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MainSt0901NJLE5a_2023-09-01-05-24-51

I love Fridays. You know what, for many reasons, but especially one main street, New Jersey. I love it. We pay a visit to so many small businesses in New Jersey Town and this week New South New Jersey's Kimberly Kravitz is live in North Haledon and Kimberly. It's 5 16 in the morning. Are you going to be eating ice cream this morning? Yes, I am. Good morning, ladies. I'm here at Hometown Creamery where you could have breakfast, lunch and dinner, ice cream, everything you want. So, I'm here with Albert and Dana. Thank you so much for inviting me in so early. Tell us this has been a lifelong dream of yours. 18 years in the making has been a dream for a very, very long time. And we had our first son and my wife said, pull the trigger. Let's do it. Oh, no better time. Right than the present. You have two locations, North Halton and Wayne and everything you see here, homemade recipes. We have over 75 homemade flavors. I definitely want to try the Fruity Pepple. Got to try that. How do you go about making a recipe? It's whatever ingredients we have whatever ideas we come up with, we just throw it in the ice cream. So you have a variety of flavors here, but there's also something really interesting. It's these reusable cones you can see here. They're uh, they're very interesting. You've partnered with here with Kate from I see. Fun. Thank you so much. Tell us all about these particular, ok. So they are your usable, flexible, the color change to sunlight or cold temperature, which comes from uh ice cream and kids and adults. Absolutely love it. Are you trying to tell me these change color? They do. Yes. When you put ice cream in them or when you go outside and the sun it's coming on them. This might be in the running for my favorite ice cream shop with all the variety of flavors and the cone. So you've partnered together. Um and this is what you get here. It's magic. We love it. I mean, we do it just to bring a little sense of community to the home and you know, it's, it's our take on, uh you know, giving somebody the product that we love and what do we have here? This is Cookie Monster and Monster and cotton candy. Very popular flavors. Should we give it a taste at 5 20 in the morning? Ok. We're gonna get in, this is looking like it needs a little help anyway. Right. It's getting a little melted. All right. Good old fashioned tribe. Oh, it tastes like cookies and cream. I'm gonna, I'm gonna have to dig in. It's delicious. We're gonna send it back to you in the studio. I'm gonna have some fun here while looking up this ice cream.

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MainSt0901NJLE530a_2023-09-01-05-59-51

It's Friday and you know what that means? It's time for our main street, New Jersey weekly segment where we pay a visit to small businesses in a New Jersey town. And this week New Jersey's Kimberly Kravitz is live with us this morning in North Halton. And are you at a purified water shop? Didn't know there was a such thing. Oh, yes, I'm learning all about it. And what's so nice about a family business like this is that it's also helping the environment and it's helping others with their wellness and health. So, thank you so much. We have Pat and here married couple with their two boys over there in the corner, new owners of MJ Aqua, tell us about this and everything that you offer here. Uh Thank you. Good morning. Uh We're really excited that we're open about a month ago. Uh Our heart and our goal is to provide um to keep the families hydrated, to provide quality uh water drinking um free of contaminants and everything is done here, right? So you could, you could actually remo remove anything that's in the water that shouldn't be there and replace it with everything that is good. Exactly. So, what we do, we run it through 11 step most reverse system, uh, takes away a lot of the minerals, uh, a lot of the bad contaminants. A lot of the things that the body doesn't need or that they put in the factories. So, what we do is you come over here and you get the drinking water ready to go ready then, yeah, if you want to taste the water, that would be great. Absolutely. Yes, I'd love to taste it. Thank you so much. And it's so good for the environment too because we're eliminating so much of the recycling process. Right? Yes, that is right. Um I really want to um have less plastic going into the land fields. I'm thinking about the future generations and we don't want um all that plastic micro plastics that we sometimes find into our bodies because it's not good. Perfect. And thank you for this. I'm gonna, I, I fill up my gallon every day. It's delicious and it's also room temperature exactly how I like it. There's no aftertaste, there's no smell. It is exactly how water should be. So this is MJ Aqua here in North Halton. Just another wonderful family business that we are exploring here this morning, Pat and Sue. Thank you so, so much. It is delicious. You should absolutely check it out. You're both so fit. I send it back to you in the studio. Simon and Lauren

