https://www.christophermaag.com/longform-investigative daily 0.75 2023-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510594919794-KFKQ2G47RN1V629BBFGT/v1nQZTMrRHyFGNz9XxOB_L1000096.jpg Longform and Investigative Elaine Joseph, mother of a child who is buried on Hart Island © Claire Yaffa/Hart Island Project, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510599387439-KKINAOB7MMU4GUDO02CR/narratively.png Longform and Investigative First published in Narratively,September 19, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510594291654-2APEXWE0MOSEXMC0YM28/VHvd7igwRw2NQPSPSP3R_EDITRole3.jpg Longform and Investigative Photo © Claire Yaffa, 1990 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510595394528-6E9MKM98PBSLMMLR5XBO/bdLNIjIRHaLvgyRAUWr8_IMG_1419.jpg Longform and Investigative A view of Hart Island from the water Photo by Luke Rafferty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510595510144-AC1I7FKVWLIMT8U3CP62/XBRjARS1T5yBdCoanFaN_hart-island-hack03.png Longform and Investigative Getting to Hart Island has many steps. Clockwise from top left: prisoners and guards enter a restricted dock on City Island; they board a ferry; cross the western Long Island Sound; and travel via bus from the dock to the graves. Photos: Luke Rafferty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510594417528-YJ7FVMERCBV6ETXBS18U/z5Uf2EcKSzMgf8m9YzNb_Hart20HDR_3.jpg Longform and Investigative A view of Hart Island today Photo: Luke Rafferty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510594760467-KANLIHC7H3UHR540LUE1/UUt0yWr5SI6EpJnXAXTu_L1000097.jpeg Longform and Investigative Laurie Grant at a Mass for babies buried on Hart Island © Claire Yaffa/CHart Island Project, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510594839246-TI8MRNYHJ6TE5RKH5A73/TfMEpK0eTqeRHJKQ3T6s_L1000114.jpg Longform and Investigative Melinda Hunt, founder, Hart Island Project © Claire Yaffa/Hart Island Project, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510595326885-0V5MODUUYYRQN5D78JL4/Gi1dUevFREeOEjIoTH88_H.I.20List202.jpg Longform and Investigative A handwritten log book of adults buried on Hart Island. Photo by Luke Rafferty https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510594652490-SCEYME5QEK5I2I4W45XF/image-asset.png Longform and Investigative In 1990, workers on Hart Island place coffins in a mass grave for babies, fetuses and amputated body parts © Claire Yaffa, 1990 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510595022247-376DKZ3K3C2M5PG5R8WT/image-asset.png Longform and Investigative Left: Sharone Palmer with a photo of her granddaughter, Chloe Mckayla Bellevue Palmer; right: Jeanne Frey holds the dress of her sister, Angelina. Both were still-born and are believed to be buried on Hart Island © Claire Yaffa/Hart Island Project, 2012 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record, August 31, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510696505404-E2RXTKCL5RSSQJ4EWUGO/636397261379180201-082117-Ridgefield-RestStop07.JPG Longform and Investigative Cassie and Kevin Johnson of Pittsfield, Maine, get some rest in the front seat of their Hyundai Sonata on their way home from vacation. Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510696918488-S0TW2P546OPUOM9H31N0/636397261360771965-082117-Ridgefield-RestStop01.JPG Longform and Investigative Brett Roper of Vienna, Virginia, rearranges items in his truck during a stop at The Vince on his way home from a two-week trip to Maine with his dog, Woody. Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510696885895-WLKMVI798EGJ98D8MU3I/636397261449537103-082117-Ridgefield-RestStop10.JPG Longform and Investigative Every year, 1.6 million people pass through The Vince on their way somewhere else, according to the New Jersey Department of Transportation. About 28,000 people were expected over the Labor Day weekend. Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510696800749-IE03MGA65O13HV0F7WSF/Night+at+the+Vince.JPG Longform and Investigative "This place is essential," said Sadik Mohamud, 41, a trucker from Rochester, Minnesota, who stopped at The Vince on his way to Nashville. "If you're driving around New York City, this is the only place you can stop and rest." Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510707162552-O4N8RCO8APVY0Z1V5Q55/636233796331461072-021717-RYAN-06-15221443-15221799.JPG Longform and Investigative Marine 1st Lt. William Ryan's medals, including the Purple Heart. Photo: DANIELLE PARHIZKARAN/northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510707094012-YZ1N9PS6TBIZIXUC7EKQ/636233777843353578-021717-ryan-11.JPG Longform and Investigative As a child, Michael Ryan would run his finger over Billy Ryan's name, etched into the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, because it was the closest connection he had to his father. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record, February 24, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510707040852-P0XWIKXJLBRQIL77W66H/MIA+50+years.JPG Longform and Investigative A photo of 1st Lt. William Ryan in front of an F-4 Phantom in Vietnam. Ryan was killed in action on May 11, 1969. Photo: DANIELLE PARHIZKARAN/northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510707128846-JK0Q3JS3Y43I5VQ7PGA2/636233656349692920-LT.-WILLIAM-C-RYAN.jpg Longform and Investigative A newspaper clipping from Tuesday, May 13, 1969. Ryan's death was not officially confirmed until 2017. Photo: NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record, May 9, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510707348112-16BDSPBXMENUWKVJNNW5/636233656349692920-LT.-WILLIAM-C-RYAN.jpg Longform and Investigative A newspaper clipping from Tuesday, May 13, 1969. Ryan's death was not confirmed until 2017. Photo: NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510707481873-052I4D9XX0P9KU6YZMTO/636299490731128894-050917-billyryan-02.JPG Longform and Investigative The casket holding the remains of Marine 1st Lt. William C. Ryan Jr. of Bogota is carried into the hearse that will take it to Arlington National Cemetery for burial. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510707405381-DVUEK6DL00VJLSEHE1PZ/636299491352800849-050917-billyryan-01.JPG Longform and Investigative Marine Capt. Audy Whittington, center, escorted 1st Lt. William Ryan's casket to Baltimore-Washington International Airport on Tuesday, where it was received by his son Michael Ryan, right, and his grandson Tyler, left. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record, May 12, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510707799860-QXGEJG81XUE6M4IJB9SS/636300366394236116-Ryan-Funeral.jpg Longform and Investigative Michael Ryan was hours shy of his first birthday on May 11, 1969 when his father's F-4 Phantom fighter jet was shot down over Laos. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510708074820-1BLN5PIPPD6GSTLEWX03/636300353959595967-051017-ryanfuneral-07.JPG Longform and Investigative Tyler Ryan, 13, places a rose on his grandfather's casket. