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Career Comes Full Circle For 28-Year-Old Closter Baker Opening Cake Shop Career Comes Full Circle For 28-Year-Old Closter Baker Opening Cake Shop
Career Comes Full Circle For 28-Year-Old Closter Baker Opening Cake Shop After 10 years working at cake shops across the region, Bergen County's Lori Lupardi is opening one of her own. Lupardi, 28, has fond memories of baking with her mother and grandmother, particularly around holidays growing up in Closter. In her junior and senior years at Northern Valley Demarest, Lupardi had a baking internship in Dumont and was looking at colleges, when her mom pointed out she could go to school for baking. Lupardi ended up graduating with her bachelor's of science in baking and pastry arts from Johnson and Wales, and spent the following decade learning the trade. She fe…

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Police & Fire
County-Owned Rescue Truck Collides With SUV In Front Of Hackensack Fire Department County-Owned Rescue Truck Collides With SUV In Front Of Hackensack Fire Department
County-Owned Rescue Truck Collides With SUV In Front Of Hackensack Fire Department A crash involving a county-owned rescue truck and a Toyota SUV closed a Hackensack street Wednesday morning, Aug. 7. The crash happened right outside of the city's fire station on State Street around 10:30 a.m. The truck involved in the crash, often used for water rescues, was returning from a call when the incident happened, Hackensack Police Capt. Michael Antista said.  An ambulance was called to the scene, however, no injuries were reported. Hackensack Fire Department had been warning residents to avoid local streets saying half of the city was under water following Tuesday night'…

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Crash With Injuries Takes Out 2 Lanes On Route 21 In Clifton Crash With Injuries Takes Out 2 Lanes On Route 21 In Clifton
Crash With Injuries Takes Out 2 Lanes On Route 21 In Clifton A crash shut two lanes of Route 21 Wednesday morning, Aug. 7 in Clifton. The accident happened at in the southbound lanes, south of Exit 10 to Brook Avenue around 6:30 a.m., but the roadway remained closed an hour later. Injuries were reported.

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Weather
Half Of Hackensack Is Flooded, Route 17 Shut In Hasbrouck Heights: Storm Update Half Of Hackensack Is Flooded, Route 17 Shut In Hasbrouck Heights: Storm Update
Half Of Hackensack Is Flooded, Route 17 Shut In Hasbrouck Heights: Storm Update Following fierce storms swept through the region Tuesday evening, Aug. 6, many roadways were still flooded and wet, making for treacherous commutes Wednesday, Aug. 7. As of 8 a.m., Route 17 north was closed in Hasbrouck Heights at Route 46 due to flooding. The borough's fire department shared scenes from local streets. Last night, members stood by at the firehouse in anticipation of the storm. For several hours, the department responded... Posted by Hasbrouck Heights Fire Department on Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Last night, members stood by at the firehouse in anticipation of the st…

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News
Route 4 Paramus Police Pursuit Led By Masked Car Thieves Ends In Crash: Authorities Route 4 Paramus Police Pursuit Led By Masked Car Thieves Ends In Crash: Authorities
Route 4 Paramus Police Pursuit Led By Masked Car Thieves Ends In Crash: Authorities Three juveniles are facing charges after leading a police pursuit across multiple Bergen County towns, ending in a collision involving a police car, authorities said. Trouble began around 3:50 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6 in Paramus, when officers were called to a Concord Drive home on reports of people wearing ski masks and dark clothing trying to steal a BMW from the driveway, Paramus Police Chief Robert Guidetti said. The suspects were captured on security cameras trying to enter the home. Officer Slavko Bajovic arrived on the scene and saw a 2014 Hyundai Elantra, occupied by two suspects match…

