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George Frey/Getty Images 29 Jun 2021 When veterans began dying of the coronavirus at the New Jersey Veterans Home in Paramus, Alex Saldana, a Scout with Oradell’s Troop 36, wanted to offer his support. In 2020, each evening for a month the teenager played taps on his trumpet outside the home to honor those who passed away and comfort the other residents, NorthJersey.com reported Saturday. However, he did not want his support to end there, so when researching for his Eagle Scout project recen...

Illustrative: Then-Jewish Home party chairman Naftali Bennett (R) is interviewed by Brookings Executive Vice President Martin Indyk at the Brookings Institute in Washington on December 6, 2014. (Brookings Institute) NEW JERSEY (Jewish Standard) — Israel recently swore in its 13th prime minister — and the third to have spent formative years in the United States. Golda Meir, who led Israel from 1969 through 1974, immigrated from Kyiv to Milwaukee with her family when she was 8, in 1906; she o...

NJ spray grounds & splash pads in summer 2021: Many are free There are also a few that charge a fee. Well get to those, too. Its always good to check the parks website and maybe even call ahead before making a visit, as lingering pandemic restrictions in addition to maintenance and repairs can unexpectedly put a damper on plans. 156 Mettlers Rd, Somerset Open daily noon to 8 p.m. every day until Sept. 6. After that the spray park will be open weekends, noon to 7 p.m., until September 26. After ...

Los fuegos artificiales del 4 de julio de Macys están de vuelta después de una edición modificada el verano pasado. En el espectáculo de fuegos artificiales más grande de Macys para su edición número 45 se lanzarán más de 65.000 fuegos pirotécnicos y una variedad de efectos especiales planificados a lo largo de la exhibición de 25 minutos.  La exhibición se puede observar a partir de las 8 p.m. desde cualquier vista sin obstáculos sobre el East River en Midtown Manhattan o a lo la...

RETAIL: AN INTRODUCTION Picture, if you still can, the packed dressing room of a Loehmann’s, in the days before that deep-discount clothing emporium, its stores for decades a New York shopping icon, shuttered its doors. The lighting is grey, fluorescent, unflattering. But never mind, it signifies the business at hand: the sacred and profane ritual of communal shopping. Hooks and clothing racks line the dressing-room walls, but the focal point of the space is a wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling m...

Get ready for the Fourth of July! Where are the fireworks in New Jersey this year? Youve come to the right place to find out. Here is a county-by-county and town-by-town listing of all the Independence Day fireworks shows in 2021. NOTE: All displays are not updated for postponements and cancellations due to weather. Always check websites before heading out. Events are subject to change due to weather or other concerns. Some communities have postponed their annual Independence Day celebrations u...

Advocates and families lobbied hard for the extension, which the state Assembly and Senate approved unanimously this spring. But supporters said earlier this month that the measure was being held up by a dispute inside the Murphy administration over how to spend federal coronavirus aid. The governors office would not discuss the delay. Advocates said time was running out, with schools planning graduation ceremonies and crafting individual education plans, or IEPs, that would guide instructi...

For decades, a string of killings of teenage girls haunted suburban New Jersey. A detective wondered: Could there be a link to a series of Times Square murders?

Officials in more than three dozen Bergen and Passaic counties municipalities have introduced or adopted ordinances to restrict cannabis businesses.

With less than two weeks until her wedding day, Jazlyn Amador learned the six bridesmaids' dresses she ordered won't be arriving in time or at all.