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510708014490-CSC4FXFGBZ2BRTA45LTU/636300353202981417-051017-ryanfuneral-08.JPG Longform and Investigative Gary Bain says a prayer over Ryan's casket on Wednesday. Bain was the pilot in Ryan's plane and ejected successfully after it was struck by a surface-to-air missile. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510707757556-2RJVGYGDCFUKS35L8Z7W/Marine+and+widow.JPG Longform and Investigative U.S. Marines fold the American flag draped over the casket bearing the remains of Marine 1st Lt. William Ryan during his military funeral service at Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1517113337888-U1NQGSA0NWPZU61LAQJ2/Fishermen.jpg Longform and Investigative Roy Deal Jr. throws a spiny dogfish into a bucket. The market price for dogfish is 17 cents per pound. From Belford, dogfish are trucked to Maine and processed into fish sticks. (Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record, August 31, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540943521111-SIVABMQR3DZ65ZIL3SJX/636632851900783064-053018-Paterson-DrugCourtTZ17111%281%29.jpg Longform and Investigative Drug Court Judge Miguel de la Carrera in his chambers at Passaic County Superior Courthouse. Photo: Tariq Zehawi/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540942724175-1BPPSEQHHGXFFDNZXQMV/Amanda+1 Longform and Investigative Amanda Zita’s secret trauma drove her to homelessness and drug addicition. Photo: Tariq Zehawi/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540943256734-BQ4MHLCDQ1U3RNWCC6SY/636632852171257373-053018-Bloomingdale-DrugCourtTZ16511.jpg Longform and Investigative Amanda plays on a swingset with her son. Photo: Tariq Zehawi/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540943629666-71K68WEW37WO2Y1OJ8MO/636632851645200663-053018-Paterson-DrugCourtTZ17511.jpg Longform and Investigative Amanda graduates from drug court. Photo: Tariq Zehawi/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540946002959-BPFLDYFY00NHEMK4WUOH/Walpack Longform and Investigative A view through a broken window into the garage of an abandoned Walpack home. Photo: Kevin Wexler/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1542730317107-XRF0FO5VI1GZTAZDT1JW/4e5cff42-df3c-425e-818b-8a889ddd2ae0-101018_Chatsworth_CranberryTZ_336.JPG Longform and Investigative Workers at Pine Island Cranberry Co. use yellow booms - similar to those used in containing oil spills - to corral buries for harvest. Photo: Tariq Zehawi/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1545324548638-BIFD0ZJ3TSLGIZYRFEZG/STeve+Fleetwood+Sr.jpg Longform and Investigative Steve Fleetwood on the boat he uses to deposit aquacultured oysters on the bottomlands of Delaware Bay. Photo: Mike Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1562347421795-3TFQ44Y55P6OQNTU0HKU/Cask+2.jpg Longform and Investigative A steel and concrete cask made by Holtec International to contain nuclear waste. Joe Lamberti/Courier Post-USA Today Network) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1569723173903-S6544AFUI0UFATFV9WMH/Bikelife+2.jpg Longform and Investigative https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1588027942079-Z94CQO4MTDS63FP0FXJD/Bassania+Daley.jpg Longform and Investigative Bassania Daley, Sarah Butler’s sister, testifies against Khalil Wheeler-Weaver. Photo by Christopher Pedota. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1588029554180-HLBJWOYOJ44MI0RJ4ZBG/Leroy+West.jpg Longform and Investigative Leroy West holds a photo of his daughter Robin. He stands in his Philadelphia home flanked by his sons Azrien, 21, and Raymond, 27. Photo by Christopher Pedota, The Record. Originally published Feb. 7, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1588019682108-SL070ISE8H5UG0QVOBLK/TT3.jpg Longform and Investigative Tiffany Taylor inside her apartment building. Photo by Christopher Pedota. Originally published in The Record on Feb. 7, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1590420039419-FZ47SO5S6E8TWODFLAVO/EMT2.jpg Longform and Investigative Days after losing his friend and partner to COVID-19, EMT Jerry Tlatelpa prepares to enter an apartment for another coronavirus call. Photo by Amy Newman. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598221893039-9MZZ2BPL8O95JR7INUMC/Hope+2.jpg Longform and Investigative Kathleen, 17, helps her siblings Alan 10, Valentina, 10 and Michael 12, with their homework at the kitchen table. Photo: Amy Newman/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record, June 26, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598231954925-W9DN5AUA7DAR4A74B7ES/American+Dream+2.jpg Longform and Investigative The American Dream mall, seen from the New Jersey Turnpike. Photo: Michael Karas, The Record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record, August 31, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record Dec. 24, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598233035561-WQL28J6BCSXF9PJDD8EI/American+Dream+2.jpg Longform and Investigative Port Authority of New York and New Jersey board members discuss the agency’s capital plan. Photo: Chris Pedota, The Record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1605650512548-GA7EZ6OSA4Z1XTIWKXYR/Teterboro2.jpg Longform and Investigative Private jets at Teterboro Airport. Photo: Tariq Zehawi, The Record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record, Aug. 17, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1606325245777-TM2T265567GPQ8UT670V/Vinik4.jpg Longform and Investigative Mike Vinik walks his empire of junk. Photo: Chris Pedota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1606324912366-8EWORO8CRZ0S4ZZ0MYW9/Vinik1.jpg Longform and Investigative Mike Vinik uses three of his tugboats to pull the cargo ship Cape Avinof from the pier at Brooklyn Navy Yard. Photo: Chris Pedota, The Record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record, Nov. 25, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1606325525351-AEOMJUOSH7WZR24CQV44/Vinik5.jpg Longform and Investigative Sunrise on Vinik Island. Photo: Chris Pedota https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record, Sept. 14, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/3872b5d1-d75b-433a-b11f-2e1a6dda9b10/Brunson+2.jpg Longform and Investigative Zolanlly Brunson waits for her COVID PCR test results, and worries about infecting her family. Photo: Mike Karas, The Record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record, Oct. 20, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/56564388-0b70-428c-b424-5a79fecdcc0c/Young+Paul+Brown.jpg Longform and Investigative Dr. Paul A. Brown stands by an AutoChemist machine, which he called “The Monster.” Photo taken in 1974 inside MetPath’s lab in Hackensack, New Jersey. Photo by Al Paglione, The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/8b8460a9-127f-479f-ba16-cbc0cdca5c8a/Quet+campus+photo+2.jpg Longform and Investigative The entrance to Quest Diagnostics’ new megalab in Clifton, New Jersey. Photo: Michael Karas, The Record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record, Aug. 18, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in Fortune, April 27, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/14896a26-7627-437d-abff-1d508c42a122/Nukes+2.jpg Longform and Investigative Workers handle a canister of waste at the Waste Control Services site in Andrews, Texas. Photo courtesy of WCS. