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State Slams Paterson Handyman Who Refused To Serve Jewish Clients State Slams Paterson Handyman Who Refused To Serve Jewish Clients
State Slams Paterson Handyman Who Refused To Serve Jewish Clients A handyman from Paterson was ordered to immediately stop refusing to serve Jews and take several remedial steps or face serious charges, state authorities in Trenton said on Thursday. Melquisedec Francis must satisfy eight specific demands to keep from being prosecuted, including announcing that he no longer discriminates against Jewish customers, attending training on anti-Semitism and paying a fine, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said on Nov. 30. In advertisements on TaskRabbit and elsewhere last month, Francis wrote: "I am expressing my solidarity with the Palestinian Peopl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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‘Bling’ Bishop From Bergen Seized By FBI, Charged With Swindling Retiree Out Of $90,000 ‘Bling’ Bishop From Bergen Seized By FBI, Charged With Swindling Retiree Out Of $90,000
‘Bling’ Bishop From Bergen Seized By FBI, Charged With Swindling Retiree Out Of $90,000 A flashy Brooklyn bishop who lives in Bergen County – and was infamously robbed at gunpoint during a live-streamed church service earlier this year – swindled one of his parishioners out of $90,000 in retirement money that he used for himself, federal authorities charged. Lamor Whitehead, a 44-year-old Paramus resident known for his Rolls Royce, Gucci suits and bling, was arrested by federal agents on Monday, Dec. 19, on an indictment that charges him wire fraud, extortion and lying to the FBI. The indictment returned by a grand jury in U.S. District Court in Manhattan accuses Whitehead of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hateful Images, Messages Sent To Westwood Regional Students Probed By Cyber Crime Detectives Hateful Images, Messages Sent To Westwood Regional Students Probed By Cyber Crime Detectives
Hateful Images, Messages Sent To Westwood Regional Students Probed By Cyber Crime Detectives An underage saboteur used the online account of a Westwood Regional High School student to email hateful messages to most of the victim’s classmates – among them, an image of a Ku Klux Klansman accompanied by an anti-Semitic caption, authorities said. The Bergen County Prosecutor’s Cyber Crimes Unit and Washington Township police are investigating the bias incident, which district officials traced to a “non-district minor’s” IP address, Schools Supt. Jill Mortimer wrote in a message to parents and staff members. “Please know this was not a breach of our network or system,” Mortimer emphasiz…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Beloved Saddle Brook Woman Who Survived Brain Tumor, 23, Killed In Crash Beloved Saddle Brook Woman Who Survived Brain Tumor, 23, Killed In Crash
Beloved Saddle Brook Woman Who Survived Brain Tumor, 23, Killed In Crash She was a blessing to many, a remarkable woman who'd survived a brain tumor with deep faith and abiding humor. Then, in a devastating instant, she was gone. Shock mixed with heart-rending grief continued to spread Tuesday with the news that 23-year-old McKenna Winnie of Saddle Brook had been killed in a traffic accident in South Jersey. The Rutgers University research assistant was headed east on Route 619 in Upper Pittsgrove Township (Salem County) late Monday morning when her car collided with a tractor-trailer heading south at the intersection of Route 77, according to New Jersey State P…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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House Fire Kills Teaneck Couple In Attic Apartment House Fire Kills Teaneck Couple In Attic Apartment
House Fire Kills Teaneck Couple In Attic Apartment A community clung tight to faith Thursday as word spread of the deaths of a beloved Teaneck couple in an overnight house fire. Delton Brown, 32, and his wife, Amoya (Bennett) Brown, 29, were dedicated church-goers who served fellow worshippers as well as the greater community, said Winston Christian, pastor of the West Side (Pentecostal) Worship Center in Englewood. "I don't know what I'm going to do without them," Christian told reporters outside the Arlington Avenue home owned by Delton Brown's parents where the couple died before dawn. "They are that integral a part of our ministry here…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash UPDATE: Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash
Update: Paramus Driver, 61, Killed In Horrific Fair Lawn Crash She was called "an angel with a heart of gold," deeply religious, kind and caring. Now loved ones friends and others who knew Cemile Akguc are mourning her sudden death in a horrific crash in Fair Lawn. Akguc, 61, of Paramus, "was such a good woman," one of them told Daily Voice. "Read the Bible every day. Went to Bible studies. Spoke Jesus’s word every day." Responders suspect Akguc suffered a medical episode before her Jeep careened out of control and crashed, killing her, at a busy intersection Monday night. The Turkish immigrant, who lived several years in Dumont before moving Paramus…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Historic Elizabeth Church Destroyed By Fire 'But Believers Go Forth' Historic Elizabeth Church Destroyed By Fire 'But Believers Go Forth'
Historic Elizabeth Church Destroyed By Fire 'But Believers Go Forth' A historic Elizabeth church was destroyed by an early-morning fire just hours before Sunday services. The blaze had burned through the roof of the Shiloh Baptist Church at 95 Murray St., within minutes of erupting around 3:10 a.m. The fire reached four alarms and was under control around 6 a.m. Shiloh Baptist Church was founded in 1879, its Facebook page says.  Clark Fire Department at the scene.Clark FD Parishioners and community members sent encouraging words to Pastor William Ingram on Facebook. "Please keep the Shiloh Baptist Church , Elizabeth, New Jersey in prayer and Pastor Wi…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Matthew Broderick's Pastor Sister Will Be Missed By Morristown Church Parishioners Matthew Broderick's Pastor Sister Will Be Missed By Morristown Church Parishioners
Matthew Broderick's Pastor Sister Will Be Missed By Morristown Church Parishioners Parishioners of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Morristown say things won't be the same without pastor Janet Broderick, who is preparing for a new role in California. Broderick, the sister of actor Matthew Broderick, will be leaving after a decade at the church to become the rector of another one in Beverly Hills. The California church welcomed Broderick in a video posted on its website. "The CD Meeting will not be the same," Katie Dempsey said on Facebook. "All the best to a true individual with an authentic spirit and a sense of humor that will be missed." A New York City native, B…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Mahwah Councilman Proposes County-Wide Eruv Mahwah Councilman Proposes County-Wide Eruv
Mahwah Councilman Proposes County-Wide Eruv MAHWAH, N.J. — Councilman David May was the first Mahwah council member to switch stances and propose a county-wide eruv to the Bergen County Freeholders. May suggested that utility companies and eruv associations “work towards a county-wide eruv” including all of Mahwah, which would enable Jewish adherents to carry objects and push strollers / wheelchairs on the Sabbath and Yom Kippur throughout Mahwah, Upper Saddle River and Montvale, as well as other locations in Bergen County. Last year, Mahwah's Council President wrote via Facebook that “the goal is to have everybody working together t…

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by Cecilia Levine