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Trader Joe's Recalling Basil Sold In New Jersey Due To Salmonella Outbreak
Trader Joe's is recalling Infinite Herbs-brand organic basil that was sold across the country in 2.5-ounce clamshell packaging due to concerns of Salmonella contamination. This week, the supermarket giant issued an alert cautioning shoppers in 29 states, as well as Washington, DC, not to consume the product as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigates a reported outbreak of Salmonella. Trader Joes is recalling Infinite Herbs Organic Basil FDA According to the FDA, "Trader Joe’s has already voluntarily removed all Infinite Herbs-brand organic basil packed in 2.5-oz clamshell pa…
Obituaries
Lauren Brecher, Longtime Teacher, Morris County Resident, Dies At 50
Lauren Brecher died on Friday, April 12 at Morristown Medical Center at the age of 50 after battling cancer, according to her obituary. Born in Massachusetts, she grew up in Oakland in Bergen County before moving to Lake Hiawatha in 1996, her obituary reads. Brecher was a longtime teacher at Suburban Hills School in Chester and later taught OLPH Early Childhood Center in Oakland, her obituary reads. I met Lauren in 10th grade gym class; she was a junior. We had exercise aerobics and we hid in the back both lazy and I... Posted by Deborah Butturini on Monday, April 15, 2024 "Those w…
Police & Fire
Victims Scammed Out Of $2.2M By NJ Couple In 'Publishers Clearing House Lottery' Scheme: Cops
A couple from Secaucus is facing a litany of charges after scamming residents in multiple states out of more nearly $2.2 million, police said. Akeem Lee and Majda Hodzic-Lee called victims in Florida, Minnesota, Arizona, Kansas, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Nebraska, saying they'd won the "Publishers Clearing House Lottery," Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. In exchange for the vehicles and large sums of money the victims were told they won, they were required by Lee and Hodzic-Lee to send cash, money orders and/or gift cards for taxes, fees and IRS …
Police & Fire
Stephanie Weymouth, Victim Killed In NJ Crash, Was Enthusiastic Teacher Who Led Full Life
Stephanie Weymouth, a Wilmington, Mass. native, is being remembered for her passion for teaching and performing after being killed in a car crash earlier this month in Jersey City. The 31-year-old Bayonne resident was killed Saturday, Feb. 3, in a car crash after the vehicle she was riding in struck the back of a tractor trailer, authorities said. A 2010 graduate of Wilmington High School in Massachusetts, Weymouth moved to New Jersey to attend Drew University, graduating in 2014 with a degree in theater arts, and later receiving a master's degree in education, according to her obitua…
Business
Cereal Dreams Offers Childhood Nostalgia In North Jersey: 'I Want People To Feel Happy'
Waking up on Saturday morning with a big bowl of cereal and turning on cartoons was a rite of passage for people of a certain age. A South Orange eatery is aiming to bring that feeling of nostalgia back. Anne Mandell, of Maplewood, recently opened Cereal Dreams at the Co-Lab at 57 South Orange Ave. Cereal Dreams features 25 different cereals, with Mandell serving as the cerealtender, mixing different cereals to whatever anyone's heart desires, even for the weirdos who don't like milk in their cereal. Cereal Dreams also serves up cereal treats. View this post on In…
News
'Life-Threatening' Allergy Prompts Recall Of Wegmans Hummus In 8 States — Including NJ
A popular hummus sold at Wegmans in eight states and the District of Columbia has been recalled by the company, the FDA announced on Feb. 3. A producer for Wegmans, Summer Fresh Salads Inc. of Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada has recalled Wegmans Harissa Hummus Topped With Harissa, according to the FDA. The recall was prompted due to undeclared sesame in the produce. The company explained that people with sesame allergies "run the risk of [a] serious or life-threatening allergic reaction[s] if they consume [this] product." Notably, "No illnesses have been reported to date in connect…
News
Listeria Prompts Recall Of These Spinach, Salad Kits Grown In NJ
A voluntary recall has been issued across seven states for BrightFarms spinach and four salad kits, the FDA announced on Wednesday, Jan. 17. The recall includes spinach grown by BrightFarms's supplier, Element Farms, located in Pompton Plains, New Jersey. Brightfarms has temporarily suspended the distribution of any spinach grown at the farm due to the recall. The FDA explained there was "potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes" from the products distributed from its Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania facility. Listeria monocytogenes can cause potentially fatal infe…
Business
TGI Fridays Closing Springfield Restaurant, 30 Total Locations Across Northeast
TGI Fridays is closing nearly 30 "underperforming" locations across the northeast and will sell eight restaurants to the chain's former CEO, the chain said in a news release. The 27 closures include restaurants in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. In total, 36 TGI Fridays locations are shutting down nationwide. The company says about 1,000 employees, which represent more than 80% of those impacted, will be offered transfer opportunities. "As we continue along our path of transformation to revitalize the Fridays brand and …
