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Terri Breen Of West Orange Dies, 63 Terri Breen Of West Orange Dies, 63
Terri Breen Of West Orange Dies, 63 Terri Breen, of Essex Fells and later of West Orange, passed away on Oct. 14, 2024. She was 63 years old. Born Mary Theresa Faleskie on Dec. 12, 1960, at Tripler Army Hospital in Honolulu, HI, Terri graduated from Hawaii Baptist Academy and earned her BA from Pennsylvania State University, State College. After college, Terri moved to New York City, beginning her career in advertising at Doyle Dane Bernbach and later at Women’s Day Magazine. She left her career to focus on what she considered her most important job of all — raising her beloved sons, Conor and Liam. Devoted to their growth, …

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Sold Out! Get The Cheapest Tickets For Broadway's 'Romeo + Juliet' Starring NJ's Rachel Zegler Sold Out! Get The Cheapest Tickets For Broadway's 'Romeo + Juliet' Starring NJ's Rachel Zegler
Sold Out! Get The Cheapest Tickets For Broadway's 'Romeo + Juliet' Starring NJ's Rachel Zegler This New Jersey girl is selling out Broadway. Clifton native Rachel Zegler, 23, stars alongside Kit Connor in Sam Gold's adaptation of the Shakespeare classic in its debut on "Broadway." The first seven of previews were sold out with standing room only, Deadline reports. The show's description on the Broadway website reads: Left to their own devices in their parents' world of violent ends, an impulsive pair of star-crossed lovers hurtle towards their inescapable fate. The intoxicating high of passion quickly descends into a brutal chaos that can only end one way. The show runs at …

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by Cecilia Levine
Real Estate
Entrepreneurs Struggling To Sell $25M New Jersey Mansion Prepare To Auction It Off Entrepreneurs Struggling To Sell $25M New Jersey Mansion Prepare To Auction It Off
Entrepreneurs Struggling To Sell $25M New Jersey Mansion Prepare To Auction It Off A massive South Jersey mansion that had been listed for just under $25 million is weeks away from being auctioned off. The home at 2801 Riverton Road in Moorestown was listed for a reserve price of $10 million with Kevin Steiger of Kurfiss Sotheby's International Realty.  The 40,000-square-foot mansion is owned by pharmacological entrepreneurs Calvin and Orsula Knowlton, who had been struggling to find a buyer, Steiger confirms.  The mansion epitomizes opulence with multiple elevators, four floors, six fireplaces, a pub or tavern, a home gym and sauna, pu…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
NJ Actress, 32, Killed In Double Shooting Had Overcome Rare Disease NJ Actress, 32, Killed In Double Shooting Had Overcome Rare Disease
NJ Actress, 32, Killed In Double Shooting Had Overcome Rare Disease Carley Elbert was no stranger to pain. The 32-year-old New Jersey actress spent years of her life battling a rare illness, Mast Cell Disease. Elbert shared her struggles with the hundreds of people who followed her journey, spreading awareness about the illness in a Facebook group called Hope For Carley. Her last post in the group was a TikTok video she made last November. In it, Elbert celebrates being a Mast Cell Disease survivor, bouncing along to music in her car. While Elbert survived years of pain and hospitalizations, her life ended tragically and suddenly this week, when the Atlan…