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/3dc9fc9f-7ae1-4bb5-84f7-2f4e94dd321e/Tariq+1.jpg Longform and Investigative Formerly a chief sustainability officer for investing juggernaut BlackRock, Tariq Fancy has become a leading critic of greenwashing by financial services companies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Longform and Investigative First published in The Record, Aug. 18, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/44f2d54e-2a1d-4307-a55a-52337e5d611b/Essex+1.jpg Longform and Investigative The corner of Essex and Madison Streets in Paterson lies a few blocks from Interstate 80, which makes it an attractive place for people from the suburbs to drive to Paterson and buy drugs. Kashif Eleby responded to two mass shootings there within the span of six weeks. 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A development plan proposes an office building on the site. 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Photo: Tina MacIntyre-Yee, Rochester Democrat And Chronicle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png National and Breaking First published in The Record, Aug. 18, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/ef288dfe-f114-4687-9147-f9e810828a9f/Ukraine+camp+celebration.jpg National and Breaking Zakhar Figol (far right), of Wallington, New Jersey, holds a smart phone, as people celebrate Ukrainian boxer Oleksandr Usyk’s title win. Photo: Kevin R. Wexler, The Record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png National and Breaking First published in The Record, Aug. 18, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/d5ebf327-18fc-4b9d-ae10-4c02c71b90e6/Paterson2.jpg National and Breaking A sign welcomes visitors to South Paterson’s Little Palestine. 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Photo: Amy Newman/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510864940567-FI1R527RUFCH4AYX6V73/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, November 9, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510593360301-NZ6FDS5PSQGS868UDG89/636457379077786639-20171030ParamusClaudi03.JPG Surprising but True Claudia Liberchuk holds a framed photograph taken on her wedding day. Photo: Amy Newman/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510598000067-YB3RMCYLE7TTNEZBMPY4/nyt.png Surprising but True First Published in The New York Times Dec 10, 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510599866176-E5BHX4IPCVQ1ZJ0GMUZO/600_surf.jpg Surprising but True Vince Labbe and others surf in Lake Erie despite the chunks of ice, freezing rain and risk of hypothermia. Credit Mike Levy for The New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510678768934-55C448L0LEL3HRAVTF0Q/cobbler.JPG Surprising but True Acuna's machines are mostly hand-powered, including one that presses glued heels to the soles of shoes. (Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679507225-SOLYYCCDVROO47TDGFKC/636366805726669538-072417-Passaic-GSMshoe17.JPG Surprising but True Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679552991-JNT1HNEEQY42YEU4TELI/636366805853498351-072417-Passaic-GSMshoe03.JPG Surprising but True Acuna's menagerie of old machines includes a foot-pedaled Singer sewing machine and a hand-spun machine that threads leather. (Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679376484-ZQH2YRD8RSPECE74OT8F/636366805782205894-072417-Passaic-GSMshoe19.JPG Surprising but True Acuna stitches a child's tiny shoe. (Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679462107-8FAFLP2033GZTTFTSIYZ/636366805872374472-072417-Passaic-GSMshoe01.JPG Surprising but True Reynaldo Acuna hammers a plastic tip onto the end of a high-heel shoe. Most of the shoes he repairs are workaday footwear, but customers occasionally trust him with designer models by Ivanka Trump and Miu Miu. (Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679301775-3XVLDYB562DD022X7ZCN/636366805832438216-072417-Passaic-GSMshoe05.JPG Surprising but True Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, July 27, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510680923436-Y281UF78N9JY8TK3G8IR/636381519037922432-081117-metlifechange-07.jpg Surprising but True MetLife Stadium operations crew members secure the rolled up New York Giants' end zone to make way for the Jets' turf. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510680973484-69XR1AIK0VMQVGKTAVJJ/636381519044786520-081117-metlifechange-09.jpg Surprising but True A MetLife Stadium worker flips the hat display in the team store. The display comes out of the wall and spins around to show either the Jets or the Giants merchandise. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, August 14, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510680885479-Y62HAOX1LQ2BX2NTM7GC/Stadium+flip.jpg Surprising but True High above the field, a worker replaces a New York Giants placard for the Jets on MetLife Stadium's ring of honor. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510845758792-4HRMZSVW513620SUHBON/636331651421425678-061417-p-karream-02.jpg Surprising but True Karream Sheard, once a well-paid fixer for one of America's biggest drug cartels, sits in his basement apartment in Paterson and listens to the calls of street dealers and addicts, right outside his door. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, June 28, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510681365953-F42ELS4YFISKRUAZ82DD/636331653914789661-061417-p-karream-01a.jpg Surprising but True Sheard talks with teammates during a college robotics competition. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510695498440-PN5FL8Z4IXVODAVZNROG/636353887157641595-img241.1.jpg Surprising but True Arnold LaGrange enlisted in the Air Force at 17, with his parents' consent. Poor eyesight prevented him from becoming a pilot, but his assignment as a radio mechanic meant he still got to fly. Photo: NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, July 12, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510695310459-XRBWX265F2BZ7OABJROV/636353881253315747-063017-Pilgrimage-0015.jpg Surprising but True A snapshot of Arnold LaGrange in the Philippines. His sister said women there were struck by his pale skin and red hair. Photo: NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510695597150-FOJ8XIYVPIEF9A7NMPJR/636353881234283625-063017-Pilgrimage-0087.jpg Surprising but True Loving's first stop on her pilgrimage to Mactan was the busy road where her brother's accident occurred. "I saw how a split-second error of judgment could lead to this," she said. "I didn't know that I needed to forgive him until I saw how easily it could happen." Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510695263707-NG4O7L1L4CSO4C362B5M/636353881259399786-063017-Pilgrimage-0148A.jpg Surprising but True Anne Loving of Ridgewood holds a photo of herself and her older brother, Arnold LaGrange. Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510695343311-B48Y4IXET1A44IY6EJZC/pilgrimmage.jpg Surprising but True Arnold LaGrange was Anne Loving's only brother. He was five years her senior. "He took care of me," she said. "I really did adore him."(Photo: NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510695545175-K8WUU9KV8DTXYABKP43B/636353881229915597-063017-Pilgrimage-0009.jpg Surprising but True Arnold LaGrange's entry in the 1965 Pelham (N.Y.) Memorial High School yearbook identified him as a "Future fly boy?" Photo: NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510696021459-NYSLISSZAX739OE0YB91/636311585075828651-051717-higginsyoga-03.JPG Surprising but True "The kissing is hard for me," Higgins, 36, says of her stage work. "Acting is one of those ways where you practice surrender." Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510696078652-YIFTFCI2CQ7H00XGLNA5/Long+recovery.JPG Surprising but True Sandi Higgins with her dog, Fiesta. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, May 25, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510699286777-PVQJBAM4SA7TFP5CMWS5/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, June 15, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510698911647-647GNUEAM0YQ4N3MPCJY/636294426849146092-discgolf05.JPG Surprising but True Jeff Mahler throws a Frisbee at a disc golf course. Photo: Marko Georgiev/NorthJersey.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510699219695-25F07ITMARIS0UMOFGS2/636294426831204022-discgolf03.JPG Surprising but True Dina Napolitano putts to the basket. Photo: Marko Georgiev/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510700406244-5OLNSHQVAQMK1KTVIYBY/636306325515763796-051717-run-slava-04.jpg Surprising but True Slava Koza and Alina Dronova. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510700365629-MLELZRBQWGUBQ3KBCVB7/636306325247440356-051717-run-slava-02.jpg Surprising but True For his first cross-country run, Slava Koza embarked from Dillon Beach, Calif., north of San Francisco, in April 2012 and ran 3,055 miles to Lincoln Center in New York City, arriving 118 days later. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, June 7, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510700256209-IE219R0INDKEZ129XH7Y/Distance+for+Love.jpg Surprising but True Slava Koza of Bergenfield, left, has run across five countries, including the United States, to prove his love for Alina Dronova, a professional ballet dancer from Fort Lee. Last month, he ran across Switzerland, where he proposed. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510700287297-L1P55VXHXT3TKRW1RVMO/636306325226848092-051717-run-slava-03.jpg Surprising but True Slava Koza trains for his Switzerland run. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510700889617-C7SB1B07XFCV5UMR72Q7/636306280213793441-Haledon-PD-2.jpg Surprising but True Haledon police officers search a car after detecting an odor of marijuana. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, May 18, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510701204153-L860XPO0JDXUMAA0M479/636306280210517420-Haledon-PD-5.jpg Surprising but True Haledon police officers question people under arrest for alleged possession of marijuana during a traffic stop. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510700829135-NB4LE9PDA72K6WPITU6H/Big+Night+for+Police.jpg Surprising but True Haledon Lt. George Guzman during a traffic stop on Belmont Avenue. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510701141150-W4LS9RBONI6KVPD5NTEY/636306280215665453-Haledon-PD-6.jpg Surprising but True Vials of marijuana taken from a vehicle stop in Haledon. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510700972393-RID8RN24Y5TBZNF5N6J2/636306280215821454-Haledon-PD-3.jpg Surprising but True Detective Tim Lindberg takes a break from inspecting a car for marijuana to chat with a young resident. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510701906036-3HEKAW84G9EN1SRIGQ5B/636318427365045321-053117-Egg-1298.jpg Surprising but True Salvador Suarez cleans up after the final lunchtime at the Egg Platter Diner in Paterson. Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510702058991-8QHKFB2KO55LW0CHUL51/636318229880415402-BX002-2926-9.JPG Surprising but True Bob Ogorzaly, who grew up in Paterson, returned to the Egg Platter from his home in Charlottesville, Va., for one last breakfast: two eggs, home fries, Taylor ham, French toast, white toast and coffee. He planned to return later in the day for a couple of Taylor-ham-and-egg sandwiches — "for the road," he said. Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510701967148-JFTG2NGHX0QZUIYKNHNY/Closing+diner.JPG Surprising but True The Egg Platter's co-owner, Tom Philis, 73, says goodbye to a longtime customer, Elizabeth Mathis-Smith of Clifton, who has been coming to the diner for over 30 years. Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, June 1, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510701839345-IUP1YDIYBA8DXJDJF30M/636318427032139187-053117-Egg-0999.jpg Surprising but True After closing time on Wednesday, the menu board at the Egg Platter was lifted to reveal an old board bearing a bygone menu and low prices from many years ago. Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510702746641-199N6SHJC0AX3MZ22E39/636276140525988956-041217-k-meadowlands-03.jpg Surprising but True Forster's terns at the Kearny Marsh. Behind them rises the hill of a landfill. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, April 13, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510702717043-ZDK5X8R4YTAGP39EATNL/636276140875903685-041217-m-meadowlands-01.jpg Surprising but True Canada geese gather in the Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510702638252-O7FYEHYI3D9XDUOUSWTE/Swamp+refuge.jpg Surprising but True Ron Shields, a nature photographer, visits the Kearny Marsh two or three times a week. “There’s a lot more here than meets the eye,” he says. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510703261165-OWW0585A6Z93FIZULIS1/636314019954163803-Plane-Crash-3.jpg Surprising but True The almost intact main cabin, left, and the completely crushed nose section, center right, of a Douglas Liftmaster transport plane lie in the woods at McGuire Air Force Base, near Fort Dix, after the plane crashed shortly after takeoff on July 13, 1956. Of the 66 people onboard, 45 were killed and 21 injured. The plane was bound for England. Photo: Bill Ingraham/AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510703310582-AC5QJSVC7VIVHRS69XRB/636313405566202163-Caminiti2.jpg Surprising but True Paul Caminiti holds the pair of Army boots he was wearing when he and his fellow recruits pulled survivors and bodies from the wreckage. Photo: Viorel Florescu/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, May 28, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510703344241-CO51WWKRRW3HBPTE8AYY/636314019938563703-Plane-Crash-5.jpg Surprising but True An investigating soldier, far end center, looks up through the window into the cabin of the plane. Virtually every seat in the cabin was ripped loose during the crash. Photo: associated press https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510703489497-UXKM6QHM4U55HHO7W32O/636313407381441435-Caminiti.jpg Surprising but True Paul Caminiti during his Army days. Photo: Viorel Florescu/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510703532318-8OMPSU7I9D0TCMISIN8O/636314019931543658-Plane-Crash-4.jpg Surprising but True Firefighters and military personnel, standing calf-deep in water, search the wreckage. Photo: AP https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510708894344-NZLUVV7V5T4S3D34K1VN/Lincoln+Tunnel+Farmer.jpg Surprising but True Konstantinos Natsis, 70, of Weehawken farms a steep plot of land overlooking the Lincoln Tunnel, with sweeping views of the Manhattan skyline. Photo: Tariq Zehawi/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510709036644-FHY6QONM5W0G8H9YA4H7/636377985597509896-080817-Weehawken-farmerTZ20611.jpg Surprising but True The hands of Konstantinos Natsis, Weehawken farmer. Photo: Tariq Zehawi/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510709002923-SPFOG2723SGPN3SPOTKB/636377985704527268-080817-Weehawken-farmerTZ20511.jpg Surprising but True The farm in Weehawken is dug into the steep slope of the Palisades cliffs. Township officials say the work undermines the soil and causes mudslides, threatening the stability of homes on the hill. Photo: Tariq Zehawi/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, August 10, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510708982922-B7T4QJBACKOQZ2K7ERR5/636377985611082070-080817-Weehawken-farmerTZ20411.jpg Surprising but True Natsis boasts of the "million-dollar view" from his farm. Photo: Tariq Zehawi/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510709066913-5L1O0V06IF3S61OOTKI1/636377976087627976-080817-Weehawken-farmerTZ19811.jpg Surprising but True Konstantine Natsis' seemingly chaotic collection of trellises, tarps, tables and pieces of plywood coalesces into an orderly assemblage of intertwined systems to keep the farm going and provide fun for his grandchildren. Photo: Tariq Zehawi/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510709654991-5JJXU3D1JAH5L2N4K2OX/636360647096329819-Countdown-to-Loud-and-Proud7.jpg Surprising but True "Soul Train" talking trash. A devout evangelical Christian, he tried to take on the persona of a traditional bad guy, but it didn't work. The harshest curse he can bring himself to utter in the ring is “doggone.” Photo: Viorel Florescu/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510709624922-JZNDON8GYL25FN8DEU8W/636360647132054048-Countdown-to-Loud-and-Proud6.jpg Surprising but True "Soul Train" slams Justin Adams to the mat. Photo: Viorel Florescu/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510709522565-ZN9ZAP1CTJCHHFTFVPZM/636360647138918092-070417-n-wrestling-02.jpg Surprising but True Nick Shinholster, who wrestles as "Soul Train Nick Shin," rests after a match at the Independent Wrestling Federation school in Nutley. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510709685194-X0CE3MKJFRJKIPOFPPFR/636360647185874393-070417-n-wrestling-01.jpg Surprising but True Shinholster was laid off this spring from his job as a clerk for a shipping company. For now, wrestling is his unpaid, full-time job. “At least half of my day is dedicated to wrestling,” he said, “and that doesn’t include me just lying in bed thinking about wrestling.” Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510710247888-W4IHCDT1USUN9CBTO0G0/636257170732692839-031017-Trains-09.jpg Surprising but True The weekly ritual reaches its midpoint at Brother Bruno's, a pizza restaurant near the Port Jervis train station. The Thorpes split a pie with banana peppers before beginning the long journey home. Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598236548998-V0QRJR6GQKHNVYP3CKTM/Train+romance+2.jpg Surprising but True Nearly every week for the last six years, Steve and Denise Thorpe of Metuchen have spent their Friday nights riding NJ Transit trains. Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510710184375-95WETMIIOCUUQOINFD31/636257170610076053-031017-Trains-02.jpg Surprising but True The Thorpes transfer at Secaucus Junction for a train to Hoboken, where they board the No. 59 express to Port Jervis. Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510710222557-H3V27Y4OL849OQMZ8Y2X/636257170913185996-031017-Trains-10.jpg Surprising but True Steve Thorpe's lifelong romance with rail travel was kindled when he used to visit the original Penn Station in New York with his father. Denise has been along for the ride ever since the two met nearly 50 years ago. Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, March 22, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510754873703-M420VCGFHO0J2YD3E56W/636427335914035703-20170920GuttenbergEmbroidery09.JPG Surprising but True Edgar Acosta folds and cuts fabric before putting it on one of two Saurer looms, which were built in 1955. Photo: Amy Newman/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510754791219-5LOL8XVXOZC4V4SKN8J0/636427335875659457-20170920GuttenbergEmbroidery11.JPG Surprising but True Edgar Acosta of Clifton climbs up and down the looms all day. He has worked at Deerbrook Fabrics for 37 years. Photo: Amy Newman/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510754819078-ON0SU80ZJVKF08OB7SXA/636427335894379577-20170920GuttenbergEmbroidery08.JPG Surprising but True Leaving home at 4 a.m., Edgar Acosta walks up Clifton Avenue to catch the first of two jitney buses that take him to the Deerbrook Fabrics factory in Guttenberg. He arrives at the factory by 6 a.m. to start the looms. Photo: Amy Newman/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, October 6, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510754847740-WAFJGMPY5XCKK136QODK/636427335879403481-20170920GuttenbergEmbroidery07.JPG Surprising but True In 1997, Ed Parseghian paid $750,000 for a computerized loom that the company uses to make church vestments. Photo: Amy Newman/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510753989001-9RHZP6L9SR3MCPDJISNW/Factory+of+Loyalty.JPG Surprising but True Ed Parseghian has been in the embroidery business since the 1940s, and founded his company, Deerbrook Fabrics of Guttenberg, in 1969. The company once had 80 employees. Now it has four. Photo: Amy