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NJ Onlyfans Model Flashes Philadelphia Portal Months After Doing The Same In NYC NJ Onlyfans Model Flashes Philadelphia Portal Months After Doing The Same In NYC
NJ Onlyfans Model Flashes Philadelphia Portal Months After Doing The Same In NYC Old habits die hard for Ava Louise, an Onlyfans model who famously had the New York City-Dublin portal shut down in May for exposing her breasts. She's back at it in Philadelphia. Ava, whose Facebook profile says she lives in Newark and graduated from Rutgers, recently shared a video of herself flashing the portal to Europe, and then another one bragging about getting it shut down.  "You might remember I pulled this stunt in New York," Ava said. "I had to run it back and whip 'em out for Philly." The portal at LOVE park, which only opened this week, rotates between Poland, Irela…

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by Cecilia Levine
Sports
Bergen County Underdog Stuns Fighters With Unexpected Win At European MMA Competition Bergen County Underdog Stuns Fighters With Unexpected Win At European MMA Competition
Bergen County Underdog Stuns Fighters With Unexpected Win At European MMA Competition Edgardo Moran stood in the corner of the gym feeling like the underdog. It was his first international trip and he was moments away from representing the USA in the International Tang Soo Do competition, held Nov. 11 and 12 in the Netherlands. "The competition was pretty much for Europeans only," said Moran, who owns Xtreme Edge Martial Arts in Lyndhurst.  "There were a lot of people from Germany, Wales, Poland, Sweden, and London. I was an American, a Latino, knowing no one. "I felt like the underdog, the outcast. Coming from America to a whole different, country and my style of martial…

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by Cecilia Levine
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They Had FOMO So They Had Kids — Now, They Regret It: Rutgers Study They Had FOMO So They Had Kids — Now, They Regret It: Rutgers Study
They Had FOMO So They Had Kids — Now, They Regret It: Rutgers Study FOMO: It's the fear of missing out and exactly what a group of now-regretful parents say pushed them to have children, a study by Rutgers University has found. The study found that one in every 14 parents in the United States, or about 7 percent, say they wouldn’t have children if they could do it over again, according to the study. Rates of parental regret are even higher in parts of Europe, such as Germany (8 percent) and Poland (13.6 percent), Rutgers University said in a release. One of the main reasons that regretful parents have children in the first place may be fear of missing …

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by Cecilia Levine
Business
Retired Police Chief, Polish Immigrant Open New Gym In Old Jersey City Firehouse Retired Police Chief, Polish Immigrant Open New Gym In Old Jersey City Firehouse
Retired Police Chief, Polish Immigrant Open New Gym In Old Jersey City Firehouse One is a retired police chief from Bergen County and the other a Polish immigrant who 20 years ago was rollerblading home from work at 3 a.m. because he had no other means of transportation. Both have achieved their shared dream of owning a gym. Marty Kahn, who retired as Fairview's police chief last July, and David Jaros, who moved to Lodi from Poland knowing not a lick of English are opening Firehouse Fitness later this spring, in a historic Jersey City firehouse. The name came easily to the fitness buffs, who met some years ago in the 5 a.m. crew at Hackensack Meridian Fitness and Welln…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Matt Krawiec Of Garfield Dies Suddenly: 'Heart Of Pure Gold' Matt Krawiec Of Garfield Dies Suddenly: 'Heart Of Pure Gold'
Matt Krawiec Of Garfield Dies Suddenly: 'Heart Of Pure Gold' Support was surging for the family of a 29-year-old Garfield man who died suddenly last month. Mateusz "Matt" Krawiec died suddenly on Friday, July 1, and was being remembered by loved ones on a GoFundMe page as "one of the most genuine people we've ever met — funny, kind, selfless, and caring with a heart of pure gold..." More than $36,400 had been raised as of Tuesday, Aug. 16 on a GoFundMe launched to bring Matt's body to Poland, his final resting place. Matt was born in Stalowa Wola, Poland and moved to the US when he was 10 years old. He ran a tiling business alongside his s…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Jersey Shore Mayor Off To Poland-Ukraine Border Jersey Shore Mayor Off To Poland-Ukraine Border
Jersey Shore Mayor Off To Poland-Ukraine Border The mayor of one Jersey Shore town bought a last-minute ticket to Poland to help Ukrainian refugees at the border. Point Pleasant Beach Mayor Paul Kanitra — whose family is Polish and Slovakian — made the announcement Tuesday, March 1 on Facebook. "I don't know how much of a difference one person can make, but I'm at least going to try," he said. In the last week, one million refugees have fled Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said. Kanitra has rented a passenger van in an effort to drive refugees to displacement centers, bus …

