The Nabisco plant on Route 208 in Fair Lawn is in talks of shutting down their factory which could cost hundreds of people their jobs. This was not an easy decision to make, but as we continue to strengthen our leadership in snacking and address changing consumer behaviors, we must focus on sites that are best positioned to meet our future needs, said Glen Walter, Executive Vice President & President, North America.
The closures of the Fair Lawn and Atlanta bakeries will move forward in a phased approach, and production is expected to end at both sites this summer.
The company will focus operations in Virginia, Chicago and Portland.
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UPDATE: The Fair Lawn woman who found a piece of string in a disturbing shape outside her home said it belonged to a utility company and wasn’t a noose.
Police and firefighters “were able to locate a piece of string in the utility wires that matched [it],” Kelli McCloud’s said Monday. “Apparently, some moron with a utility company did it and failed to remove the rope.
Authorities were still trying to determine exactly who that was and what company the person works for.
A former Optimum executive told Daily Voice that telecommunication companies use that kind of rope to pull the new fiber lines in the entire footprint.
Marcus Solis has more on a disturbing find in Westchester where messages of hate have been found on stickers placed around the county. It s really upsetting to see - we have a very diverse town here in Fair Lawn, and I do believe there are some people who don t like that, you know, they don t like the diversity and they don t like the fact that we celebrate diversity, Peluso said, and sorry to them - this is their community, because we re proud of who we are, and we re proud of where we re going today.
Peluso said at the time that some may not embrace diversity, and that mindset needs to stop.