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Beloved Hackensack Italian Market Owner Vincenzo Martino Dies At 87 Beloved Hackensack Italian Market Owner Vincenzo Martino Dies At 87
Beloved Hackensack Italian Market Owner Vincenzo Martino Dies At 87 He was a warm man with a huge heart and, true to his Sicilian heritage, made sure that everyone was well-fed. That’s how many will remember Vincenzo Martino of Hackensack, who died Wednesday. He was 87. Born in the Parlermo community of Alia, Martino lived for 10 years with his wife, Concetta, and family in Germany before coming to America, settling in Hackensack and opening what became a North Jersey landmark nearly 50 years ago: Martino’s Grocery on Lodi Street. Everyone who patronized Martino’s had a favorite, whether it was the zucchini pie, the homemade ravioli or the meatballs in mar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
POLL: Should NJ Residents Be Obligated To Wear Face Masks? POLL: Should NJ Residents Be Obligated To Wear Face Masks?
Poll: Should NJ Residents Be Obligated To Wear Face Masks? Morristown Mayor Timothy Dougherty is one of many local officials across New Jersey urging residents to wear face masks amid the coronavirus outbreak. Many people have already chosen to wear face masks, while others are opting for scarves -- or foregoing protection entirely (scroll past poll for more). A report by The World Health Organization says wearing face masks is effective only when the user is also practicing frequent hand-washing/sanitizing with alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water. An obligation to wear masks in public was included in a list of measures drafted by Germany…

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by Valerie Musson
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Wayne Holocaust Survivor, 91, Rattles Off Horrors Testifying In Trial Of Nazi Guard Wayne Holocaust Survivor, 91, Rattles Off Horrors Testifying In Trial Of Nazi Guard
Wayne Holocaust Survivor, 91, Rattles Off Horrors Testifying In Trial Of Nazi Guard A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor from Wayne is contributing witness testimony against a Nazi during his trial in Germany. Asia Shindelman does not know Former Stutthof SS guard Bruno Dey personally but is speaking publicly about the horrors that she and others in the camps were subjected to, the New York Post reports. Dey, 93, has been charged as an accessory to the murder of more than 5.200 Jews in 1944 and 1945. This trial may be the last opportunity to hear from living witnesses, according to Claims Conference Executive Vice President Greg Schneider. A great-grandmother, Shindelman was…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
A Life Well-Lived: Mahwah's Alix Morriss, 93, Was Mother, Businesswoman, Volunteer & Traveler A Life Well-Lived: Mahwah's Alix Morriss, 93, Was Mother, Businesswoman, Volunteer & Traveler
A Life Well-Lived: Mahwah's Alix Morriss, 93, Was Mother, Businesswoman, Volunteer & Traveler Alix Elizabeth deMarees Morriss, 93, died in her home in Mahwah on Dec. 7 surrounded by her children. Born in Germany in 1926 from a noble lineage, with a title of Baroness, she went on to grow up in a country at war. Alix left home as a teenage refugee to complete a fulfilling and engaging life in Bergen County. There wasn’t a challenge she didn’t face head on. Since arriving to the United States, she sought opportunities wherever they appeared: from working on Wall Street with no experience to getting a Master’s degree at Montclair State while simultaneously working as a teacher at Imma…

