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Best Delis In North Jersey, According To Daily Voice Readers Best Delis In North Jersey, According To Daily Voice Readers
Best Delis In North Jersey, According To Daily Voice Readers Over the weekend, Daily Voice published a story announcing that BuzzFeed had dubbed Jersey City's Andrea's Salumeria the best sandwich spot in New Jersey.  It wasn't long before our comment section was overflowing with other suggestions. Turns out, many of you felt there were several other sandwich shops equally worthy of the prestigious title.  We combed through your suggestions and even polled you on Instagram and, well, you've got good taste. These are the delis that came up the most: Cosmo's Salumeria, Hackensack Crossroads Deli, Bergenfield Buffalo chicken cutlet with crispy b…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Wayne Police Officer Braves Flames, Dog Dies In House Fire Wayne Police Officer Braves Flames, Dog Dies In House Fire
Wayne Police Officer Braves Flames, Dog Dies In House Fire Flames and smoke kept a Wayne police officer from rescuing a dog who died in a house fire, authorities said. Township police, firefighters and First Aid Squad members responded to what began as a garage fire on Sycamore Terrace around 8:20 a.m. Tuesday, Detective Capt. Christian Wittig said. A resident told Corporal Robert Feeney that her dog was inside, Wittig said. Feeney went in trying to rescue the dog but had to retreat after several attempts due to the fire and smoke, the captain said. Firefighters retrieved the dog, but resuscitation efforts failed, Wittig said. Corporal Robert Hi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities: Woodland Park Woman, 70, Charged With Stabbing Wheelchair-Bound Husband Authorities: Woodland Park Woman, 70, Charged With Stabbing Wheelchair-Bound Husband
Authorities: Woodland Park Woman, 70, Charged With Stabbing Wheelchair-Bound Husband UPDATE: A Woodland Park woman was charged with attempted murder after stabbing her wheelchair-bound husband, authorities said. Judith Wysocki volunteered with the same ambulance company that responded to Wednesday's call to her and her husband's Mount Pleasant Avenue home, they said. Anthony Wysocki, 70, was transported to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson for treatment. Judith Wysocki, who responders said had been caring for her husband, was taken to the Passaic County Jail pending a detention hearing in Central Judicial Processing Court, also in Paterson. Besides attempte…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Outdoor Temps Nearly Hit 100 As Firefighters Battle Passaic House Blaze Outdoor Temps Nearly Hit 100 As Firefighters Battle Passaic House Blaze
Outdoor Temps Nearly Hit 100 As Firefighters Battle Passaic House Blaze Firefighters endured stifling heat while battling a blaze that ravaged a Passaic home. The four-alarm fire broke out around 5:30 p.m. Saturday on the upper level of the three-story Howard Avenue home in a Jewish Orthodox neighborhood at the corner of Dakota Avenue. The residents were away on vacation, responders said. The blaze quickly spread, forcing firefighters to back out before the rear roof collapsed. It took nearly three hours to knock down, after which firefighters continued to douse hot spots. No injuries were reported. Passaic firefighters had to back out and conduct an ex…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Son Stabs Montclair Dad Dead, Authorities Charge Son Stabs Montclair Dad Dead, Authorities Charge
Son Stabs Montclair Dad Dead, Authorities Charge A 24-year-old Montclair resident stabbed his father nine times, killing the Woodland Park man, said authorities who arrested him. Josiah Correa was charged after his mother found the body of Jose Correa Tuesday night in the apartment she shares with her son above an Orange Road restaurant and barber shop. It was unclear how long the victim had been dead. Correa was charged with murder and weapons offenses, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office announced in a release. Anyone with information about the death of Jose Correa is asked to call the Essex County Prosecutor's tips line at &nbs…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Convicted Hackensack Drug Dealer Gets 12 Years In Morris County Jail Convicted Hackensack Drug Dealer Gets 12 Years In Morris County Jail
Convicted Hackensack Drug Dealer Gets 12 Years In Morris County Jail A Hackensack man with a history of narcotics trafficking was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in prison, authorities said. Michael T. Swanson, 42, dealt cocaine in Morris and surrounding counties before he was caught. He pleaded guilty to distribution of cocaine and conspiracy to distribute controlled dangerous substances, according to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office. Swanson, in 2011, had been convicted of similar offenses in Passaic County. He must serve at least 53 months before earning parole eligibility. Swanson, who was dealing drugs out of Morris County between January 2017 and …

