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Ice cream is back! It’s springtime in New Jersey
Helene Berrios, Clifton NJ ice cream queen : Video
Follow along the route as Helene the Ice Cream queen delivers frozen treats from her truck rolling through the streets of Clifton.
Paul Wood Jr, NorthJersey.com
Breaking news, North Jersey — spring is officially here!
I bet if Shakespeare were alive right now? He’d be writing elegant sonnets about Branch Brook Park, or the way the sun rises gently over the Passaic.
But, he’s not.
So, here’s this instead. Hope it suffices.
A Food Writer’s Ode to Ice Cream, by me
April in Jersey — how the birds sing. From 40 to 75? What a wonderful thing.
As the temperatures rise, and blossoms bloom like a dream, one thought fills my mind; time for Garden State ice cream.
Cookie dough, Oreo, raspberry cheesecake with swirls.
If spring doesn’t mean scoops to you? You’re wrong, boys and girls.
At the changing of the seasons, we’re met with a prize.
The frozen dessert shops reopen, and it’s a treat to the eyes.
We’ve got Francy’s in Bergenfield and Denville Dairy on Main; Nasto’s in Newark scoops next to Fornos of Spain.
On Graham Slam! On Brownie Batter! On Beenie’s Dunkaroos! If the flavor’s from Jersey? Who cares what you choose.
When in Ridgewood, Van Dyk’s got mint chocolate chip, and with s’mores from Holsten’s? Bloomfield’s worth the trip. Grab cotton candy at Applegate — which looks great in GIFs — and don’t get me started on literally everything at Cliff’s.
Top it with fudge, top it with Reese’s, crumble cookies and M&Ms. Throw it over a brownie; all ice creams are gems! In Jersey, scoop shops have been around forever, with owners serving nostalgia in ways that are clever.
Thus, when you eat Conrad’s — in any sundae rendition — you’re tasting 3,000 calories of sweet, sweet tradition.
So, forget California with its charcoal black flavors. If my ice cream is hipster? Please do me a favor:
Throw out those veggie-infusions with “corn from the shuck.” Avocado and basil? I don’t give a truck (sorry, family-friendly newspaper).
Give me Ice Cream on Grand; write Curly’s on a sweater.
Because I’m from New Jersey — and our ice cream is better.
Kara VanDooijeweert is a food writer for NorthJersey.com and The Record. If you can’t find her in Jersey’s best restaurants, she’s probably off running a race course in the mountains. Catch her on Instagram: @karanicolev & @northjerseyeats, and sign up for her North Jersey Eats newsletter.
Want to visit the ice cream shops mentioned in this article? Follow this list:
- Francy’s Artisanal Ice Cream: 461 S Washington Ave., Bergenfield; 201-942-6282, francysicecream.com
- Denville Dairy: 34a Broadway, Denville; 973-627-4214, denvilledairy.com.
- Nasto’s Ice Cream Co.: 236 Jefferson St., Newark; 973-589-3333, nastosicecream.com.
- Beenie’s Ice Cream: 38 Morris St., Morristown; 862-260-9221, beeniesicecream.com.
- Van Dyk’s Homemade Ice Cream: 145 Ackerman Ave., Ridgewood; 201-444-1429, vandyksicecream.com.
- Holsten’s Ice Cream: 1063 Broad St., Bloomfield; 973-338-7091, holstens.com.
- Applegate Farm: 616 Grove St., Montclair; 973-744-5900, applegatefarm.com.
- Cliff’s Homemade Ice Cream: 1475 Route 46, Ledgewood; 973-584-9721, cliffsicecream.com.
- Conrad’s Confectionary: 107 Westwood Ave., Westwood; 201-664-2895, conrads1928.com.
- Ice Cream on Grand: 523 Grand Ave., Englewood; 201-569-5346, icecreamongrand.com.
- Curly’s Ice Cream: 30 Route 23, Riverdale and 121 Monroe St., Boonton; 973-794-4720, curlysboonton.com.
New Jersey gubernatorial candidates and the Independent Expenditure-Only Filers (IEFs) who promoted them shredded multiple records by spending more than $259 million on this year’s primary and general elections, according to an analysis by the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission (ELEC).
In nominal dollars1, New Jersey’s spending total was the fourth largest amount of dollars ever spent during a gubernatorial election year nationally and ranked sixth when past totals were converted to 2025 dollars to reflect inflation’s impact.
On a per capita basis, calculated by dividing total election spending by the state’s population, New
Jersey ranked first nationally (Table A3).
“It is now evident that this year’s gubernatorial election was the most expensive New Jersey election in
state history by a large margin. It was also one of the top ten costliest gubernatorial elections ever in the nation,” said Joe Donohue, ELEC’s deputy director.
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The police chief of Totowa, New Jersey, is facing felony charges related to an incident in Massachusetts, according to the borough’s mayor.
Mayor John Coiro said Sunday that Chief Carmen Veneziano was in custody at the Bergen County jail after an extradition hearing over charges that are “serious in nature and considered felonies.”
Coiro said Veneziano was detained Friday and he is now awaiting transport to Massachusetts, where he will appear before a judge on charges stemming from an incident that occurred in September.
“While I did not see the exact charges in writing, the [Passaic County] Prosecutor’s Office did relay to me that these charges were serious in nature and considered felonies,” Coiro said in a statement.
The mayor said he suspended Veneziano without pay until the legal process plays out.
“Please know that the Totowa Police Department will continue to operate effectively in providing services to our community,” he said.
An interim police chief will be appointed, the mayor said.
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