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Carvel

Englewood, NJ
Business
From Rare Treat In Pakistan To 30 Years In Englewood: Ice Cream On Grand Marks Sweet Milestone From Rare Treat In Pakistan To 30 Years In Englewood: Ice Cream On Grand Marks Sweet Milestone
From Rare Treat In Pakistan To 30 Years In Englewood: Ice Cream On Grand Marks Sweet Milestone As a boy growing up in Pakistan, Syed Rizvi almost never got ice cream. He only tasted it when his grandmother picked him up from school and bought it for him, maybe once a month. Back then, he dreamed of one day owning an ice cream truck. Three decades later, his reality is beyond anything he could have imagined as a child. Rizvi, 63, now runs one of Bergen County’s most popular ice cream shops — Ice Cream on Grand in Englewood — which this summer celebrated its 30th year and was crowned winner of Daily Voice’s Ice Cream Showdown. Rizvi bought the shop in 1995 when it was still a Carvel. F…

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by Cecilia Levine
Mastic-Shirley, NY
News
Burglar Hits Pizza, Ice Cream, Nail Shops In Shirley Crime Spree, Police Say Burglar Hits Pizza, Ice Cream, Nail Shops In Shirley Crime Spree, Police Say
Burglar Hits Pizza, Ice Cream, Nail Shops In Shirley Crime Spree, Police Say A 55-year-old man was arrested in connection with a string of commercial burglaries on Long Island. George Dimou, of Middle Island, was taken into custody Sunday, July 6, after Suffolk County Police linked him to several recent break-ins at businesses in Shirley, police said. Dimou was caught on video breaking into Carlo’s Pizza on Glen Drive around 3 a.m. that same morning, where he stole cash, police said. Detectives from the Seventh Squad allegedly connected Dimou to four additional burglaries: Andy’s Nails, 411 William Floyd Parkway, on Monday, June 2 Carvel, 492 William Floyd Parkwa…

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by Michael Mashburn
Teaneck, NJ
Business
Shuttered Hackensack Carvel Cinnabon Relocating To Teaneck Shuttered Hackensack Carvel Cinnabon Relocating To Teaneck
Shuttered Hackensack Carvel Cinnabon Relocating To Teaneck Carvel has apparently found a new home in Bergen County — and it's a Kosher one. The popular ice cream franchise announced it is opening a Carvel Cinnabon in Teaneck on 1389 Queen Anne Road after closing its location in Hackensack in January 2022.  The store said that it is about halfway through with construction and plans to open sometime this summer. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Carvel Cinnabon of Hackensack (@carvel_cinnabon_of_hackensack) Instagram commenters said they were thrilled to have Carvel back in Bergen County. …

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by Sam Barron
Jersey City, NJ
Police & Fire
Two Massive Fires Erupt In Hudson County Two Massive Fires Erupt In Hudson County
Two Massive Fires Erupt In Hudson County Two massive fires broke out Wednesday, Feb. 8 in Hudson County. The first was five alarms, and erupted in one of the shops on Bergenline Avenue sometime after 4:15 a.m. in West New York between 61st and 62nd streets.  A Carvel ice cream shop, BBQ joint, and smoke shop were among the businesses impacted, abc7 says. Then, in Union City, around 9 a.m., another multi-alarm blaze brought mutual aid to the scene. The fire was still raging as of noon. More than a dozen families were reportedly displaced. Bergenline Avenue fire.HudPost

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by Cecilia Levine
New Rochelle, NY
Police & Fire
Suspect On Run After Worker Injured In Attempted Robbery At New Rochelle Subway/Carvel Suspect On Run After Worker Injured In Attempted Robbery At New Rochelle Subway/Carvel
Suspect On Run After Worker Injured In Attempted Robbery At New Rochelle Subway/Carvel Authorities are searching for an attempted robbery suspect who unsuccessfully tried to pass off a BB gun as a real gun in Westchester County.  On Sunday, Dec. 4 around 6:30 p.m., police responded to a reported attempted armed robbery at a Subway and Carvel restaurant in New Rochelle located at 642 North Ave., according to New Rochelle Police.  After arriving, an employee of the store told police that the suspect had entered the store, pointed a BB gun that looked like a real firearm at her, and demanded that she give him money.  The employee then refused to hand anything ove…

