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This Christmas Light-Wrapped BMW Is Driving Bergen County Barber's Important Mission This Christmas Light-Wrapped BMW Is Driving Bergen County Barber's Important Mission
This Christmas Light-Wrapped BMW Is Driving Bergen County Barber's Important Mission If you’ve driven through Bergen County recently, chances are you’ve noticed a glowing BMW lighting up the road.  That dazzling car belongs to Hackensack's Starlyn Delgado, who’s turning heads this holiday season to collect toys for kids in need. Delgado, 33, runs Star Mobile Cuts, a mobile barbershop based at the Hasbrouck Heights VFW and organizes an annual toy drive benefiting Toys for Tots. To raise awareness, he spent nine hours wrapping his BMW in hundreds of Christmas lights, which he powers through his car’s cigarette lighter and secures with packing tape. “I’m always changing …

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by Cecilia Levine
Traffic
Have You Seen NJDOT's Saucy New Safety Signs? Have You Seen NJDOT's Saucy New Safety Signs?
Have You Seen Njdot's Saucy New Safety Signs? "We'll be blunt, don't drive high." "Nice car, did it come with a turn signal?" "Hocus pocus, drive with focus." The New Jersey Transportation Department was apparently hoping to get their safe driving requests across in a new way. But based on the photos that have been surfacing on social media, the signs might actually be distracting to drivers. And so, the DOT has now threatened to go back to the tired, old signs if drivers don't put their phones down and, well, "hocus pocus drive with focus." 🚫 We’re glad you’re enjoying the new safety messages, but please don’t take pictures of t…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
WATCH: Gas Pumps Struck By SUV On Route 1 Burst Into Flames WATCH: Gas Pumps Struck By SUV On Route 1 Burst Into Flames
Watch: Gas Pumps Struck By SUV On Route 1 Burst Into Flames Surveillance video captured a chain-reaction crash in which a vehicle slammed into two gas pumps that burst into flames on Route 1 in Middlesex County. The attendant had just finished servicing a customer and was walking away when the driver of a sedan in the center lane tries to suddenly turn right into the station Tuesday morning. A red SUV coming up on the right side sideswipes that vehicle before careening into the station pumps in the video released by North Brunswick police. Both pumps then burst into flames. “This morning, we received multiple 911 calls for a motor vehicle crash at…

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by Jerry DeMarco