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Report: GNC Closes Additional 40 New Jersey Stores
After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June, GNC has announced closures of an additional 40 stores.
The nutritional supplement company had originally planned on closing just 10 stores.
According to NJ.com, the following 50 stores have either closed, or will soon:
Blackwood, Gloucester Premium Outlets
Bridgewater, Bridgewater Commons
Cinnaminson, The Shoppes At Cinnaminson
Closter, Heidenberg Plaza
Delran, Hartford Corners
Denville, The Shoppes At Union Hill
Denville, Diamond Spring Road
Deptford, Deptford Mall
East Hanover, Hanover Commons
East Rutherford, American Dream Mall
E…
Morris County Construction Worker, 45, Trapped Under Steel Dies
A 45-year-old construction worker trapped under steel at a Morris County work site died Wednesday afternoon, police said.
The incident occurred at site at 73 Eagle Rock Ave. in East Hanover around 4:30 p.m., Police Chief Christopher Cannizzo said.
The man had died of traumatic injuries when police arrived at the scene, Cannizzo said. His identity was not being released.
The investigation is ongoing, but the area has been deemed safe, Cannizzo said.
The East Hanover Emergency Service Unit, Detectives from East Hanover Police, Morris County Sheriffs, East Hanover Fire Chief Davino and …
NJ: Couple Covered Up Hiring Criminals, Drug Addicts As Drivers For Unsafe School Buses
The owners of an Essex County-based school bus company whose driver OD'd and crashed with 12 special-needs kids on board hired criminals and drug addicts, put unsafe vehicles on the road and tried to cover it all up, state authorities charged.
Ahmed Mahgoub, 62, and his wife, Faiza Ibrahim, 47, both of East Hanover, knowingly hired drivers for F&A Transportation who “did not hold valid commercial driver’s licenses or required license endorsements, as well as drivers who had criminal histories or were using illegal drugs,” Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said.
The couple doctored vehic…
Julie Baran, 63, Operated Successful Family Business In Green Brook Township
Julie Baran, who lived in Green Brook Township for more than two decades, died at her home surrounded by her family on Sunday. She was 63 years old
Baran and her husband, Ziggy, operated Warrenville Plumbing & Heating for many years, according to her obituary.
Their two sons and a daughter-in-law continue to run the successful family business on Warrenville Road in Green Brook.
Born in Pyrzyce, Poland, Baran and her family moved to the United States in in 1967. She lived in Irvington until she met her husband. They moved to Queens and later Brooklyn, NY.
Baran had man…
