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Game Show Redemption: Bergen County Business Owner Wins Big On 'Price Is Right'
Alessandra Curcio said she suffered "game show blackout" when she was told to "Come On Dowwwwwwn" on a recent episode of "The Price is Right." The Elmwood Park resident appeared on the episode which aired Monday, June 3, winning $65,000 in prizes and cash, getting to play the Showcase Showdown, and winning Master Key. CBS/Price Is Right (Provided by Alessandra Curcio) As part of her prizes, Curcio won a cruise to Margaritaville, a stay in the Bahamas and a trip to the Cook Islands near New Zealand. Curcio's trip out to Los Angeles involved a connection to another iconic game s…
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Meet The Leap Year Baby Born At Teaneck's Holy Name Medical Center
New Jersey welcomed several new Garden Staters on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024 — and they won't celebrate their first birthdays for another four years. At 12:10 a.m., Angelica Prieto, welcomed her son Simon Prieto at Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center in Hackensack — the first Leap Day baby born across the HMH network. Simon weighs 7 pounds 2 ounces, and is 21 inches long. Angelica Prieto, welcomed her son Simon Prieto today at Hackensack Meridian Hackensack University Medical Center at 12:10 a.m. Hackensack Meridian Health Baby boy Oliver Grayson Corrado was born …
Lifestyle
Joe Giudice Spends Holiday Time With Daughters, Ex-Teresa In Bahamas
There's no bad blood in the Giudice family. Joe Giudice — who was deported to Italy in 2019 after serving more than three years in prison for mail, bankruptcy, and wire fraud — joined his ex, Teresa, her husband Louie Ruelas, and his daughters in the Bahamas between Christmas and New Year's. The happy fam shared photos on Instagram. One big happy family? joe.giudice Instagram View this post on Instagram A post shared by milania.ggiudice (@milania.ggiudice) Teresa and Joe, who for years starred together on Bravo's "The Real Housewiv…
Lifestyle
NJ's Billy McFarland Wants You To Live With Him As He Plans Fyre Festival 2 — No, Seriously
Billy McFarland is still trying to make Fyre Festival happen. McFarland, who was raised in Short Hills, is planning Fyre Festival 2 in the Hamptons in August, and he's letting someone witness the craziness firsthand. Fyre Festival 1 very much did not go as planned. In a video posted to social media platforms on Thursday, July 20, McFarland said he is offering eight people the chance to live with him for two weeks in August as he plans Fyre Festival 2. "You'll be there for all the crazy buildup, for the jet skis, the flights, the actual event itself, and of course the afterparty," McFarla…
Lifestyle
Fyre Festival II Is On, NJ Fraudster Founder Says
Lovers of bland cheese sandwiches rejoice! Fyre Festival II is finally happening, so Billy McFarland says. Which means it's probably not happening. McFarland, who was raised in Short Hills, tweeted on Sunday, April 9: For those who don't remember, Fyre Festival I, organized by McFarland and Ja Rule was a massive debacle. What was supposed to be a planned music festival and luxury weekend on the Bahamas promoted by social media influencers ended with guests sleeping in shoddy tents, served bland cheese sandwiches and being the subject of epic schadenfreude by bemused onlookers relishing ev…
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Associates Of NJ Fyre Fest Fraudster Warn Of New 'Crazier' Party: Report
The infamous New Jersey con artist behind the disastrous Fyre Festival Billy Fraudster has apparently decided to make a comeback after his prison release: An event hosting with another island party reportedly in the works. This one is called PYRT, pronounced pirate, NBC News reports. And it's a lot like the disastrous 2017 Fyre Festival in the Bahamas, except this time, the Short Hills native tells NBC News he won't be promising results. Several of his old associates, however, have come forward warning the general public to not fall into his trap, the outlet said. “PYRT appears to be …
Weather
Nicole Expected To Become Hurricane, Bring Drenching Rain, Gusty Winds To Northeast
Tropical Storm Nicole is expected to strengthen to hurricane status before bringing drenching rain and gusty winds to the Northeast. Packed with maximum sustained winds of around 70 miles per hour with higher gusts, the center of Nicole will move near or over the Bahamas by midday Wednesday, Nov. 9, and approach the east coast of Florida within the hurricane warning area Wednesday night, the National Hurricane Center said. For the latest projected timing and track for Nicole from AccuWeather.com, click on the first image above. Nicole's center is then expected to move across…
