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ALERT: Bogus 'Terminally Ill Child' Fundraiser Takes Scamming To New Low ALERT: Bogus 'Terminally Ill Child' Fundraiser Takes Scamming To New Low
ALERT: Bogus 'Terminally Ill Child' Fundraiser Takes Scamming To New Low A heartless thief cooked up a phony email with Glen Rock Little League baseball logos to try and collect money for a child supposedly battling a terminal illness, authorities said. One of the targeted victims received an email with the logos from [email protected] seeking donations, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said Monday. After donating $25 through his PayPal account, the man received an email about the scam from the Little League, Ackermann said. PayPal’s Fraud Department was notified, the chief said. "This is just a new twist on similar frauds that play on people's compassion to ta…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Ridgewood Teen Electrocuted While Visiting Grandparents In Bosnia Ridgewood Teen Electrocuted While Visiting Grandparents In Bosnia
Ridgewood Teen Electrocuted While Visiting Grandparents In Bosnia A 15-year-old boy from Ridgewood was burned by a live wire while visiting his grandparents in Bosnia. More than $63,000 had been raised for Danny Kovac on a GoFundMe launched by his godfather, Haris Sose. "Danny needs to be airlifted to the US as soon as possible to get the best medical care in his home country," the campaign says. "Danny has the biggest heart and is kind to all those around him." 'The teen enjoys playing basketball, skiing, swimming and hanging out with his friends. Click here to donate.

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Couple Who Left From Newark Missing On Caribbean Vacation Couple Who Left From Newark Missing On Caribbean Vacation
Couple Who Left From Newark Missing On Caribbean Vacation Click here for an updated story: Authorities Confirm IDs Of Couple Missing In The Caribbean A couple from Westchester has been reported missing after vanishing more than two weeks ago at the end of their vacation in the Dominican Republic. Orlando Moore, 43, and Portia Ravenelle, 32, were scheduled to return to their Mount Vernon home on March 27, following a four-day vacation in the town of Samana. However, the couple never made it to the airport after checking out of their Dominican Republic hotel, prompting concern from friends and family. The pair left Newark Liberty International Airp…

