'UNFAIR': Community Rallies For Family Mourning Warren County Mom Natalia Hollman, 37 'UNFAIR': Community Rallies For Family Mourning Warren County Mom Natalia Hollman, 37
'Unfair': Community Rallies For Family Mourning Warren County Mom Natalia Hollman, 37 A Warren County community is mourning the loss of local mom Natalia Bykova Hollman, who died on Dec. 17. She was 37 years old. More than $26,000 had been raised for the family on a GoFundMe as of Monday morning. "Unfair doesn’t begin to describe it," the page's founders Liz And Sean Mckie said at the time of Natasha's cancer diagnosis. "Natasha is a young, beautiful and vibrant woman. She runs marathons, eats right, and doesn’t smoke... her diagnosis seems unreal." A native of Chelyabinsk, Russa, Natalia moved to the U.S. in 2004, her obituary says. She fell in love with her husban…
Feds Charge Globe-Trotting Stem Cell Surgeon From Hackensack With Pocketing Payroll Taxes Feds Charge Globe-Trotting Stem Cell Surgeon From Hackensack With Pocketing Payroll Taxes
Feds Charge Globe-Trotting Stem Cell Surgeon From Hackensack With Pocketing Payroll Taxes A world-traveling orthopedic surgeon from Hackensack who boasts of spearheading stem cell research worldwide failed to pay employees’ payroll taxes to the IRS over five separate years and used it for other purposes, a federal grand jury charged. An 11-count indictment returned in U.S. District Court in Newark alleges that Brian Mehling, 54, failed to collect, account for or deliver payroll taxes for: one quarter in 2014; three quarters in 2015; three quarters in 2016: two quarters in 2017; one quarter in 2018. The indictment also charges him with failing to report a foreign bank account ho…
Trucker Charged With Vehicular Homicide, Assault In Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash Trucker Charged With Vehicular Homicide, Assault In Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash
Trucker Charged With Vehicular Homicide, Assault In Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash A chain-reaction crash on the NJ Turnpike in Ridgefield that claimed the life of a Long Island man was caused by a Seattle truck driver, said State Police who charged him vehicular homicide. Stefan (Stephen) Shipinkoski, 22, remained held Thursday in the Bergen County Jail on death-by-auto and assault-by-auto charges following his arrest Wednesday. Shipinkoski was driving a Freightliner box truck that rear-ended a Nissan Altima, igniting the chain-reaction crash on the Turnpike’s southbound western spur just after 2 p.m. Saturday, NJ State Police Trooper Alejandro Goez said. Luis Choez-Pad…
Bergen Prosecutor: Philly Car Salesman Caught With 4+ Pounds Of Hidden Heroin In Route 95 Stop Bergen Prosecutor: Philly Car Salesman Caught With 4+ Pounds Of Hidden Heroin In Route 95 Stop
Bergen Prosecutor: Philly Car Salesman Caught With 4+ Pounds Of Hidden Heroin In Route 95 Stop A car salesman from Philadelphia had more than four pounds of heroin stashed in two secret compartments of a vehicle stopped by Bergen County detectives as he headed south on Route 95 in Ridgefield, authorities said. Prosecutor Mark Musella said Diovin Emma Urena-Abreu, 29, was alone when he was stopped and taken into custody Wednesday by members of his Narcotic Task Force. Urena-Abreu, a Long Island native who previously lived in the Bronx, was booked into the Bergen County Jail on first-degree drug possession charges following his arrest. A judge ordered him released under New Jersey’s …
WE KNEAD THIS: Making Challah Is Magical Experience For New Milford Mom WE KNEAD THIS: Making Challah Is Magical Experience For New Milford Mom
WE Knead This: Making Challah Is Magical Experience For New Milford Mom Making challah didn't always come easily to New Milford's Daniela Pomerantz but has long been something she knew she wanted to do. The mom of three admits it took practice, but now she's got it down pat and is sharing her recipe in the Daily Voice series, "We Knead This." Scroll down for step-by-step recipe. "I loved challah growing up," said Pomerantz, who was born on Long Island and later moved to Westchester County and Coral Springs, Fla. with her family. "I always saw people making it and said, 'Wow I wish I could do that.' It just seemed like such a daunting, labor-intensive thing t…
Elmwood Park Mom, Oakland Diner Server Gabrielle Szwez Dies After Cancer Battle, 37 Elmwood Park Mom, Oakland Diner Server Gabrielle Szwez Dies After Cancer Battle, 37
Elmwood Park Mom, Oakland Diner Server Gabrielle Szwez Dies After Cancer Battle, 37 The community is rallying for the children of Gabrielle C. Szwez, who died on May 12 after a cancer battle. She was 37 years old. Born in Long Island, N.Y., Szwez lived in Lyndhurst and Wayne before settling in Elmwood Park. She was a server at the Oakland Diner for six years. More than $1,300 had been raised on a GoFundMe for her family as of Friday afternoon. The single mom fought the "cancer monster with every ounce of strength and dignity," said her mom and campaign founder Deborah Della Fave Szwez. Szwez is survived by her children Stephen and Cara; and parents Stephen and …
