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Hackensack Rite Aid To Close Hackensack Rite Aid To Close
Hackensack Rite Aid To Close A Rite Aid is Hackensack is closing. Rite Aid announced the location at 219 Essex St. is set to shutter. The pharmacy closing on Thursday, May 16 and the front end of the store closing on Sunday, June 16, a spokesperson tells Daily Voice.  The closure comes after Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last October. More than 200 stores across the country have shut down with another dozen set to close as of last October (click here for a list of New Jersey stores closing). "Rite Aid regularly assesses its retail footprint to ensure we are operating efficiently while meeting the need…

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by Sam Barron
Real Estate
Rite Aid Is Selling These Seven New Jersey Leases After Filing For Bankruptcy Rite Aid Is Selling These Seven New Jersey Leases After Filing For Bankruptcy
Rite Aid Is Selling These Seven New Jersey Leases After Filing For Bankruptcy Of the dozen New Jersey Rite Aid stores closing amid filing for bankruptcy, seven of the leases are being sold. A&G Real Estate Partners is acting as the real estate advisor for the pharmacy chain, which filed for bankruptcy on Oct. 15, and has plans to close 154 underperforming stores nationwide. The following leases are for sale, according to A&G: 2 Vernon Ave., Hamburg 1636 Route 38, Lumberton 210 Bridgeton Pike, Mantua 108 Swedesboro Road, Mullica Hill Route 33/Robbinsville-Edinburg Road, Robbinsville 773 Hamilton St., Somerset 1434 South Black Horse Pike, Williamstown The dea…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Massive Eye Drop Recall Expands: 3 Products Added As List Hits 29; Here's New Rundown Massive Eye Drop Recall Expands: 3 Products Added As List Hits 29; Here's New Rundown
Massive Eye Drop Recall Expands: 3 Products Added As List Hits 29; Here's New Rundown Three new products have been added to a  recall of more than two dozen over-the-counter eye drops because of the risk of eye infections that may lead to vision loss or blindness. The now 29 products are from these brands: CVS Health, Leader (Cardinal Health), Rugby (Cardinal Health), Rite Aid, Target Up&Up, and Velocity Pharma. The alert comes after FDA investigators found bacterial contamination in critical drug production areas of a manufacturing facility. The list the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provided late last month five Cardinal Health, Inc. p…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
Stop Using These Eye Drop Products Sold At CVS, Rite Aid, Target Due To Infection Risk: FDA Stop Using These Eye Drop Products Sold At CVS, Rite Aid, Target Due To Infection Risk: FDA
Stop Using These Eye Drop Products Sold At CVS, Rite Aid, Target Due To Infection Risk: FDA Consumers should stop using more than two dozen over-the-counter eye drop products because of the risk of eye infections that may lead to vision loss or blindness. Click here for a new, updated story - Massive Eye Drop Recall Expands: 3 New Products Added As List Hits 29; Here's New Rundown The 26 products are from these brands: CVS Health, Leader (Cardinal Health), Rugby (Cardinal Health), Rite Aid, Target Up&Up, and Velocity Pharma. The alert comes after FDA investigators found bacterial contamination in critical drug production areas of a manufacturing facility. For the comp…

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by Joe Lombardi
Business
Rite Aid To Close 12 New Jersey Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy Rite Aid To Close 12 New Jersey Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy
Rite Aid To Close 12 New Jersey Stores After Filing For Bankruptcy Rite Aid, the pharmacy giant that filed for bankruptcy on Sunday, Oct. 15, plans to close 154 underperforming stores nationwide, according to a new filing.  A dozen of the stores closing are located in New Jersey. They are: 431 Haledon Avenue in Haledon 35 Mill Road in Irvington 1636 Route 38 Suite 49 in Lumberton 210 Bridgeton Pike in Mantua 108 Swedesboro Road Suite 20 in Mullica Hill 2370 Route 33 in Robbinsville 773 Hamilton Street in Somerset 4057 Asbury Avenue Suite 8 in Tinton Falls 1726 Route 37 in East Toms River 3 Marshall Hill Road in West Milford 1434 South Black …

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by Cecilia Levine
