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Mechanical Failures Foil First Race For NJ's Frankie Muniz Since Landing NASCAR Ride Mechanical Failures Foil First Race For NJ's Frankie Muniz Since Landing NASCAR Ride
Mechanical Failures Foil First Race For NJ's Frankie Muniz Since Landing NASCAR Ride Frankie Muniz's first race since landing a full-time job in NASCAR got two thumbs down. The child star and Bergen County native-turned-racing enthusiast finished 33rd over the weekend in his first Truck Series race since announcing he was becoming a full-time racer.  Muniz, 38, who hails from Wood-Ridge and starred in "Malcolm in the Middle," parlayed his Hollywood fame into a temporary spot in the series before announcing recently that he was to take over the number 33 Ford for Reaume Brothers Racing in 2025. However, his last race was underwhelming.  After qualifying 31st out …

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by Zak Failla
Politics
Dems Overtake Republicans In Early Voting: Here's Where Polls Are Now Open In North Jersey Dems Overtake Republicans In Early Voting: Here's Where Polls Are Now Open In North Jersey
Dems Overtake Republicans In Early Voting: Here's Where Polls Are Now Open In North Jersey More than 38 million Americans had cast their votes in the 2024 elections as of Saturday morning, Oct. 26, the University of Florida Election Lab's early voter tracker shows. Polls have officially opened for early, in-person voting in New Jersey. How will you be voting? According to the UFL lab, 7.8M Democrats and 6.9M Republicans had already voted. Here's where you can show up and vote in each county in North Jersey come Saturday morning, Oct. 26. BERGEN Jack Alter Community Center, Fort Lee Garfield Nutrition Center & Senior Citizens Building, Garfield County Admin Build…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Route 17 Pursuit Leads To Eventual Arrest Of Hit-Run Driver, Police Say Route 17 Pursuit Leads To Eventual Arrest Of Hit-Run Driver, Police Say
Route 17 Pursuit Leads To Eventual Arrest Of Hit-Run Driver, Police Say A 50-year-old hit-and-run driver was arrested after police say he led a pursuit along Route 17 last week. Vincent Vespe, of Montvale, struck another vehicle in a white Toyota Tacoma in Wood-Ridge on Aug. 19, Lyndhurst Police Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Officer Kapp pursued the suspect vehicle after it refused to stop through several streets in Lyndhurst before entering Route 17 north, Auteri said. Lyndhurst officers Lt. Paul Haggerty and Sal Wartel continued to pursue the vehicle, but canceled the pursuit due to heavy traffic, Auteri said. Vespe was still unidentified at that point…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Video Shows Officers Tackling Accused Stalker In Stolen Car Outside Teterboro Airport Video Shows Officers Tackling Accused Stalker In Stolen Car Outside Teterboro Airport
Video Shows Officers Tackling Accused Stalker In Stolen Car Outside Teterboro Airport Newly-released video shows the takedown of a 37-year-old accused stalker who stole an SUV from a local dealership just hours after being released from the Bergen County Jail, as previously reported by Daily Voice. Footage shared by David Stayback shows officers from multiple police departments with guns drawn surrounding a white Acura SUV at the entrance of Teterboro Airport Thursday morning, Aug. 15 (scroll for video). Maywood PD Stayback said he was en route to Walmart to get T-shirts ahead of an upcoming family vacation when he noticed Wood-Ridge Officer Cangelosi, also a wel…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Stalker Fresh Out Of Bergen County Jail Steals Car From Dealership Lot, Police Say Stalker Fresh Out Of Bergen County Jail Steals Car From Dealership Lot, Police Say
Stalker Fresh Out Of Bergen County Jail Steals Car From Dealership Lot, Police Say A 37-year-old man fresh out of jail for stalking was arrested just hours later in Bergen County, police said. Daniel MacTaggart, of Elmwood Park, was jailed on Sunday, Aug. 11 on charges of stalking as a repeat offender, driving on a suspended license/registration, and failure to possess driver's insurance card, court records show. ALSO SEE: Video Shows Officers Tackling Accused Stalker In Stolen Car Outside Teterboro Airport Hours after his release, MacTaggart walked into the service area of Park Avenue Acura on W. Passaic Street in Maywood around 8;30 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 15,…

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by Cecilia Levine