Man Admits Extorting Professional Morris County Athlete With Naked Photos, Report Says Man Admits Extorting Professional Morris County Athlete With Naked Photos, Report Says
Man Admits Extorting Professional Morris County Athlete With Naked Photos, Report Says A man pleaded guilty to extorting a Morris County-based professional athlete with naked and sexually explicit photos, the DailyRecord reports. Patrick M. Avognon Jr. was represented by a public defender and tested positive for marijuana at federal court in Newark Monday, when he admitted to demanding $5,600 from the athlete and threatening to post nude photos of him to a website if he failed to do so, the article says. The victim, who was not identified, was forced to hire a lawyer and a private investigator, who turned evidence of the extortion over to law enforcement, DailyRecord say…
Hackensack PD: Detective Nabs Mailbox Thief With Dozen And Half Uncashed Stolen Checks Hackensack PD: Detective Nabs Mailbox Thief With Dozen And Half Uncashed Stolen Checks
Hackensack PD: Detective Nabs Mailbox Thief With Dozen And Half Uncashed Stolen Checks A thief who’d already cashed several checks fished from postal boxes was carrying 19 more when a Hackensack detective caught him, authorities said. Ricky Javier, 20, was charged with various counts of theft, forgery, conspiracy and trafficking in personal identity after Detective Sgt. Ryan Weber identified and tracked him down. Javier had previous identity theft arrests, as well as a string of burglaries and drug court violations from incidents in Cliffside Park, Fort Lee, Hackensack, Little Ferry, Saddle River and elsewhere – all in a span of barely 18 months, records show. Mahwah police …
U.S. Attorney: Elmwood Park Bait-And-Switch Movers Held Customers' Goods Hostage U.S. Attorney: Elmwood Park Bait-And-Switch Movers Held Customers' Goods Hostage
U.S. Attorney: Elmwood Park Bait-And-Switch Movers Held Customers' Goods Hostage The owners of an Elmwood Park moving company pulled bait-and-switches on helpless customers -- holding their valuables hostage -- before federal agents busted them, authorities said. For three years, Lola Larios 36, of Haledon, and Lior Atiyas, 42, of Long Island, took advantage of customers who “were in a vulnerable state and unable to refuse their demands,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Larios and Atiyas – using the names “Michelle Jacobs” and “David Cohen” – gave customers low-ball quotes, then jacked up the prices two to three times after the valuables were loaded onto their Premi…
$50M Luxury Senior Living Facility Under Construction In Wayne $50M Luxury Senior Living Facility Under Construction In Wayne
$50M Luxury Senior Living Facility Under Construction In Wayne A new senior living facility is under construction in Wayne. The Bristal Assisted Living, the region’s leader in senior care communities, is located at 1440 Hamburg Turnpike. The four-story, 134,000-square-foot building features 101 assisted living units and 52 memory care apartments. The $50 million development is expected to be completed June 2019. Amenities will include a country club-style dining room, bistro grille, card and billiards room, fitness center, arts and crafts studio, and wellness center. There will also be an outdoor courtyard, cinema, library, beauty salon and …
Bergen County Rabbi's 2nd Organ Donation Helps New York Dad Live Bergen County Rabbi's 2nd Organ Donation Helps New York Dad Live
Bergen County Rabbi's 2nd Organ Donation Helps New York Dad Live Nine years after donating his kidney to a stranger, Bergen County rabbi Ephraim Simon has given an ailing father a second chance at life with his liver. Adam Levitz, 44 of Long Island, has suffered from Crohn’s disease since the age of 15 and was in dire need of a live donor as of December 2018. Simon of Teaneck is among only a handful of people who have donated both a kidney and a liver. Because many hospitals won't allow such -- including those in New York state -- Levitz and Simon of Teaneck traveled to the Cleveland Clinic for the successful operations on Dec. 20. “As a rabbi, I do a …
Kosher French Bakery Opens Flagship Store In Lyndhurst Kosher French Bakery Opens Flagship Store In Lyndhurst
Kosher French Bakery Opens Flagship Store In Lyndhurst A new kosher bakery has opened in Lyndhurst. Patis Bakery on Ridge Road, which held a soft opening this week, will serve as the flagship location to the other stores, opening imminently in Long Island and Brooklyn. Everything on the menu will be made in-house using natural ingredients with locally-sourced produce, head chef and owner Moses Wendel told YeahThatsKosher.com. Chef MosesMoses Wendel (@chefmoses Instagram) Patis will offer ice cream, chocolate and breads, along with pastries by Parisian chef Khalil Debira. Sample bakery items include halva croissants, signature egg breakfas…