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Big Lots To Shut These New Jersey Stores: Closing Sales Under Way Big Lots To Shut These New Jersey Stores: Closing Sales Under Way
Big Lots To Shut These New Jersey Stores: Closing Sales Under Way Big Lots! has announced the closures of even more locations since filing for bankruptcy in September. The company announced on Monday, Sept. 9 that it will sell its assets to an affiliate of private equity firm Nexus Capital Management. Additional closures were approved this month in bankruptcy court.  New Jersey has 27 stores, and 13 of them are set to close with closing sales underway. They are: Cherry Hill, 949 Church Road Dover, 550 Mount Pleasant Avenue East Brunswick, 275 Route 18 Freehold, 220 Trotters Way Glassboro, 811 N Delsea Drive Jersey Ci…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Where Is Central Jersey? Monmouth U. Poll Finds Answers To NJ's Tricky Regional Debate Where Is Central Jersey? Monmouth U. Poll Finds Answers To NJ's Tricky Regional Debate
Where Is Central Jersey? Monmouth U. Poll Finds Answers To NJ's Tricky Regional Debate Monmouth University pollsters have tried to answer a question that has been hard to solve for many in the Garden State: Where is Central Jersey exactly? The Monmouth University Polling Institute released a survey on Tuesday, Apr. 16 that asked New Jerseyans what region they live in and if they believe their region gets a fair share of state resources. The pollsters also asked people to pick their favorite convenience store. According to the poll, 41 percent of New Jerseyans said they live in North Jersey, 34 percent said they're in Central Jersey, and 23 percent said they're from South…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
NJ Italian Restaurant Owner, 75, Faces Prison For Pocketing $500,000 In State Sales Taxes NJ Italian Restaurant Owner, 75, Faces Prison For Pocketing $500,000 In State Sales Taxes
NJ Italian Restaurant Owner, 75, Faces Prison For Pocketing $500,000 In State Sales Taxes The 75-year-old owner-operator of a New Jersey Italian restaurant faces up to three years in prison after admitting he stiffed the state out of nearly a half-million dollars in sales taxes over a period of nearly seven years. John Garofalo Sr. of Union Township – who owns Mario’s Tutto Bene restaurant in the township -- paid the outstanding $496,374.99 to the state as part of a plea deal that he hopes will get him leniency, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. His assistants will recommend that Superior Court Judge Sherry L. Wilson send Garofalo to state prison for three years …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Real Estate
Artie Lange Selling NJ Home Artie Lange Selling NJ Home
Artie Lange Selling NJ Home Comedian Artie Lange is preparing to bid adieu to his home in North Jersey. The former sidekick on "The Howard Stern Show" and star of the cult classic "Dirty Work", put his Roseland home on the market in January via Coldwell Banker. The home was under contract with an unknown buyer as of Friday, April 14. The two-bedroom, three-bathroom residence is described a "spacious and bright", offering "low property taxes and HOA fees" with amenities including a pool, sports court, tennis, clubhouse and playground, according to the listing. Lange was raised in Union Township. He chronicled his…

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by Sam Barron
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Habitual Offender Who Bathed In McDonald's Bathroom Gets Tased Twice: Garfield PD Habitual Offender Who Bathed In McDonald's Bathroom Gets Tased Twice: Garfield PD
Habitual Offender Who Bathed In McDonald's Bathroom Gets Tased Twice: Garfield PD A habitual offender who used a McDonald's bathroom to bathe fought with responding Garfield police officers and ended up being tased twice, authorities said. Officers responding to a call at the Passaic Street fast-food restaurant shortly before 10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28, were told that Robert P. Glodek, 33, was "using their bathroom as a shower and refused to leave," Capt. Mario X. Pozo said. Officer Joseph Kopacz approached Glodek outside the McDonald’s and tried getting his ID in case McDonald's wanted to pursue criminal charges, the captain said. Glodek, of Union Township, "refused to co…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
WILD PURSUIT: Thieves Crash BMW Before Leading Chase Through Multiple NJ Towns WILD PURSUIT: Thieves Crash BMW Before Leading Chase Through Multiple NJ Towns
Wild Pursuit: Thieves Crash BMW Before Leading Chase Through Multiple NJ Towns Three men and a teenager led police on a wild pursuit after crashing a stolen BMW, and then hopping in a Lexus SUV, causing one state trooper to crash his vehicle on the Garden State Parkway over the weekend, authorities said. Trouble began around 2:10 p.m. when troopers responded to a crash on the Garden State Parkway in Hazlet near milepost 11.6 on the northbound side Saturday, Oct. 16, NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry said. While on their way to the crash, troopers were told that four suspects had gotten out of a BMW X4, which was disabled in the left lane due to the crash, and fled on foot. Furt…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Goodfellas' Actor With Deep NJ Roots, Ray Liotta, 67, Dies Suddenly: TMZ 'Goodfellas' Actor With Deep NJ Roots, Ray Liotta, 67, Dies Suddenly: TMZ
'Goodfellas' Actor With Deep NJ Roots, Ray Liotta, 67, Dies Suddenly: TMZ Star of television and film Ray Liotta died at the age of 67, according to multiple media outlets.  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS: Ray Liotta Has Died. He Was 67. R.I.P. https://t.co/WsskKD7qUE — TMZ (@TMZ) May 26, 2022 Liotta's New Jersey roots run deep. He was born in St. Michael's Hospital in Newark in 1954 and spent his first six months at an orphanage there before he was adopted by a couple from Union Township. His father owned an auto parts store and his mom was a municipal clerk. Liotta got his BFA from Miami University before moving to New York City, where he took work as a bartender befo…

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by Jerry DeMarco and Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
4X Dating App Serial Killer Charged With Murder Of NJ Teen Girl Found Dead In Carriage House 4X Dating App Serial Killer Charged With Murder Of NJ Teen Girl Found Dead In Carriage House
4X Dating App Serial Killer Charged With Murder Of NJ Teen Girl Found Dead In Carriage House A serial killer recently sentenced to 160 years in state prison for luring and killing three women he met online and attempting the same with a fourth has been arrested in a fifth case that had not been solved until now. Khalil A. Wheeler Weaver has been formally accused of strangling 15-year-old Mawa Doumbia, of Newark, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, announced. The 15-year-old Newark girl had last been seen by her dad and sister Oct. 7, 2016, as she was leaving her home. Her decomposed body was found on the second floor of an old carriage house on Main Street in …

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Seven Youths Nabbed In Series Of Clifton Car Thefts, Multi-County Pursuit, Crash Seven Youths Nabbed In Series Of Clifton Car Thefts, Multi-County Pursuit, Crash
Seven Youths Nabbed In Series Of Clifton Car Thefts, Multi-County Pursuit, Crash A Clifton police officer dove into a moving car after the teenager who stole it bailed out during one in a series of incidents involving out-of-town car thieves -- one of whom is only 14. Six of them were captured following a pursuit and crash involving another stolen vehicle and a Clifton police car later that day, Lt. Robert Bracken said. Officers interrupted the theft of a 2017 Mazda on Chittendon Road around 3 a.m. Monday, Bracken said. The thief hopped out of the car while it was still moving, forcing an officer to dive in to keep it from damaging nearby property, he said. The teen a…

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by Jerry DeMarco