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'I'll Kill You!' Robber Captured After Threatening Pharmacy Clerk In Haledon Holdup 'I'll Kill You!' Robber Captured After Threatening Pharmacy Clerk In Haledon Holdup
'I'll Kill You!' Robber Captured After Threatening Pharmacy Clerk In Haledon Holdup A robber was nabbed by Haledon police moments after he fled a Rite Aid with a fistful of twenties by pretending to be armed, authorities said. Dwayne Hayes, 49, of Paterson was wearing a black coat, a black hat and a black surgical mask when he approached the clerk at the Haledon Avenue store with his hand stuffed into his jacket pocket shortly after 8:30 p.m. Monday, April 2, Capt. George Guzman, Jr. said. “Do not make sudden movements. I have a gun in my right pocket. I'll kill you!” Guzman said Hayes told the clerk. The victim reported handing Hayes some cash that he snatched before run…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Gunman Threatens To Shoot Attendant, Robs Clifton Service Station Gunman Threatens To Shoot Attendant, Robs Clifton Service Station
Gunman Threatens To Shoot Attendant, Robs Clifton Service Station SEE ANYTHING? A gunman robbed a Clifton gas station of several hundred dollars in cash, authorities said. The hooded robber approached the Jersey Gas attendant at Lakeview and Crooks avenues with a gun around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, May 1, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. He threatened to shoot him if the attendant didn't hand over the cash, then took the money and ran. There isn't much of a description of him, hover. ANYONE who might have witnessed the robbery or its aftermath, or has information that can help identify the robber is asked to contact Clifton police: (973) 470-5900. ****** …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hardcore NJ Trio Ram NYPD Cruiser After $70,000 Heists From Soho Boutique: TikTok Video Hardcore NJ Trio Ram NYPD Cruiser After $70,000 Heists From Soho Boutique: TikTok Video
Hardcore NJ Trio Ram Nypd Cruiser After $70,000 Heists From Soho Boutique: TikTok Video A hardcore criminal trio from Newark who’d stolen $70,000 worth of designer attire from a Manhattan boutique rammed an NYPD cruiser during an attempted getaway, authorities said. Video posted on TikTok shows several NYPD officers slamming the Dodge Charger with batons while seizing all three just outside the Holland Tunnel. Janavia Marable, 29, Brianna Grier, 27, and Jahlil Pamplin, 29, had just fled Kirna Zabete, a high-end boutique in nearby Soho, after snatching armfuls of garments from racks and display cases, the NYPD said. It was the second time in two months that the veteran crew v…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Police: FBI Nabs Serial NJ, PA, MD Pharmacy Robber Police: FBI Nabs Serial NJ, PA, MD Pharmacy Robber
Police: FBI Nabs Serial NJ, PA, MD Pharmacy Robber A Maryland man was extradited to Harrisburg for robbing multiple pharmacies across three states, according to Southern York Regional police. Jamal Alvin Lee Gwaltney, 30, of the 700 block of Villager Circle in Baltimore, MD, was arrested on July 19 in Maryland for armed robberies of pharmacies in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. One of his most notable robberies was in Pennsylvania at a Rite Aid in Shrewsbury located at 577 South Main Street on Dec. 21, 2020. He held up the store with a Glock 23 handgun, stealing more than 80 different medications, worth nearly $36,000, according to …

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by Daily Voice Staff
Police & Fire
Police: Jersey City Woman Refusing To Leave Rite Aid Punches Bayonne Officer In The Face Police: Jersey City Woman Refusing To Leave Rite Aid Punches Bayonne Officer In The Face
Police: Jersey City Woman Refusing To Leave Rite Aid Punches Bayonne Officer In The Face A 27-year-old Jersey City woman refusing to leave a Rite Aid punched a Bayonne police officer in the face Halloween night, authorities said. Carolyn Reyes, was charged with aggravated assault with a law enforcement officer, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. Officers responding to the Rite Aid on Broadway were told by the manager that Reyes was refusing to leave around 12:50 a.m., Sunday. Reyes was behaving and speaking irrationally and escorted out of the store, Amato said. While waiting outside with police for a ride-share driver to escort her home, Reyes suddenly attack the officer,…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Free NJ Narcan Giveaway Begins Thursday, No ID Or Script Needed Free NJ Narcan Giveaway Begins Thursday, No ID Or Script Needed