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Paterson Man Committed 32 Vehicle Burglaries In Morris, Passaic, Essex Prosecutor: Paterson Man Committed 32 Vehicle Burglaries In Morris, Passaic, Essex
Prosecutor: Paterson Man Committed 32 Vehicle Burglaries In Morris, Passaic, Essex Authorities charged a 40-year-old Paterson man with 32 counts of burglary in connection with a series of vehicle break-ins in Morris, Passaic and Essex counties. Moises Echevarria also was charged with six counts of theft and one of joyriding for using someone else’s vehicle in the crimes, authorities announced. Echeverria was arrested Thursday and accused of break-ins in Clifton, Wayne, Woodland Park, Butler, Bloomfield and Cedar Grove, they said. He remained held Friday in Essex County Correctional Facility in Newark pending a detention hearing and first appearance, Morris County Prosecu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
TRIBUTE: 'Brain Cancer Warrior' Josephine Palman Of Woodland Park Dies, 13 TRIBUTE: 'Brain Cancer Warrior' Josephine Palman Of Woodland Park Dies, 13
Tribute: 'Brain Cancer Warrior' Josephine Palman Of Woodland Park Dies, 13 When Josephine Palman was young, she donated her long hair to those battling cancer. The Woodland Park teen affectionately known as Pepa, died on June 5 at at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick after a battle of her own with DIPG brain cancer. More than $36,700 had been raised as of Tuesday morning on a GoFundMe for Josephine's medical bills. Josephine, an eighth grader at Memorial Middle School, was remembered as a brain cancer warrior, having fought for 16 months. "She fought and never complained, always believing she would defeat DIPG, because she loved …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
DWI Motorist Driving On Rim Fights With West Milford Police, Authorities Charge DWI Motorist Driving On Rim Fights With West Milford Police, Authorities Charge
DWI Motorist Driving On Rim Fights With West Milford Police, Authorities Charge A drunken motorist driving on a rim fought with West Milford police who took him into custody, authorities said. Officers Anthony Frassa and Jill Brickman had a pair of drug suspects stopped when they spotted the disabled car heading north, sparks flying, on Clinton Road near Route 23. “After getting the vehicle to stop, [Brickman] noticed vomit outside the driver’s door,” according to a police report. Both officers subdued and arrested the driver, identified as 21-year-old Connor Backes of Denville. They charged him with DWI, leaving the scene of a crash, reckless driving and having an op…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
Woodland Park's Michael Saldutti Leaves Behind 2 Young Sons, Wife Woodland Park's Michael Saldutti Leaves Behind 2 Young Sons, Wife
Woodland Park's Michael Saldutti Leaves Behind 2 Young Sons, Wife The community is rallying around the wife and children of Woodland Park's Michael Saldutti, who died on May 12 at 36 years old. More than $9,200 had been raised on a GoFundMe for Saldutti's wife Andrea and their two boys Nekolaus-Edward and Sebastian-Michael as of Thursday afternoon. "You never think it would be YOU who would get that type of dreaded phone call," said Lisa Anderson, the campaign's founder. "A phone call that will turn your family’s life upside down. "In the early morning hours of Friday, May 10th, my sister Andrea was informed Mike was in the hospital in ICU on life suppor…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Secaucus Woman Found Guilty Of Enslaving Immigrant, Forcing Her To Marry Secaucus Woman Found Guilty Of Enslaving Immigrant, Forcing Her To Marry
Secaucus Woman Found Guilty Of Enslaving Immigrant, Forcing Her To Marry A 43-year-old woman with homes in Secaucus and Woodland Park was convicted of forcing a Sri Lankan national to work for her for years without pay, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Craig Carpenito said Thursday.  Alia Imad Faleh Al-Hunaity, who is also known as Alia Al Qaternah, was found guilty by a jury in Camden federal court of forced labor, alien harboring for financial gain and marriage fraud. Al -Hunaity faces up to 20 years in prison on the forced labor charge alone when she’s sentenced in September. The victim, a woman from Sri Lanka, was brought to the United States on a temporar…

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by Paul Milo
News
Paramus School Bus Driver Indicted In Fatal Route 80 Crash Paramus School Bus Driver Indicted In Fatal Route 80 Crash
Paramus School Bus Driver Indicted In Fatal Route 80 Crash A 78-year-old school bus driver was indicted Wednesday for causing a Route 80 crash with a dump truck last May that killed a Paramus fifth-grader and a teacher while injuring 40 students. Hudy Muldrow of Woodland Park is facing two counts of reckless vehicular homicide, 25 counts of assault by auto and a summons listing 16 counts of assault by auto, authorities said. East Brook Middle School fifth-grader Miranda Vargas and teacher Jennifer Williamson were killed when the bus was struck by the dump truck as Muldrow tried to reach a U-turn area designated for emergency responders by cutting a…

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by Cecilia Levine