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by Daily Voice
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Feds Smash World's Largest Dark Web Child Porn Network By Following Bitcoin Trail Feds Smash World's Largest Dark Web Child Porn Network By Following Bitcoin Trail
Feds Smash World's Largest Dark Web Child Porn Network By Following Bitcoin Trail Federal authorities have smashed the world’s largest dark web child porn marketplace, arresting a whopping 337 people around the world – some of them in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut -- all thanks to bitcoin. To sniff out the network, investigators used a unique strategy. "Welcome to Video" was one of the first websites of its kind to monetize exploitation videos of infants, toddlers and other children, "one of the worst forms of evil imaginable," one federal prosecutor said. The network used bitcoin because of the difficulty in tracing it, the Justice Department said in a complaint…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Events
Whitney Houston Hologram Tour Dates Announced Whitney Houston Hologram Tour Dates Announced
Whitney Houston Hologram Tour Dates Announced The Whitney Houston hologram tour is scheduled to come to North America in the fall of next year after a string of shows that begin in Mexico on Jan. 23, its promoters announced Tuesday. “An Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour” features the hologram image of the Newark-born singer, who died in 2012, performing digitally remastered versions of her hits accompanied by a live band and backup vocalists. Songs will include “I Will Always Love You,” “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me),” “The Greatest Love of All” and “Higher Love,” the promoters said. Houston's estate…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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WATCH: Spectacular Meteor Lights Up The Skies Over The East Coast WATCH: Spectacular Meteor Lights Up The Skies Over The East Coast
Watch: Spectacular Meteor Lights Up The Skies Over The East Coast A brilliant meteor bright as the moon lit up the sky for a few moments Tuesday night over several East Coast states, including New Jersey.  The American Meteor Society said calls reporting the fireball came in from as far north as Vermont and as far south as South Carolina.  Tuesday night was the start of the Lyrid meteor shower. Meteor showers are periodic events happening annually at roughly the same time of the year. Unfortunately for residents of North Jersey, the weather wasn't exactly conducive to (shooting)-star gazing last night.  It was cloudy in the northern e…

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by Paul Milo
Lifestyle
Community Rallies For Hackensack Man Battling Brain Cancer Community Rallies For Hackensack Man Battling Brain Cancer
Community Rallies For Hackensack Man Battling Brain Cancer March 20, 2017 was the day everything changed for Dumont native Aram Manoogian. After being rushed to the hospital with numbness in his arm, he suffered a seizure -- and was diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. Otherwise healthy and active, the news came as a shock to the then-33-year-old, who has since become partially paralyzed and is unable to work.  ManoogianGOFUNDME More than $36,000 had been raised for Manoogian of Hackensack as of Friday on a GoFundMe campaign launched by Hasmig Kopooshian. Funds will go toward a potentially life-saving treatment that Manoogian wi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Hackensack Company Is Saving America Millions Of Pounds In Carbon Emissions Hackensack Company Is Saving America Millions Of Pounds In Carbon Emissions
Hackensack Company Is Saving America Millions Of Pounds In Carbon Emissions The summers were hurting Elmwood Park's Rose Scolaro the most. Her pool was running eight hours a day. Her air conditioning was on continuously. Her utility bill exceeded $600 -- with 90 percent of it going only toward electric. But Scolaro hasn't stressed over her utility bill since early 2017, when she switched to Phoenix Sun Energy, a solar panel installation company run by a pair of Bergen County brothers. These days, she pays approximately $200 monthly, saving her nearly $5,000 annually. Scolaro is only one example of someone Rochelle Park natives Chris Gordnick, 31, and Justin Gordn…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Viral Footage Shows 'Demonic' Toddler's 8-Hour Tantrum To Newark Airport Viral Footage Shows 'Demonic' Toddler's 8-Hour Tantrum To Newark Airport
Viral Footage Shows 'Demonic' Toddler's 8-Hour Tantrum To Newark Airport Footage of a child throwing an 8-hour tantrum on a Lufthansa flight from Germany to Newark is going viral. Shane Townley of New York City posted the video to YouTube in August 2017 -- which has amounted more than 2.1 million views. The young boy climbs on seats, shrieks and runs around the aircraft for the entirety of the flight, before a full-blown tantrum upon landing, Daily Mail reports. Sources told Daily Mail that the boy suffers an unspecified disability. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE.

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Medical Technician Lauren Poepper Of Clifton Dies At 31 Medical Technician Lauren Poepper Of Clifton Dies At 31
Medical Technician Lauren Poepper Of Clifton Dies At 31 CLIFTON, N.J. – Lauren Lynn Poepper of Clifton died on Dec. 21. She was 31. Poepper was born in Passaic and was a lifelong resident of Clifton. She was a medical technician and certified phlebotomist who also loved working with animals. “Lauren will be remembered for her loving nature, outgoing personality, caring heart and unconditional devotion to her family and friends,” her obituary states. Poepper was predeceased by her mother, Patricia (Bates) Poepper and Opa, Ronald Bates. She is survived by the love of her life, her wife, Sarah Signer, by her father, Ralph Poepper, by her Omas, …

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by Lauren Kidd Ferguson