Free NJ Narcan Giveaway Begins Thursday, No ID Or Script Needed Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella will visit a local pharmacy to answer questions Thursday when New Jersey begins a three-day giveaway of the overdose-reversal drug Narcan. State residents can obtain a packet containing two doses of the nasal spray anonymously without a prescription or appointment through Saturday (Sept. 24-26) for free at participating pharmacies. The free doses will be available at 322 pharmacies, including several locations of Acme, CVS, Rite Aid, Sav-On, ShopRite, Stop & Shop, Walgreens, Walmart, Weis Markets and independent pharmacies throughout the state, auth…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Free NJ Narcan Giveaway: No ID Or Script Needed Free NJ Narcan Giveaway: No ID Or Script Needed
Free NJ Narcan Giveaway: No ID Or Script Needed New Jersey will offer the opioid overdose-reversal drug Narcan for free at pharmacies later this month, authorities announced Wednesday. But be warned: Health and law enforcement professionals emphasize that nalaxone isn't a miracle drug or fallback option. Opioid users can still die depending on how much is in their system and in what combination. State residents can obtain a packet containing two doses of the nasal spray anonymously without a prescription or appointment from Sept. 24 to Sept. 26, Gov. Murphy and Human Services Commissioner Carole Johnson said. The free doses will be avai…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Driver Faints After COVID Test, SUV Plows Through Waldwick Eatery's Outdoor Dining Area VIDEO: Driver Faints After COVID Test, SUV Plows Through Waldwick Eatery's Outdoor Dining Area
Video: Driver Faints After COVID Test, SUV Plows Through Waldwick Eatery's Outdoor Dining Area Tropical Storm Fay may have ended up saving lives when an SUV plowed into a popular Bergen County restaurant's temporary outdoor dining area after the driver fainted following a COVID test. Surveillance video captured the lunchtime crash, which scattered tables, chairs and tent poles before slamming into a pair of Dumpsters and stopping atop some tree stumps Friday at Nellie’s Place in Waldwick. Witnesses said the 57-year-old driver had just submitted a sample for a COVID test at the Rite Aid up the street when she lost consciousness heading down Franklin Turnpike. Her SUV hit the curb ou…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Walmart, Quest Labs Offer Drive-Thru COVID-19 Tests, Self-Swabs Walmart, Quest Labs Offer Drive-Thru COVID-19 Tests, Self-Swabs
Walmart, Quest Labs Offer Drive-Thru Covid-19 Tests, Self-Swabs Walmart and Quest Diagnostic labs will offer self-administered tests for coronavirus starting next week, Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday. By appointment only, residents can drive-up to seven Walmart stores to be tested for COVID-19, and get results in about two days, Murphy said during an afternoon briefing. More details can be found at www.MyQuestCOVIDtest.com.  Tests will be offered at Walmart drive-thru sites in Garfield, North Bergen, Kearny, Flemington, Burlington, Howell and Mount Laurel. Walmart tests will be offered Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday next week, and Monday, Wednesda…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Excuses For Violating Coronavirus Emergency Orders Push NJ Police Officers' Patience Excuses For Violating Coronavirus Emergency Orders Push NJ Police Officers' Patience
Excuses For Violating Coronavirus Emergency Orders Push NJ Police Officers' Patience Wild excuses have begun piling up from New Jerseyans accused of violating state coronavirus emergency orders, authorities say. A Passaic woman told police she drove to their headquarters before dawn Monday because her ex-boyfriend was tailing her, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Police found the ex, identified as 21-year-old city resident Frianky Nunez, and wrote him a summons for traveling without a legitimate reason in violation of state coronavirus emergency orders. They weren’t done, though. They issued the same summons to the woman, Lucero Dalia, 21, and her passenger, …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
