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A New Jersey resident and former National Police lieutenant has penned a memoir detailing how he survived being kidnapped and tortured by the Peruvian National Intelligence Service.“The Unknown Basement: Based on a Real-Life Story,” detail…

Krispy Kreme opens 5th N.J. store Updated 4:48 PM; Facebook Share Krispy Kreme Doughnuts has opened its fifth New Jersey location in Bergen County. The newest store is located at 247 Route 4 in Paramus. It joins locations in Springfield, East Rutherford, Jersey City, and Collingswood. The doughnut shop took the place of a shuttered McDonalds. Both the storefront and drive-through are open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily. “Hot light” hours, when fresh doughnuts are being made, run from 6 a.m. t...

Weeks after New Jersey began distributing COVID vaccines, Lynne Algrant got a call from Bergen New Bridge Medical Center.  The Paramus hospital, nestled in a county where minorities make up almost half the population, was struggling to sign up nonwhite patients for the shots. At the same time, Algrant, vice president of a Hackensack nonprofit that works with low-income families, was being peppered by calls from Black, Latino and Asian residents struggling to get coveted vaccines.  "We though...

Companies Outfit Offices For ‘New Normal’ As Employees Return To Workplace CBS New York 1 hr ago Syndicated Local – CBS New York PARAMUS, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — More companies are asking employees to return to the office. But what’s the new normal when it comes to the workplace? CBS2’s Meg Baker has a look at some of the changes workers can expect. Signs that say, “Face coverings required,” “Keep a safe distance,” and “Please sanitize hands,” are all likel...

This story is part of Loved and Lost, a statewide media collaboration working to celebrate the life of every New Jersey resident who died of COVID-19. To learn more and submit a loved ones name to be profiled, visit lovedandlostnj.com. When she transferred into Memorial Elementary School 11 in Passaic for seventh grade, Rosalyn Charish returned home happily after the first day of school.  "I met the cutest boy," she told her mother.  "He was tall and very good looking," she recalled about...

Meet the N.J. man behind a COVID vaccine Twitter account helping thousands get appointments Updated 10:55 AM; Today 7:30 AM Actor Brett Stoelker, at his home command center, has been tweeting as @C19VaxxUpdates for months. The Twitter account has supplied New Jerseyans with crucial updates on vaccine appointments across the state.Courtesy Brett Stoelker Facebook Share Brett Stoelker looked out at the audience. The actor had been performing with the national tour of Broadway’s “Les Miséra...

Boy camps out for free Krispy Kreme doughnuts You might consider yourself a diehard fan of a certain fast food item, but would you be willing to camp out for two days for it? That’s what happened at a New Jersey Krispy Kreme location. A new store was scheduled to open in Paramus and 9-year-old Shae Fishman wanted to be the first customer, although he wasn’t sure what his reward would be. According to the Daily Voice, the boy set up a tent on Sunday outside the store and waited for two day...

How to Get Your Vaccine By Shira Zimmerman | March 24, 2021 Booking a COVID vaccine appointment can be a frustrating process but I’m here to help! Everything here has worked for many people, including my volunteer crew and many others with whom we shared this handbook, but nothing is a guarantee. I edit the information in the online handbook, so please see the live document at www.bit.ly/VaxBookBCNJ  to ensure accuracy. Here are vaccination sites in our area in...

Former Lieutenant of the National Police in Peru Chronicles Survival of Being Kidnapped and Tortured by the Peruvian National Intelligence Service in Gripping New Memoir Share Article ‘The Unknown Basement’ by Salomon H. Soria presents his autobiographical account of the most important and painful episode of his life after leading the police strike of May 1987 in Huancayo, Peru By sharing his own violation of human rights, Soria hopes his story helps find justice and healing for others impa...

Your summer road trip is a factor in whether gas prices top $3 a gallon Updated 10:00 AM; What might push gas prices over the $3 a gallon level for regular? It might depend on how many more people take that traditional road trip to the Jersey Shore this summer, experts said. Prices have taken a steady walk upward in the past 30 days, which have been blamed on a variety of reasons including a large container ship blocking the Suez Canal for close to a week. The real factors will be supply, affe...