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Top 10 May Stories: Frozen Yogurt Shops, Mall Changes, School Arrest

A rundown of this month's 10 most-read stories.

A sixth-grade teacher at Yeshivat Noam in Paramus was arrested after FBI agents found hundreds of videos and images depicting child pornography on his home computer, according to authorities and court documents. Based on a tip, agents went to the Manhattan apartment of 26-year-old Evan Zauder and found the explicit images, according to federal authorities.

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A pair of Paramus residents are making an entry into the growing self-serve frozen yogurt market with Let's Yo, a new franchise from the founder of Retro Fitness. While sister franchise Retro greets members with a blast of red, Let's Yo customers see green as they enter the store at the Gap Center on Route 17 south.

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Operation Goody Bag filled its 250,000th bag since 2003 at East Brook Middle School. So to return the favor, the Navy picked up the bags in style.

A resident of Maple Street, Ankine Ramian, said the blast disrupted her family's dinner. "It's like—not a bomb," she said. "It's like three bombs. I'm telling you this whole house shook," she said.

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The president of the company that was planning to hold a carnival at the  this summer until mall officials decided to let DARE run the event once last time said the switch was a "tremendous loss" for his company.

Fuddruckers stood on Route 4 for more than two decades, providing many diners with a convenient place to have a meal before seeing a movie at the Cineplex Odeon theater next door. The theater closed in 2007, and now the owners of the building on Route 4 plan to offer something completely different: the biggest Cuban restaurant in Bergen County.

Tom Locicero resigned from the Borough Council after the state Department of Community Affairs ruled that his work presents a conflict of interest with his position on the council.

Daina Firestone, a 22-year old from Garfield, was charged with sexual assault when Paramus Police found him engaged in sexual activity with a 15-year-old Wood-Ridge girl in a parked vehicle at Garden State Plaza mall, authorities said.

Cups Frozen Yogurt is the latest fro-yo business to land in the Borough, and the second at the Bergen Town Center.

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