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ's Maksim Chmerkovskiy Arrives In Poland After Arrest, Days Stuck In Ukraine NJ's Maksim Chmerkovskiy Arrives In Poland After Arrest, Days Stuck In Ukraine
NJ's Maksim Chmerkovskiy Arrives In Poland After Arrest, Days Stuck In Ukraine New Jersey native Maksim Chmerkovskiy has arrived in Poland. The professional dancer on Monday, Feb. 28 announced he'd be leaving Ukraine following an arrest that served as a "reality check," and took the train to the border, he said on Instagram. "There is a lot of fighting everywhere, the streets are crazy," he said in an Instagram video filmed in Ukraine. "At one point I got arrested but that was probably the least traumatizing moment in this whole thing as far as Ukraine is concerned — but for me it was just a reality check." Chmerkovskiy, who appeared on several seasons of "Dancing W…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Kasia Tieluszecka Of Toms River, 38, Remembered For Unique Sparkle, Determination Kasia Tieluszecka Of Toms River, 38, Remembered For Unique Sparkle, Determination
Kasia Tieluszecka Of Toms River, 38, Remembered For Unique Sparkle, Determination Katarzyna "Kasia" Tieluszecka of Toms River died Oct. 4. She was 38 years old. Kasia was born in Poland and moved to the U.S. when she was 10 with her family, and attended Wanaque High School while living in Haskell, her obituary says. Remembered for her "incredible work ethic," Kasia got her first job at 15 at a local bagel store. She graduated from Lakeland High School in 2001, and went on to earn her bachelor's in business and marketing at William Paterson University. She most recently had been working as a pharmaceutical sales representative on the Jersey Shore. Kasia previously …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Services Set For Hawthorne Man, 51, Who Fell Through Ice At Monksville Reservoir Services Set For Hawthorne Man, 51, Who Fell Through Ice At Monksville Reservoir
Services Set For Hawthorne Man, 51, Who Fell Through Ice At Monksville Reservoir A memorial service will be held this Saturday for a longtime Hawthorne caterer who died after falling into the Monksville Reservoir in Ringwood while ice fishing last week. Robert R. Trojanowski, 54, was rushed to Chilton Medical Center in Pequannock, where he was pronounced dead, after police and firefighters pulled him from the frigid water last Friday. Born and raised in Warsaw, Poland, Trojanowski immigrated to the United States in 1989 before settling in Hawthorne 22 years ago. He owned and operated Meadowlands Catering in Hawthorne for 25 years and for the past three years was a tra…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wayne Holocaust Survivor, 91, Rattles Off Horrors Testifying In Trial Of Nazi Guard Wayne Holocaust Survivor, 91, Rattles Off Horrors Testifying In Trial Of Nazi Guard
Wayne Holocaust Survivor, 91, Rattles Off Horrors Testifying In Trial Of Nazi Guard A 91-year-old Holocaust survivor from Wayne is contributing witness testimony against a Nazi during his trial in Germany. Asia Shindelman does not know Former Stutthof SS guard Bruno Dey personally but is speaking publicly about the horrors that she and others in the camps were subjected to, the New York Post reports. Dey, 93, has been charged as an accessory to the murder of more than 5.200 Jews in 1944 and 1945. This trial may be the last opportunity to hear from living witnesses, according to Claims Conference Executive Vice President Greg Schneider. A great-grandmother, Shindelman was…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Filip Babiuk, 25, Of Linden, Business Owner Who Was Recently Engaged Filip Babiuk, 25, Of Linden, Business Owner Who Was Recently Engaged
Filip Babiuk, 25, Of Linden, Business Owner Who Was Recently Engaged Filip Babiuk, A Clark resident who spent much of his life in Linden, died suddenly Sunday. He was 25.  Born in Poland, Filip moved to Linden in 2005 before moving to Clark less than a year ago, where he owned and operated Stealth Pool Installations.  Filip enjoyed swimming, sailing, skiing and dancing, and worked as a lifeguard in Avenel in high school. He was a volunteer for many years  during the pilgrimage to Our Lady of Czestochowa Shrine in Doylestown, Pennsylvania and also volunteered with the Polish American festival.  A self-taught man in many respects, he …

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by Paul Milo
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Felina Bartender Lukasz Podkanowicz Of Clifton Dies, 30 Felina Bartender Lukasz Podkanowicz Of Clifton Dies, 30
Felina Bartender Lukasz Podkanowicz Of Clifton Dies, 30 Lukasz Podkanowicz of Clifton died on Aug. 8. he was 30 years old. Born in Poland, Lukasz -- affectionately known as Luke -- came to the U.S. in 2000 and settled in Elmwood Park, his obituary says. He moved to Clifton and began working as a bartender for Felina in Ridgewood. Funeral arrangements are pending. Luke is survived by his parents, Jan and Jadwiga (Panek) Podkanowicz; siblings Tomasz Podkanowicz, Malgorzata Grzywna and her husband Maciej, and Paulina Podkanowicz.

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by Cecilia Levine