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Ice Cream Shop Owner Blasts Customers Rude To Teen Workers In Viral Post: 'Act Your Age' Ice Cream Shop Owner Blasts Customers Rude To Teen Workers In Viral Post: 'Act Your Age' Ice Cream Shop Owner Blasts Customers Rude To Teen Workers In Viral Post: 'Act Your Age'
Ice Cream Shop Owner Blasts Customers Rude To Teen Workers In Viral Post: 'Act Your Age' A Massachusetts ice cream shop owner is going viral for a profanity-filled post calling out a customer for yelling at a teen employee. David Forgit, co-owner of Coldstuff Ice Cream in Blackstone, posted the angry Facebook message on Sunday, Oct. 4. The outburst came after Forgit said a customer was upset when a sundae cost about 20 cents more than expected. The Facebook post exploded in popularity, receiving more than 295,000 likes and 23,000 comments as of press time. "I swear to God. STOP YELLING AT MY F***ING EMPLOYEES," Forgit wrote. "They are children. This job, for m…
Motorcyclist Killed After SUV Turns Into His Path At Intersection: PA State Police Motorcyclist Killed After SUV Turns Into His Path At Intersection: PA State Police Motorcyclist Killed After SUV Turns Into His Path At Intersection: PA State Police
Motorcyclist Killed After SUV Turns Into His Path At Intersection: PA State Police A motorcyclist was killed after an SUV turned into his path at an intersection, throwing him from his bike and leaving him dead along the roadside, Pennsylvania State Police said. The fatal crash happened at approximately 5:45 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, at Forge Road and Woodlawn Lane in South Middleton Township, according to a crash report released Friday, Oct. 9. The motorcyclist was traveling south on Forge Road on a 2007 Suzuki GSX-R750 when a 2008 Nissan Armada, which had been stopped at a stop sign on Woodlawn Lane, began turning onto Forge Road, investigators said. The SUV driver attemp…
CT Man Convicted Of Trafficking Women In Exchange For Housing: State CT Man Convicted Of Trafficking Women In Exchange For Housing: State CT Man Convicted Of Trafficking Women In Exchange For Housing: State
CT Man Convicted Of Trafficking Women In Exchange For Housing: State A Connecticut man who arranged paid sexual encounters for women he housed has been convicted of five human trafficking charges, authorities announced on Thursday, Oct. 8 Gordon Newkirk, 63, of Hartford, was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree and third-degree promoting prostitution, Hartford Judicial District State’s Attorney Sharmese L. Walcott announced. A judge is scheduled to sentence him on Dec. 9.  The case began with a 911 call to Bloomfield police on Sept. 27, 2023. A woman living in Newkirk’s home reported witnessing a physical fight between him and another reside…
Meet NJ's Best Teacher In (Almost) Every County Meet NJ's Best Teacher In (Almost) Every County Meet NJ's Best Teacher In (Almost) Every County
Meet NJ's Best Teacher In (Almost) Every County New Jersey's top teachers are getting their moment in the spotlight, with 19 educators earning countywide honors and one dance teacher taking home the state's top prize. The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA) announced its 2026-27 County Teachers of the Year on Thursday, Oct. 1, recognizing educators for their impact on students, leadership and dedication to public education (scroll down for the full list of best teacher in each New Jersey county). Hannah Olmo, a dance teacher at Dover High School, was named New Jersey State Teacher of the Year on Wednesday, Oct. 7. Olmo, who has …
Man Falls To His Death From Roof On Long Island: Police Man Falls To His Death From Roof On Long Island: Police Man Falls To His Death From Roof On Long Island: Police
Man Falls To His Death From Roof On Long Island: Police A man fell to his death from a roof on Long Island on Thursday morning, Oct. 8, police said. Cops were called to a home on Forest Avenue in Locust Valley around 11:30 a.m. Thursday and found the man lying on the ground with severe head trauma, the Nassau County Police Department said. The man, identified only as a 51-year-old, had fallen from the first-floor roof after losing his footing, according to police. He was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead by a physician, cops said. An investigation is ongoing.
