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Garden State 'El Clasico': Real Madrid, FC Barcelona To Play At MetLife Stadium This Summer Garden State 'El Clasico': Real Madrid, FC Barcelona To Play At MetLife Stadium This Summer
Garden State 'El Clasico': Real Madrid, FC Barcelona To Play At MetLife Stadium This Summer One of the most famous sports rivalries in the world is coming to the Garden State this summer. Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona will play an edition of 'El Clasico' at MetLife Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 3, the Spanish soccer clubs announced on Tuesday, Mar. 19. Two of La Liga's biggest powerhouses will hold the friendly match as part of a preseason summer U.S. tour. This will be the fourth edition of Spain's most historic rivalry played in the U.S. The first was at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, with Lionel Messi and Barcelona defeating their Madrid rivals 3-2 on Monday, July 2…

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by Chris Spiker
Lifestyle
Account Exec From NJ Shines On Hit Netflix Dating Experiment 'Love Is Blind' Account Exec From NJ Shines On Hit Netflix Dating Experiment 'Love Is Blind'
Account Exec From NJ Shines On Hit Netflix Dating Experiment 'Love Is Blind' An account executive from New Jersey is setting out to discover if love is truly blind. John "Johnny" McIntyre, 27, whose LinkedIn profile says he attended Somerville High School, is among the 30 men and women on Season 6 of the hit Netflix dating show "Love Is Blind," which aptly debuted on Valentine's Day. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Johnny McIntyre (@johnny__mcintyre) That of a dating experiment, cast members — who this season are all from the Charlotte, NC, area — will go on dates from either side of a wall, without…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Brothers Bring Tex-Mex Taco Chain To New Jersey Brothers Bring Tex-Mex Taco Chain To New Jersey
Brothers Bring Tex-Mex Taco Chain To New Jersey A small-town taco shop that later turned nationally-acclaimed is heading to New Jersey. Tex-Mex restaurant franchise, Capital Tacos, has sealed the deal on the brand's first-ever franchise agreement for the Garden State. Brothers Parth and Yash Patel are the New Jersey natives responsible for bringing the latest franchise deal to market. The Patels share a family background steeped in entrepreneurship that spans a multitude of industries.  They saw an opportunity to introduce an innovative and award-winning take on Tex-Mex cuisine that doesn't exist in their region.  "Our curren…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
27-Year-Old ID’d As Victim In Deadly Rt. 80 Crash That Seriously Hurt 3 Others: State Police 27-Year-Old ID’d As Victim In Deadly Rt. 80 Crash That Seriously Hurt 3 Others: State Police
27-Year-Old ID’d As Victim In Deadly Rt. 80 Crash That Seriously Hurt 3 Others: State Police A 27-year-old from New York was identified as the victim of last week’s deadly Route 80 crash that hurt two other passengers and the driver, state police confirmed. A Toyota Venza was heading westbound when it veered off the left side of the highway and hit a tree near milepost 8.4 in Knowlton Township just after 8:40 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry told DailyVoice.com. The front seat passenger, Jachob Brockway, 27, of Upper Buffalo, NY, was killed in the crash, Curry said. Two 28-year-old backseat passengers, one from Williamsville, NY, and the other from Charlotte, NC, w…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Quadriplegic Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refused To Load $60K Wheelchair Quadriplegic Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refused To Load $60K Wheelchair
Quadriplegic Man Bedbound For 19 Hours After Airline Refused To Load $60K Wheelchair A quadriplegic man was bedbound for 19 hours after the airline broke his wheelchair in Boston and then refused to load it onto a plane in Charlotte, NC, he and his New Jersey wife said on social media. Matt Wetherbee, 34, tweeted from a bed during a layover at Charlotte Douglas International Airport that American's crew at Boston Logan International Airport had damaged his chair.  Then, the crew in Charlotte refused to load it onto the plane he was boarding due to a lack of space. After my chair was damaged twice on 2 separate @AmericanAir flights, grounds crew in Charlotte refused to …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
NJ Sues Honeywell Over Contamination From Notorious Hudson River Superfund Site NJ Sues Honeywell Over Contamination From Notorious Hudson River Superfund Site
NJ Sues Honeywell Over Contamination From Notorious Hudson River Superfund Site Decades of toxic pollution continues to contaminate not just a notorious Superfund site along the Hudson River in Edgewater but also the surrounding area, New Jersey state officials charged in a lawsuit against Honeywell International. Found in the groundwater, surface water, soil, wetlands and “well outside the physical boundaries” of the 15-acre of the Quanta Resources site are "vast quantities of contaminants" that include arsenic, asbestos, benzene, chromium, lead, PCBs, total petroleum hydrocarbons and other volatile organic compounds, the state alleges in its suit against the multi-na…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
WATCH: Bat Hitches A Ride Aboard Newark-Bound Flight WATCH: Bat Hitches A Ride Aboard Newark-Bound Flight
Watch: Bat Hitches A Ride Aboard Newark-Bound Flight A passenger aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from Charlotte, North Carolina to Newark Wednesday took video of a bat that had somehow gotten aboard the plane.  The passenger, a 23-year-old named Peter Scattini, shot the video while aboard the 6 a.m. flight bound for Newark Liberty International Airport.  Here's video by another passenger:  Spirit Airlines told HuffPost that “a stowaway bat” was on the flight from Charlotte to Newark and that it was “removed once on the ground by animal control officers.” “The aircraft was disinfected and searched as a precaution,” a representative from Spir…

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by Paul Milo
Neighbors
MYSTERY SOLVED: Family In Portrait Found In Basement Came From North Bergen MYSTERY SOLVED: Family In Portrait Found In Basement Came From North Bergen
Mystery Solved: Family In Portrait Found In Basement Came From North Bergen North Bergen native Joseph Bace thought he’d been scammed when he read a Daily Voice story about a portrait of his family taken more than 30 years that reportedly was found in the basement of a pizzeria in neighboring Fairview. “I instantly knew what it was and where it was from,” he said. “So I emailed my siblings. “Sure enough, it’s the real thing.” The owners of Margherita Pizza Cucina on Anderson Avenue were cleaning out the basement when they found the portrait. “My husband was going to throw it away,” said Abir Abuali. “But I said, ‘No. I’m going to find them.’ “The last thing I’d…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Neighbors
MYSTERY SOLVED: Family In Decades-Old Portrait That Turned Up In Fairview Basement Found MYSTERY SOLVED: Family In Decades-Old Portrait That Turned Up In Fairview Basement Found
Mystery Solved: Family In Decades-Old Portrait That Turned Up In Fairview Basement Found Joseph Bace thought he’d been scammed when he read a Daily Voice story about a portrait of his family taken more than 30 years that reportedly was found in the basement of a Fairview pizzeria. “I instantly knew what it was and where it was from,” he said. “So I emailed my siblings. “Sure enough, it’s the real thing.” The owners of Margherita Pizza Cucina on Anderson Avenue were cleaning out the basement when they found the portrait. “My husband was going to throw it away,” said Abir Abuali. “But I said, ‘No. I’m going to find them.’ “The last thing I’d want if it was me is to have a fam…

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by Jerry DeMarco