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Saddle Brook Schools Sheltered In Place After Quartet Flees Failed Armed Street Robbery: Police Saddle Brook Schools Sheltered In Place After Quartet Flees Failed Armed Street Robbery: Police
Saddle Brook Schools Sheltered In Place After Quartet Flees Failed Armed Street Robbery: Police Saddle Brook Middle/High School was temporarily sheltered in place on Monday after four men reportedly tried to rob someone who thought he was making an online sale, authorities said. "Two men approached the victim on foot while two more were in a car nearby" in the center of town around 2 p.m. March 13, said Capt. John Zotollo, the officer in charge of the department. The victim got in his car and locked the doors as they approached, the captain said. "One of the men allegedly brandished a firearm at the victim as he attempted to break the car window," he said. He escaped without injury …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Online Fair Lawn Xbox Seller Dragged In Parking Lot, Left Holding Tissue Paper Instead Of Cash Online Fair Lawn Xbox Seller Dragged In Parking Lot, Left Holding Tissue Paper Instead Of Cash
Online Fair Lawn Xbox Seller Dragged In Parking Lot, Left Holding Tissue Paper Instead Of Cash A Fair Lawn man who tried to sell an Xbox online was dragged by two robbers who snatched the system and left him with an envelope full of tissue paper Tuesday night, authorities said. The 31-year-old victim told police he arranged on Facebook Marketplace to meet a buyer for the $530 system in the parking lot of the CVS on Fair Lawn Avenue shortly after 8 p.m. The purported buyer took the Xbox and walked with the victim back to the vehicle he arrived in – a newer-model Navy blue BMW – that had a driver, Sgt. Brian Metzler said. Once the victim had the envelope, the driver backed away with t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Family-Owned Bergen County Indian Clothing Shop Rethinks Business Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Family-Owned Bergen County Indian Clothing Shop Rethinks Business Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Family-Owned Bergen County Indian Clothing Shop Rethinks Business Amid Covid-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a family who owns a Bergen County clothing store to rethink business.  Advance Apparels owners Akash, Prithvi and Manju Bajaj have had experience with authentic Indian garments even before opening the South Hackensack store in 2001. “My father at the time was working at MetLife but leveraged his experience managing clothing factories from his time in India to start a clothing brand on the side,” Akash, 27, told Daily Voice. For years, Akash, his father, Prithvi, and his mother, Manju, had a routine that worked: they’d spend the first several month…

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by Valerie Musson
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Microsoft Closing Nearly All Remaining Stores In 'New Approach To Retail' Microsoft Closing Nearly All Remaining Stores In 'New Approach To Retail'
Microsoft Closing Nearly All Remaining Stores In 'New Approach To Retail' Nearly all of Microsoft’s remaining 82 retail stores will permanently close in what the company is calling a "strategic change in retail operations." The tech chain’s three remaining New Jersey stores in Bridgewater, Paramus and Freehold are still closed following COVID-19 shutdowns. Final decisions have not been made regarding whether or not these locations will ever reopen before their permanent closure, officials said. “Our sales have grown online as our product portfolio has evolved to largely digital offerings, and our talented team has proven success serving customers beyond any phys…

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by Valerie Musson
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Candy Store Cancels Opening, Subway Closes In Maywood Candy Store Cancels Opening, Subway Closes In Maywood
Candy Store Cancels Opening, Subway Closes In Maywood Maywood will soon see two vacant storefronts on W. Pleasant Avenue. Kwoka Caramel has canceled its storefront opening several months after beginning construction, owners told Daily Voice. The company continues to sell homemade candies online. Subway saw its final days on the same block, and officially closed late last month.  No word yet on what will take the sandwich shop's place, or go into Kwoka's space.

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by Cecilia Levine