Weather
First Projected Snowfall Totals Released For Major Storm Headed To Northeast
The first projected snowfall totals have been released for a potent coast-to-coast winter storm expected to hit the Northeast midway through the weekend. Click here for a new, updated story - Projected Snowfall Totals Increase As Nor'easter Nears: These Spots Could See 18 Inches Snowfall is expected to begin overnight Saturday, Jan. 6 into Sunday, Jan. 7, according to the National Weather Service. Areas in the darker shade in the image above from AccuWeather.com are expected to see between 6 and 12 inches of snowfall, including parts of upstate New York, northern Connecticut and areas…
Lifestyle
Hard Launch: ABC Drops Official Promo For 'The Bachelor' Season Featuring North Jersey Model
They're obsessed. They're simply, obsessed. The women, that is, on Joey Graziadei's season of ABC's "The Bachelor." The network has been steadily releasing ads for the Jan. 22, 2024 premier starring the 28-year-old Collegeville tennis coach. Most recently, a Christmas-themed video with a cameo from ASKN — April, Susan, Kathy and Nancy, the infamous foursome formed on the "Golden Bachelor." ALSO SEE: "The Bachelor" Filming Drives Crowds To Collegeville Italian Bakery On Friday, Dec. 29, ABC for the first time released a montage giving the hungry Bachelor Nation a glimpse into Joey an…
Police & Fire
Gotcha
! Here's How FBI Says It Nabbed Paterson Kidnappers
A Paterson resident who'd just been kidnapped was being shown a photo array of suspects when he suddenly pointed at one of the pictures. The man in the photo, Joel Ramon Garcia, 33, of Paterson, and an accomplice had held him at gunpoint last month during a six-hour car ride to Massachusetts, while demanding a ransom from his father, before releasing the victim two days later, the FBI said. Federal agents quickly captured both Garcia and Julio Cesar Paniagua, 27, at the same time. Credit the victim's assistance and some sound detective work. It began on Nov. 15, when the victim's father c…
Lifestyle
These NJ Zip Codes Rank Among Top 80 Most Expensive In US, New Report Says
Four zip codes in New Jersey rank in the Top 100 for most expensive in the United States, according to a brand-new report. The findings by RealtyHop were determined by real estate listings so far this year. The majority of the wealthiest Americans live in California and New York. The four New Jersey zip codes are: No. 32 Deal (07723) with a median home listing price of $3.05 million No. 46 Alpine (07620), median home listing price of $2.75 million No. 60 Avalon (08202) median home listing price of $2.45 million No. 81 Short Hills (07078) median home listing price of $2.18 million&nb…
News
Bright Fireball Above East Coast Was Meteor: NASA
Did you see it? A bright fireball that bolted across East Coast skies on Thursday, Nov. 2 was, in fact, a meteor, NASA confirmed. Bright fireball off the coast of Long Island last night just after 7 PM local last night (November 2) Numerous... Posted by NASA Meteor Watch on Friday, November 3, 2023 The meteor was spotted in Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire, around 7:10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2, NASA said. "An analysis of their accounts, combined with information from the World Trade Center and Onset EarthCams, indica…
Weather
Hurricane Lee Growing Larger Before Expected Northward Turn: Latest Projected Landfall Timing
Hurricane Lee is growing in size before it is expected to take a sharp northerly turn by midweek. Click here for a new, updated story: Hurricane Lee Track Shift Poses Increased Threat For Northeast, Possible New England Landfall As of around 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, Lee is located about 550 miles south of Bermuda with 115 mile-per-hour winds. A Category 3 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale, it's moving northwest at 6 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said. Hurricane-force winds now extend 90 miles from Lee’s center, an increase from the weekend. Some slowing…
News
Company Pulls Spicy Product From Shelves Following Teen's 'One Chip Challenge' Death
The company that makes the impossibly spicy viral product has pulled the "One Chip Challenge" from shelves after the family of a 14-year-old Massachusetts boy said he died last week after trying to complete it. Paqui posted a statement on its website that it had clearly stated the challenge was for adults only, but they would remove the product out of an "abundance of caution." "The Paqui One Chip Challenge is intended for adults only, with clear and prominent labeling highlighting the chip is not for children or anyone sensitive to spicy foods or who has food allergies, is pregnant or ha…
News
South Jersey Engineer, 25, Killed In Wrong-Way Massachusetts Crash