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by Zak Failla
Business
Parsippany, Westwood Payless Stores To Shutter In March Parsippany, Westwood Payless Stores To Shutter In March
Parsippany, Westwood Payless Stores To Shutter In March Payless Shoesource will begin closing 2,600 stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico this month after filing for bankruptcy in February. All of the source will be shuttered by late May. Below are the New Jersey stores to go in March. Atlantic City: Baltic Avenue Brick: Brick Boulevard Carteret: Roosevelt Avenue Freehold: Route 9 Jersey City: Mall Drive West Jersey City: Central Avenue Linden: West Edgar Road Parsippany: Route 46 Perth Amboy: Smith Street Plainfield: East Front Street Trenton: S Clinton Street Wall Township: Highway 35 #3 Westwood: Broadway Woodbridge: Woodbridge Center Drive Liq…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Hackensack Born ISIS Bride Suing Trump Administration, Report Says Hackensack Born ISIS Bride Suing Trump Administration, Report Says
Hackensack Born ISIS Bride Suing Trump Administration, Report Says The Trump administration is facing a lawsuit from a Hackensack-born ISIS bride who feels she and her toddler son are wrongfully being kept out of the U.S. Hoda Muthana, 24, has since renounced the terrorist group that she left for in 2014, her lawyer Hassan Shibly said, adding she had a valid passport at the time. Shibly said Muthana was "brainwashed" by the Islamic State when she fled her family in Alabama -- "just a stupid, naive young dumb woman, he said. After her third marriage to an IS fighter, Muthana wanted to get out. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says Muthana does not have any …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Healthgrades: The Valley Hospital Among 250 Best In America Healthgrades: The Valley Hospital Among 250 Best In America
Healthgrades: The Valley Hospital Among 250 Best In America The only New Jersey hospital recognized among the top 50 best in the U.S. by Healthgrades was Morristown Medical Center. The award puts the hospital in the top one percent for clinical performance nationwide. The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood was named among Healthgrade's top 250 best hospitals in the U.S. Healthgrades looks solely at clinical quality outcomes for 32 conditions and procedures.  Patient safety ratings from MMC: 82%: patients who would recommend this hospital 79%: patients who said that nurses always listened to them and explained things well 78%: patients w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
2nd Discovery Of Swastikas At Pascack Valley HS In 6 Weeks Comes At Particularly Troubling Time 2nd Discovery Of Swastikas At Pascack Valley HS In 6 Weeks Comes At Particularly Troubling Time
2nd Discovery Of Swastikas At Pascack Valley HS In 6 Weeks Comes At Particularly Troubling Time Although some suspect the work of ignorant delinquents, the discovery of swastikas for the second time in six weeks at Pascack Valley High School comes at a time that most say makes it particularly troubling. Most notably, there was the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting – the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history – by a man who authorities said posted Nazi symbols online. Before that, there were the five swastikas found drawn in shaving cream outside Jewish homes on a Haworth street on Halloween morning. And there was a recent report that incidents of swastika painting have increased t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Mystery Outbreak: At Least 3 Cases Of Polio-Type Disease Confirmed In New Jersey Mystery Outbreak: At Least 3 Cases Of Polio-Type Disease Confirmed In New Jersey
Mystery Outbreak: At Least 3 Cases Of Polio-Type Disease Confirmed In New Jersey New Jersey accounts for three confirmed and three suspected cases of a rare polio-like illness that has been affecting children across the U.S. this week, state and federal officials said. Of the 127 acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) cases reported to the CDC, 62 are confirmed and the rest are under investigation, reports say. AFM starts out with symptoms similar to a common cold, but it could cause paralysis. The average age of those diagnosed is 4 years old. It's unclear what's causing the outbreak, which can develop after a viral infection, environmental toxins, and genetic disorders. AFM a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
The 6 Most Hazardous Injuries Bergen County ER Doctors Will See This Summer The 6 Most Hazardous Injuries Bergen County ER Doctors Will See This Summer
The 6 Most Hazardous Injuries Bergen County ER Doctors Will See This Summer Emergency room doctors across the U.S. are readying for the hazardous injuries that come with summer activities. Holy Name Medical Center Co-Director of Emergency Medicine Randy Tartacoff is running down the six most common summer injuries he and other physicians are anticipating. 1. Heat-related illnesses: Tartacoff says these rarely occur outside of summer. They can be life-threatening and are certainly critical. From least to most serious, these are heat-related illnesses and their symptoms. Heat rash: Accompanied by a red rash Dehydration: Can occur easily particularly in young toddl…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Saddle River Resident, Longtime Restaurant Owner, Dies At 79 Saddle River Resident, Longtime Restaurant Owner, Dies At 79
Saddle River Resident, Longtime Restaurant Owner, Dies At 79 The longtime owner of the El Bandido restaurants in Rockland, Orange and Essex counties, died on Friday, April 6 surrounded by his family at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. He was 79. Santiago Manuel Tello, a 20 year resident of Upper Saddle River, was born May 1, 1938, in Atlixco, Puebla, Mexico and emigrated to the U.S. in the mid-70's.  Known as "Manny," to all, he moved to the U.S. seeking the American dream and found it by opening El Bandido Restaurant in Spring Valley in 1976, with his friend Leonardo Weiner.  After launching El Bandido in Spring Valley, Tello added restauran…

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by Kathy Reakes
Business
Paramus Toys 'R' Us Landlord Wants Lease Blocked From Raymour & Flanigan Paramus Toys 'R' Us Landlord Wants Lease Blocked From Raymour & Flanigan
Paramus Toys 'R' Us Landlord Wants Lease Blocked From Raymour & Flanigan Not so fast, Raymour & Flanigan. Less than two weeks after the furniture store bid $1.3 to take over the lease of the Route 4 east Toys R Us store in Paramus, the building's landlord has asked Bankruptcy Court to block the sale, NorthJersey.com reports. Property owner N.T. Hegeman Co., Ltd., cites a provision in the 46-year-old building lease prohibiting assigning the lease to furniture stores, the article says. Prior to the request, the Paramus store was among the 20 on the auction block in the U.S. that received winning bids from someone other than their own landlords, according to a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Neighbors
Hackensack Teacher's New Book Takes On American Divisiveness Hackensack Teacher's New Book Takes On American Divisiveness
Hackensack Teacher's New Book Takes On American Divisiveness HACKENSACK, N.J. — A new book written by Hackensack High School English teacher Christopher Ryan is aimed right at the heart of current national debates driving us further apart each day. 

“It seems everybody in America is mad at or disapproves of some other segment of our cultural landscape,” said Ryan, a New Milford Board of Education member.  “From politics to the media to religion to race to even our own neighbors, these days we disagree more often than we find common ground. What if all this divisiveness continues to tear at the fabric of our society? What will become of America?” 

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by Cecilia Levine