Svetlana ShkolnikovaJun 24, 20181 minThe World Cup is an obsession in North Jersey cradle of American soccerEvery four years, around the time the World Cup kicks off, attendance at Harrison High School takes a dive. "Tremendous absenteeism,” sai...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaJun 1, 20181 minParamus school bus crash: Victim Brendan O'Callaghan welcomed homeThe only visible sign of the trauma Brendan O’Callaghan lived through nearly two weeks ago is the twitch of his right eye. The purple und...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaJun 1, 20181 minParamus school bus crash: Helping children cope with trauma and tragedyEast Brook Middle School was a place of quiet on Friday. There was a quiet room, “a safe space,” for students to regroup, another quiet r...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaJun 1, 20181 minRoyal wedding a celebration for Daughters of the British EmpireThe wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle is not expected to commence until 7 a.m. Eastern Time on Saturday, but Virginia Bosler of G...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaMay 7, 20181 minThousands flock to a quieter, dimmer Six Flags for Autism DayGina Krieger and Sarah Strate follow the same routine every weekday. At 9 a.m., they arrive at the Quest Autism Program in Midland Park f...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaApr 23, 20181 minCremation is now America's final disposition of choice, set to be NJ's top pick by 2030Fred and Margaret, of Clifton, died one month apart this winter. The couple, whose last name their children asked to protect, met in high...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaApr 23, 20181 minGirls form hockey club, look toward first high school teamAn hour into their two-hour practice at the Mackay Park ice rink, three members of the city high school’s new girls’ ice hockey club took...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaJan 28, 20181 minIce House sending 11 figure skaters to PyeongchangThe storied history of the Ice House in Hackensack is written on its walls. Signed posters of Olympic figure skating champions Tara Lipin...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaDec 25, 20171 minSexual harassment no longer a silent secret as #MeToo, Trump embolden women to speak outWhen Anita Hill stepped into the spotlight 26 years ago to accuse then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment, she fa...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaDec 25, 20171 minSmartphones dominate daily life for teens and tweensGracie Straub, a 12-year-old from Leonia, typically sends more than 100 text messages to her friends and family on her iPhone by the time...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaDec 25, 20171 minWas this 19th Century home illegally demolished?In 1894, the Mickel family and the rowdy tavern they owned and tended along Bergen Boulevard determined the boundary between the dry boro...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaDec 25, 20171 min8th person in Trump Jr. meeting with Russians linked to Englewood Cliffs officeThe man identified this week as the eighth person in the room at the June 2016 meeting between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives ...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaDec 25, 20171 minRussian pop star tied to Trump has Tenafly rootsRussian pop star Emin Agalarov wore black leather, drove a souped-up moped and wanted to be the next Elvis Presley, having spent his teen...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaDec 25, 20171 minArab-American woman blazes path with police in PatersonHuda Shalabi cracked her first case at just 10 years old. A marble cutting machine had been stolen from her family’s backyard, and police...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaDec 25, 20171 minTeaching news literacy in the age of fake newsAbout a dozen undergraduates gathered on a recent Tuesday in a second floor classroom of the Center for Academic Success at Kean Universi...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaDec 25, 20171 minAmtrak, NJ Transit execs face frustrated lawmakersFrustrated state lawmakers grilled top officials from Amtrak and NJ Transit about the state of the trans-Hudson rail system Friday, deman...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaDec 25, 20171 minIntricately decorated eggs a gesture of love at EasterIt takes patience to find the perfect egg. A flawless one must have no cracks or fractures, and it must be opaque, blocking any light tha...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaDec 25, 20171 minBaseball relaunches with girls at-batWhen youth baseball returns to Edgewater's Veterans Field on Saturday, nearly three dozen girls will suit up with the boys ready to play ...
Svetlana ShkolnikovaDec 25, 20171 minIn Russia, rampant alcoholism among men leaves women with rotten choicesFor every girl born in Russia today, so are 1.06 boys. The gender ratio at birth is consistent with the international average of 1.07 boy...