A 25-year-old engineer from Mercer County was killed this week by a wrong-way driver in Massachusetts, where she lived and worked, police said. Geetika Guruprasad, of West Windsor, died just after 12:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, in Littleton, a suburb of Boston. Guruprasad was driving her Mazda CX-5 on Route 2 when an SUV traveling on the wrong side of the road collided with her, Massachusetts State Police said. Paramedics rushed her to Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, where doctors pronounced her dead. The 22-year-old driver of the Chevrolet SUV was also se…
Police & Fire
UPenn Grad, Doctor Masturbated On Flight In Front Of 14-Year-Old Girl: Feds
A doctor who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania was placed on leave from the hospital where he works following news that federal authorities had charged him with lewd, indecent, and obscene acts. Sudipta Mohanty, who according to Healthgrades graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 2014, is accused of masturbating and exposing himself on the flight from Hawaii while sitting next to a 14-year-old girl, federal authorities said. "This individual is on leave and not currently practicing at BIDMC," Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medica…
Police & Fire
Drug Dealer Busted With Cocaine, Pills, $1,400 In Cash, Firearms In North Jersey Motel
A drug dealer was found with prescription pills, a stolen handgun, and suspected drug money at the Red Roof Inn in Secaucus Thursday night, July 27, police said. Police initially saw Ridgefield's Anthony Cuccia sell a 24-year-old Maywood resident 10 Oxycodone Pills, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said. Officers investigated further and arrested 26-year-old Cuccia, after searching his room at the Red Roof Inn, Miller said. Cuccia had cocaine, 75 Xanax pills, 15 Oxycodone pills, 90 Adderall pills, Suboxone, Cyclobenzaprine, $1,400 in cash, and a Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun stolen…
News
Salmonella Outbreak That Sickened 9 In NJ Traced To ShopRite Ground Beef: CDC
A salmonella outbreak that sickened nine people in New Jersey has been traced to ShopRite stores, officials said. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), all of the people who remembered the type of ground beef they ate and where they bought it reported eating 80% lean ground beef purchased from ShopRite locations in CT, NJ, and NY, prior to getting sick. Nine cases were reported in New Jersey; five in New York; one in Connecticut; and one in Massachusetts. Ground beef is the only common food people reported eating, the CDC said. Investigators are working to identify the s…
Politics
NJ Reps Aim To Keep AM Radio In Vehicles
Many automakers are removing AM radios from their new electrical vehicles. Some New Jersey congressmen want to change that. Rep. Josh Gottenheimer (D-NJ), who represents most of Bergen County and parts of Passaic and Suffex County is the lead sponsor on a bill in the House of Represenatives that would require automakers to maintain AM radios in their new vehicles at no extra charge to the consumer. The bill, the AM for Every Vehicle Act, has support in the Senate from Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) and Sen. Ted Cruz. (D-TX) Gottenheimer's bill comes in the wake of reports that BMW, Volkswagen, M…
Business
Undeclared Anchovies Prompts Recall Of Pasta Sauce Sold At Some Wegmans Stores
A recall has been issued for a popular brand of tomato sauce sold at Wegmans supermarkets. The manufacturer, LiDestri Foods, said 24-ounce jars of Wegmans Italian Classics Diavolo pasta sauce may contain undeclared fish (anchovy). "People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to anchovy run the risk of a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.," the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said. The sauce was sold at Wegman’s grocery stores in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Virginia,…
Business
Kale, Spinach, Collard Green Products Sold In NJ Subject To Listeria Recall
A Maryland-based company announced a recall of kale and other similar products that were shipped up and down parts of the East Coast and could be contaminated with Listeria. Lancaster Foods is voluntarily recalling three brands of Robinson Fresh, Lancaster, and Giant brand kale, spinach, and collard green products after a random sample tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes by the New York Agriculture and Markets Food Safety Division. Items subject to the recall were distributed to retailers and distributors in Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. …
News
Covid-
19: Highly-Infectious 'Arcturus' Variant Detected In NJ
A new COVID-19 variant first detected in New York in January has now been identified in 27 states, including New Jersey. The so-called Arcturus strain — officially known as XBB.1.16 — is believed to be one of the most infectious versions of Omicron to date. Shortly after the World Health Organization began monitoring the variant in late March, cases had been reported in about two dozen countries. The WHO says Arcturus is a "recombinant" of COVID subvariants BA.2.10.1 and BA.2.75. In addition to New York, XBB.1.16 has also been confirmed in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Pen…
Business
