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North Jersey Woman Opens Cafe For Deaf After Seeing Hardships Her Parents Faced North Jersey Woman Opens Cafe For Deaf After Seeing Hardships Her Parents Faced
North Jersey Woman Opens Cafe For Deaf After Seeing Hardships Her Parents Faced A cafe catering to the area's deaf or hard of hearing residents has opened in North Jersey. "Deafs Delight Cafe" -- the first of its kind for the Tri-State area -- is located at 2 Treat Pl., in Newark. The joint is owned by Sandra Rivers, who was born to deaf parents. Rivers noted her parents both died in a society that "wasn't built for them." Opening the cafe is her way of making sure this never happens again, she said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by @deafsdelightcafe Rivers put her life savings toward opening the cafe.  …

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by Cecilia Levine