Worcester, MA
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COVID-19: Face-Mask-Fog Solution Developed In Western Mass COVID-19: Face-Mask-Fog Solution Developed In Western Mass COVID-19: Face-Mask-Fog Solution Developed In Western Mass
Covid-19: Face-Mask-Fog Solution Developed In Western Mass Since the start of the pandemic, people with glasses have had a legitimate problem with face masks - wearing them fogs up eyewear. But a Western Massachusetts company thinks it has come up with a solution - literally and figuratively. Kyttarinic Technologies is working to get an updated version of its premier product FogKicker out to the glasses-wearing public. With a new office in Springfield, the formerly Amherst-based company has been selling vials of the spray and has tested a new product, wipes, that clean and prevent fog on glasses and dive masks. FogKicker is not the first anti-f…

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by Kristin Palpini
New Haven, CT
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From Food Trucks To Court Street: Bakery, Vegan Shop Under One Roof From Food Trucks To Court Street: Bakery, Vegan Shop Under One Roof From Food Trucks To Court Street: Bakery, Vegan Shop Under One Roof
From Food Trucks To Court Street: Bakery, Vegan Shop Under One Roof A bakery and a vegan eatery have relocated from two respective food trucks to one shared roof.  Two New Haven food truck chefs Poreyah Benton, owner of Vegan Ahava, and Tisha Hudson of Edible Couture told News 8 reporters that they were complete strangers before Benton posted on social media looking for a business partner.  Both entrepreneurs started their businesses on wheels before opening their business on Court Street, which had an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 23. Benton was raised in the vegan community of Dimona in Israel, she wrote on her eatery's w…

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by Christina Coulter
Hackensack, NJ
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Family-Owned Bergen County Indian Clothing Shop Rethinks Business Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Family-Owned Bergen County Indian Clothing Shop Rethinks Business Amid COVID-19 Pandemic Family-Owned Bergen County Indian Clothing Shop Rethinks Business Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Family-Owned Bergen County Indian Clothing Shop Rethinks Business Amid Covid-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has forced a family who owns a Bergen County clothing store to rethink business.  Advance Apparels owners Akash, Prithvi and Manju Bajaj have had experience with authentic Indian garments even before opening the South Hackensack store in 2001. “My father at the time was working at MetLife but leveraged his experience managing clothing factories from his time in India to start a clothing brand on the side,” Akash, 27, told Daily Voice. For years, Akash, his father, Prithvi, and his mother, Manju, had a routine that worked: they’d spend the first several month…

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by Valerie Musson
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Obituaries
Chatham High School Graduate, Tri-Varsity Athlete Cory Heidaran Dies, 27 Chatham High School Graduate, Tri-Varsity Athlete Cory Heidaran Dies, 27 Chatham High School Graduate, Tri-Varsity Athlete Cory Heidaran Dies, 27
Chatham High School Graduate, Tri-Varsity Athlete Cory Heidaran Dies, 27 Former Jersey City and Chatham resident Cory C. Heidaran died Oct. 8. He was 27 years old. Heidaran was born in Rockville, Maryland and spent time in California and North Carolina before settling in Chatham, where he graduated high school in 2012, according to his obituary. Heidaran was known for his passion of sports and was an avid football, lacrosse and ice hockey player, making him a tri-varsity athlete, his obit says. Cory attended SUNY Cortland and had most recently been working as an entrepreneur in Jersey City, according to a GoFundMe created in his memory. “He was the type of fri…

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by Valerie Musson
Hackensack, NJ
Your Community
COVID-19 Forces Life Change For Retired Trucker Opening Hackensack Juice Bar COVID-19 Forces Life Change For Retired Trucker Opening Hackensack Juice Bar COVID-19 Forces Life Change For Retired Trucker Opening Hackensack Juice Bar
Covid-19 Forces Life Change For Retired Trucker Opening Hackensack Juice Bar A retired truck driver with a new, health-conscious lifestyle is bringing a juice bar to Hackensack. Jacquemiel White, 47, had moved to Jersey City from the Bronx about a decade ago to work as a for FedEx In Newark. After that, he was picking up medical waste, but had to quit due to a bad back. It wasn't until last March that he was forced to change his habits, he said. "I contracted COVID and that really rocked me," he said. "It really hit me the third day." White was walking up the stairs and was so out of breath he had to lay on the floor, he said.  "It really did a number on me…

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by Cecilia Levine
Massapequa, NY
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Amazon Opens New Delivery Station On Long Island Amazon Opens New Delivery Station On Long Island Amazon Opens New Delivery Station On Long Island
Amazon Opens New Delivery Station On Long Island Amazon is strengthening its foothold in New York with a new delivery station that recently opened on Long Island. The retail delivery giant announced that its 103,000-square-foot delivery station on Precision Drive in Shirley has opened up this week by Amazon Logistics. According to Amazon, delivery stations mark the last mile of the company’s order fulfillment process. Packages are transported to delivery stations from Amazon fulfillment centers, sorted, and then loaded into vehicles for delivery to customers, completing the delivery process. Amazon said that the station will create more…

