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Joe Jonas formerly of the Jonas Brothers gets engaged

Joe Jonas , Jonas Brothers , gets engaged

October 16,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Wyckoff NJ, Joe Jonas, formerly of Wyckoff, and Sophie Turner, who plays Sansa Stark in the HBO series Game of Thrones, have announced their engagement on Sunday via social media.

Jonas, 28, the lead singer of the band DNCE, and is a former member of the Jonas Brothers. The brothers Joe, Kevin and Nick all grew up in Wyckoff. Turner, 21, who has played Sansa since 2011, hails from Chesterton, England.

Turner, who also plays Jean Grey in the “X-Men” movies, posted a photo to Instagram of herself wearing an engagement ring, with her hand resting on Jonas’ hand. The caption: “I said yes.” Jonas shared the same photo with the caption “She said yes.”

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Ridgewood’s Joe Antonacci the Tuxedo Wearing boxing ring announcer and emcee celebrated a Birthday

Joe Antonacci
August 9th 2016

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Ridgewood NJ, Yesterday was long time Ridgewood resident Joe Antonacci birthday , Antonacci was born August 9, 1960, he is a well known boxing ring announcer and emcee famous for his televised boxing ring appearances in a tuxedo on ESPN’s Friday Night Fights, NBC Sports Network, HBO, Showtime, and GoFightLive.TV.

Nicknamed ‘Generous Joe’, because he donates all of his ring earnings to assist injured and retired amateur and professional boxers in need, to overcome their disabilities incurred as a result of bouts in the ring, and to amateur boxing organizations. Antonacci also serves as a ring announcer for mixed martial arts fights.

The Ridgewood resident is part of the show. Impeccably dressed in his tux ,Antonacci, 56, has become one of boxing’s most recognizable and respected ring announcers, a true professional whose contributions to boxing were acknowledged in November of 2012 he was inducted into New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame.