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Award-Winning Chef Brings New Restaurant To North Jersey Dining Scene Award-Winning Chef Brings New Restaurant To North Jersey Dining Scene
Award-Winning Chef Brings New Restaurant To North Jersey Dining Scene An award-winning chef is bringing his take on American fine dining to North Jersey. Chef Adam Weiss, who hails from a line of experienced cooks starting with his grandmother and mother, will be opening F1RST Restaurant in Hawthorne on Tuesday, July 25. Weiss earned Bachelor’s Degree from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY, and went on to complete his culinary internship at Ruga Restaurant in Oakland, where his focus on New American cuisine, according to the restaurant's website. View this post on Instagram A post shared by F1…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Bergen County Mom Nancy Grasso Dies After Fearless Cancer Battle Bergen County Mom Nancy Grasso Dies After Fearless Cancer Battle
Bergen County Mom Nancy Grasso Dies After Fearless Cancer Battle Beloved Bergen County mom Nancy Grasso died after a fearless five-year battle with cancer on Friday, July 15. She was 59. Born in Long Island, Nancy grew up in Smithtown and Oakland before settling in Mahwah last year, her obituary says. Nancy had worked at the Sunshine Home Health Services in Wyckoff as its Executive Director. Nancy leaves behind her loving husband, Michael; her children, Brianna Kaufman-DeFreese, Nicholas Grasso, and Michael Grasso, Jr.; her brothers, Frank and Michael; as well as several extended family members and close friends. Meanwhile, more than $16,200 had been r…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Worker Seriously Injured In Explosion At Machining Plant Off Route 287 Worker Seriously Injured In Explosion At Machining Plant Off Route 287
Worker Seriously Injured In Explosion At Machining Plant Off Route 287 A medical chopper was summoned after an employee was severely burned in an explosion Thursday morning at a machining company in Oakland. Responders were called to FIMS Manufacturing on Allerman Road -- just off the Route 202 ramp to Route 287 -- around 10:45 a.m. Police, firefighers and EMS responded. The nearly 42,000-square-foot, third-generation family machine shop was established in 1962. Among other services, FIMS makes firearms and does heavy work for the military, as well as aerospace machining, the company says on its website. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS ****** ALSO SEE: …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Feds Arrest Oakland Teen On Child Porn Trafficking Charges Feds Arrest Oakland Teen On Child Porn Trafficking Charges
Feds Arrest Oakland Teen On Child Porn Trafficking Charges An Oakland teen was arrested by federal agents Tuesday on child porn trafficking charges. A federal magistrate judge in Newark released Nicholas Corsale-Althawabta, 19, on $100,000 on unsecured bond following a video-conferenced first appearance Tuesday afternoon, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Corsale-Althawabta “used an internet-based application to distribute multiple graphic videos depicting the sexual abuse of minors,” Carpenito said. “Law enforcement officers discovered numerous videos of child sexual abuse on Corsale-Althawabta’s electronic devices when he was arrested at his h…

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by Jerry DeMarco