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Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Covid-
19: FDU Florham Park Student Tests Positive
Several Fairleigh Dickinson University students and staff members are being quarantined after one student tested positive for COVID-19 at the Florham Park campus -- just one day after some classes had resumed in the classroom. The student had lived in the Park Avenue residence halls, NorthJersey.com reports. Students in the hall were made aware of the positive test in an email Tuesday, the report says. The following morning, the positive test was posted to FDU’s website alongside official quarantine procedures. "That student is no longer in the residence hall and is currently in isolation…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
News
Covid-
19: Morris County Elementary School Reports Positive Case
One of the seven elementary schools in the Morris school district reported a positive COVID-19 case, less than one week after classes started. District officials did not reveal whether the case at Hillcrest Elementary School came from a student, staff or faculty member. The individual had not been in school since Sept. 9, the district website said. Health investigations and contact tracing determined that the person who tested positive did not pick the virus up at the elementary school nor any other Morris School District building. Teachers in two Bergen County school districts and nearly…
Hackensack, NJ
Schools
Covid-
19: Teachers In 2 Bergen County Districts Test Positive
Teachers in at least two Bergen County school districts have tested positive for COVID-19. One middle school teacher in Woodcliff Lake tested positive, while two teachers in Lodi tested positive, district and union officials confirmed. Woodcliff Lake Middle School is closed for two weeks after a teacher reported testing positive last Thursday, NJ.com reports, citing Superintendent Lauren Barbelet. The district's schools had been open Monday through Friday, until 12:30 p.m., when students returned home for virtual learning in the afternoons. Barblet subsequently switched middle s…
Paterson, NJ
News
'Speak English Or Pay $10': Clifton Shop Owner's Sign Causes Controversy
"Speak English or pay $10 extra," read the sign that Dave Feinberg hung in his Clifton storefront. Feinberg owns Cutter's Edge, a knife and blade-sharpening shop on Lakeview Avenue, in a largely Spanish- and Arabic-speaking area. He hung the hand-written note in the window out of frustration over the weekend -- and never intended to actually charge customers extra, according to NorthJersey.com. What ensued was a near-war against him. Feinberg was accused of racism by Twitter users calling for a shutdown of his store. He answered countless phone calls from people saying they wish he lost …
Englewood, NJ
News
Mayor Rescinds $2,500 Police Overtime Bill Sent To Teen Bergen County BLM Protest Organizer
The Englewood Cliffs mayor rescinded a $2,500 invoice sent to an 18-year-old resident for overtime police work at a Black Lives Matter rally she organized, just one day after making national headlines. "I have researched the issue further with my own counsel and I am hereby rescinding the bill," Mayor Mario Kranjac told NorthJersey.com, "subject to our Council’s ratification of my action." Emily Gil notified authorities ahead of her July 25 rally outside of the borough's municipal building but denied local officials' requests for a meeting over COVID-19 fears, NJ.com initially reported. Da…
Englewood, NJ
News
Teen BLM Protestor Organizer Has $2,500 Police Overtime Bill Rescinded By Mayor
The Englewood Cliffs mayor rescinded a $2,500 invoice sent to an 18-year-old resident for overtime police work at a Black Lives Matter rally she organized, just one day after making national headlines. "I have researched the issue further with my own counsel and I am hereby rescinding the bill," Mayor Mario Kranjac told NorthJersey.com, "subject to our Council’s ratification of my action." Emily Gil notified authorities ahead of her July 25 rally outside of the borough's municipal building but denied local officials' requests for a meeting over COVID-19 fears, NJ.com initially reported. Da…
Newark, NJ
Schools
Montclair State Bans 11 Students From On-Campus Housing For Breaking
Covid-
19 Rules
Nearly a dozen Montclair State University students were temporarily banned from on-campus housing after partying without face masks in large groups and violating COVID-19 rules, NorthJersey.com reports. The MSU community reportedly received an email Monday morning confirming 11 students had been suspended from on-campus housing for violating safety protocols. "Most of us are doing all we can to keep ourselves and others safe," the email said. "We want everyone to be safe. We want to stay open, so we ALL have to follow safety protocols...all the time!" Over the weekend, students were sent a…
Newark, NJ
Business
Strike
TWO: Cuban Pete's In Montclair Cited Again For Indoor Dining
That's two strikes for Cuban Pete's. The popular Montclair restaurant was issued a violation Sunday night for serving indoor diners in violation of Gov. Phil Murphy's executive order banning just that. Police responding to a noise complaint at the Bloomfield Avenue restaurant around 8 p.m. saw approximately 15 people eating at three tables inside, reports say. Owner Dominic Restaino is facing yet another charge of violating the COVID-19 indoor dining orders, according to police reports. Restaino's restaurant was first cited on Aug. 7, when he said the weather was to blame for his decision…
Paterson, NJ
News
Hawthorne Borough Hall Closed To Public Indefinitely After Workers Test
Covid-
19 Positive
Hawthorne's Borough Hall has been closed indefinitely to the public after two employees tested positive for COVID-19. The Lafayette Avenue building had reopened to the public July 13, when the borough had no active cases of the virus, according to Mayor Richard Goldberg. There are currently five COVID-19 cases in Hawthorne. The municipal employees are treating themselves at home and do not require hospitalization, NorthJersey.com reports. Eight Hawthorne police officers tested positive for the virus at the onset of the pandemic in March.
Paramus, NJ
News
Report: Nurse's Aide At Paramus Veterans Home Dies Of Coronavirus
Family and friends of a nurse's aide at the Paramus Veterans Home say she died of coronavirus despite the fact that state officials who run the home say otherwise, NorthJersey.com reports. The 62-year-old male aide who worked in the part of the home where the outbreak began had filed for retirement but was asked to continue working, the article says. He died on April 16 of complications of COVID-19, NorthJersey.com said. Another worker from the same unit is also reportedly hospitalized on a ventilator with the virus, the outlet said. All three of New Jersey's veterans home have been ravage…
Englewood, NJ
Business
Englewood Bagel Shop Gets 'Unsatisfactory' Rating From Health Inspectors
An Englewood bagel shop has closed after failing health inspections this month, a recent report says. Binghamton Bagel Cafe was the only eatery that earned an unsatisfactory rating from the local health department so far this month, NorthJersey.com reports. The cafe, which serves a variety of bagels, smoothies, salads, breakfast sandwiches, paninis and more, is temporarily closed due to the unsatisfactory rating, which came during the week of Feb. 23. No word on when the cafe will reopen. Click here for the full list of restaurant health inspection ratings from NorthJersey.com.
Paramus, NJ
News
Report: Federal Lawsuit Accuses Former Bergen Community College VP Of Sexual Harassment
A former executive vice president at Bergen Community College resigned amid allegations of sexual harassment, according to a published report. A federal gender discrimination lawsuit filed by Brandie Bookhart accuses Brian Agnew of repeatedly trying to kiss her, making sexual comments and trying to meet up with her outside work, NorthJersey.com reported. The harassment began soon after Agnew, 38, of Piscataway took the second-in-command position in January 2019, alleges the suit, which names him, the BCC Board of Trustees and a human resources manager at the school. Agnew couldn’t immediat…
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