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WATCH: Staples Customer Thrown Down, Leg Broken, By Woman Who Refuses To Wear Mask WATCH: Staples Customer Thrown Down, Leg Broken, By Woman Who Refuses To Wear Mask
Watch: Staples Customer Thrown Down, Leg Broken, By Woman Who Refuses To Wear Mask SEEN HER? Clearer video shows a woman assaulting a Staples customer in Hackensack, breaking the victim’s leg, after she asked the assailant to wear her coronavirus mask. Margot Kagan, 54, of Teaneck was using the fax/copy machine at the Hackensack Avenue store Wednesday afternoon when the suspect approached another machine with her face mask pulled below her mouth, Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Kagan, who’d had liver transplant surgery four months ago and was walking with a cane, said she asked the woman to put on her mask. SEE VIDEO BELOW The woman became angry and rushed at Kagan…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
First Vernon Township Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19 First Vernon Township Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19
First Vernon Township Employee Tests Positive For Covid-19 A Vernon Township employee is quarantining after testing positive for COVID-19, marking the first case among the township’s employees, reports say. The worker, who was not showing symptoms of the virus, contacted Mayor Howard Burrell to report her positive result on Wednesday, July 22, Advertiser News reports. “This employee had been away from her work station and out of the Municipal Center on vacation since July 18, five days before her positive COVID-19 test,” said Burrell in the report. Within an hour of hearing about the employee’s positive result, Burrell reportedly got in touch with…

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by Valerie Musson
Business
TONIGHT: Popular Jersey Shore Bar Reopening After Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19 TONIGHT: Popular Jersey Shore Bar Reopening After Employee Tests Positive For COVID-19
Tonight: Popular Jersey Shore Bar Reopening After Employee Tests Positive For Covid-19 A popular Jersey Shore bar that temporarily closed for cleaning after an employee tested positive for COVID-19 will be reopening Tuesday evening. Captain's Inn in Forked River will closed Sunday but will be open as of 11:30 p.m. The employee was asymptomatic as of Sunday, the bar said in a Facebook post. Captain's Inn, 304 E. Lacey Road, Forked River

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by Cecilia Levine
News
COVID-19: Travelers From More States, Puerto Rico, DC Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List COVID-19: Travelers From More States, Puerto Rico, DC Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List
Covid-19: Travelers From More States, Puerto Rico, DC Added To NY/NJ/CT Quarantine List Travelers from three more states, as well as Puerto Rico and Washington, DC, with high positive testing rates for COVID-19 have now been added to the joint quarantine order for out-of-state travelers to New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The newly added states as of Tuesday, July 28, are Illinois, Kentucky, and Minnesota, bringing the number to 34 states, in addition to Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. The quarantine applies to any person arriving from a state with a positive test rate higher than 10 per 100,000 residents over a seven-day rolling average or a state with a 10 per…

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by Joe Lombardi
News
More Than 2 Dozen Jersey Shore Lifeguards Test Positive For COVID-19 More Than 2 Dozen Jersey Shore Lifeguards Test Positive For COVID-19
More Than 2 Dozen Jersey Shore Lifeguards Test Positive For Covid-19 More than two dozen Jersey Shore lifeguards tested positive for COVID-19 after attending social gatherings, reports say. The lifeguards are natives of Surf City, Harvey Cedars and surrounding areas on Long Beach Island, NBC New York reports. A total of 17 Harvey Cedars lifeguards tested positive after attending a Surf City gathering. A dozen from Surf City also tested positive, the report said. Surf City and Harvey Cedars beaches will remain open with safety protocols set. While Harvey Cedars has 73 lifeguards and will remain fully staffed, other adjustments may be made for Surf City beach…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Blood Type Doesn't Increase Or Reduce Risk Of Contracting COVID, Studies Find Blood Type Doesn't Increase Or Reduce Risk Of Contracting COVID, Studies Find
Blood Type Doesn't Increase Or Reduce Risk Of Contracting COVID, Studies Find Amid the misinformation spread during the pandemic has been a belief that people with certain blood types are at higher or lower risk than others of contracting the coronavirus. Two recent studies from reputable sources, however, found that Type A blood doesn't increase the odds that you'll be infected. Earlier during the pandemic, researchers said preliminary evidence suggested that blood type was a key factor for possibly contracting COVID or getting dangerously ill. A study published more than a month ago in the New England Journal of Medicine claimed a 45% higher risk of COVID infectio…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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ROOM AT THE TOP: Empire State Building Observatory Reopens With Clear Views ROOM AT THE TOP: Empire State Building Observatory Reopens With Clear Views
Room AT THE TOP: Empire State Building Observatory Reopens With Clear Views If you ever wanted to catch unobstructed views from the observatory at the Empire State Building, you can start this Monday. Thank social distancing. There will be no out-of-towners hogging the sightlines for what will be a limited number attendees at a time when the observatory opens at the “World's Most Famous Building.” Reservations will be online-only and scheduled for specific time periods. Only 500 guests at a time will be allowed in the 70,000-square-foot space – barely a fifth of the usual amount and well below New York State's Phase 4 capacity guideline of 25%. That allows fo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Starbucks Makes Masks Mandatory Starbucks Makes Masks Mandatory
Starbucks Makes Masks Mandatory Starbucks is requiring customers wear masks inside all stores in an effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19 effective Wednesday. Store employees are continuing to keep up with increased sanitation procedures, frequent hand washing and the check-in process with a temperature check. Customers are also required to stay six feet apart. “Wearing facial coverings in public spaces is one of the simplest and most effective things we can do to take care of one another,” Starbucks officials said in a release. “We appreciate your partnership and look forward to seeing you soon.”