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Hurricane Watch Issued In Florida As Nicole Heads Toward US: Here's New Projected Timing, Track
A Hurricane Watch has been issued along Florida's East Coast as newly named subtropical storm Nicole makes its way toward the East Coast. Nicole, located about 380 miles east-northeast of the Bahamas as of early Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, is moving northwest. A turn toward the west and west-southwest is expected later in the day, and that motion should continue through Wednesday, Nov. 9, the National Hurricane Center said. A turn toward the northwest and north-northwest is expected Thursday, Nov. 10. Nicole now has maximum sustained winds of around 50 miles per hour with higher …
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Cold Front Will Bring Change In Weather Pattern As New Storm System Develops In Atlantic
A springlike stretch of weather will finally come to an end as a cold front moves through the region followed by potential impacts from a storm system developing in the Atlantic. The cold front is gradually approaching on Sunday, Nov. 6, and will move through on Monday, Nov. 7, according to the National Weather Service. Before the front pushes through, high temperatures will rise into the 70s on both Sunday and Monday. On Sunday, there will be light showers at times, especially in areas farther west, said the weather service, which noted that the chance of showers will expand overnig…
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PA Woman Killed In Bahamas Shark Attack ID'd
The Pennsylvania woman killed in a shark attack while vacationing in the Bahamas has been identified by her employer. Caroline DiPlacido, 58, a faculty member at Gannon University, was snorkeling with her family when a bull shark bit her in the waters near Green Cay just before 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, according to police and multiple news outlets citing university officials. DiPlacido had been a passenger on a cruise ship that stopped on the island and booked a boat tour with a local company for the day, she said, Royal Bahamas Police Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings …
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Pennsylvania Woman Killed In Shark Attack While Vacationing In Bahamas
A Pennsylvania resident was killed in a shark attack while vacationing in The Bahamas, authorities said. The 58-year-old woman was snorkeling with her family when a bull shark bit her in the waters near Green Cay just before 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings said during a press conference. The unidentified victim was a passenger on a cruise ship that stopped on the island and booked a boat tour with a local company for the day, she said. "That area is known for visitors to snorkel," the chief said. When the woman's family members noticed she was be…
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Royal Caribbean Cruise Returns To Baltimore After
Covid-
19 Hiatus
Royal Caribbean Cruise has finally returned to the Port of Baltimore after a 21-month hiatus due to COVID-19 with its Enchantment of the Seas vessel. The Maryland Port of Administration held a brief welcoming ceremony for the cruise line today, presenting the captain of the cruise ship with an official Port of Baltimore ship’s wheel. The Enchantment of the Seas will be sailing to the Bahamas and the Southern Caribbean. It is the third ship to restart operations this month after Grandeur of the Seas set sail from Barbados and Brilliance of the Seas started operations from Tampa. Throug…
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'Lumbering' Larry Looks Like He'll Be Losing Steam, Hurricane Center Reports
As Labor Day dawned, Hurricane Larry already was showing signs of slowing down, although things could get a bit dicey at the Jersey Shore, meteorologists said. With maximum sustained winds near 125 miles per hour and "little change in strength forecast the next day or so," it was expected to remain no more than a Category 3 hurricane, the National Hurricane Center reported late Sunday. Larry nonetheless is still a "large and expanding" hurricane that's expected to cause "life-threatening surf and rip current conditions" along the Jersey Shore and certain points north around midweek. "Beac…
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Poker Player's Public Battle With Demons Ends In Fatal Plunge From NJ High-Rise