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To another main street. We go on this week's main street, New Jersey. We are going to a small business town in New Jersey. Yeah, this week, New South. New Jersey's Kimberly Kravitz is live in North Haledon now. Kim, about an hour ago. You had ice cream. Are you going to try to work out now? Yes. You never know what you're gonna learn on main street in New Jersey. So I'm here with Orlando who's the head instructor of Hibiscus Brazilian jujitsu, something I have no knowledge about but beyond the workout, this is all about self defense. Thank you for being here so early. Thank you for letting us join you. Tell us a little bit about why it's so important for people to learn the skill. Well, it's very important because it's been proven that it's one of the most effective arts in martial arts of self defense. And not only that, it's uh it's a very healthy lifestyle that's sold through this art. So this is in North Halton. How long has the business been here? We've been blessed to be here for the last two years. We actually just hit our two year anniversary last month and it's been an amazing, an amazing experience. This is a beautiful town. The town has accepted the art and look 6 a.m. and we already started our first class and the students are in. It's awesome and off camera you were starting to show me something. So let's do a demonstration. I'm I'm going to bring you out here. So nice to meet you. So Orlando, if you could show me it, demonstrate on her what you showed me about self defense. Absolutely. So usually when you're being attacked is usually close quarters, never. This is very rare. They're striking unless you're a professional, obviously. So usually if your opponent is very close to you, everybody kind of wears something similar to a T shirt or a jacket. So one hand just goes inside of the jacket palm, facing up, the other hand goes and grow over the other shoulder and I grab that part and it's the closer the opponent gets, the tighter it gets around my opponent's neck and then they tap out. I was the opponent. I felt how constricting it was and I may have to try that again off camera. So, no, it's, it's, it's good to know and this is open to anybody. What are your hours? Uh We're open literally every day except for Sunday. Uh We have students as young as five and we have students as old as 67 years old. Um We, we welcome all awesome Awesome Orlando. Thank you and thank you. I appreciate it. There's so much for you to learn. I'm gonna send it back to you in studio, Kimberly Kravitz News. 12 New Jersey.

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MainSt0901NJLE630a_2023-09-01-06-51-37

It's Friday. You know what that means? It's time for main street, New Jersey, our weekly segment where we get to pay a visit to small businesses in a New Jersey town. And this week New New Jersey's Kimberly Kravitz is live with us this morning in North Halton. And you're talking about professional dog walking care. You got the scoop. Yes, I am. Yes, I have Scooby right here. Hi, Scooby. And this is Sherry Van Zyl. Thank you so much for meeting me and waking up this little cutie pie early today. He's been yawning and whimpering all morning. We feel bad. We kept him, tell us all about your business. It's the three Ws wags walks and whiskers. And I've been in business for five years. Actually, this month I provide professional dog walking and pet care services here in North Eldon and a five mile radius. Um I, I love animals have for my entire life and I absolutely love what I do love my clients and providing dependable and professional care for them. You would tell that you light right off with, with the pups especially. And we're out here in gorgeous North Halton. We're right next to an elementary school, a middle school, the, the mountains. It's surreal and now the sun's coming up. So thank you for taking us on his dog walk. So tell us all about Scooby. Scooby is a rescue from South Carolina. Um I saw him post it on Facebook actually and I fell in love and I put in an application to adopt him and we were approved back in January. So we made the 12 hour back and forth trip to pick him up. And he's been a wonderful part of our family and also my business and best of luck on the next five years of your business. If you could get through Kobe, you could get the ready thing. Jerry. Nice to meet you in Scooby. I'm gonna send it back to you in studio. We have a lot more coming up on main street, New Jersey.

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MainSt0901NJLE7a_2023-09-01-07-27-19

All right, it's Friday. You know what that means? We got the jingle going time for main street, New Jersey, going around looking at local businesses. Yeah. And this week in New South, New Jersey's Kimberly Kravitz is live in North Halden. K. Kim. Are you getting your hair done after that? Workout? Beautiful. I know I, I probably could use a little touch up. So I'm here with Kim and Kim. Nice to meet you, Kim. Thank you for inviting us into your salon. It's absolutely beautiful here very much. Thank you for having us. Absolutely and tell us. So you opened up shortly after COVID. Yes, we did. We opened up, opened up in about 2021. And um we've loved being here ever since. No, there's gorgeous flowers here and I know the name of this one is flourish. So, is there any meaning behind that? Uh Basically, we want you to flourish while you're here. We want to make you beautiful and we want you to enjoy your experience and we love having all of our clients here happy. So it's hair, it's, it's facial. It's um you probably just run the gambit. Tell us, we do hair, we do facials, makeup, um waxing, you name it, we do it here. So it's a one stop shop in North Hail. So and it's a very cute downtown. So tell us, do you love working in and being supported by the businesses here? Yes, absolutely. Um Everybody is great here. Um Everybody she loves to help out and um we just love being here. It was great off camera. She was giving me some tips I could use all the tips. Thank you so much for inviting us in this morning. It is absolutely gorgeous. I know Scott is panning around. It is absolutely stunning. There's a seat for you if you are interested. This is Flora Salon and we are in North Halton, Kimberly Kravitz, New Jersey.