Newman/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510755310738-JO0NZ7I51DA4O57Q0TQ4/636358229023337347-Bollywood-Oscars3.jpg Surprising but True Fans use phones and iPads to capture videos of the stars. Photo: Viorel Florescu/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510754152499-9GS9E81EA3D9BI2AJ3TY/636358229045333770-Bollywood-Oscars5.jpg Surprising but True India's biggest film stars -- whose fame and fan bases far eclipse those of their Hollywood colleagues -- entered MetLife Stadium along a serpentine green carpet, Bollywood's answer to the red model used by the Oscars.. Photo: Viorel Florescu/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510755333544-90YBNW393RCN7KXPWHVE/636358229203832818-Bollywood-Oscars4.jpg Surprising but True Photo: Viorel Florescu/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510755355873-QUWUCXHATRMF92ZSICUB/636358229226141247-Bollywood-Oscars1.jpg Surprising but True Photo: Viorel Florescu/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510755284974-1JMR06CNX5N6A127O451/636358229228481292-Bollywood-Oscars2.jpg Surprising but True Standing behind pens erected in the MetLife Stadium parking lot, fans wait to see celebrities. Photo: Viorel Florescu/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, July 17, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510755670219-OVMGWG0VCUAUD8UB8ET4/636414181242916281-091617-p-band-03.jpg Surprising but True The Passaic High School marching band won the state championship last year and finished third nationally. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510754322481-5VG0Q9ORG5TBHI3DC86D/636414181556634292-091617-p-band-01.jpg Surprising but True Julie Vazquez, 17, center, practices the flute with the Passaic High School marching band three days after a fire consumed her family's apartment. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, September 21, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510755646072-1ALOJKVP780BMVK0V8VY/636414181200016006-091617-p-band-02.jpg Surprising but True Rose Holder, 17, who has asthma, is the captain of the Passaic High School marching band's color guard. “We don’t have the best instruments or the best sets,” she says. “But we have hard work. And we have heart.” Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510761131907-JPNEXCL9HFBO7BL1GON0/636244135660819289-030617-Cello-05.jpg Surprising but True E. Zoe Hassman in the basement of Hackensack's public library. Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, March 7, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510761573663-4TYGW5AMOTAHEBYF2DCT/Last+Beatnik.JPG Surprising but True Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510761324802-9LOPZDE45T23UP3J2AV8/636251844544095913-022017-donkommitt-07.JPG Surprising but True Don Kommit in a favorite haunt, drinking espresso and reading the funnies. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510761520878-06EVK3HH43TJSJ04YG05/636251844206977752-022017-donkommitt-02.JPG Surprising but True Kommit captures his flight-of-fancy thoughts and spur-of-the-moment inspirations in notebooks. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, March 18, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510762109114-1TT5RHWB1N70IK7I320N/636346113265690619-061117-Vinny-0205.jpg Surprising but True Torre cradles a pigeon that had just returned home from Ohio. The bird flew more than 400 miles in 9½ hours. Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510762083563-M50MIP3DMRSWPQ91ZB56/636346113126381726-041417-Pigeons-1125.jpg Surprising but True Closing his eyes, Torre uses his hands to pick winners. Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510762161114-DDERUISXTEV7LCBG9O5H/636346113319978967-061117-Vinny-0105.jpg Surprising but True "I don't race for the money," Torre says. "It's the ego. The truth is I'm not a good loser." Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, July 6, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510761814083-81S49B85TR2W9GGP0RO6/Pigeon+racer.jpg Surprising but True Vincent Torre releases homing pigeons from a parking lot 40 miles from his home. Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510762136867-XXVQ08V6A7TZPQYGOOBL/636346112842459906-041417-Pigeons-1212.jpg Surprising but True Torre's pigeons fly away. Photo: Chris Pedota/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510774506155-P7GYHENZAQQAZT9677ED/636266618533431083-040117-r-bake-04.jpg Surprising but True Summer Orner, 8, sits behind her creations as she waits for judging to begin. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, April 2, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510774475787-PIYNASVOOAXSR886V7E3/636266618515334967-040117-r-bake-02.jpg Surprising but True Soph Kayen, 6 (center), and Lovina Crouthamel, 8, sample some baked goods. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510774445688-T8W5LUYPI1DW0HT28EGM/636266618688808079-040117-r-bake-03.jpg Surprising but True Judy Killman, a judge, tastes a piece of cake. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510774541559-I8EPNC5NTGLNK8W1Z6JF/636266618499734867-040117-r-bake-01.jpg Surprising but True Farzana Rahman, right, is congratulated after learning that she won first place for the second year in a row. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510775423652-3VUD6PKQ4NNQLCWW12QP/636269886452315264-040217-Kearny-CatTrapKRW05.JPG Surprising but True “Why do it?” said Nilsen, 59. "Because somebody needs to do it." Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510775344267-BQTPL3RS6N1WAJ3BPPBG/636269886619238474-040217-Kearny-CatTrapKRW23.JPG Surprising but True Nilsen prepares food for a cat trap in Kearny. She spends $10,000 annually to feed and trap up to 700 feral cats. Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510775375183-CRF42AWW9MOKIMC4NDPN/636269886710656232-040217-Kearny-CatTrapKRW32.JPG Surprising but True Cats prowl a colony near a power plant on the Hackensack River. Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, April 6, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510775393956-J7MGGOQOHW82ZO2QOQN0/Wild+cats.JPG Surprising but True Advocates of trap-neuter-release programs say they can control populations of stray cats without euthanizing them. Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510775143055-5UP1KN0B7MF6TKRGY2FZ/636269886944036720-040217-Kearny-CatTrapKRW47.JPG Surprising but True Bonnie Nilsen traps stray cats so they can be spayed or neutered and returned to their colonies. Photo: Kevin R. Wexler/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510775836794-BS5J65WN82VHQN2ZYFQR/636236552077783361-DSC-3510.JPG Surprising but True The railings were sketched by hand, and manufactured specifically for he home. Photo: Mitsu Yasukawa/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, March 11, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510775611578-UDWTJ3N8QQ3QEWT1FQBE/Factory+for+1%25.JPG Surprising but True The foyer of a mansion in Saratoga Springs. The glass, to the left, encases an indoor atrium. All design work for the home was completed in downtown Paterson, where drug dealers operate in plain sight. Photo: Mitsu Yasukawa/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510775864780-NN2GHD2D4NDF2PSIW27R/636236552206639361-DSC-3529.JPG Surprising but True The home's exterior. The original architect placed a third turret directly atop the front door. It was removed. Photo: Mitsu Yasukawa/NorthJersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, March 2, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, November 29, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510789858229-48HMO7JMT0YV2C4VPCZU/636157679530812428-112616-rw-park-05.jpg Surprising but True Kathleen Mulvihill of Saddle Brook paying the meter after pulling into parking spot No. 24. Photo: Michael Karas/Staff photographer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510789868705-8D698VX11S1RB13ZJWPI/636157679702415728-112616-rw-park-07.jpg Surprising but True Sheila Jamroz Shilling checks her mirrors as she waits in spot No 24 to pick up her husband. Photo: Michael Karas/Staff photographer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510789590896-ENS922247FTHRSD19YLV/636157680197881256-112616-rw-park-06.jpg Surprising but True Danielle Gutierrez loads her children into her vehicle on Saturday. She was parked in a metered 15-minute parking spot in downtown Ridgewood. Photo: Michael Karas/Staff photographer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510790073609-S2YFA7I6OIZN3HVXJHYI/636163721930236095-2425a4d7-00006.jpg Surprising but True Ray Beesley at the Fairfield Garden Center in Fairfield on Nov. 17, 2012. Beesley, who played Santa Claus since the 1970s, died Friday, Dec. 2. Photo: Record file photo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, December 13, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510936415000-BL4RX93M7LUGPDNVFMFY/scuba_santa.jpg Surprising but True Ed Evans, the Newport Aquarium's lead Santa, waves to an audience of children as sharks swim by overhead. Photo Credit: The New York TImes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510598000067-YB3RMCYLE7TTNEZBMPY4/nyt.png Surprising but True First Published in The New York Times Dec 11, 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510844579775-P3T2XAWNBF1WUB4OBMX4/url.jpg Surprising but True Chuck Lamb in an image from his website, www.deadbodyguy.com. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510598000067-YB3RMCYLE7TTNEZBMPY4/nyt.png Surprising but True First Published in The New York Times Jan 17, 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1511737851504-AWRO5LLP36FXCTTTGP7G/636469525553035135-111517-kite-03.JPG Surprising but True Lisa Willoughby flies a kite near her home in Surf City, New Jersey. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1511738018602-6NGKU4WO6Y2KNXBME16P/636469525585014930-111517-kite-05.JPG Surprising but True For Lisa Willoughby, perfection is paramount. “If you’re going to do a trick in a competition, you have to be able to do it perfectly 90 percent of the time. If you can’t pull off all the tricks because of the [weather] conditions, you shouldn’t be doing them.” Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1511738091425-5M5YT8LB2VN0G1BVKYM8/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, November 25, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1511737898795-SADBSU3R3AS2U2P4E8RH/636469525559899091-111517-kite-06.JPG Surprising but True Willoughby's custom-made, two-line kite, one of hundreds of kites she owns. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1511737970036-QAUA9UQXII53ARQEEUV6/636469525617618721-111517-kite-01.JPG Surprising but True Lisa Willoughby is one of the few women to compete at a high level in the male-dominated sport of competitive kite flying. “I’ve had a top kite flier say, ‘You have kids here. Why are you doing this?’ ” she said. “Another kite flier said, ‘If you just did one thing, you’d actually be good at it.' ” Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510598000067-YB3RMCYLE7TTNEZBMPY4/nyt.png Surprising but True First Published in The New York Times Nov 28, 2005 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1517100957277-8KPFKB6Z53NR2T4MZ6SO/imagebag.JPG Surprising but True Victor Morgado, right. (Photo: Bernadette Marciniak/NorthJersey.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1517103325975-F5UFC5KAJNLF69MQHK6X/Boom.jpg Surprising but True The explosion flattened buildings in New Jersey and caused skyscrapers in Midtown Manhattan to shake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, August 31, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1517105240679-Q371E3MNJPJYU9HBKZLC/Chopper.jpg Surprising but True John Burgos rides his motorcycle with his dog Bella strapped to his chest. (Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, August 31, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1517106096055-L9S06J90LKZG4WXZ7HR5/Circus.JPG Surprising but True Husband and wife Christian and Bethanie Loyal, 24 and 21, get ready to clown. Christian is an 11th-generation circus performer (Photo: Amy Newman/NorthJersey.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, August 31, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, August 31, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1517110769739-0IRK38Y3ODJTXU7GJBL9/Valedictorian.jpg Surprising but True Tara Mott celebrates her graduation. (Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/NorthJersey.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1517111386985-TS95O9GPODMVS6FRIABU/Pasties.jpg Surprising but True The Rev. Rod Perez-Vega, who helped save the pasties. (Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/NorthJersey.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, August 31, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1517111821871-A2U8F9YTNS1BOEXU9QYX/Bears.JPG Surprising but True Tommy Cinque packs up after a morning of bear hunting. (Photo: Mitsu Yasukawa/NorthJersey.