'Gonna Run You Over If I See Anyone Get Tested': South Jersey Man Charged With Facebook Posts 'Gonna Run You Over If I See Anyone Get Tested': South Jersey Man Charged With Facebook Posts
'Gonna Run You Over If I See Anyone Get Tested': South Jersey Man Charged With Facebook Posts “I’m gonna run you all over with my SUV if I see anyone getting tested,” a South Jersey man posted on Facebook after learning that a local Rite Aid opened a free drive-thru coronavirus testing site, authorities said. Police in the Camden County town of Barrington arrested local resident Joseph M. Carr, 30, on Sunday on charges of making terroristic threats and violating state coronavirus emergency directives, state Attorney General Gurbur S. Grewal said. The Barrington pharmacy on Monday became one of two Rite-Aids in New Jersey who’s set up testing sites outside their stores. Another …

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Free Drive-Thru COVID-19 Swab Tests Now Offered At Bergen, Rockland Rite-Aids, More Coming Free Drive-Thru COVID-19 Swab Tests Now Offered At Bergen, Rockland Rite-Aids, More Coming
Free Drive-Thru Covid-19 Swab Tests Now Offered At Bergen, Rockland Rite-Aids, More Coming Rite-Aid stores in Bergen and Rockland counties opened coronavirus self-swab testing sites in their parking lots this weekend, with more coming this week in New York and New Jersey. One testing site is at the Rite-Aid store on Franklin Turnpike in Waldwick (Bergen) and the other on Route 303 in Valley Cottage (Rockland). More are being added at stores in both states, including one due to open Monday at the Rite Aid in the Camden County town of Barrington and another at a Jersey Shore Rite Aid in Toms River on Wednesday, the company said. Another Rite-Aid COVID-19 testing site is scheduled …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hackensack PD: FedEx Driver Clung To Side Door Of Stolen Truck For 20 Feet Hackensack PD: FedEx Driver Clung To Side Door Of Stolen Truck For 20 Feet
Hackensack PD: FedEx Driver Clung To Side Door Of Stolen Truck For 20 Feet A FedEx employee who had her truck stolen in Hackensack clung to its side door for 20 feet before police located the suspected thief and vehicle parked few streets away, authorities said. The FedEx driver told police she delivering a package to FOCUS Eye Care on Union Street around 11:25 Wednesday morning when she was elbowed in the chest by a man in the elevator, Hackensack Police Capt. Peter Busciglio said. The driver told the receptionist who walked her outside, where they both saw a man -- later identified as Joseph Dunsay, 40 of Hackensack -- getting behind the wheel of the van parked…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hackensack Detectives Derail Bronx Trio's Counterfeit-Fueled Shopping Spree Hackensack Detectives Derail Bronx Trio's Counterfeit-Fueled Shopping Spree
Hackensack Detectives Derail Bronx Trio's Counterfeit-Fueled Shopping Spree A Bronx trio went on a spending spree with counterfeit $100 bills before Hackensack police detectives nabbed them, authorities said Wednesday. The investigators stopped their 2002 Honda Accord on Essex Street near Prospect Avenue for a traffic violation and quickly learned that the driver, 19-year-old Jazlyn Rodriguez, didn't have a license, Capt. Peter Busciglio said. As they ordered her out of the car, the detectives noticed the rear-seat passenger -- identified as Bryan Day, 23 -- trying to conceal something under his feet, Busciglio said. As he got out, they saw counterfeit $100 dollar…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hackensack PD: Repeat Offender Who Once Flipped Bird In Mugshot Caught With Heroin Hackensack PD: Repeat Offender Who Once Flipped Bird In Mugshot Caught With Heroin
Hackensack PD: Repeat Offender Who Once Flipped Bird In Mugshot Caught With Heroin A man who once flipped the bird in his mug shot after destroying a local motel was caught with heroin early Thursday morning, throwing a temper tantrum and refusing to leave a Hackensack drug store early, said authorities who charged him. Timothy Carriel, 19 of Hoboken, refused to leave the 24-hour Rite Aid on Essex Street after having been asked several times just before 3 a.m., Hackensack Police Capt. Frank Aquila said. When police showed up, Carriel became even more agitated -- cursing and yelling at the officers, warning them that he was a gang member, the captain said. Carriel ev…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Allendale PD: Serial Red Bull Thief In U-Haul Caught After Route 17 Chase Allendale PD: Serial Red Bull Thief In U-Haul Caught After Route 17 Chase
