get Needed Surgery
YOU CAN Help: Dumont Teen With Disfigured Face Can't Get Needed Surgery It took less than 24 hours for people to open their hearts to Alejandro Arbelaez, a talented Dumont High School senior born without an eye, ear and more. Alejandro has had more than a dozen surgeries to reconstruct the right side of his face after being born with hemifacial microsomia. “This is something I've been dreaming about ever since I was young,” the 18-year-old percussionist said. “I've wanted to have a symmetrical face and I wanted to feel comfortable in my own skin for once.” Unfortunately, what would have been his final surgery was canceled for the third time. “The hospital isn…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Lockdown: What Happened At Dumont High School Lockdown: What Happened At Dumont High School
Lockdown: What Happened At Dumont High School DUMONT, N.J. -- (UPDATE) While one family deals with the unthinkable, other parents of Dumont High School students were grateful that what had been a terrifying ordeal ended with their children returning safely to them. Authorities said they seized a rifle from the home of a sophomore who was taken into custody Monday after allegedly threatening a mass shooting. "It was a long gun, a rifle," a ranking law enforcement official told Daily Voice. "It was not his. "His mother was extremely cooperative," the official added. "[The gun] was at the house. He didn't br…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Lockdown: What Happened At Dumont High School Lockdown: What Happened At Dumont High School
Lockdown: What Happened At Dumont High School DUMONT, N.J. -- (UPDATE) While one family deals with the unthinkable, other parents of Dumont High School students were grateful that what had been a terrifying ordeal ended with their children returning safely to them. Authorities said they seized a rifle from the home of a sophomore who was taken into custody Monday after allegedly threatening a mass shooting. "It was a long gun, a rifle," a ranking law enforcement official told Daily Voice. "It was not his. "His mother was extremely cooperative," the official added. "[The gun] was at the house. He didn't br…

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by Jerry DeMarco