65°

Sunday, may 4

Cecilia Levine

Managing Editor

clevine@dailyvoice.com

FOLLOW ON

Cecilia Levine's Contributions

Police & Fire

NJ Agent Posing As Hitman Halts PA Woman From Killing Ex-Husband's Wife, Daughter: Authorities A Pennsylvania woman is accused of hiring a hitman to try to kill her husband's ex-wife and the wife's 13-year-old daughter, authorities in New Jersey said. A tip came in earlier this month that Marilyn Zhou, 56, of Chadds Ford, was trying to meet with a murder-for-hire earlier this month, Mercer County Prosecutor AngeloJ. Onofri said. Zhou met with an undercover officer posing as a hitman on Sunday, Dec. 18 in Trenton, where she said she wanted them to kill her ex-husband's new wife, then handed him two pictures of the victim, $21,000 in cash, rubber gloves and a towel for the slaying…

by Cecilia Levine

12/23/2022

News

$5 Becomes $13.5K For Ewing NJ Lottery Player A $5 New Jersey Lottery Fast Play ticket made $13,508 for one lucky player in Ewing. The ticket is 50% of the progressive jackpot on Thursday, Dec. 22. Fast Play Progressive tickets are sold at any retailer and offer a fast way for players to see if their ticket is a lucky winner. The winning ticket was sold at Lucky Mart, 1867 Olden Ave., Ewing in Mercer County.

by Cecilia Levine

12/23/2022

Business

Popular Jersey Shore Restaurant Avon Pavilion Will Stay Open After All Popular Jersey Shore restaurant Avon Pavilion was set to close after 33 years, but will remain open under new ownership. Bareli's By the Sea owners Liam and Carmen Maloney bought the Ocean Avenue restaurant and are expected to reopen in Spring 2023, NJ Advance Media reports. The Maloneys made the announcement on Instagram, too, where longtime patrons celebrated the news. Avon Pavilion overcame every obstacle in its way. The Avon-by-the-Sea stayed strong after the deaths of its founders in 2011: Mamma and Pappa Fishman. Three years later, the beachfront restaurant was rebuilt after Hurri…

by Cecilia Levine

12/23/2022

News

Cancer Misdiagnosed As COVID For NJ Nursing Student Who Finished School From Hospital Bed Angela Meister was weeks away from finishing nursing school when she woke up with flu-like symptoms one day in late October. The 29-year-old Bergenfield resident was achey and had a fever, but wanted to push through and finally finish the 16-month accelerated nursing program she started. Her symptoms came and went, and she figured that was because she wasn't letting herself rest. But after 11 days with a fever, Meister went to the ER. Doctors told her she had a bad case of COVID and sent her on her way, encouraging rest and Tylenol. Meister spent the following month in and out of urgent c…

by Cecilia Levine

12/23/2022

Lifestyle

Did Portnoy Just Settle Nellie's-Kinchley's Pizza Rivalry? Four years after sampling the pizza at Kinchley's Tavern in Ramsey, Dave Portnoy stopped by its rival, Nellie's Place in Waldwick. The Barstool Sports CEO gave the pizza at Kinchley's a 7.5 when he came to town in 2018. So, what's Portnoy's verdict on Nellie's? He gave the pie a 7.9. No, scratch that, he gave it an 8.1. That's right, Portnoy changed the score. Nellie's Place was founded in 1989 on Franklin Turnpike by a family with Irish roots. Nellie's also serves pub-style appetizers, burgers, seafood, steaks and wings — which Portnoy also sampled. Nellie's Place, 9 Franklin Tpke…

by Cecilia Levine

12/22/2022

Police & Fire

Food Truck Explosion Burns Female Victim In Elizabeth A female victim suffered burns in some type of food truck explosion on Thursday, Dec. 22 in Elizabeth, sources say. The incident happened on Polaris Street sometime around 1:20 p.m., Elizabeth police spokeswoman Ruby Contreras tells Daily Voice. The food truck had a "small flare up," she said. The victim was taken to St. Barnabas Hospital in Livingston with minor injuries. Nothing further was immediately known.

by Cecilia Levine

12/22/2022

News

Alpine Country Club Worker Harassed For Months By Manager, Lawsuit Says A former Alpine Country Club says she was forced to resign after the Human Resources department failed to protect her from one of the managers harassing her, she says in a newly-filed lawsuit. The lawsuit filed in Bergen County Superior Court claims that Makayla Spruill, 20, of Paramus, was groped multiple times by the country club's food and drink manager, Hannibal Campa. It also alleges that Campa joked about Spruill's body type and weight, and joked about her race, saying he would fire her if he wasn't afraid she'd "use the Black card' against him. The suit goes on to say that the count…

by Cecilia Levine

12/22/2022

Police & Fire

US Marshals Share Photos Of Murder Suspect's Philadelphia Capture The man accused of shooting a Philadelphia Parking Authority worker in cold blood has been captured by members of the US Marshals Service, who posted photos of the arrest to social media. Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore said on Wednesday, Dec. 21 that Termaine Saulsbury was arrested at a home on Gerard Avenue on the city's west side. At 5pm this evening, @USMS_Philly Violent Crime Fugitive Task Force arrested attempted murder suspect Termaine Saulsbury in the 5500 block of W. Girard Avenue. Saulsbury was wanted by @PhillyPolice and is also a suspect in a Bronx NY shooting. Amaz…

by Cecilia Levine

12/21/2022

News

Trailer Drops For 'Oppenheimer' Movie Filmed In NJ The trailer has dropped for the star-studded Universal Pictures movie filmed in New Jersey about atomic bomb creator J. Robert Oppenheimer (scroll for video). The Christopher Nolan film titled simply "Oppenheimer" stars Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr. and Matt Damon. The movie was filmed in New Mexico and Princeton, NJ, and is expected to hit theaters July 2023. According to Universal Pictures, Oppenheimer is an "IMAX®-shot epic thriller that thrusts audiences into the pulse-pounding paradox of the enigmatic man who must risk destroying the world in order to save it." …

by Cecilia Levine

12/21/2022

News

$1B Netflix Production Studio Replacing Long Vacant NJ Property A Jersey Shore property that has sat vacant for more than a decade will soon be transformed into a nearly $1 billion Netflix production studio. The entertainment company plans on committing $848 million in capital investments to develop the facility on the more than than 292-acre site on the former Fort Monmouth campus in Monmouth County. The "economic engine" is estimated to create more than 1,500 permanent production jobs and more than 3,500 construction-related jobs, Netflix and Gov. Phil Murphy said. Located adjacent to Route 35 in Eatontown and Oceanport, the facility will be split i…

by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine

12/21/2022

Prev Page 721 of 2122 719 720 721 722 723 Next

7,201 - 7,210 of 21,218 articles