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Hackensack, NJ
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Costume Contest Winner's Looks Just Keep Getting Better
Congratulations to 7-year-old Roxie Perez of Hackensack as Mother Nature, who took first place in Daily Voice's 2018 North Jersey Halloween Costume Competition with 42 percent of votes (608 people). Second place goes to Gabrielle Rivera of Garfield with 22 percent of votes. Jude and the Rago family of Oradell take third as the Circus Act, with 19 percent of votes. Roxie, a second grader at the Jackson Avenue school, and her mom both love Halloween. They try to do something a little different every year. Last year, she was a headless bride and the year before she was La Muerte from "T…
Mount Pleasant, NY
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Westchester's Megyn Kelly Out At NBC After Defending Blackface, Report Says
Westchester's Megyn Kelly is now out at NBC following a controversial comment Tuesday about blackface, according to multiple sources. No official announcement has been made by NBC, but The Daily Mail is reporting the network will pay out the remainder of her salary, believed to be in the range of $69 million. On Thursday, the network pulled "Megyn Kelly Today," and ran a rerun of a show from August. The whole blow-up took place following Tuesday's show in which Kelly defended a white person wearing blackface for Halloween, or a black person who put on whiteface during a panel d…
Hackensack, NJ
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Halloween Is Special Time Of Year For North Jersey Siblings
Richard and Theresa Fuss always been close. For starters, the Elmwood Park siblings were born 11 months apart and have done almost everything together. Halloween is no exception. In fact, the siblings say decorating their Bank Street home has brought them even closer. Theresa purchased the house six years ago. She, her brother and her parents all moved in from Paramus, bringing the Halloween tradition with them. "My brother’s been doing it for years," she said. "But we just kept adding on and adding on." They begin Sept. 1, and continue working through October. It al…
Bergenfield, NJ
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Bergenfield District Alliance Hosts Inaugural “Food & Fright Festival”
The second “Food and Fright Festival,” hosted by the Go Bergenfield District Alliance, will kick off on Friday, October 26 with the first day of the Food Crawl and run through Sunday, November 4. The full Food & Fright Festival will consist of a parade on Saturday, October 27 and a Halloween Day event with multiple family activities, trick or treating and ongoing entertainment. “The Halloween Day event is an evening where the community can come together and have fun with one another,” said Mayor Norman Schmelz. “It allows parents to get into the Halloween spirit of costumes and candy and…
Hackensack, NJ
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Kids Are Lining Up For Halloween Scare From North Jersey Brothers
The costume-clad kids that gather on the corner of Jay and Tontine avenues in Lyndhurst every Halloween aren't there for candy. They've come for a fright -- and the Cuneo brothers are prepared to bring it. For the past eight years, Chris Cuneo, 31, and Kevin Cuneo, 29, have been the masterminds behind an elaborate fright fest on their own front lawn. They call it: #HalloweenOnJay. Dress as scary clowns, zombies and other masked characters from your worst nightmares, the Cuneos -- along with several friends and family members -- plant themselves in between the dozens of animatronics strat…
Hackensack, NJ
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This Entire Hackensack Street Goes All Out For Halloween
Nearly every family on Clinton Place was outside on Sunday hanging Halloween decorations. Or at least, some decorations. The others would have to wait until another day because for many families on the Hackensack street, one day isn't enough to prepare for the holiday. The neighborhood has become well-known across North Jersey for its over-the-top decorations. On Halloween night, the block is closed off for the nearly 8,000 trick-or-treaters that flood the sidewalks. Ralph and Maria-Rose Contini were working on building permanent piping to display Bruce -- one of the many wooden "Fin…
Fairfield, CT
Breaking News
Here's How To Check On Sex Offenders Living In Your Area
With Halloween around the corner, parents in Connecticut can access the state’s Sex Offender Registry to ensure local children don’t receive the wrong trick or treat. Area residents can utilize the Connecticut Sex Offender Registry online to search for specific cities, neighborhoods or streets to see a written list - with photos - of sex offenders that may reside in places children are planning to trick-or-treat on Halloween. According to the Connecticut Department of Emergency Services & Public Protection, they “update information regularly, to try to assure that it is complete and acc…
Paterson, NJ
Obituaries
Former Standout Wayne Athlete Michael Fusco Dies Suddenly
WAYNE, N.J. -- Michael Fusco originally of Wayne died suddenly on Sunday, Jan. 28. He was 42 years old. Michael was born and raised in Wayne and attended Wayne Valley High School. He later transferred to Livingston High School. He was a natural athlete and excelled at baseball in both high schools. He was a graduate of Lincoln Technical School with a degree in heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. He will be remembered for always having a joke, making up stories and rhymes, being silly with his sister and mimicking all kinds of stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Kermit the Frog. …