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MainSt0901NJLE730a_2023-09-01-07-57-04

It's Friday. You know what that means? You know what that jingle means to. It's time for main street, New Jersey when we get to see some small businesses in New Jersey Town. I love this segment. So this week New New Jersey's Kimberly Kravitz is live for us in North Halton. Heading into the weekend. You're going to get some glam. Yes, you get your blow out across the street and then you come here and you find the perfect accessory. Thank you so much for coming in. This is a boutique, correct? And it all started from your bedroom. Tell us all about it. So I started off making handmade Chokers in my bedroom floor and it grew into this and here we are today in North Hilton, New Jersey. You and your sisters are so impressive and I love the decor. You did this all during 2020. Yeah, during COVID. Um it was a really busy time but and actually slow in store busy online. So we decided, you know what, let's fix up the store and get it ready for our customers here in North. There's so many awesome pieces here and you can't see it all. But what do you have? Everything from Sterling Silver to Jade, everything. We've got everything we've got Sterling Silver, we've got 18 carat, gold filled, uh, stainless steel. Everything is amazing quality. We've been in business since 2016 and everyone just loves it. What about this? We got the K necklace on my little K pendant. This is stainless, right? This is actually Sterling silver. It's set with cubic zirconia. It's tarnish resistant. It's gonna last you. I love that. I love it. And so what is it all about? I mean, it's all about family and culture. Yeah. So actually Maza means moon in the circa culture. I um originally my ethnic roots are circa, I was born and raised in Helton, New Jersey. But um I wanted to symbolize who I am and Mazza means moon. The moon has such great meaning to it. And I just wanted to incorporate that and great quality pieces to our customers. One more special thing before we go. Let's let's check out the moon. Definitely this mood actually my father made when he passed away in 2020. So it symbolizes a lot of great uh meaning to me. I I could see you. It meant so much to you and your sisters and I'm so glad that your dad is here with us. Thank you for having us and I appreciate, I love my pendant. Thank you so much. I can't wait to wear it. Thank you. Please check us out on uh Instagram. Our Instagram is Maza boutique as well as Tik Tok and Facebook. Oh, you got it all perfect in North Halton, Kimberly Kravitz News 12, New Jersey. I'm not surprised you're shopping, Kim. All right. Thanks so much for that.

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Right. It is Friday. We love Friday here. We love Main Street, New Jersey. We are going all around the town to visit some small businesses. Yeah. And this week New New Jersey's Kimberly Kravitz is live for us in North Halton and Kim, are you going to be eating sushi this morning? I'm not. Unfortunately, it's too early for sushi. And as we learn from Sherry Anne, it takes a little time, a little preparation and we certainly can't mess around with sushi, right? But it was nice that you asked Sherry Anne. Thank you so much for coming in early. We appreciate it. This is now, this is your first restaurant in New Jersey. You were formerly in, in midtown Manhattan. Yes, we were. Uh yes. So tell us what, what about not North Halton? Why did you decide to come here? Well, my chefs in, they used to live um in one town over Glenrock. So they love this community. That's why we choose here. Now, a few birdies in town told me that this is the spot, this is the spot for sushi and I'm a sushi lover. So, what is the best role here? What is the most popular role. North. Number 200. And I also like the heartbreaker spiciness in it because I'm from the Caribbean. I love it. And what is in the north roll? I'm very curious. I would say some, uh, spicy tuna and the shrimp tempura. Oh, that is my favorite roll. That. Now, I understand it's the north roll. So obviously we have the chefs want to say hi in the back. Tell them to say hi, hello. So they're gearing up. They're getting ready for their Friday night rush. This sushi here I'm sure is incredible. And I have to make sure to make a special trip. Anything else you'd like to say to the viewers? Yes, Byob. Of course. Oh, yes. You know, for later on Byob and I thank everybody for their love and support in the North Island and the southern areas. One thing I do have to mention before we uh move on is that every single business owner is nicest, nicer than the next. And we actually have a few of them that have come on the tour with us because it's so early wave high. They have been so amazing. I could see the true love and support and it's been a pleasure to be here with you all. So I will send it back to you in studio as we finalize our main street, New Jersey.

