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CRIME SPREE: Burglars Steal ATMs After Smashing Into Bergen Check-Cashing Businesses CRIME SPREE: Burglars Steal ATMs After Smashing Into Bergen Check-Cashing Businesses
Crime Spree: Burglars Steal ATMs After Smashing Into Bergen Check-Cashing Businesses Burglars have been stealing ATM machines by smashing their way into check-cashing businesses in Bergen County, authorities said Monday. The bandits, who've been spotted in a dark-colored pickup truck, apparently used a sledgehammer to smash their way in through front glass doors, Hackensack Police Detective Lt. Ryan Weber said. Two  burglaries occurred within minutes of one another in Hackensack between 3 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. on Sunday, Weber said. One was at a check-cashing business on Anderson Street and another on Main Street between 3-3:30 a.m. Sunday, he said. The thieves weren't …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Barstool CEO Portnoy Wowed By Pizza From Lido Restaurant In Hackensack Barstool CEO Portnoy Wowed By Pizza From Lido Restaurant In Hackensack
Barstool CEO Portnoy Wowed By Pizza From Lido Restaurant In Hackensack Barstool Sports CEO Dave Portnoy made himself clear: He loves bar pizza. And Hackensack's Lido Restaurant gave him just that. The sports internet mogul stopped by the ever-popular Main Street joint this week for another installment of his "One Bite" pizza review series. "I love it in there," said Portnoy, standing outside of the old-time restaurant. "It's straight out of the 1930s. You've got the old people sitting around, bar-style. I hope it's going to be bar pizza... it has to be, right?." Lido opened in 1956. The restaurant briefly closed in 2018 for renovations, but reopened weeks la…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hackensack PD: Dollar Store Bandit Nabbed In Burglary Spree Had Broken Glass Stuck To Shirt Hackensack PD: Dollar Store Bandit Nabbed In Burglary Spree Had Broken Glass Stuck To Shirt
Hackensack PD: Dollar Store Bandit Nabbed In Burglary Spree Had Broken Glass Stuck To Shirt A Hackensack burglary spree suspect had just fled a local dollar store after breaking in through a glass door before dawn Friday when a city police officer captured him a block from his home, authorities said. Douglas D. Simmons Jr., 32, smashed open the glass front door of 99 Cent Dreams on Main Street with a brick shortly before 3:30 a.m. and tried to pry open the cash register before fleeing, Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Responding Officers Jason Gretkowski and Benjamin Estrada spotted Simmons and radioed their colleagues, who canvassed the area. Officer John Tanucilli nabbed Simmons soon …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Cap Diner Opens In Downtown Hackensack Cap Diner Opens In Downtown Hackensack
Cap Diner Opens In Downtown Hackensack A long-awaited diner has opened in a brand new building in Downtown Hackensack. Cap Diner opened as part of the Meridia on Main apartment development on Main Street. The menu boasts American fare such as all-day brunch such as pancakes, fried chicken and waffles, burgers, pasta, and sandwiches, smoothies and more. The diner is owned by Capodagli Property Company, a real estate development and property management company, its website says.  Cap Diner and its coffee shop, Cap O' Joe, are now open at 20 Main St. The diner is open Sunday to Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Friday and Sat…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
COVID-19 Forces Life Change For Retired Trucker Opening Hackensack Juice Bar COVID-19 Forces Life Change For Retired Trucker Opening Hackensack Juice Bar
Covid-19 Forces Life Change For Retired Trucker Opening Hackensack Juice Bar A retired truck driver with a new, health-conscious lifestyle is bringing a juice bar to Hackensack. Jacquemiel White, 47, had moved to Jersey City from the Bronx about a decade ago to work as a for FedEx In Newark. After that, he was picking up medical waste, but had to quit due to a bad back. It wasn't until last March that he was forced to change his habits, he said. "I contracted COVID and that really rocked me," he said. "It really hit me the third day." White was walking up the stairs and was so out of breath he had to lay on the floor, he said.  "It really did a number on me…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire UPDATE: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire
Update: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire UPDATE: A ruptured gas line fed the fire that destroyed two retail shops and severely damaged the Hackensack Riverkeeper's office Saturday on Main Street, authorities said. Columns of smoke that could be seen for miles as city firefighters battled the blaze, which they said apparently began in the retail businesses -- presumably closed because of the coronavirus pandemic – sometime after 5:30 p.m. The three-alarm fire also severely damaged the Hackensack Riverkeeper’s offices next door. At the scene on Saturday.Rob Munson The site was evacuated before the roof collapsed. No injuries w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire UPDATE: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire