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by Zak Failla
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Amazon Opening North Jersey Delivery Station This Week Amazon Opening North Jersey Delivery Station This Week Amazon Opening North Jersey Delivery Station This Week
Amazon Opening North Jersey Delivery Station This Week A new Amazon delivery station will open its doors this week in North Jersey. The West Caldwell facility on Patton Drive is nearly 160,000 square feet, and will create more than 130 full- and part-time jobs. All jobs pay at least $15 an hour (click here to apply).  Delivery stations power the last mile of the order process and help speed up deliveries for customers. Packages are shipped to a delivery station from neighboring Amazon Fulfillment and Sortation Centers, loaded into delivery vehicles and delivered to customers. Delivery stations offer entrepreneurs the opportunity to b…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lakewood, NJ
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DJ Sidelined By COVID-19 Opens Jersey Shore Ice Cream Shop Named After Daughter DJ Sidelined By COVID-19 Opens Jersey Shore Ice Cream Shop Named After Daughter DJ Sidelined By COVID-19 Opens Jersey Shore Ice Cream Shop Named After Daughter
DJ Sidelined By Covid-19 Opens Jersey Shore Ice Cream Shop Named After Daughter A DJ whose business came to a screeching halt due to COVID-19 has opened a candy and ice cream shop on the Jersey Shore. Haven’s Sweet Shop opened last month on Bay Avenue in Point Pleasant. When his DJ company Xplosive Entertainment saw a sharp decline in business this March because, Michael Langsner, 42 of Brick, knew he needed another plan.  Collecting unemployment -- or as Langsner put it, "sitting on my hands waiting" -- wasn't an option. Choosing Point Pleasant Beach to start a new business was easy, as Langsner’s parents lived there for 15 years. He grew up enjoying …

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by Cecilia Levine
Middletown, NJ
Breaking News
Pay These NJ Teens To Hold Your Spot On Line At The MVC Pay These NJ Teens To Hold Your Spot On Line At The MVC Pay These NJ Teens To Hold Your Spot On Line At The MVC
Pay These NJ Teens To Hold Your Spot On Line At The MVC When Bryanna Patterson was waiting on line at the MVC to register her car last week, she heard a man behind her in line say he'd pay someone $100 to wait for him. And so, that's exactly what 17-year-old Patterson started doing.  "I put a post in 'Howell Happenings' on Facebook asking people if they needed someone to hold their spot in the lines at the MVC," Patterson told Daily Voice Thursday morning from the Eatontown center. "People reached out -- and it just kept growing." Patterson, a rising senior Freehold Township High School, recruited her cousin Alina Krupinski, 17, and …

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by Cecilia Levine
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
College Dropouts Open 2nd Bergen County Pizzeria Since December College Dropouts Open 2nd Bergen County Pizzeria Since December College Dropouts Open 2nd Bergen County Pizzeria Since December
College Dropouts Open 2nd Bergen County Pizzeria Since December A pair of college dropouts from Wyckoff are taking Bergen County's pizza scene by storm. Michael Ghinelli and Hadi Parhizkaran opened Pizza Club in Edgewater last December, when the previous owner listed the store on the real estate market. Next Wednesday, the new Outwater Lane store will open at the former site of Linwood Pizza. If you’re feeling adventurous, you can create your own pie — or opt for one of Pizza Club’s specialty varieties, which range from Italian classics like Margherita, Bruschetta and Lasagna to modernized American favorites like Philly Cheese Steak, Chicken Bacon…

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by Valerie Musson
Paterson, NJ
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Father, Self-Made Entrepreneur Who Helped Many Shot Dead In Paterson Father, Self-Made Entrepreneur Who Helped Many Shot Dead In Paterson Father, Self-Made Entrepreneur Who Helped Many Shot Dead In Paterson
Father, Self-Made Entrepreneur Who Helped Many Shot Dead In Paterson TRIBUTE: A Paterson man who drew the respect, admiration and love of many was gunned down Thursday night, the fourth person shot and killed in the city over the past two weeks. Andrew Piskunov, 33, came from a tough neighborhood.  He had scrapes with the law, like many people he grew up around.  But he put that behind him and became a self-made man, a selfless source of strength and goodness, friends and loved ones said. Piskunov leaves behind a 14-year-old daughter, as well as a single mom whom he's taken care of "in every single way" since she lost her husband a few years back…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
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College Dropouts Take Over As New Owners Of Edgewater's 'Pizza Club' College Dropouts Take Over As New Owners Of Edgewater's 'Pizza Club' College Dropouts Take Over As New Owners Of Edgewater's 'Pizza Club'
College Dropouts Take Over As New Owners Of Edgewater's 'Pizza Club' Michael Ghinelli of Wyckoff was in his junior year and distracted from classwork by designs for his own t-shirt company when a teacher told him he'd never go anywhere. That stuck with him, he said. But now, the 21-year-old has taken over Pizza Club in Edgewater with business partner Hadi Parhizkaran. And he says he's proving his teacher wrong one slice at a time. Ghinelli and Parhizkaran, also of Wyckoff, have always been motivated to work, talking about potential future business ventures when they first met as teenagers in the kitchen at Blue Moon Mexican Cafe. “We were just kids at …

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by Valerie Musson