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MYSTERY SOLVED: Family In Decades-Old Portrait That Turned Up In Fairview Basement Found MYSTERY SOLVED: Family In Decades-Old Portrait That Turned Up In Fairview Basement Found
Mystery Solved: Family In Decades-Old Portrait That Turned Up In Fairview Basement Found Joseph Bace thought he’d been scammed when he read a Daily Voice story about a portrait of his family taken more than 30 years that reportedly was found in the basement of a Fairview pizzeria. “I instantly knew what it was and where it was from,” he said. “So I emailed my siblings. “Sure enough, it’s the real thing.” The owners of Margherita Pizza Cucina on Anderson Avenue were cleaning out the basement when they found the portrait. “My husband was going to throw it away,” said Abir Abuali. “But I said, ‘No. I’m going to find them.’ “The last thing I’d want if it was me is to have a fam…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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RECOGNIZE THEM? Fairview Pizzeria Owner Tries To Identify Family In Portrait Found In Basement RECOGNIZE THEM? Fairview Pizzeria Owner Tries To Identify Family In Portrait Found In Basement
Recognize Them? Fairview Pizzeria Owner Tries To Identify Family In Portrait Found In Basement A portrait of an unknown family that turned up in the basement of a Fairview pizzeria has the owner’s wife trying to find out who they are so she can return it. Abir Abuali had no luck with the previous owners of the Anderson Avenue building where her husband operates Margherita Pizza Cucina. She even tried the Bergen County Board of Taxation, which helped her find the owners before them. "It wasn’t theirs, either,” Abuali said. There's no telling exactly how old the framed portrait is. Abuali isn't stopping, though. “I’m going to get the names of the first owners of the building,”  sh…

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by Jerry DeMarco