October 7 Morning News
NJ.COM REPORTED TRUE FOOD KITCHEN PLANS TO LAY OFF 89 WORKERS IN HACKENSACK, DAYS AFTER THE COMPANY FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY, AND IT CLOSED RESTAURANTS THERE AND IN EDISON. ACCORDING TO A NOTICE FILED WITH THE NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, FRC BALANCE LLC, WHICH OPERATES TRUE FOOD KITCHEN, IS SCHEDULED TO CARRY OUT THE LAYOFF ON JANUARY 3, 2027. ON OCTOBER 4TH, THE COMPANY FILED FOR CHAPTER 11 PROTECTION IN FEDERAL BANKRUPTCY COURT IN TEXAS AND CLOSED 12 OF 46 RESTAURANTS THAT DAY. THE REMAINING 34 RESTAURANTS IN 14 STATES ARE OPEN, AND THE COMPANY IS SEEKING A COURT-SUPERVISED SALE. THE HACKENSACK RESTAURANT, AT THE SHOPS AT RIVERSIDE, OPENED IN 2021 AS THE CHAIN'S FIRST IN NEW JERSEY, LATER OPENING THE EDISON RESTAURANT AS MENLO PARK MALL. “WE KNOW THESE DECISIONS ARE ESPECIALLY HARD ON THE TEAM MEMBERS AFFECTED,” SAID CEO JEFF CHANDER IN A STATEMENT ANNOUNCING THE CLOSURES. THE COMPANY SAID IT WOULD SHARE INFORMATION ON RESOURCES AND NEXT STEPS WITH AFFECTED EMPLOYEES. AN EMAIL SENT TO FRC BALANCE LLC WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY RETURNED ON TUESDAY.
NEW 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED A SHOOTING HAS LEFT NEWARK POLICE LOOKING FOR TWO SUSPECTS WHO FLED THE SCENE AFTER A GUNMAN TARGETED AN E-BIKE RIDER ON SOUTH 10TH STREET. AT APPROXIMATELY 12:55 P.M., THE POLICE RESPONDED TO THE 700 BLOCK OF SOUTH 10TH STREET NEAR MADISON AVENUE ON A CALL OF A SHOOTING. RESPONDING OFFICERS OBSERVED EVIDENCE OF THE SCENE, BUT DID NOT LOCATE A VICTIM. AS PART OF THE INVESTIGATION, DETECTIVES DISCOVERED THAT A BLACK MALE WEARING A WHITE TANK TOP, WHO WAS WALKING SOUTHBOUND ON CLINTON AVENUE, AIMED AND DISCHARGED A FIREARM AT A MAN WHO WAS RIDING AN E-BIKE IN THE AREA. A FEMALE SUSPECT WAS WITH THE MALE SUSPECT WHEN A QUARREL OCCURRED BETWEEN TWO MALES. SHE IS DESCRIBED AS HAVING A LIGHT COMPLEXION WITH BROWN HAIR AND BLONDE HIGHLIGHTS. SHE WAS WEARING A BLACK HOODIE, BLACK PANTS WITH WHITE LETTERING ON THE FRONT LEFT LEG, AND WHITE SNEAKERS.
NEWS 12 NEW JERSEY REPORTED THAT 30 PEOPLE WERE FORCED OUT OF THEIR HOMES TUESDAY AFTER AN APARTMENT FIRE IN JERSEY CITY. THE JERSEY CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE FLAMES SPREAD TO TWO BUILDINGS. FIRE CREWS ARRIVED TO THE SCENE ON FRANKLIN STREET, WITH REPORTS OF PEOPLE TRAPPED IN THE BUILDING, INCLUDING A MOTHER AND CHILD. JERSEY CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT CHIEF JACK JOHNSON EXPLAINS THE MOTHER AND THE CHILD WERE EXITING THE BUILDING WHEN FIRE OFFICIALS ARRIVED AND ASSISTED HER DOWN THE STAIRS AND OUT THE DOOR. TWO FIREFIGHTERS AND ONE RESIDENT WERE TREATED FOR MINOR INJURIES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE MAJORITY OF THE DAMAGE WAS CONTAINED TO THE THIRD FLOOR WHERE THE ROOF IS.
NJ.COM REPORTED THAT MULTIPLE TEENS WERE STRUCK BY AN SUV NEAR LINDENWOLD HIGH SCHOOL TUESDAY AFTERNOON. ACCORDING TO THE LINDENWOLD POLICE DEPARTMENT, POLICE RESPONDED TO THE 400 BLOCK OF EAST GIBBSBORO ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY 2:11 P.M. ON REPORTS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE CRASH INVOLVING MULTIPLE PEDESTRIANS. AUTHORITIES SAID THEY FOUND A PEDESTRIAN TRAPPED UNDER A VEHICLE LOCATED ON THE SIDEWALK AND FIVE ADDITIONAL JUVENILE PEDESTRIANS WHO HAD BEEN HIT BY THE VEHICLE WHILE WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK. THE PERSON TRAPPED UNDER THE VEHICLE WAS TRANSPORTED BY MEDICAL HELICOPTER TO COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT. SIX PEDESTRIANS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 14 AND 16 WERE TRANSPORTED TO AREA HOSPITALS FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT. THEIR CONDITIONS ARE STILL BEING EVALUATED AT THIS TIME, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTED FATALITIES.