Honda Recalls 564K SUVs For Cold Weather Rust Risk Concern
Hundreds of thousands of Honda SUVs are being recalled due to concerns that road salt could cause the frame of the vehicle to rust and unintentionally detach parts of the rear suspension. Officials announced this week that Honda is recalling nearly 564,000 CR-V models that were produced between 2007 and 2011 that were sold in states where salt and other de-icing chemicals are used to clear roads during winter storms. According to Honda, “in salt-belt states where de-icing agents are used to maintain the roadway, the de-icing agents, along with mud and water, could enter the rear frame throu…
News
NJ Parole Board Denies Release Of Convicted Bergen Child Sex Offender
UPDATE: The New Jersey Parole Board has denied what had been the announced release of a convicted sex offender from Fair Lawn. "An administrative hold has been placed against this offender's parole date and he will not be released at this time," Tanya A. Milton, coordinator of the board's Victim Services Unit, wrote to a parent of one of the victims. No reason was given. Jack Anderson, 28, was originally scheduled to be released "on or about" Thursday, March 30. The board will review the hold and determine whether to release or continue to incarcerate Anderson. He'd been the subject of a…
News
Daily Voice Goes Hollywood: Award-Winning Movie 'Tar' Features DV As Trusted News Source
Producers of the 2022 movie "Tar" clearly agree that Daily Voice is the best-trusted source for news in the region. Watch the award-winning film and you'll know why. About an hour and 30 minutes into the movie, the main character, Lydia Tar (played by actress Cate Blanchett) visits one of Daily Voice's 47 separate websites in New York, covering the Northern Westchester County village of Mount Kisco, looking for information on a student she's accused of abusing. It appears the film used the Daily Voice template to draft the news report that informed Tar of her victim's sudden and unexpected…
Business
Sandwiches Sold Across Region Recalled Due To Potential Listeria Contamination
A Baltimore-based food company is recalling hundreds of products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Fresh Ideation Food Group LLC says the products were sold from Tuesday, Jan. 24 through Monday, Jan. 30 in nine states, including Connecticut, Washington DC, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia. The products include sandwiches, salads, snacks, yogurt, wraps, and related products. A listing of the relevant product information is provided at the bottom of this pres…
News
$10K Mega Millions Winner Sold At Bergen County Liquor Store
A Mega Millions ticket good for $10,000 was sold in Bergen County. The ticket from the Tuesday, Jan. 31 drawing was purchased from Metro Liquors on Schuyler Avenue in North Arlington. A $4 million ticket winning the second-tier prize was sold in Camden County, while the $31 million winner was sold in Massachusetts. The estimated cash value for the latter is $16.5 million. The winning numbers were: 07, 09, 18, 29, and 39. The Gold Mega Ball was 13, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 04.
News
$4 Million Mega Millions Lottery Ticket Sold In South Jersey
A second-tier prizewinning Mega Millions lottery ticket good for $4 million was sold in Camden County. The winning ticket matched five of the five white balls drawn winning the $1 million prize. That ticket was purchased with the Megaplier option, multiplying the prize to $4 milliion. The ticket from the Tuesday, Jan. 31 drawing was sold at One Stop Shoppe, 396 Whitehorse Pike, Atco in Camden County. The winning numbers were 7, 9, 18, 29 and 39. The Mega Ball drawn was 13, with a Megaplier of 4X. One Massachusetts ticket matched all five of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Bal…
Business
Wegmans Recalls Some Vegetable Products Due To Salmonella Concerns
Check your refrigerator. Wegmans has issued a voluntary recall on its products containing micro greens, sweet pea leaves, and cat grass due to concerns they may be contaminated with salmonella. The recall involves the following products: Wegmans Organic Baby Kale & Baby Spinach with Sweet Pea Leaves 5 oz (UPC: 0-77890-52377-3) with a best by date of 12/20/22 Wegmans Organic Farm & Orchard Micro Greens 1.75 oz (UPC: 0-77890-25036-5) with best by dates 12/17/22 and 12/24/22 Wegmans Organic Farm & Orchard Cat Grass (UPC: 0-77890-50938-8 The recalled productsFDA The recall…
Police & Fire
Carload Of Fool's Gold Sinks Jersey City DEA Imposter's Plan For Riches: Feds
When a Massachusetts woman contacted federal authorities to report a man claiming to be one of them and asking for $330,000 in gold bars, they came up with a plan that would turn the tables and ultimately land the Jersey City imposter in police custody. The undercover agents set up a meeting with 38-year-old Gaurang Contractor in a Texas Roadhouse parking lot, and promised told two buckets of gold waiting for him inside a car's trunk. The gold was as real as his DEA badge. Investigators said Contractor contacted the woman in August and claimed to be a DEA agent named Oscar White, autho…
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