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by Valerie Musson
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CANCELLED: New Jersey Denies Plans For 2020 State Fair Meadowlands CANCELLED: New Jersey Denies Plans For 2020 State Fair Meadowlands
Cancelled: New Jersey Denies Plans For 2020 State Fair Meadowlands The 2020 State Fair Meadowlands has been cancelled. New Jersey's largest, annual fair had initially been set to run July 23 through Aug. 9 at MetLife Stadium. But according to a Facebook, state officials denied this year's plans. Earlier this month, Gov. Phil Murphy set a 500-person limit on all outdoor events, ordering all guests stay six feet apart.

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Change Will Allow More NJ Restaurants To Offer Outdoor Dining Change Will Allow More NJ Restaurants To Offer Outdoor Dining
Change Will Allow More NJ Restaurants To Offer Outdoor Dining A change that will allow more restaurants to offer outdoor dining will soon take effect in New Jersey. Areas with fixed roofs that have two open sides comprising more than 50 percent of the total wall space will be considered outdoors because of the air flow, Gov. Phil Murphy announced Wednesday. Indoor dining was set to resume in New Jersey last week, but Murphy postponed it days prior, citing "knucklehead behavior" at a handful of bars and restaurants across the state. Doing so was one of the most difficult decisions Murphy and other state officials made, he said. "I have nothing b…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
BCC Freezes Tuition Rates, Transitions To Online Learning For Fall Semester BCC Freezes Tuition Rates, Transitions To Online Learning For Fall Semester
BCC Freezes Tuition Rates, Transitions To Online Learning For Fall Semester Bergen Community College (BCC) is moving most classes online and is freezing tuition rates for the Fall 2020 semester. No classes will be held at the Philip Ciarco Jr. Learning Center in Hackensack and only paramedic science program practicals will take place at Bergen Community College at the Meadowlands in Lyndhurst.  The school will offer a limited number of practice-based classes -- including those in health professions -- in person. The fall semester begins Sept. 2. Students can register here or email registration@bergen.edu for assistance. While the majority of BCC's fall classe…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Movie Theater Giants Sue NJ Over 'Unconstitutional' Coronavirus Closures Movie Theater Giants Sue NJ Over 'Unconstitutional' Coronavirus Closures
Movie Theater Giants Sue NJ Over 'Unconstitutional' Coronavirus Closures New Jersey is facing a lawsuit from three of the biggest movie theater companies in the U.S. over "unconstitutional" closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. AMC, Regal and Cinemark filed the suit against Gov. Phil Murphy and the state Monday, seeking a temporary restraining order from a federal judge that would allow theaters to reopen immediately, the New York Post reports. Theaters have been closed since mid-March, when Murphy ordered statewide businesses closed. Murphy and NJ Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli's spokespeople say they don't comment on pending litigation. The suit mainta…

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by Cecilia Levine