Monday, May 13, 2013
Merchants to compete for $50,000 investment
Teaneck's Pickle Licious is one of three New Jersey businesses scheduled to appear Tuesday on a new CNBC reality show. The three merchants will compete for votes from a 100-person studio audience to win $50,000 on the debut of "Crowd Rules," according to CNBC. The businesses will make their pitch to judges jewelry designer Kendra Scott, NY1 Anchor Pat Kiernan and a weekly guest judge. Pickle Licious will face off against Keyport's Mr. Green Tea and Heartbreaking Dawns in Wyckoff. This week, San Antonio-based Bird Bakery founder Elizabeth Chambers will join the judges. The show airs at 9 p.m. May 14 on CNBC. The Cedar Lane pickle shop has gained fans beyond Teaneck, often traveling to markets around the state. Pickle Licious offers a range …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
A look back at the week's top Teaneck stories
The Teaneck Township Council reversed course and voted Tuesday to extend an invitation to an Iraq War veteran who was disinvited last month from speaking at the town’s Memorial Day ceremony after criticizing the governing body Teaneck police arrested six people Wednesday after they kidnapped and robbed a township teenager who tried to sell a cell phone stolen from one of the attackers over the weekend, Police Chief Robert Wilson said. The Teaneck Township Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve the town's $69.1 million budget amid repeated calls from residents to make spending cuts. A Queens nightclub owner was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for a drug conspiracy that left two men shot to death on a street in Teaneck three years ago, …
Saturday, May 11, 2013
New restaurant to offer late night eats on Cedar Lane
A new Cedar Lane restaurant launched by a former waiter at Louie's Charcoal Pit is scheduled to open Sunday morning. Al's Charcoal Pit, a diner-style eatery at the former Mabat Steakhouse location, will open at 7 a.m., according to ex-Louie's staffer K. M. S. Alom, known to most customers as Al. The restaurant will be open seven days a week from 6 a.m. to midnight, with a 24-hour schedule planned, he told Patch Saturday. The menu include everything from breakfasts, burgers and steaks to soups and Greek-fare, he told Patch in a March interview. A group of Teaneck residents plan to gather early tomorrow for the unofficial opening. Al's former employer, longtime Teaneck favorite Louie's Charcoal Pit, closed late last year. A developer's …
Two men were found fatally shot in Teaneck three years ago
A Queens nightclub owner was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for a drug conspiracy that left two men shot to death on a street in Teaneck three years ago, NorthJersey.com reported. Nicholas Kiriakakis, 29, must serve 6 1/2 years of the sentence before being eligible for parole. Superior Court Judge Liliana De-Avila Silebi sentenced Kiriakakis to eight years for a conspiracy charge and another five years on a hindering apprehension charge. Prosecutors had charged with Kiriakakis with the February 2010 murder of Michael Mirasola, 27 and Jonathan Beneduce, 28, both of Queens. The men were found fatally shot in an SUV parked on Oakdene Avenue. A Bergen County jury acquitted Kiriakakis on the murder charges, but convicted him on the …
Thursday, May 9, 2013
Deputy mayor says Teaneck should explore using volunteer firefighters.
The Teaneck Township Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve the town's $69.1 million budget amid repeated calls from residents to make spending cuts. The budget was mostly unchanged from when it was introduced in March. The 2013 spending plan includes a $53.4 million tax levy. A homeowner assessed at the town's $452,622 average is set to pay $3,949 in taxes. The library tax, separate from the municipal figure, went up $171.09. A $2.2 million chunk of the budget first allocated to covering a flood of successful property tax appeals was removed after the state's Local Finance Board granted Teaneck permission to issue refunding bonds over three years. Some residents have continually called on the council to slash spending. "We can have come …
Laurence Luckinbill's “Clarence Darrow Tonight” set for June
The following announcemnt was submitted by the Puffin Cultural Forum: Coming from a family that took the side of the underdog in any fight, Clarence Darrow continued in that tradition. Known by most as “The Defender of The Damned,” Darrow’s trials include defending John Scopes, who dared to teach evolution; Leopold and Loeb, the thrill killers; communists demonstrating against the system and children forced to work under brutal conditions. He is remembered today as a fierce litigator and one of the greatest criminal defense lawyers in American history, able to charm and disarm the toughest judge and most skeptical juror with great humor and honesty. Award-winning American actor, playwright, director and producer Laurence Luckinbill …
Representatives from several township agencies will be on hand
The Teaneck Police Department's Community Policing Squad will host a seminar on preparing for emergencies Thursday night. The public event is planned for May 9 at 7 p.m. at police headquarters. "This will be the second offering of the seminar which will include various topics such as emergency communications and utility emergencies," a police department announcement said. "In attendance will be representatives of the Teaneck Police Department, the Teaneck Fire Department and the Teaneck Office of Emergency Management." The Police Department's Community Policing unit has hosted several similar events in an effort to educate residents ahead of major incidents. Anyone with questions can call police at 201-837-2600 Follow Patch on Twitter…
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Security camera footage and partial license plate led to man's arrest, city police say.
Security camera footage and an observant 7-Eleven clerk led Englewood police to charge a Teaneck man with pulling a knife on the convenience store worker last month, authorities said Wednesday night. Gregory Stewart, 36, menaced the clerk at Englewood's Tenafly Road 7-Eleven with a knife early April 21 in an argument over the price of cigarettes, police said. Englewood Detective Adolfo Gutierrez identified Stewart as the attacker using the store's security camera footage and a partial license plate number spotted by the clerk, according to Detective Capt. Timothy Torell of the Englewood Police Department. “After a thorough review of video cameras in the store, this was just an argument that Stewart took to another level," Torell said. "…
Foundation to dish out $47,000 in scholarships and stipends
The following announcement was submitted by the Teaneck-based Hispanic Business Council Scholarship Foundation of NJ: The Hispanic Business Council Scholarship Foundation of NJ, Inc. (HBCSF) will award $47,000 in scholarships and stipends for course-required materials to 21 current college and college-bound Hispanic students from New Jersey at the 22nd Annual Scholarship Gala. The gala will be held on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at The Estate at Florentine Gardens, 97 Rivervale Rd. in River Vale, New Jersey. The event is the nonprofit organization’s major fund-raiser of the year for scholarship and stipend support. The evening begins with a cocktail reception at 6:00 p.m. followed by a program, dinner, and dancing starting at 7:00…
Teaneck Marine Corps veteran says he is "honored" to speak after officials pulled his Memorial Day invitation.
The Teaneck Township Council reversed course and voted Tuesday to extend an invitation to an Iraq War veteran who was disinvited last month from speaking at the town’s Memorial Day ceremony after criticizing the governing body. The 5-0 vote came following a packed public meeting where a string of residents and veterans lambasted the council for the decision to rescind the speaking invite first issued by the town’s Patriotic Observance Advisory Board to Jason Castle, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Teaneck resident. Township Manager William Broughton said at an April 23 council meeting that he nixed the invite because of Castle’s “negative interactions” with the town council, but insisted the decision was not politically motivated. “We made…
Pickle Licious
9:20 am on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
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