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MainSt0901NJLE830a_2023-09-01-09-09-32

It's Friday. You know what that means? It's time for main street, New Jersey. Our weekly segment where we pay a visit to small businesses in a New Jersey town. Yeah, let's go this week. New New Jersey's. Kimberly Kravitz is live for us in North Hamilton. And Kim, you're dancing into the weekend for us. Yes, I am. I'm dancing into the weekend and this is a blast from the past Rosanne. You are an amazing dance teacher. Thank you. I wish I would have had you as a dance teacher as a kid, kid. Start up. Love them. They're so cute. They're doing their thing. Tell us all about your business. You've been teaching for over 20 years. Yes. Over 20 years I've been teaching, uh, Garden State dance starts in North Halton is only, uh, we're just starting our third year of me owning the business, co, owning the business. Um, but yeah, I've been teaching for a very, very long time and I'm so excited to now have students of my own in North and they're, they're just wonderful. You could tell you're just beaming. You have such pride and joy and it's so much fun. To connect and, and give the kids something to look forward to after school. Maybe getting out the bitter and of starting the school up. Absolutely. Absolutely. It's so good for them. It's so good for their development, learning how to perform, learning how to work together. It really is team work just like any other sport where you have to work with, with other, other groups. Um, and yeah, they're, they're wonderful as you can see, they, they work together very nicely. We've been on a, we were in North Halton all day and I could tell this is a very small town feel and everybody knows one another. So I'm sure you have a lot of support from the town. It's so true. When, when we first got here, uh two years ago, everybody was so welcoming. Um when we were new to the area, they, they, and they've just been fantastic. I can't say, uh I can't say enough good things about the town and we are gonna dance into the weekend. So can we do a little demonstration? We sure can. Yeah, dancers are coming out to your spot, right. I wish I had my little shoes when I was a kid. All right. So I'll stand over here. OK, I'm following along. All right. So we're gonna teach and you can even dance along home, uh at, at home with us. I love that. So we're gonna teach, uh we're gonna teach him how to do a grape vine. So we're gonna put our hands on our hips. We're gonna step out to the side. We're gonna put our foot behind us. We're gonna step out to the side and touch it in and I think about it, you got it and then we'll send it back to all right out to the side and put it in, back out to the side and step it in. You are an official dancer with us. This has been a great day in North and we're gonna send it back to you. You can always, we were participating too. We were trying to, trying to get involved. Good job, a good job. All the dancers, we love the main street segment here. Are you gonna get back? See so many great local towns too. We love New Jersey.

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Main Street New Jersey: Highlighting local businesses in North Haledon 

Well, it's Friday and you know what that means? It's time for our main street, New Jersey, our weekly segment where we pay a visit to lots of small businesses in all these New Jersey towns. And this morning, New New Jersey's Kimberly Kravitz is live with us from North Halton. This town is so supportive that each business owner came on the tour with us today when we first got here two years ago. Everybody was so welcoming when we were new to the area. They, they and they've just been fantastic. I can't say, I can't say enough good things about the town. There's something sweet about this small home town feel and everything you see here, homemade recipes. We have over 75 homemade flavors. If you happen to have too much homemade ice cream, you can head over to a fitness class to work it off. It's a very healthy lifestyle that's sold through this art. We have students as young as five and we have students as old as 67 years old in an effort of being fit and healthy. There's a new purified water spot in the middle of town, the water that we provide is purified water. So it's free of contaminants to help the families keep more hydrated, make sure that they're not having any chemicals or any kind of bacteria. A few birdies in town told me that this is the spot, this is the spot for sushi and I'm a sushi lover. So, what is the best role here? What is your most popular role? Not number 200 and you can kick off your weekend dancing and don't forget a trip to the beauty salon and boutique. We want you to flourish while you're here. We want to make you beautiful and we want you to enjoy your experience. We've got everything. We've got Sterling Silver, we've got 18 carat, gold filled stainless steel. Everything is amazing quality. We've been in business since 2016 and there's plenty to do in the 3.5 square miles of this Jersey town in North Halton, Kimberly Kravitz News. 12 New Jersey.

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Main Street New Jersey: Highlighting local businesses in North Haledon

Hometown Creamery

MJ-Aqua

Hibiscus Jiu Jitsu

Wags, Walks and Whiskers

Flourish Salon

Mazza Boutique

Nam’s Sushi

Garden State Dance Arts