Update: Hackensack Riverkeeper 'Devastated,' Retail Shops Destroyed By Gas-Fed Fire UPDATE: A ruptured gas line fed the fire that destroyed two retail shops and severely damaged the Hackensack Riverkeeper's office Saturday on Main Street, authorities said. Columns of smoke that could be seen for miles as city firefighters battled the blaze, which they said apparently began in the retail businesses -- presumably closed because of the coronavirus pandemic – sometime after 5:30 p.m. The three-alarm fire also severely damaged the Hackensack Riverkeeper’s offices next door. At the scene on Saturday.Rob Munson The site was evacuated before the roof collapsed. No injuries w…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into Utility Pole In Hackensack Driver Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into Utility Pole In Hackensack
Driver Hospitalized After Sedan Slams Into Utility Pole In Hackensack A driver was hospitalized after a sedan bounced off a parked car and slammed into a utility pole Friday afternoon in Hackensack. The southbound Audi cracked the pole in front of Tips N More on Main Street shortly after 2 p.m. The driver had to be placed in a neck brace before being taken to Hackensack University Medical Center. City police and firefighters and Hackensack Meridian Health EMS responded.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Injured When Backhoe Knocks Lamppost Into Hackensack Law Office Window Man Injured When Backhoe Knocks Lamppost Into Hackensack Law Office Window
Man Injured When Backhoe Knocks Lamppost Into Hackensack Law Office Window A Cliffside Park man was injured in a freak accident Monday at a Hackensack law firm, authorities said. A private company bucket loader was doing sewer work and backed into a decorative light post, knocking it into a window at Harwood Lloyd LLC on Main Street, responders said. A shard of glass from the broken window hit the 31-year-old victim, who required treatment for a cut on his hand. Police were investigating. ****** ALSO SEE: A 28-year-old Guatemalan national living in Hackensack was caught having online sex chats with an underage Englewood girl, authorities said. https://dailyvo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hackensack PD: Fleeing Ex-Con Who Tried Climbing Into Ex's Window Falls 4 Floors Down Air Shaft Hackensack PD: Fleeing Ex-Con Who Tried Climbing Into Ex's Window Falls 4 Floors Down Air Shaft
Hackensack PD: Fleeing Ex-Con Who Tried Climbing Into Ex's Window Falls 4 Floors Down Air Shaft A Hackensack ex-con fell four stories down an air shaft while trying to escape police after trying to climb into his ex-girlfriend's window before dawn Sunday, authorities said. Alec Parker, 34, climbed a fire escape and was trying to get into his ex-girlfriend’s Main Street apartment when responding officers arrived shortly after 4:30 a.m., Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. They tried to talk with him, but Parker fled up the fire escape to the roof, then entered the stairwell and forced his way into his ex-girlfriend’s apartment, DeWitt said. He then ran into her bathroom and through t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Unmarked Police Car Involved In Hackensack Crash Unmarked Police Car Involved In Hackensack Crash
Unmarked Police Car Involved In Hackensack Crash An unmarked police car collided with a sedan at a busy Hackensack intersection late Friday morning. The sedan driver blew the stop sign at Euclid Avenue, pulling directly into the path of the unmarked Hackensack city police car,  which was headed south on Main Street with its lights activated in response to an emergency call, shortly before 11 a.m., responders told Daily Voice. A city detective who was driving the police car and three occupants of the sedan were taken to Hackensack University Medical Center -- none with apparently serious injuries, they said, adding that the female civili…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Real Estate
More Luxury Apartments, Retail Space Coming To Downtown Hackensack More Luxury Apartments, Retail Space Coming To Downtown Hackensack
More Luxury Apartments, Retail Space Coming To Downtown Hackensack Construction is underway in Hackensack for a highly-anticipated 14-story residential and retail building. The Brick on Main Street, developed by Enburg Group, is just one part of the ongoing revitalization of the downtown area. The Brick features 379 luxury apartments with garage parking and an estimated 8,000 square feet in retail space, located between 150 and 170 Main St. Most recently, progress has been made on the structure’s 14th floor. “The 14th-floor structure is almost complete and interior rough framing is ongoing throughout,” Contract and Document Controller Emily Schmitt …

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by Valerie Musson