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New Jersey quintuplets graduate from same university together: ‘Full circle moment’
It’s celebrations all around for this party of five. Quintuplets from New Jersey have made history by graduating from Montclair State University on the same day. Victoria, Vico, Ashley, Michael and Marcus Povolo, 21, each took to the stage to receive their diploma at the college’s commencement ceremony on Monday, watched on by their proud parents, Paolo and Silvia. “It was super emotional, I was very, very excited,” Vico told The Post of the milestone moment. “We didn’t have a traditional high school graduation ceremony during the COVID pandemic, so it was a full circle moment.” It’s “believed to be the...
Little Falls, Clifton Health Department Memorialize COVID-19 Victims
LITTLE FALLS, NJ - The Township of Little Falls and the Clifton Health Department came together on Friday to honor and remember the 26 residents who lost their lives to COVID-19. The event, held at Wilmore Park, brought together community members, local officials, and families of the deceased to pay tribute to the lives lost during the pandemic. "When we fast forward and look at all the souls we lost, we want the government to do the right thing," Council President Anthony Sgobba said. "The government has done a lot, but looking back, we see that sometimes not just...
Gotcha! Arrest Made In Theft Of $62,000 Worth Of Parts From BMW HQ: Woodcliff Lake PD
Joseph Domenico Varano, 21, of Bloomfield and his cohorts hit the parking lot of the campus off Chestnut Ridge Road near the Garden State Parkway on May 4, Woodcliff Lake Police Chief Stephen Regula said. Borough police identified Varano and arrested him at his home on Thursday, May 16, with...
North Bergen Man Busted In Murder-For-Hire Plot: Hudson Prosecutor
Miguel Cortes, 37, was arrested outside his Paterson Plank Road home on Tuesday, May 14, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. North Bergen police caught wind of Cortes’s alleged offer of money for the deed, the prosecutor said in announcing the arrest on Friday. Suarez didn’t characterize the person...
Video Shows Serial Groper Trying To Drag Woman Behind Garfield Church: Investigators
Michael Hernandez, 25, of Ridgefield Park is seen following and then running up to the victim outside Praise Assembly church at the corner of Main Street and Banta Avenue shortly after 12 noon May 8, investigators said. He then grabbed her by her neck and backpack and unsuccessfully tried to...
Police Officer Garth Guthrie Retires After 27 Years
In the early 1990s, Garth Guthrie was routinely profiled by police officers on his morning commute to work. “It’s so funny. I usually would get up early so I can get stopped and searched, so I can make it work on time,” Guthrie said. Guthrie took his...
Pedestrian struck and killed on N.J. street, cops say
A pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle in Maplewood on Monday morning, officials said. The person was hit at 9:10 a.m. on Route 124, which is known as Springfield Avenue in the Essex County township, according to State Police fatal crash data. Maplewood police referred questions to the...
‘Very emotional’: NJ store to close after more than 100 years in business
NEW JERSEY (PIX11) — Customers at Saunders Hardware in Montclair, N.J., seem to either have a story or an emotional connection with a business that’s been around for a staggering 131 years. But after failing to find a buyer for the store, Tom Vultee, the current owner, is ready to retire. It’s no accident that […]
Parsippany trucking firm pays $3.7M for old Corigliano Dodge site. Here's their plan
A trucking company currently leasing a 3.4-acre site in Parsippany will pay more than $1 million per acre to purchase the property and build a "state-of-the-art truck repair facility" there. South Plainfield-based H.K. Truck Center has agreed to pay $3.68 million for five adjacent lots at the intersection of Route...
8 Things to Know About Stew Leonard's New Store in Clifton
CLIFTON, NJ - Dubbed as “the Disneyland of Dairy Stores” by the New York Times, Stew Leonard's has opened in Clifton in the Styertowne Shopping Center. Here are eight things to know about Stew Leonard’s.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER 1. The family-owned grocery chain began in 1969 as a small dairy store with seven employees. It has since expanded to six locations in Connecticut and New York, employing more than 2,200 people. 2. The Clifton store is the second to open in New Jersey - the other being in Paramus. 3. The store is best...
NYPD could access shops’ surveillance cameras — in real time — under new plan to combat theft
It sounds a little like Big Brother, but cops say it’ll be a big help. The city announced a new program Thursday to combat soaring retail crime – and it relies on store owners letting the NYPD tap into their security cameras to gather “real-time intelligence.” The pilot program will be purely voluntary but those who opt-in to the city’s integration platform will be able to directly share information through their existing survelliance system, according to Mayor Eric Adams’ office. “The prerequisite to prosperity is public safety,” Adams said at a press conference announcing the program, which will cost the city $1.5 million...
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