Leanne Vuksanic
Leanne Vuksanic is the digital managing editor of news for NJ1015.com.
In honor of National Cheeseburger Day, ten Smashburger restaurants in Northern Jersey are offering free Smashburgers to anyone with the surname Burger today Sept. 18.
A Mahwah gym owner has pleaded guilty to falsifying documents and medical forms to the State's Athletic Control Board in an attempt to thwart regulations regarding Amateur Mixed Martial Arts (AMMA) contestants so that his fighters could compete without undergoing mandatory physical exams or medical tests.
On September 14 in 1944, an unnamed hurricane dubbed "The Great Atlantic Hurricane" battered 900 miles of the East Coast. The hurricane's total death toll was 390, with most of them being marine casualties due to ship wreckage and sinkings. On land, the death toll was 46 people, with 338 people injured and thousands of buildings destroyed.