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Bed Bath & Beyond Closures Include 36 NJ Locations Bed Bath & Beyond Closures Include 36 NJ Locations
Bed Bath & Beyond Closures Include 36 NJ Locations Three dozen Bed Bath & Beyond stores in New Jersey are among 87 locations scheduled to close in 2023, the struggling retailer announced. That brings the total number of Bed Bath & Beyond locations scheduled to close to at least 162 announced since September 2022. A spokesperson told Axios that the latest round of closures will include all of the company's Harmon beauty shops, as well as five Buy Buy Baby locations. The following locations in New Jersey are set to close in 2023: Bridgewater, 155 Promenade Blvd. Mays Landing,190 Hamilton Commons Mays Landing Mount Laurel, 8 Centert…

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by Cecilia Levine
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GF Of Ex-Con NJ Fugitive Sought For Shooting Her Friend Seeks Public's Help GF Of Ex-Con NJ Fugitive Sought For Shooting Her Friend Seeks Public's Help
GF Of Ex-Con NJ Fugitive Sought For Shooting Her Friend Seeks Public's Help UPDATE: The death of fugitive James Allandale during an exchange of gunfire with police at a Route 46 motel came days after his girlfriend -- whose friend he'd shot -- made a public plea to “end this nightmare.” Lisa Dolack included the police wanted poster while asking folks on Facebook to help authorities track down and capture ex-con James Allandale. “I am pleading to all my friends, please post on your page this below. We need to end this nightmare! please copy and paste," she wrote on Thursday, Dec. 29. "Flood Facebook today with this please help me.” Allandale, 61, who police said s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fire Ravages Wayne Home Fire Ravages Wayne Home
Fire Ravages Wayne Home What apparently began as a deck fire became a raging blaze doused by Wayne's bravest. Everyone got out safely and no injuries were reported in the three-alarm fire, which broke out on Urban Club Road just off Valley Road near the North Jersey Country Club shortly before 3 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30. All of Wayne's five fire companies responded as flames spread to the upper floors of the $1.1 million, 3,400-square-foot Colonial, built in 1999. The main body was quickly knocked down and the fire was declared under control less than a half-hour after the call. Responders at the scene requested a …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Minivan Crash In Wayne Kills Staten Island Driver Minivan Crash In Wayne Kills Staten Island Driver
Minivan Crash In Wayne Kills Staten Island Driver UPDATE: A Staten Island man died after his minivan veered off the road, bounced off one utility pole and slammed into another in Wayne, authorities confirmed. Jorge Jaimez Romero, 28, was pronounced dead at the intersection of Valley and Ratzer roads following the 8:11 p.m. crash on Monday, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wayne Police Chief Jack McNiff said in a joint announcement. An autopsy will be necessary to determine the cause of death, Valdes and Romero said. Responders said Romero was in traumatic arrest when they arrived. No other vehicles were involved, they said.…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
PD: Newark Driver In Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails, Leaves Loaded Gun PD: Newark Driver In Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails, Leaves Loaded Gun
PD: Newark Driver In Stolen Car Pursuit Crashes, Bails, Leaves Loaded Gun A car thief from Newark who was captured after he crashed his own car on Route 46 in Clifton during a police chase left a loaded gun behind, Wayne police said. Wayne police responding to a report of thieves in a BMW with a temporary license plate in the Point View Parkway area spotted the car heading south in tandem with a stolen Lexus on Valley Road around 7:30 a.m. Sunday, Detective Capt. Daniel Daly said. They tried stopping the vehicles, but both sped away, Daly said. A supervisor eventually called off the pursuit because of the excessive speed, the captain said. One of the vehicles s…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
70-Year-Old North Jersey Bank Robber Gets Five Years For Separate Holdups 70-Year-Old North Jersey Bank Robber Gets Five Years For Separate Holdups
70-Year-Old North Jersey Bank Robber Gets Five Years For Separate Holdups A 70-year-old confessed bank robber from Little Falls was sentenced to five years in prison Friday for holding up banks four days apart in Wayne and Pequannock. Wayne detectives, with help from the FBI and the Passaic County Sheriff's Office, captured Philip N. McGrantham as he returned home in a rented Nissan Altima that a law enforcement source told Daily Voice was used earlier that day in the Sept. 30 robbery last year of a TD Bank branch on Valley Avenue. He was carrying the proceeds of the holdup at the time, authorities said. McGrantham struck a deal with prosecutors and admitted t…

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by Jerry DeMarco