Allendale PD: Serial Red Bull Thief In U-Haul Caught After Route 17 Chase It didn't give him wings: A thief driving a U-Haul with more than $200 worth of stolen Red Bull was caught after Allendale police chased the truck down – and then up -- Route 17, authorities said. Kevin Hess, 30, of Wayne had just taken nine packs of the energy drink, worth more than $75, from the Allendale Rite Aid early Sunday afternoon when police got a call from the pharmacy, Chief George Scherb said. A motorist then called to tell police that the U-Haul was on West Crescent Avenue headed towards Ramsey, Scherb said. Officer Vic Bartoloma spotted the truck entering southbound Route 17 …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities: Serial Energy Drink Thief Scuffles With Lyndhurst Police Authorities: Serial Energy Drink Thief Scuffles With Lyndhurst Police
Authorities: Serial Energy Drink Thief Scuffles With Lyndhurst Police LYNDHURST, N.J. – A serial energy drink thief was looking at a simple shoplifting charge when he got physical with Lyndhurst police, authorities said. Michael Llopis, who was busted two years ago for stealing a shopping cart full of Red Bull, this time hid several cans inside his clothing Thursday afternoon before heading out of the Rite-Aid on Valley Brook Avenue, Capt. John Valente said. Someone got a description and direction of travel of his car, which was spotted soon after by responding Officers Steve Batista and Steve Passamano as Llopis pulled out of the parking lot onto northbound …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Allendale PD: Accused Booze Thief Released, Strikes Again 45 Minutes Later Allendale PD: Accused Booze Thief Released, Strikes Again 45 Minutes Later
Allendale PD: Accused Booze Thief Released, Strikes Again 45 Minutes Later ALLENDALE, N.J. – Barely 45 minutes after being released from custody for shoplifting a bottle of vodka from one store in Allendale, a plumber from Waldwick swiped a bottle of rum from another, said police who arrested him a second time. Irme Gazso, 44, was picked up just before 3 p.m. last Thursday after an employee at the Rite Aid on Wes Allendale Avenue said he walked out with the strawberry lemonade vodka and a can of Coke under his jacket, Police Chief George Scherb said. After they processed and released him from headquarters on shoplifting charges, Gazso snatched a bottle of rum from…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Rite Aid, Albertsons -- With $83 Billion In Revenue -- To Merge Rite Aid, Albertsons -- With $83 Billion In Revenue -- To Merge
Rite Aid, Albertsons -- With $83 Billion In Revenue -- To Merge Supermarket giant Albertsons said Tuesday, Feb. 20 that it plans to buy the remnants of the struggling Rite Aid drugstore chain, according to multiple news reports. But this report by Fortune said Albertsons might be buying a lemon in Rite Aid.  Albertsons is touting a better ability to serve pharmacy customers as one of the merger's potential benefits. But in Rite Aid, Albertsons, a chain which operates grocery stores such as Safeway and Jewel-Osco on top of its namesake, is buying a severely diminished drugstore chain, Fortune reported. Meanwhile, Walmart saw its stock drop by more than…

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by Jon Craig
Lifestyle
Winning Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Sold In Hasbrouck Heights Winning Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Sold In Hasbrouck Heights
Winning Jersey Cash 5 Ticket Sold In Hasbrouck Heights HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, N.J. — A winning Jersey Cash 5 lottery ticket worth $80,863 was sold at the Rite Aid in Hasbrouck Heights. The numbers from the Dec. 29 drawing were 09, 20, 21, 30 and 34 and the XTRA number was: 02.  A winning $50,000 Power Ball ticket from the Dec. 23 drawing was sold at the Minit Mart on Boulevard in Hasbrouck Heights.

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by Cecilia Levine