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The Little Daisy Bake Shop, a peanut- and nut-free bakery in Montclair, has been filling the community with sweets since it opened in 2011. Now, owner Jennifer Snyder is expanding her sweet reach with a new online venture called Major Crumb. The brand will focus on shipping the bakery’s very popular crumb cakes (they...

Ice cream on a bitter cold day. Red vinyl booths and warm wood panelling. A soda fountain, trays of homemade candy; vintage lantern sconces, a quaint mural. The booth where Tony Soprano (maybe) died. How can you not be nostaglic about Holsten’s in Bloomfield , one of our readers' choices for a most essential...

In the latest episode of 'The Jersey Eats Podcast,' we discuss where to get the best pizza — from classic Jersey slices to Detroit-style and a variety of unique styles — in North Jersey. We dropped a lot of our favorites into this episode from the New Haven-style and tomato pies at Casano's Pizza Parlor to the bar...

New locations in California, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina and Texas are part of 30+ stores the retailer plans to open this year. Target Corp. will be opening seven new locations this spring in California, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina and Texas, part of a broader expansion plan that continues to...

A chain restaurant focused on burger sliders with hundreds of locations across the south is opening its first New Jersey restaurant backed by ex-New York Giant Victor Cruz. Krystal plans to open March 2 at 2200 Route 22 East in Union. It will be the slider chain’s first location in the northeast after 93 years in...

A 69-year-old driver was struck and killed by a vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike early Thursday after he exited his SUV when it became disabled, officials said. Larry Larobis was standing beside his vehicle at 5:20 a.m. on the inner roadway near milepost 96.9 in Linden when an SUV traveling in the right lane hit...

New York High Rise Fire ASSOCIATED PRESS A deadly gas explosion in a New York City high-rise last weekend was traced to an intruder who disconnected a stove to steal and sell it, prosecutors said Thursday. The suspect, Samuel Calderon, was being held without bail after his arraignment on murder, burglary and other...

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A certified accountant based in West Orange has been charged with stealing more than $1.6 million from a local business owner and two client companies he was hired to manage, Acting Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and the Division of Criminal Justice (DCJ) announced.

JERSEY CITY, N.J. – A Hudson County man convicted on weapons charges is appealing his case, arguing that the trial court wrongly denied his motion to suppress evidence obtained during what he says was an illegal traffic stop and unlawful police search. According to the brief filed April 16, 2025,…

A stylish new waterfront restaurant and lounge with a dynamic dinner and cocktail program opens on February 6. Led by executive chef Bud Carter (formerly of The Butcher’s Block), the menu will spotlight steak, seafood and handmade pastas, with weekly rotating specials. Cocktails will feature creative spins on classic...