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Why Popular Montclair Pizzeria Is Closing After 25 Years Why Popular Montclair Pizzeria Is Closing After 25 Years
Why Popular Montclair Pizzeria Is Closing After 25 Years For more than two decades, DaVinci’s Brick Oven Pizza has been a fixture in Upper Montclair, serving wood-fired artisan pizzas to generations of neighbors. Now, the beloved pizzeria is preparing to close its doors. The Bellevue Avenue restaurant announced on its website that its final day of business will be Saturday, Sept. 20, during the Upper Montclair Sidewalk Sale.  “Despite a sound business model, rising labor and food costs and limited volume make it impossible to continue,” DaVinci’s said in a farewell message. “Our last day is Saturday, Sept 20, at the Upper Montclair Sidewalk …

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by Cecilia Levine
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COVID-19: Lockdowns, Anxiety During Pandemic May Have Aged Your Brain, Study Reveals COVID-19: Lockdowns, Anxiety During Pandemic May Have Aged Your Brain, Study Reveals
Covid-19: Lockdowns, Anxiety During Pandemic May Have Aged Your Brain, Study Reveals New research reveals that simply living through the COVID-19 pandemic — regardless of infection — has measurably aged our brains, with the effect most pronounced in men and those from disadvantaged backgrounds. The findings were part of major new study published Tuesday, July 22 in Nature Communications.  Even people who never caught the virus showed signs of accelerated brain aging, highlighting the pandemic’s far-reaching impact on public health, according to the findings. Researchers from the UK Biobank project analyzed brain scans from nearly 1,000 healthy adults, comparing t…

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by Joe Lombardi
Politics
George Santos Surrenders To NJ Prison: Inside His New Life Behind Bars George Santos Surrenders To NJ Prison: Inside His New Life Behind Bars
George Santos Surrenders To NJ Prison: Inside His New Life Behind Bars Disgraced former New York Rep. George Santos is officially trading Cameo videos for commissary lines. The ousted lawmaker, 37, surrendered to Federal Correctional Institution Fairton in New Jersey on Friday, July 25, to begin serving his seven-year sentence for wire fraud and identity theft. And, true to form, Santos did not go quietly: “Well, darlings… The curtain falls, the spotlight dims, and the rhinestones are packed,” Santos told his 211,000 followers on X the night before. “From the halls of Congress to the chaos of cable news, what a ride it’s been! Was it messy? Always. Glamorous…

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by Michael Mashburn
Lifestyle
These Countries Rank As Most Popular For Americans In Search Of New Life These Countries Rank As Most Popular For Americans In Search Of New Life
These Countries Rank As Most Popular For Americans In Search Of New Life Is an international exodus on the horizon? A new survey finds that 17 percent of Americans would like to move abroad within the next five years, with Canada topping the list of preferred destinations. The Talker Research survey of 2,000 American adults, conducted online from Wednesday, Feb. 7, to Saturday, Feb. 10, also found that 5 percent plan to relocate overseas in the next few years, while 2 percent have already started the process of moving abroad. Where Americans Want To Go The study revealed that more millennials (25 percent) than any other generation are interested in making an in…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Rare Strain Of Bird Flu Discovered As Egg Prices Soar, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Fowls Killed Rare Strain Of Bird Flu Discovered As Egg Prices Soar, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Fowls Killed
Rare Strain Of Bird Flu Discovered As Egg Prices Soar, Hundreds Of Thousands Of Fowls Killed The detection of a different more rare strain of avian influenza is raising alarm as record egg prices soar to new highs. A farm in California where the new H5N9 strain was detected had to kill 119,000 birds after the more common H5N1 strain had been detected earlier. In New York, a farm on Long Island culled 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak. “Whether this novel H5N9 virus will cause human infections from its avian host and become a pandemic subtype is not known yet,” the US National Library of Medicine said. “It is therefore imperative to assess the risk of emergence of t…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Goffle Creamery Voted Best Ice Cream In North Jersey: Meet High School Sweethearts Behind It Goffle Creamery Voted Best Ice Cream In North Jersey: Meet High School Sweethearts Behind It
Goffle Creamery Voted Best Ice Cream In North Jersey: Meet High School Sweethearts Behind It Some of Vinnie and Alyssa Penna's best childhood memories were getting ice cream at the Old Bar Milk Barn. If you grew up in Wayne, you know it: The brown barn with red and white signage. You could grab a cone at the walk-up window or sit in a booth or at a bar. The Pennas enjoyed many an ice cream cone at the Old Barn Milk Bar in their summers dating through Wayne Valley High School.  The two got married in 2012 and in August 2021, they opened Goffle Creamery 686 Goffle Road in Hawthorne. The Pennas always envisioned creating a shoppe that would be an ode to places like the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Dumont Hardware Owner Closing Up Shop Reflects On 78 Years Of Business Dumont Hardware Owner Closing Up Shop Reflects On 78 Years Of Business
Dumont Hardware Owner Closing Up Shop Reflects On 78 Years Of Business Bill Salisbury was just a kid when he began working at Dumont Hardware. His father, Harry, opened the store in 1946, and when he turned 12 , Salisbury would come in on weekends to help clean the place. As he wiped down the windows and swept the floors, Salisbury would listen in on the conversations between the electricians, plumbers, and painters who came for supplies. Over the years, Salisbury gleaned enough insight to fix just about anything, and by 19, he was working at the 33 Dumont Ave. store full-time, in lieu of earning a degree at the Parsons School of Design.  These day…

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by Cecilia Levine