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Fed Up With NJ Transit? New Customer Advocate Is Here To Help Fed Up With NJ Transit? New Customer Advocate Is Here To Help
Fed Up With NJ Transit? New Customer Advocate Is Here To Help The next time your NJ Transit bus drives right past you or your train loses service, you'll have a customer advocate to hear your woes. The NJ Transit Board of Directors on Thursday, Oct. 10 named its customer advocate. Meet Franck Beamin. Born and raised in France, Beamin pursued higher education in law, earning a license degree in Public Law before continuing his studies at the Institute of Political Science in Rennes. There, he focused on Urban Networks in Developing Countries and Planning Policies, graduating with two master’s degrees. Following his higher education, Beaumin…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Late NJ Ballerina Michaela DePrince's Mom Died Within 24 Hours After Her Late NJ Ballerina Michaela DePrince's Mom Died Within 24 Hours After Her
Late NJ Ballerina Michaela DePrince's Mom Died Within 24 Hours After Her A day after learning of ballerina Michaela DePrince's sudden death, her family has revealed that her adoptive mom passed away within the following 24 hours, according to a Facebook post, and confirmed by the family to Daily Voice on Saturday, Sept. 14.  Elaine DePrince of Cherry Hill, NJ died "after many years of battling a hereditary disease and heart failure," as stated in the post. She passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 11. She was 77 years old.  Michaela's death at the age of 29 was announced on Friday, Sept. 13 in an Instagram post, as Daily Voice previously reported. Her f…

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by Jillian Pikora
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Comic's Spontaneous 'Dovid Portnoy' Impression At NJ Pizzeria Goes Viral Comic's Spontaneous 'Dovid Portnoy' Impression At NJ Pizzeria Goes Viral
Comic's Spontaneous 'Dovid Portnoy' Impression At NJ Pizzeria Goes Viral Just in time for Dave Portnoy's big return to New Jersey, a local comic is going viral for his impression of the iconic CEO. Ami Kozak, a music composer from Englewood, was eating at Dana's Pizza on E. Palisade Avenue this week when the co-host of his podcast, Michael Weber, of Ami's House, spontaneously decided to do a Portnoy-style review. He calls the character, Dovid Portnoy. Kozak, 37, says he never expected the video to take off the way that it did. View this post on Instagram A post shared by AJ-Comedy (@amikozak_official) "I posted …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Stomach Bug Turns Out To Be Leukemia For NJ Boy, Campaign Says Stomach Bug Turns Out To Be Leukemia For NJ Boy, Campaign Says
Stomach Bug Turns Out To Be Leukemia For NJ Boy, Campaign Says Julian Sherman is just nine years old but is already in the fight of his life. The 9-year-old Maplewood boy had seen the doctor twice for symptoms of what appeared to be a stomach bug, according to a GoFundMe launched for his family. But on Saturday, July 27, while in Boston for Julian's brothers' hockey tournament, things took a turn for the worst, as Julian began urinating blood and was rushed to Mass General for Children in Boston, the campaign reads. Since being diagnosed with acute lymphatic leukemia, Julian has gone into kidney failure and was put into a coma with a bre…

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by Sam Barron
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Meet NJ Photographer Capturing Some Of The Most Iconic Shots At Paris Olympics Meet NJ Photographer Capturing Some Of The Most Iconic Shots At Paris Olympics
Meet NJ Photographer Capturing Some Of The Most Iconic Shots At Paris Olympics You've probably seen some of Elsa Garrison's shots, but you may not even know it. The West Orange (Essex County) resident, who moved to the area from Minnesota with her husband 12 years ago, has captured some of the most iconic moments at the Paris Olympics 2024 for Getty Images since the games began last month. Getty Images Elsa Garrison for Getty Images Garrison covered her first Olympic games as an editor at Nagano 1998. She covered her first Olympic games as a photographer at Torino 2006. She's also worked at London 2012, Rio 2016, Tokyo 2020/2021 and Beijing 2022. Daily Voice…

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by Cecilia Levine