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‘If You Cut Me, I’ll Kill You’: Bergen Barber Who Shaved John Gotti Closes After 40 Years ‘If You Cut Me, I’ll Kill You’: Bergen Barber Who Shaved John Gotti Closes After 40 Years
‘If You Cut Me, I’ll Kill You’: Bergen Barber Who Shaved John Gotti Closes After 40 Years After more than 40 years in the same chair on the same street, Carlstadt barber Vito Quattrocchi says it’s time to close his shop’s doors. “It’s not an easy thing to say,” Quattrocchi wrote in a Facebook post on Tuesday, Aug. 12. “Because that shop wasn’t just a place of business — it was a part of my life, and yours.” Quattrocchi, of Vito's Barber Shop on Hackensack St., said he’s seen little boys grow into young men, young men into grandfathers, and has been there for first communions, graduations, weddings, and “everything in between.” He’s shared laughs, heard stories, and sat quietly w…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'I Wanted To Be Somebody': Bergen County Barber Achieves American Dream With New Mobile Shop 'I Wanted To Be Somebody': Bergen County Barber Achieves American Dream With New Mobile Shop
'I Wanted To Be Somebody': Bergen County Barber Achieves American Dream With New Mobile Shop Cutting hair has always come naturally to 29-year-old Bergen County barber Starlyn Delgado. He first learned how as a kid, when he moved to Brooklyn from the Dominican Republic and spent time visiting his dad's friend's barbershop in Brooklyn.  By the time he was in middle school, Delgado was giving shape-ups to his friends. And when he moved to New Jersey, he began working at Top Cutz in Hasbrouck Heights. "My family didn't come to the U.S. just for me to be somebody else," said Delgado, a dad of two from Hackensack. "I wanted to be somebody -- I wanted to be successful." The COVID-19 p…

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Pursuit Of Happiness: Why Edgewater Barber Left Job As Financial Analyst Pursuit Of Happiness: Why Edgewater Barber Left Job As Financial Analyst
Pursuit Of Happiness: Why Edgewater Barber Left Job As Financial Analyst There was never much excitement in numbers and reports for Edgewater's Walter Iniguez. But cutting hair? Now you've piqued his interest. Iniguez left his job last Friday as a financial analyst for PricewaterhouseCoopers after nearly five years. Instead, he's going back to his roots -- even if it means taking a massive pay cut. "I need to focus on what's going to make me happy," said Iniguez, 34, who opened The Pewter Club in Edgewater, three years into his career at PWC. "I was never tired or burnt out but my job just wasn't fulfilling." Iniguez doesn't know if cuttin…

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by Cecilia Levine