His fellow poker professionals were becoming increasingly concerned about Matthew Marafioti’s mental health when it all ended tragically last week. Marafioti, a 33-year-old Toronto native who reportedly won multiple millions in his poker-playing career, had a very public battle with his demons. Recent social media posts were filled with an insistence that “social justice” gangsters were after him as he fought in court to gain joint custody of his young son. Shortly after 11 a.m. last Friday, Marafioti dove head-first to his death from a friend’s 28th-floor balcony at the Winston Towers, a …
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'Firefighting Royalty': NJ Legend Larry Rauch Dies
He was the very definition of “class act,” a father figure and mentor to a multitude who made protecting others their mission. You couldn't help but love him. “Firefighting royalty” one colleague said Monday after learning that retired veteran fire chief and academy instructor Larry Rauch had died a week and a half shy of his 79th birthday. Rauch, the Bergen County Fire Academy’s head instructor for several decades, fought fires for nearly 50 years in Upper Saddle River. He lived there most of his life before moving to Manchester in 2019 with his beloved wife of 58 years, Sherry, who died…
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BIG
Warmup
: Temperatures Finally Climb This Week, Tri-State Weather Expert Says
Another frosty night followed by a couple of unseasonably cold days holds a nice surprise at week's end, a leading area weather expert said Monday. For one thing, a tropical storm expected to emerge off the Southeast coast isn’t likely to head our way, despite what others may claim, meteorologist Joseph “Joestradamus” Cioffi said. For another, temperatures are expected to rise considerably, he said. “Front and center today is the next cold front that will be moving through this afternoon and evening,” Cioffi said. “This is going to be another night of frosts and freezes mostly away from w…
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Dorian
Watch
: Historic Hurricane Batters Bahamas, Prompts Coastal Georgia, SC Evacuation Orders
Hurricane Dorian on Sunday became the strongest storm of its kind to hit the Bahamas -- and Atlantic Ocean's most intense in nearly 85 years -- with sustained reported winds of 185 miles an hour and gusts over 220mph. South Carolina and Georgia’s governors ordered mandatory coastline evacuations beginning at noon on Labor Day and school and state office closings on Tuesday, as the historic hurricane took aim at the East Coast. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster also ordered immediate medical evacuations on Sunday -- including hospitals, nursing home, psychiatric facilities and assisted livi…
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Dorian
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: Category 5 Reached, With 200MPH Gusts, Concerns For Florida, Carolinas, Northeast
Hurricane Dorian on Sunday became the strongest storm of its kind to hit the Bahamas -- and Atlantic Ocean's most intense in nearly 85 years -- with sustained reported winds of 185 miles an hour and gusts over 220mph. South Carolina and Georgia’s governors ordered mandatory coastline evacuations beginning at noon on Labor Day and school and state office closings on Tuesday, as the historic hurricane took aim at the East Coast. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster also ordered immediate medical evacuations on Sunday -- including hospitals, nursing home, psychiatric facilities and assisted livi…
Lifestyle
This British Billionaire Just Parked His Superyacht In Fort Lee
A $300 million yacht owned by British investor Joe Lewis is parked just north of the George Washington Bridge on the Hudson River. The powerful Abeking & Rasmussen flagship yacht can be seen from Ross Dock and boasts a paddle tennis court, hidden cinema and tons and tons of balconies. Lewis currently lives in the Bahamas and is estimated to be worth $5.3 billion. It's unclear why the yacht is in the area but was spotted last week by local enthusiast Jill Bobrow from the train, NorthJersey.com says. CLICK HERE TO LOOK INSIDE THE AVIVA.
Lifestyle
Wayne
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Star Who Was Engaged 19 Times Gets Hitched
Is the third time a charm for Wayne native Danielle Staub? The Real Housewife of New Jersey has been married twice before and engaged 19 times wed beau Marty Caffrety Sunday in the Bahamas, Page Six reports. Former enemy Teresa Giudice was the matron of honor during the ceremony, which was filmed for the Bravo show, the article says. In June 2010, Staub's Wayne was listed for sale. Two years later, the star filed for bankruptcy. Her house was listed as a short sale in connection with her successful completion of filing bankruptcy.
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