You'll find hard news on the front page that many North Jersey readers can relate to and stories from two important Bergen County towns today in The Record of Woodland Park, but still not a word about Hackensack.
The mark of a great newspaper is using a story like the fire deaths of four in a violations-filled house (A-1) as a launching pad for a series of stories on slumlords in Paterson, Passaic and other urban centers in North Jersey. The paper should name the landlords of all that rickety housing -- occupied by working class and immigrant families -- list the housing violations and call for reform.
But I doubt The Record's editors, including Frank "Castrato" Scandale, Deirdre "Mother Hen" Sykes and Jim McGarvey, will do now what they have deliberately ignored for so long.
What a hoot. One of the alleged Russian spies has been linked to an Englewood restaurateur (A-7), the Daily News reports. The story only serves to highlight how reporters assigned to Englewood have completely ignored the power and influence of the businessman, Michel Bittan, along Palisade Avenue, where he reportedly owns many buildings. Bittan's pricey Italian restaurant, Solaia, is on the same block as the wine bar in which the spoiled Borg siblings have invested.
Readers will be shocked today to find two meaty stories from Teaneck and Englewood on the front of Local, then search in vain for anything about Hackesnack, which North Jersey Media Group has abandoned physically and editorially.
The story on neighbors opposed to the Englewood ShopRite's plan to expand and build affordable housing provides little background to readers not familiar with that city, which is divided economically and racially by railroad tracks (guess which side Malcolm A. "Mac" Borg is on). The ShopRite shopping center was a major upgrade for the neighborhood, and likely spurred the renaissance of Palisade Avenue.
On L-7 (Business), Staff Writer John Brennan pulls out all the stops to promote a tennis marketing executive, in his best public relations style of reporting. The paper actually spent who knows how much to send this nitwit to a Las Vegas retail-leasing convention to report whether the stalled Xanadu development was able to attract new tenants. Neither of the two stories he wrote contained that information.
In Better Living, it's no-food-coverage Thursday.
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