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by Ben Crnic
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Robbing Massapequa Carvel At Knifepoint Man Accused Of Robbing Massapequa Carvel At Knifepoint
Man Accused Of Robbing Massapequa Carvel At Knifepoint A 32-year-old man is accused of robbing a Long Island ice cream shop at knifepoint. The robbery happened at the Carvel, located at 5596 Merrick Road in Massapequa, at about 8:10 p.m. on Tuesday, July 12, according to the Nassau County Police Department. Police said Nicholas Roca, of Massapequa, approached a 20-year-old employee of the store while displaying a knife and removed cash from the store register before fleeing the scene. Officers located Roca a short distance away and arrested him after a brief foot pursuit, NCPD said. No injuries were reported in the incident, authori…

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by Nicole Valinote
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Suspect Nabbed For String Of Burglaries At Long Island Businesses Suspect Nabbed For String Of Burglaries At Long Island Businesses
Suspect Nabbed For String Of Burglaries At Long Island Businesses The investigation into a gas station that was broken into on Long Island led to the arrest of a 61-year-old man who was connected to a string of burglaries. Officers from the Nassau County Police Department responded to an alarm at the Speedway gas station on Newbridge Road in Hicksville shortly after 4:15 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13, officials said. Upon arrival, the officers located a silver S500 Mercedes Benz in the parking lot near a broken gas window near the register of the gas station. While investigating the broken window, police said the officers located Levittown resident Lawrence Y…

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by Zak Failla
Mount Pleasant, NY
Lifestyle
Area Staple Cited As One Of Nation's 'Classic Drive-In Restaurants Well Worth The Trip' Area Staple Cited As One Of Nation's 'Classic Drive-In Restaurants Well Worth The Trip'
Area Staple Cited As One Of Nation's 'Classic Drive-In Restaurants Well Worth The Trip' A tradition-rich area staple has been cited as one of the nation's classic drive-in restaurants well worth the trip. "Time travel to this burger joint which has only grudgingly evolved since the '60s," writes The Wall Street Journal of the Red Rooster on Route 22 in Brewster. The story also compares prices of the restaurant's favorite orders from 1970 to now, with the biggest price difference being the milkshake (from $1.35 in 1970 to $5.19 now), followed by the cheeseburger deluxe ($1.45 in '70 to $5.19 now). The feature also tells the story of the restaurant's founder, Heinz Tiede, a Ger…

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by Joe Lombardi
Massapequa, NY
Lifestyle
Wife Hears From Believers Since Death of Man Who Met Padre Pio Wife Hears From Believers Since Death of Man Who Met Padre Pio
Wife Hears From Believers Since Death of Man Who Met Padre Pio There's a statue next to the bell tower in the main driveway of Maria Regina Church in Seaford of the Catholic saint Padre Pio. It was a gift from Anthony Fuina, the Massapequa man whose life was transformed after his spiritual encounter with Pio of Pietrelcina, the Italian Franciscan priest who reported stigmata. "People would call him or stop him in the street. He would spend hours every day on the phone praying with friends or family, even strangers. To this day I still hear from so many people," Barbara Fuina told Daily Voice. Anthony who died in 2017 credited the intercession of Padre…

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by Donna Christopher
Briarcliff, NY
Politics
Eric Trump Celebrates Birthday At Mexican Restaurant In Briarcliff Eric Trump Celebrates Birthday At Mexican Restaurant In Briarcliff
Eric Trump Celebrates Birthday At Mexican Restaurant In Briarcliff Eric Trump got to celebrate his 34th birthday at his favorite restaurant in Westchester. Trump, son of President Donald Trump, had a birthday dinner at Guadalajara restaurant in Briarcliff Manor Saturday, wearing a sombrero. He blew out a "Fudgie the Whale" cake from Carvel. #HappyBirthday to one of the greatest people I know," Lynne Patton, head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development for New York and New Jersey, wrote on Facebook. "We love you, Eric! Amazing night with even more amazing friends. I think Lara summed it up best when she said, “I …

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by Sam Barron