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Cindy Capitani

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Lifestyle
Go Kart Racing Comes To Palisades Center In Nyack Go Kart Racing Comes To Palisades Center In Nyack
Go Kart Racing Comes To Palisades Center In Nyack NYACK, N.Y. — Euro-style go karts clocking speeds of 50 m.p.h. will soon race around the upper level of the Palisades Center in Nyack through a 43,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility. Autobahn Indoor Speedway’s first mall location is one of 10 racetracks planned so far, managing partner David Larsen said. Open locations include two in Baltimore, Birmingham, Memphis, and Jacksonville. Set to open this year are Nyack; Manassas, Vir./D.C.; Hampshire Mall, Mass.; Harrisburg, Pa.; and Tucson, Ariz. The mall approached them, Larsen said, because Palisades wanted to offer something different…

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Business
Englewood's Blue Moon Mexican Cafe Fundraiser Benefits Teaneck Rotary Englewood's Blue Moon Mexican Cafe Fundraiser Benefits Teaneck Rotary
Englewood's Blue Moon Mexican Cafe Fundraiser Benefits Teaneck Rotary ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — Blue Moon Mexican Cafe in Englewood is participating in a community night for Teaneck Rotary Club Wednesday, March 2. The cafe will be taking part in a fundraiser where 20 percent of each customer’s bill goes towards the Teaneck Rotary Club. The event will take place from 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Englewood location. The donation is also applied to catering and gift cards, as well as lunch, dinner, take out, and delivery. Blue Moon Mexican Cafe is located at 23 East Palisade Ave. in Englewood.  Click here for more information. 

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News
Gender Transition Fundraiser Tops Last Week's News In Bergen County Gender Transition Fundraiser Tops Last Week's News In Bergen County
Gender Transition Fundraiser Tops Last Week's News In Bergen County BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. -- Here's a look at last week's top stories from around Bergen County. A family member’s gender transition is what Glen Rock High School Junior Leo Pawlika says inspired him to launch a hockey fundraiser for the organization that helped his family through the process. A 15-year-old student started an auditorium closet fire that cleared Cliffside Park High School on Friday, Police Chief Richard Gaito told Daily Voice.  A 31-year-old Garfield man was conscious and alert while being transported to the hospital after being struck by a live electrical wire Tuesday morning in …

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News
Mahwah Couple Poses As Charity Tops Last Week's News In Passaic County Mahwah Couple Poses As Charity Tops Last Week's News In Passaic County
Mahwah Couple Poses As Charity Tops Last Week's News In Passaic County PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. -- Here's a look at last week's top stories from around Passaic County. A Mahwah married couple posed as members of a charity organization to scam unsuspecting good Samaritan outside a Wayne store. We asked for your top picks for our DVlicious "Best Soup in Passaic County" contest and whittled it down to three finalists. A Sunday morning fire in Paterson sent one person to the hospital for smoke inhalation and displaced four. Wanaque teen Erin Paulison put the pedal to the metal when pursuing her passion as a race car driver.  A new stroke of art and entertai…

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Stamford's AmeriCares Delivers $3 Million In Medicine For Syria Stamford's AmeriCares Delivers $3 Million In Medicine For Syria
Stamford's AmeriCares Delivers $3 Million In Medicine For Syria STAMFORD, Conn. -- AmeriCares based in Stamford has sent more than $3 million in medicine on the way to help children and families in war-torn Syria. AmeriCares, an emergency response and global health organization, has shipments of antibiotics, cardiovascular medicine, intravenous fluids and diabetes medication in transit. The shipments of medicine from AmeriCares will support the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), which operates over 100 medical facilities in Syria, including underground trauma hospitals. Five years of war in Syria have destroyed infrastructure, displaced millions a…

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Expert Shares Tips On Zika Virus Prevention Expert Shares Tips On Zika Virus Prevention
Expert Shares Tips On Zika Virus Prevention The World Health Organization has declared the Zika virus an international public health emergency, affecting 24 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.  With no vaccine and treatments unreliable, health experts say we should all take precautions to lower risks — particularly women of child-bearing age and those who travel to regions of the world where the virus poses a grave threat. Joe Conlon, technical advisor for the American Mosquito Control Association (AMCA), a retired U.S. Navy entomologist and renowned expert in mosquito control, predicts the Zika epidemic will likely reach t…

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Politics
Moody’s Downgrades Bridgeport Credit Rating To 'Negative' Moody’s Downgrades Bridgeport Credit Rating To 'Negative'
Moody’s Downgrades Bridgeport Credit Rating To 'Negative' BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — The credit rating for the City of Bridgeport has been reclassified as ‘negative’ from its previous August of 2014 position of ‘stable,’ according to a Feb. 16 statement released by Moody's Investors Service. Aside from the negative credit rating, Moody’s assigned an A2 rating to the City of Bridgeport's $81.3 million General Obligation (GO) Bonds, 2016 Series A, GO Refunding Bonds Series B, and GO Refunding Bonds Series C. The A2 rating reflects the city's narrow financial position and weak liquidity, says Moody's. The city continues to face ongoing pressure from long-te…

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Schools
Beacon Struggling To Find School Superintendent Beacon Struggling To Find School Superintendent
Beacon Struggling To Find School Superintendent BEACON, N.Y. — The school district is set to begin searching diligently for a new superintendent at the next Board of Education meeting on Monday, reports phillipstown.info. The district has been without a superintendent since Barbara Walkley resigned in January after serving just a year, the fifth administrator to step down in the past decade, according to phillipstown.info. Walkley’s tenure was filled with controversial moves and accusations of impropriety and Beacon parents have asked the board for more transparency, reports phillipstown.info. Click here to read the story on phillipsto…

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Events
Upper Saddle River Porsche Dealership Seeks To End Childhood Hunger Upper Saddle River Porsche Dealership Seeks To End Childhood Hunger
Upper Saddle River Porsche Dealership Seeks To End Childhood Hunger UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. — Jack Daniels Porsche in Saddle River is participating in an event to help local children in need Friday, Feb. 26. The Jack Daniels Good Neighbor Program is having a fundraiser that will provide healthy snack foods for children in need. All money raised by the event will go to CFA’s Weekend Snack Pack program to help end weekend childhood hunger. The event is from 6-9 p.m. at Jack Daniels Porsche located at 335 Route 17 South in Upper Saddle River. Tickets are $50 per person, and you must be 21 years or older to attend. Click here for more information. 

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Cold Spring Planning Board Reviewing Butterfield Proposal Cold Spring Planning Board Reviewing Butterfield Proposal
Cold Spring Planning Board Reviewing Butterfield Proposal COLD SPRING, N.Y. — Developers for the Butterfield project are due at Thursday’s Cold Spring Planning Board meeting to go over proposed changes to the Lahey Pavillion, reports phillipsburg.info. Redevelopment of the former hospital site includes a change in use for the Lahey Pavilion that calls for it to be converted to a 6,200 square foot senior citizen center, with a 1,350 square foot U.S. Post Office, according to phillipsburg.info. A plan previously approved would have kept the Lahey building as a medical facility, reports phillipsburg.info. Parking is the main problem with the new p…

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