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by Chris Spiker & Cecilia Levine
Real Estate
$3.7M Bauhaus-Inspired Mansion Hits Montclair Market (PHOTOS) $3.7M Bauhaus-Inspired Mansion Hits Montclair Market (PHOTOS)
$3.7M Bauhaus-Inspired Mansion Hits Montclair Market (Photos) A custom 5,696-square-foot home inspired by Bauhaus Principles is on the market in Montclair. Built in 2017 by architect Barry Jay Kaplan with interiors by Yoshida + Zanon Design Atrium, the distinctive home at 251 S. Mountain Avenue includes five bedrooms and six bathrooms. While the home has a minimalist curb appeal, it's anything but ordinary. "This home offers a distinctive and exclusive lifestyle for those seeking something beyond the typical Colonial or Tudor," said listing agent Ana Simon of Brown Harris Stevens New Jersey. The open-layout home was built with the Bau…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
$4.55M Hamptons-Style Estate With Pool, Movie Theater For Sale In Bergen County (PHOTOS) $4.55M Hamptons-Style Estate With Pool, Movie Theater For Sale In Bergen County (PHOTOS)
$4.55M Hamptons-Style Estate With Pool, Movie Theater For Sale In Bergen County (Photos) It's Hamptons-style living in Bergen County.  A 9,600-square-foot newly-constructed home reminiscent of The Hamptons is fresh to the market on Surrey Lane in Franklin Lakes at $4.55 million.  Built by architect Dan D'Agostino with interior design by Ariella Horowitz, the home is being represented by Taylor Lucyk of Christie's International Real Estate Group-Paramus. The 6-bedroom 7.5-bathroom home sits on two acres of land on the cul-de-sac Surrey Lane. Features include a gourmet kitchen, first-floor guest suite, bluestone patio, outdoor kitchen, heated salt water gunite pool wi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
NJ Native Who Was Broadway's First Wheelchair Bound Actor Expecting First Baby NJ Native Who Was Broadway's First Wheelchair Bound Actor Expecting First Baby
NJ Native Who Was Broadway's First Wheelchair Bound Actor Expecting First Baby It's another first for New Jersey's Ali Stroker. The Ridgewood native, who became Broadway's first wheelchair-bound actor in 2015, is expecting her first child with husband David Perlow. The couple made the announcement on their first wedding anniversary on Instagram, calling it a "dream come true." "We are having a baby!!! The newest member of the team is arriving in November! A dream come true!!" the post reads. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ali Stroker (@alistroker) Stroker grew up in New Jersey and became paralyzed at tw…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
North Jersey HS Grad Leaves Touching Message In Journal Shared After Death From Cancer At 20 North Jersey HS Grad Leaves Touching Message In Journal Shared After Death From Cancer At 20
North Jersey HS Grad Leaves Touching Message In Journal Shared After Death From Cancer At 20 North Hunterdon High School graduate, college student and beloved friend Kathryn Rose Berger left a heartbreakingly touching message in her journal that was shared after her death from brain cancer on June 1 at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia at the age of 20. Born in New Brunswick, Kathryn grew up in Bethlehem Township and participated in theater and choir groups at school, her obituary says. Kathryn was known for her “impeccable” comedic wit and timing — particularly when she portrayed the principal in her school’s production of Grease. Kathryn was passionate about helping indivi…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Services Set For Boonton Girl, 11, Whose Mom Admitted Giving Her Unprescribed Drugs Services Set For Boonton Girl, 11, Whose Mom Admitted Giving Her Unprescribed Drugs
Services Set For Boonton Girl, 11, Whose Mom Admitted Giving Her Unprescribed Drugs A Boonton mom was charged after admitting she gave unprescribed drugs to her daughter, who was found dead next to a bottle of medication, documents show. Police responding to a report of a deceased child Monday night found Shay Mooney's 11-year-old daughter Wade Richardson unresponsive, ABC7 reports. Mooney gave the girl 10 milliliters of Oxycodone, Seroquel and other medications from her own prescriptions in an attempt to treat pain caused by a medical condition they both share, the mom told police. The affidavit says Mooney's apartment was in "serious disarray" with syringes, pill bottle…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
NVD Students, Parents Fight To Keep Music Teacher In The Classroom NVD Students, Parents Fight To Keep Music Teacher In The Classroom
NVD Students, Parents Fight To Keep Music Teacher In The Classroom If not for Anna D'Achille, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest would not have a men's choir. The women's choir that disbanded in 2017 would not have been reestablished. There would be no NVD District Vocal Music Day and the school productions of "Footloose" and "Mamma Mia!" would have been entirely different. So when it came to light that D'Achille would not be returning to the high school for the 2019-20 year, many students and parents were heartbroken. Students turned out in droves to Monday's BOE meeting, sharing heartfelt words on how impactful D'Achille has been in her t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
WATCH: Englewood Native Shoots Music Video At Alma Mater WATCH: Englewood Native Shoots Music Video At Alma Mater
Watch: Englewood Native Shoots Music Video At Alma Mater Standing in Dwight Englewood's Silberfein Gymnasium, the memories seem to come rushing back to alumna Margot Bennett. She never felt totally comfortable in the high school gym. Actually, she felt completely out of place -- athletics were never really her "thing." But oh, has she found it.  And so this time, standing in the Silberfein Gymnasium, 26-year-old Bennett feels right at home, filming the music video for her new song "FABLES," based on adolescent experiences formed nearly a decade ago in the same place. "Set in a high-school gym class, 'FABLES' is a tale o…

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by Cecilia Levine