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Brooklyn , NY
MARTHA STEWART WINE & FOOD EXPERIENCE COMES TO NEW YORK
Nutley ’ s own Martha Stewart welcomes a stellar lineup of chefs and mixologists to the 2018 MARTHA STEWART WINE & FOOD EXPERIENCE PRESENTED BY USA TODAY . The event , part of a 12-city tour celebrating the best dishes and drinks our communities have to offer , will be the first to be held in the New York City area . Participating restaurants include Ample Hills Creamery , Breads Bakery , Bricolage , Di Fara Pizzeria , Falansai Vietnamese Kitchen , MeMe ’ s Diner , R & D Foods and Talde . And then there ’ s the hostess . “ For many years , I have worked with scores of great chefs , talented mixologists , and brilliant entrepreneurs in the food and beverage industry who are changing the regional landscape and instilling a new appreciation for the local and for farm-to-table ,” says Stewart . The lifestyle leader ’ s books , kitchen gear and more will be on hand ; guests with Chef ’ s Package tickets attend the Celebrity Chef Meet & Greet . Cooking demonstrations and master classes are open seating without assigned placement . Tickets $ 85- $ 250 . • LeFrak Center at Lakeside Prospect Park , 171 East Drive , Brooklyn ; wineandfood . usatoday . com / newyork
Montclair
MONTCLAIR BARBER PLACES SECOND IN COMPETITION
We may like our haircutters , but how many of us can say that the ones we go to are award-winning ? If your barber is Montclair resident JANUARY FONSECA- SABUNE , you havethat bragging right . Fonseca- Sabune , who is abarber at Vinny ’ s Barber Shop on Fullerton Avenue , competed against 33 other East Coast female barbers at the Connecticut Barber Expo in Hartford this spring , and brought home a second-place trophy ; all were tasked with executing a skin-fade combover with a hard part . The triumph followed her third place showing at the Universal Barber Show in Atlantic City in June , 2017 . Fonseca-Sabune became interested in barbering while attending cosmetology school . “ Some of the first known barbers were priests and / or surgeons ,” she says . Her long-term plans are to be the first female barbershop owner in Montclair . She is seen here styling Jacob , a repeat customer . “ His parents drove two and a half hours to let him be my canvas !” she says .
Nutley
HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE IS OPEN
Six years after pharmaceutical giant Hoffman La Roche announced that it would be closing its Nutley campus , the first new private medical school in 50 years opened its doors there . THE HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT SETON HALL UNIVERSITY ’ s first class consists of roughly60students , who began their studies in July . “ This is ahuge deal for New Jersey ,” Gov . Phil Murphy told scores of elected officials and medical leaders at the school ’ s ribbon-cutting ceremony weeks earlier . “ It is the heart that beats anew life into the community .” The school will not only train doctors who are statistically more likely to practice in the area , but will help the local economy . It will also bring nurses and other health professionals into the same courses and training methods as future doctors — a modern take on medical education .
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STEWART : COURTESY OF FADIL BERISHA ; LEVY : COURTESY OF DAVID SILVERMAN ; HACKENSACK MERIDIAN HEALTH SCHOOL : MICHAEL KARAS
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