Local police are warning parents of a new social media platform and smartphone app that is apparently aggressive in its quest to get users to share locations with contacts.Mappen's description in the App Store reads:“SEE WHERE YOUR FRIENDS ARE AND MEET UP. Mappen helps you plan your social life by showing you where friends are and what they’re doing so you can get together.” The ...

Like Toys R Us, but different. Nearly a year after going out of business, the toy conglomerate is trying for a comeback. This time, it's called Tru Kids and is headquartered out of Parsippany, New Jersey just 20 minutes from its former Wayne, New Jersey location, CNBC reports.The company -- which was launched Jan. 20 -- is operated by former Toys R Us executives hoping to bring ...

A beloved restaurant has closed its doors after nearly 40 years in business.Owners Michael and Lisa Schliman of Gordo's in Hawthorne held a farewell party over the weekend that brought hundreds to the Commerce Street eatery -- one last time."So sad to know that Gordo's is closing," John Torpey said on Facebook. "Diane practically raised our two sons there... Our biggest regret is ...

General Mills has issued a recall of five-pound Gold Medal bags of flour after salmonella was found in samples of the product.Bags with a “better if used by date of April 20, 2020” were part of the recall, which the FDA said was issued out of an abundance of care. There have been no reports of anyone becoming sick.“Food safety is our top priority, and though we have not had any ...

United Airlines passengers on a flight from Newark spent nearly 14 hours stuck on a freezing tarmac in Canada.The Hong Kong-bound flight made an emergency landing at Newfoundland's Goose Bay Airport at 9:31 p.m., six hours after taking off from New Jersey Saturday, several media outlets reported.Just as the plane was preparing to depart, a door of the Boeing 777-200 got stuck ...

Did you see Sunday's Super Wolf Blood Moon? The total lunar eclipse was one of its kind -- and the last until 2021.The moon at its closest point to Earth for the month is sometimes called a "supermoon." When that happens in January, it's called a "Wolf Moon."Send your photos to Daily Voice by emailing clevine@dailyvoice.com

Several people in New York reported seeing a fireball that tore across the area WednesdayThe American Meteor Society received more than 190 reports from Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and North Carolina between 6:35 a.m. and 6:45 a.m.The fireball was traveling from northeast to southwest and ended its flight somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, northeast of Norfolk, V.A., ...

A 12-year-old Westchester girl will be competing in a Food Network baking show.Nyah Rosado is competing on Season 6 of "Kids Baking Championship," airing Monday, Jan. 7.The student at Albert Leonard Middle School in New Rochelle describes herself as very competitive, playing basketball, lacrosse and soccer.If she wins, Nyah wants a tattoo that says she won Kids Baking ...

Is it the exorbitant cost of living? What about public transportation issues?More New Yorkers moved out than in last year, according to a recent study by United Van Lines.The  St. Louis-based moving company found that New York had the fourth-highest rate of residents moving to other states -- with 61.5 percent of moves being outbound.New Jersey has ranked in the top 10 ...

A dog that went missing in March was reunited with her Wyckoff family on Christmas Eve.The same day that the Sterlacci family brought Bella home March 30, the pup charged into the neighbor's yard and ran. And ran. And ran.Bella was microchipped, but for whatever reason it wasn't registering, Felicia Sterlacci said. She was spotted in neighboring towns in April and May. But after a ...