$100K In Stolen Car Parts Recovered In NJ Chop Shop Bust, Police Say $100K In Stolen Car Parts Recovered In NJ Chop Shop Bust, Police Say $100K In Stolen Car Parts Recovered In NJ Chop Shop Bust, Police Say
$100K In Stolen Car Parts Recovered In NJ Chop Shop Bust, Police Say More than $100,000 worth of stolen car parts were recovered during a multi-agency raid at an auto wrecking business following a months-long investigation into thefts across North Jersey, authorities said. The search warrant was executed at Fiero Lafayette Auto Wreckers on Lafayette Street in Paterson on Tuesday, Oct. 6, Clifton Police Detective Lt. Robert Anderson said. Investigators recovered airbags, supplemental restraint system (SRS) modules, Honda engines and transmissions, dashboards, 54 collision radar sensors, trunks, doors and other vehicle parts, Anderson said. The parts have…
2-Year-Old NJ Boy Killed In Brewery Parking Lot Months After Becoming Big Brother 2-Year-Old NJ Boy Killed In Brewery Parking Lot Months After Becoming Big Brother 2-Year-Old NJ Boy Killed In Brewery Parking Lot Months After Becoming Big Brother
2-Year-Old NJ Boy Killed In Brewery Parking Lot Months After Becoming Big Brother James Gabriel was just two years old when he was struck and killed by a vehicle in a parking lot at Bullock Farms in Upper Freehold Township Saturday, Oct. 3, according to a GoFundMe set up to support his family. "From the moment he came into our lives, he changed our world completely," his mother Meiling Gabriel, a Jackson resident, wrote on the GoFundMe. "He was our beautiful little boy—curious, energetic, playful, affectionate, and so deeply loved." At 11:07 a.m., James and his grandmother, Ellen, were exiting a parking lot hand in hand when they were struck by a Chrysler SUV exitin…
NJ Youth Hockey Owner Threatens To Suspend 10-Year-Olds Over Moms' Custom Jackets NJ Youth Hockey Owner Threatens To Suspend 10-Year-Olds Over Moms' Custom Jackets NJ Youth Hockey Owner Threatens To Suspend 10-Year-Olds Over Moms' Custom Jackets
NJ Youth Hockey Owner Threatens To Suspend 10-Year-Olds Over Moms' Custom Jackets The owner of a New Jersey youth hockey club apparently threatened to suspend the children of a group of moms who who made custom jackets featuring the team's logo. Bobby Reiss, owner of the Jersey Hitmen hockey program based at the Ice Vault in Wayne, sent an email to parents of the 10U Major team accusing the mothers of trademark infringement. Reiss said the jackets violated contracts prohibiting unauthorized use of the Hitmen and Bandits logos. RIGHT OR WRONG⁉️ Parents on the Jersey Hitmen 10U team had their own jackets made to wear at games, apparently a violation of their p…
Lexus Crashes Into Packed Ridgewood Beauty Salon Lexus Crashes Into Packed Ridgewood Beauty Salon Lexus Crashes Into Packed Ridgewood Beauty Salon
Lexus Crashes Into Packed Ridgewood Beauty Salon A Lexus SUV crashed through a Ridgewood beauty salon Thursday morning, Oct. 8, leaving the business heavily damaged but miraculously injuring no one, incident photographer Boyd A. Loving reports. The white Lexus wound up inside the salon on North Maple Avenue, Loving said. Despite the salon being packed at the time, no one inside was injured, according to Loving. The driver also refused medical attention. Ho-Ho-Kus police and firefighters, Ridgewood police and fire/EMS crews, a Ridgewood building inspector and Bergen County Sheriff's Office personnel responded to the scene, Loving said…
Students Approached By White Van In Westchester Neighborhoods Students Approached By White Van In Westchester Neighborhoods Students Approached By White Van In Westchester Neighborhoods
Students Approached By White Van In Westchester Neighborhoods Police are investigating two separate incidents in which students were approached by strangers driving white vans in a Westchester County village.  The incidents happened in the Fox Meadow and Greenacres neighborhoods of Scarsdale, according to a joint announcement from Scarsdale Police Chief Steven DelBene and Scarsdale Schools Superintendent Andrew Patrick on Thursday, Oct. 8.  The first incident happened during the afternoon of Monday, Sept. 28, when a student in the Fox Meadow neighborhood was approached by someone driving a white van. The person asked the student to help…
21-Year-Old PA Marine Dies By Suicide Days After Cryptic Facebook Post; Family Seeks Support 21-Year-Old PA Marine Dies By Suicide Days After Cryptic Facebook Post; Family Seeks Support 21-Year-Old PA Marine Dies By Suicide Days After Cryptic Facebook Post; Family Seeks Support
21-Year-Old PA Marine Dies By Suicide Days After Cryptic Facebook Post; Family Seeks Support A 21-year-old Marine died by suicide days after posting a haunting message about death and recognition on Facebook, according to the Lehigh County Coroner's Office, while his grieving family described the circumstances surrounding his death differently in a fundraiser for his funeral. James Arthur Henry Wikkerink, of Lower Macungie Township, Pennsylvania, was pronounced dead at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest at 12:37 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio announced Thursday, Oct. 8. An autopsy conducted Thursday determined his manner of death was suicide, Buglio…
Police Detail Landscaping Truck Crash That Killed Man In Rockland County Police Detail Landscaping Truck Crash That Killed Man In Rockland County Police Detail Landscaping Truck Crash That Killed Man In Rockland County
Police Detail Landscaping Truck Crash That Killed Man In Rockland County A 68-year-old man was killed after an unoccupied pickup truck rolled backward and pinned him underneath it in Rockland County on Thursday morning, Oct. 8, police said. Officers responding to Bradley Parkway in Blauvelt around 8:21 a.m. found the man unresponsive beneath a Ford F-350 pickup truck, Orangetown Police Capt. Michael Shannon said. A preliminary investigation found that the truck, which had no one inside, began rolling backward and struck the man for reasons still under investigation, Shannon said. Emergency medical personnel pronounced him dead at the scene. The Rockland Co…