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Meet the North Jersey adoptable pets of the week for April 26: Ace, Coco and Kitkat
Each week, NorthJersey.com would like to highlight adoptable animals from local shelters and rescues. If you foster, work at, or volunteer with a North Jersey animal shelter or rescue and know of some animals who are in need of a loving fur-ever home please send a photo, description, and adoption information to amwallace@gannett.com to have your adoptable pets featured in the next edition.
$1K Week For Life! Morris County Lotto Player Wins Big
Their ticket matched the five balls in the New Jersey Lottery Cash4Life drawing on Thursday, April 25, winning $1,000 a week for life. The ticket was sold at QuickChek in Whippany. The winning numbers for the drawing were: 03, 07, 39, 49 and 58. The Cash Ball was: 01. to...
Chick-fil-A opening next week could create pandemonium in Parsippany with huge crowd
Five years ago, nearly 500 people lined up at the Briarcliff Commons mall in Morris Plains by 5 a.m. for a little breaded chicken. Not just any breaded chicken, of course. The crowd turned out for the debut of Morris County's first Chick-fil-A, the chain restaurant sensation known for its devoted fanbase. So...
Here’s when Stew Leonard’s second N.J. location will open
Stew Leonard’s is opening its second food and wine store in New Jersey. It will welcome customers on May 17 at 467 Allwood Road in Clifton in the Styertowne Shopping Center. The 56,000-square-foot grocery and wine store will offer products from more than a dozen local vendors and dozens of New Jersey farms.
New Jersey Woman Wins $200K At Tipico Casino
On April 7, a woman from Jersey City, New Jersey, won $200,000 playing the Jin Ji Bao Xi Endless Treasure game at the online Tipico Casino. Tipico Casino app helps expedite the real money deposit, withdrawal process, per US CEO Adrian Vella. According to Richard Janvrin of Gambling.com, this occurred...
Owner of Garfield bat cave says city 'turned their backs on us' as redevelopment planned
The Wildlife Conservation and Education Center in Garfield, known as the New Jersey "bat cave," is at risk of permanently shutting down as the property owners, Snowball Developments, want to create an industrial-commercial complex. A zoning board meeting to be held on April 29 will determine the fate of the center as...
It's official: Chick-fil-A announces opening date for Paramus store at old Fireplace site
An official opening date was announced for the new Paramus Chick-fil-A, which replaced the beloved Fireplace restaurant on Route 17. The fast-food outlet will start serving customers in Paramus on May 2, the same day the new Chick-fil-A in Parsippany is also scheduled to open. The chain has over 3,000 locations across the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, including 61 in New Jersey.
Live rabbit left in freezer at N.J. research lab after botched euthanasia, feds say
A Union County research facility associated with the pharmaceutical giant Merck failed to properly euthanize a rabbit, then left the animal in a freezer, according to a federal inspection report. A federal Department of Agriculture report filed last month details the incident, which was deemed a “critical violation,” at an...
'Something positive': Passaic gets funds to create fourth splash park
PASSAIC — The city's Colonel Johnson Park made the state Department of Environmental Protection's list for Green Acres funds. The DEP approved the city's $2.15 million grant request to convert the existing park into a splash park. The funds are part of this year's $117 million Green Acres funds allotment.
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