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Paramus Teacher and Son Turn Front Yard into NJ’s Hottest “Cold” Listing: Inside the Luxury Ice Suite

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Move over, Five-Star hotels. New Jersey has a new “coolest” destination, and it’s located right on a suburban lawn in Paramus

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

Paramus NJ, what started as a New Year’s Day project between Michelle Zakko, a first-grade teacher at Midland Elementary School, and her 14-year-old son, Nicholas, has melted the hearts of the local community. Using 150 plastic shoe bins to mold custom ice blocks and fresh snow as mortar, the duo constructed a 4-foot-tall, 6-foot-wide artisanal igloo.

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