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Target To Close Stores In 4 States, Including NY, Citing Theft, Organized Retail Crime Target To Close Stores In 4 States, Including NY, Citing Theft, Organized Retail Crime
Target To Close Stores In 4 States, Including NY, Citing Theft, Organized Retail Crime Citing incidents involving violence and theft, Target announced it is closing nine stores in four states, including one in New York. The New York store is in Manhattan, at 517 E 117th St. Three other stores are in California, in the San Francisco/Oakland market, and three in Oregon, in Portland. The other two stores are in Seattle, Washington. "We cannot continue operating these stores because theft and organized retail crime are threatening the safety of our team and guests, and contributing to unsustainable business performance," the company said in a statement released Tuesday afternoo…
Beloved Montvale Math Teacher Donna Myhre Of Oakland, 43, Dies After Battle With ALS Beloved Montvale Math Teacher Donna Myhre Of Oakland, 43, Dies After Battle With ALS
Beloved Montvale Math Teacher Donna Myhre Of Oakland, 43, Dies After Battle With ALS Donna Myhre fought ALS as hard as she could. Formerly a triathlete, the Oakland mom and Montvale teacher took advantage of each ounce of independence that remained after being diagnosed six years ago.  Every cherished moment was spent with her daughter, Mikayla, with whom she was pregnant at the time of her diagnosis. "What’s driving me is my desire to still be there and exist for many reasons,” Myhre told Daily Voice last year. “But primarily for my daughter.” Myhre died Saturday morning. She was 43. Her family announced her passing on the GoFundMe campaign, which had raised nearly …
This Bergen Police Officer, Motorcyclist Beat Cancer - Twice This Bergen Police Officer, Motorcyclist Beat Cancer - Twice
This Bergen Police Officer, Motorcyclist Beat Cancer - Twice Oakland Police Officer Mark Piercy gets on his Harley and suddenly is free. Riding alongside his brothers in Maywood's Untouchables Motorcycle Club with his wife, Tara, holding him from behind, Piercy's problems seem to disappear. All he sees is the road ahead. In that moment, nothing else matters. This is how the 44-year-old officer assigned to the detective bureau has cleared his head and coped with stress for the better part of his life. But from August 2010 to January 2012 as he battled two forms of aggressive cancer, Piercy didn't have the motorcycle handles to lean on. Just friends…