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, August 31, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, August 31, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598235478765-ZYVKKEXW59EFEHG8EPXX/Mister+Softee2.jpg Surprising but True Sergio Gonzalez, a Mister Softee man for 40 years, delivers a mango slushie in an industrial park in Secaucus. Anne-Marie Caruso, The Record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, August 31, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1565209630496-DYUCYNYGMAELBV8NG22T/mastodon+pic.jpg Surprising but True https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1517115503595-KBXIGUKTYEI5MH3K89C2/Bears.jpg Surprising but True https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, August 31, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1517115914808-1252H9QHND6RNL6HBB6W/Dinosaurs.jpg Surprising but True https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, August 31, 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598236841429-V5ZY1KEBGXRGGUJYA8WW/Weiner2.jpg Surprising but True Both Richard Weiners found themselves at the center of New Jersey’s legal establishment, one as a pillar, the other as a defendant. Photo: Mitsu Yasukawa/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540936034166-WETEBGDCJUWS2K5AZSSC/Coast+Guard+Auxilliary.jpg Surprising but True Frederick G. Simmons, aircraft commander with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, prepares his 1972 Bellanca Super Viking for flight. Photo: Kevin Wexler/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598237092814-DSGXIVRVULPMU1SUB60P/AmazinGrace2.jpg Surprising but True King often rides the bus to church, where he often performs in drag for fundraisers. Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540937039516-ZJRJ851U1CV880IFT20W/paczkis.jpg Surprising but True Andrew Kaczmarek, owner of Polonia Bakery, prepares lekvár doughnuts. Photo: Kevin Wexler/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540937821883-WOLSIMKIWCO5IO7WRYMI/Kip+House.jpg Surprising but True Historian Rod Leith visits the 1741 home. Photo: Mitsu Yasukawa/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540938258416-U9SHDK7C3NKKDAHM4I4K/Dog+whisperer.jpg Surprising but True Dog trainer Corey Cohen soothes Finn. Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598236283345-7CF0PO7PRS3KZUCQZEJS/Predatorfactory2.jpg Surprising but True Mark Mayer, chief of the Beneficial Insect Lab. Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540939265137-5HK2ELY5HF907VQW0KHC/Pot+lawyers.jpg Surprising but True Attorneys Marc Press, left, and Jordan Fisch discuss their venture into cannabis law. Photo: Danielle Parhizkaran/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540939646265-7OHKFQ1HO2YGJ4IRUZZA/Stained+glass.jpg Surprising but True Judith Hiemer Van Wie, a fourth generation glass maker. Photo: Kevin Wexler/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540940104082-JRCP4YU41CJ8NOGTAM3K/Jesus.jpg Surprising but True Justin Carrasco, 21, drops the cross in his role of Jesus Photo: Marko Georgiev/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540940595604-CGDK9DYSQYT1MEKPGGTL/Pet+Expo.jpg Surprising but True Stylin’ at the Expo Photo: Michael Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540940945234-SPPNXY0DEHYX5HQ5S510/Eviction.jpg Surprising but True Lizette Garcia, hours after getting evicted. Photo: Kevin Wexler/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598235378084-YBRFQ1QXLWHD9J81RIBY/Bubble+man+2.jpg Surprising but True Tom McAllister building intricate bubbles. Photo: Chris Pedota/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540942243660-BCC2BZ3XA5YLQKM8Q79C/podcast.jpg Surprising but True Joey Lewandowski , left, and Michael Manzi enjoy “The Wicker Man,” one of the worst movies of all time. Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540943890320-VIBH4Z60KCHGHH1BZY10/Roller+derby.jpg Surprising but True Ivy Lethal breaks from the pack. Photo: Viorel Florescu /Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598236000071-B1ORGTGHDS92NHPBQFID/Small+zoo2.jpg Surprising but True Angry bird. With helpers, Dr. Curt Boren prepares a snowy owl for transfer to another zoo. Photo: Mitsu Yasukawa/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540944632255-VOE29ICIMBC4UAQHMLL0/Lake+Gerard.jpg Surprising but True Joan LaDuke fishes on Lake Gerard at sunrise. Photo: Mike Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540944743220-ZZWHWKYVV8Q557HAIWRJ/lake+gerard+2.jpg Surprising but True Billy Barrett on his dock. Photo: Mike Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540945222610-H61NB9FPZ1I1NSBX91TA/amusement+park.jpg Surprising but True Vince Gargiulo in what’s left of his basement. Photo: Anne-Marie Caruso/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1540945607250-K1Q309JEY1C6RZDBN55H/Jon+Perzley.jpg Surprising but True Jon Perzley, left, sits with his rookie recruit. Photo: Marko Georgiev/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598235231178-YB0EY1TTTSWCXD1V3EVI/Willie+2.jpg Surprising but True Willie Davis in his garden. Photo: Tariq Zehawi/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1549652193773-4URYC5MCLU80T5WJFDJH/School+14.jpg Surprising but True School 14. When Ralph Best started shooting, students ran from the school’s front door. Photo: Kevin Wexler/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598236397442-BSPNR0X3NXU5B3FT712E/Petpsychic.jpg Surprising but True Shira Plotzker, pet psychic. Photo: Mike Karas/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598235797676-CSOZLCR8IUUP00MKMA2Z/TaxDancer2.jpg Surprising but True Alexander Jeremy Bernard prepares to get down. Photo: Amy Newman/Northjersey.com https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598236695931-5NCM5H4FA83IY0L5ICBO/Longrace2.jpg Surprising but True The race takes place in Jamaica, Queens, one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the world. Photo by Kevin Wexler, The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, August 2, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, June 9, 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598235611871-2F9HXXYOACSOTNHLIQ8J/Rubiks2.jpg Surprising but True Daniel Ross-Levine prepares for competition. Photo by Danielle Parhizkaram, The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1572119544892-VCFFBG282O5K8Q0331IG/Vulture+pic.jpg Surprising but True https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1572120388415-893BOZZLRV9RWCPLWCUU/Old+plane.jpg Surprising but True Bill Sleeper at the wheel. Kevin Wexler, The Record https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1575039941719-PTCVPFMYQGUS1HHN82A2/John+2.jpg Surprising but True https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1598227685295-W049XI18J9ELXVI266T0/Tacqwa2.jpg Surprising but True Noureen DeWulf and Bobby Naderi, both actors, with Jay Verkamp, center, the sound mixer for the film version of Mr. Knight’s novel. The film was shot in Cleveland.Credit...David Ahntholz for The New York Times https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1612454444634-5ZVYGXX9EFJMB406HMPV/Snow+2.jpg Surprising but True A cute little snowman on Seventh Avenue. Photo: Kevin R. Wexler, The Record. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, Dec. 17, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1510679660552-TEGUQ4DIGPFN7X6Q2JTM/northjerz.png Surprising but True First published in The Record, April 7, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a076f9bf14aa13ff15148e2/1631899264684-PCDXTSZFNZNTHWDUPKM4/Teaneck+tight.jpg Surprising but True Jared Kramer, left, and Peter Philomey, right, walk forward to receive an award for outstanding service during the COVID shutdown. 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