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Police & Fire
Trespassing Swimmers Ages 23, 24 Drown In Camden County Lake, Police Say (UPDATE) Trespassing Swimmers Ages 23, 24 Drown In Camden County Lake, Police Say (UPDATE)
Trespassing Swimmers Ages 23, 24 Drown In Camden County Lake, Police Say (Update) Police have released additional information in this week's drownings in a Camden County lake. Officers were called to Penbryn Wildlife Management area for two missing swimmers around 2:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5, Winslow Township Police Chief Donald Lemons said. A witness told police his two friends, ages 23 and 24, went swimming in the lake and did not resurface. The Winslow Township Fire Department, Winslow Township EMS, the NJSP, Camden County LANSAR, Camden County Communications and OEM, Camden County Dive Team 3, and several surrounding Fire and EMS agencies responded. At appr…

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Schools
Top Educators In Each Of NJ's 21 Counties Named Top Educators In Each Of NJ's 21 Counties Named
Top Educators In Each Of NJ's 21 Counties Named The New Jersey Department of Education has named the top 21 educators in the state. The department released the list of the 2024-25 New Jersey County Teachers of the Year on Tuesday, Aug. 6.  They are: Atlantic County: Carly Broomhead, Visual Arts Teacher at Emma C. Attales Middle School in the Absecon School District Bergen County: Margarita Diakos, Special Education Teacher at Ramsey High School in the Ramsey School District Burlington County: Margaret Fanourgakis, Health & Physical Education Teacher at Shawnee High School in the Lenape Regional Hi…

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News
Crash Victim Reunites With Dog Who Ran From NY To NJ Two Months Ago (VIDEO) Crash Victim Reunites With Dog Who Ran From NY To NJ Two Months Ago (VIDEO)
Crash Victim Reunites With Dog Who Ran From NY To NJ Two Months Ago (Video) There were few dry eyes in the Bergen County Animal Shelter Tuesday, Aug. 6, as a dog who ran from a crash scene in New York two months ago was reunited with her owner. Salem Mannequin has been tirelessly searching for her yellow lab Nyla since the June 7 crash on the Cross Bronx Expressway at White Plains Road, she tells Daily Voice. She was in a hospital bed at Jacobi Medical Center hours after the accident when she realized, her baby was missing. Once released, Mannequin began calling shelters and veterinary offices across New York City and Westchester counties. She posted in missi…

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Police & Fire
Serial Public Masturbator Arrested In Hackensack For Pleasuring Himself On Transit Bus: Police Serial Public Masturbator Arrested In Hackensack For Pleasuring Himself On Transit Bus: Police
Serial Public Masturbator Arrested In Hackensack For Pleasuring Himself On Transit Bus: Police Several weeks after being arrested twice in one day for public masturbation, a 62-year-old man is back in custody for similar antics in another Bergen County city. As reported by Daily Voice, Mark Schmitt, of Hackensack, was arrested in Edgewater for masturbating publicly once at 7:30 a.m. and again at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, July 17. On Monday evening, Aug. 5, Schmitt pleasured himself in front of a 25-year-old woman on a transit bus, Hackensack Police Capt. Michael Antista said. Officers arrested him on the corner of Essex Street and Prospect Avenue, Antista said. Schmitt was again lo…

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Police & Fire
Bodycam Footage Shows Arrest Of DWI Driver In Wild Jersey Shore Boardwalk Wreck With His Dog Bodycam Footage Shows Arrest Of DWI Driver In Wild Jersey Shore Boardwalk Wreck With His Dog
Bodycam Footage Shows Arrest Of DWI Driver In Wild Jersey Shore Boardwalk Wreck With His Dog Newly-released bodycam footage shows the arrest of a wrong-way DWI driver who police say nearly hit multiple people before crashing into another vehicle then landing on a boardwalk along in a Jersey Shore town. As previously reported by Daily Voice, Jason Nagy, 44, of Avon-by-the-Sea, was arrested on Thursday, July 11, the Belmar Police Department.  This is Nagy's third DWI: The first was in Toms River in March 2006, and the second was in Avon-by-the-Sea in June 2014, New Jersey court records show. Three days after Nagy's July 11 DWI, he was cited for loud/offensive language out of Wa…

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