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Discover the best things to do in Edgewater, NJ!

From incredible waterfront dining to high-end shopping complexes to a world-class spa, this list covers Edgewater’s best restaurants, outdoor activities, and kid-friendly attractions, including SoJo Spa Club, Mitsuwa Marketplace and City Place at the Promenade.

???? Top Attractions – SoJo Spa Club, Mitsuwa Marketplace, City Place at the Promenade, Veterans Field, Edgewater Multiplex Cinema, NxGn Arena

Outdoor Adventures – Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, looking for Quaker parrots, views of the NYC skyline, outdoor dining along the waterfront, Edgewater Dog Park, ferry to NYC

???? Upcoming Events – Seasonal festivals, concerts, family-friendly activities

???? Restaurants – Brownstone Pancake Factory, The Caves (formerly Cafe Archetypus), Haven Riverfront Restaurant & Bar, Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, The River Palm Terrace, De Novo European Pub

Whether you’re searching for “things to do in Edgewater this weekend,” kid-friendly activities or seasonal events, we’ve got you covered. Stay up-to-date with the latest happenings and plan your perfect Edgewater adventure!

This article is sponsored by SoJo Spa Club.

A night out on the town doesn’t have to mean dinner and drinks — and in fact, we might prefer for it not to. SoJo Spa Club in Edgewater is a favorite for day-trips, but it’s little-known that the spa is open until 9:30PM every day of the week. These late-night hours extend to all of SoJo’s services: the pools, the saunas, the baths, and massages. Post-work happy hour just got a major upgrade, and we’ve got all the details. Keep reading to learn more about SoJo Spa Club in Edgewater and its day-to-night services.

SoJo Spa Club is a luxury wellness center with relaxing spa treatments, saunas, heated outdoor pools, Korean body scrubs, hydrotherapy, and more. But the relaxation doesn’t end when the sun goes down, because SoJo has its very own boutique hotel right upstairs.

Hotel SoJo turns a spa day into a full-on wellness retreat. After check-in, guests can spend the day soaking, steaming, unwinding, and relaxing until the spa closes at 9:30PM (more on this in a sec). Heading upstairs to a minimalist, modern comfort hotel room is the perfect ending to the perfect day.

Yes, you read that right: SoJo Spa is open until 9:30PM every day, for day-trippers and overnighters alike. This includes all of the spa’s many amenities — from the outdoor pools to the massage services.

SoJo guests are spoiled for choice when it comes to eats, too. There’s a food hall on the 6th floor and a seasonal rooftop grill, with a diverse selection of eats including sushi and Korean dishes as well as guilty pleasures like pizza, fries, and even ice cream. We can’t speak for everyone, but we’d take dinner and a massage over dinner and drinks any day. More on the food options in a sec…

SoJo Spa has eight saunas, each uniquely designed to achieve specific benefits. Guests can sauna hop from the Himalayan salt sauna to the red clay sauna, then improve circulation in the Ganbanyoku sauna.

The outside amenities are just as luxurious, with a heated rooftop infinity pool overlooking the Manhattan skyline. The outdoor hot baths are not to be missed either. Similarly to the indoor saunas, each is designed with a specific wellness goal, like the carbon-rich pool, the hinoki bath, or the silk bath. For the bravest guests, the cold waterfall is the ultimate refresh.

SoJo Spa Club also has an ESPA spa right in-house. From heated salt stone massages to maternity treatments to couples packages, and aroma therapy treatments, the SPA by ESPA is a great place to unwind and relax. Acupressure massages are a popular option, with treatments including foot, chair, or hand and arm massage.

We come for the relaxation, but we stay for the food. SoJo Spa may be known for its relaxing saunas and pools, but the Food Hall is a destination in itself. Guests can enjoy a wide range of options, from healthy options like the Shrimp & Soba Noodle Salad or the tuna poke dish. But this is a staycation, so you deserve to treat yourself to one (or multiple) of many pizzas, French fries, or sandwiches.

No meal is complete without dessert, and SoJo has that covered with sweet treats like brownies, cookies, and seasonal beverages at both the Food Hall and the rooftop lounge.

SoJo Spa Club is located at 660 River Road in Edgewater.

Call 201-313-7200 or visit the site for more info or to make a reservation.

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NorthJersey.com

A North Jersey developer who was found guilty of bribery, fraud and obstruction of justice alongside Sen. Bob Menendez has been sentenced to three years in prison for a separate federal banking case.

After years of postponements and a plea agreement that was tossed out after he was charged in connection with the Menendez case, Fred Daibes pleaded guilty in September to one of the original 14 counts in a federal indictment that alleged he circumvented loans through a bank he founded and later led as chairman.

He was sentenced on Friday in Newark to 37 months that will run concurrently with his seven-year sentence related to the Menendez case and must pay a $300,000 fine, said Daibes' attorney, Lawrence Lustberg.

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Lustberg said he and his client are "pleased" with the sentence, adding that Daibes will not have to serve any additional time. The prosecution had asked for some of the sentence to be consecutive to the New York sentence.

Menendez was sentenced in January along with two New Jersey businessmen convicted on related federal charges in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York.

Menendez, 71, along with Edgewater developer Daibes and Egyptian American businessman Wael Hana, were convicted in July on charges related to a scheme in which Menendez and his wife, Nadine Arslanian Menendez, were found to have received, among other things, cash, gold bars and a luxury car in exchange for his using his political influence.

Menendez was convicted on 16 federal felony counts related to a bribery scheme and sentenced to 11 years in federal prison.

U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein sentenced Daibes to seven years in prison. He will also face a $1.75 million fine. Hana was sentenced to more than eight years in prison and faces a $1.3 million fine.

The original indictment said Daibes and Michael McManus, the chief financial officer of Edgewater-based Daibes Enterprises, used others — not named in charging documents — to secure millions of dollars in loans. The loans were used for Daibes' benefit without the knowledge of the bank or regulators at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., prosecutors said. The activity, documents show, occurred from 2008 through 2013.

The trial was postponed more than 10 times in the last eight years, and McManus and Daibes had original guilty pleas thrown out after the Menendez indictment in 2023.

The federal judge accepted Daibes' September guilty plea, which cited a 2008 memo for a $1.8 million nominee loan from Mariner's Bank that falsely identified the borrower and the source of repayment. The line of credit was actually for Daibes, who funded the repayment, court records show. The other 13 counts were dismissed.

McManus, 67, pleaded guilty in September to "an information charging him with misprision of a felony, that is, the misapplication of the proceeds of the $1.8 million loan issued by Mariner’s Bank."

He was sentenced at the same time as Menendez in Newark to a $15,000 fine and one year of probation.

Fred Daibes' connection to Sen. Bob Menendez

Daibes was found guilty last July on seven charges of bribery and obstruction of justice. Prosecutors said he bribed the senator with cash and gold bars to benefit his business dealings with Qatar.

Daibes, however, has since filed a second new trial request after the office of the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York discovered that it had again uploaded evidence to the jury that should have been excluded.

The prosecution argued during the nine-week trial that the envelopes of cash and kilogram bars of gold worth $60,000 each were not just out of “the goodness of their hearts.”

During his banking indictment, prosecutors said the senator recommended that President Joe Biden nominate a U.S. attorney whom he believed he could influence in Daibes' favor.

The U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York alleged Menendez was multitasking for Daibes — by also publicly praising Qatar to entice a Qatari sheik to invest in a property Daibes owned. In exchange, Daibes gave Menendez bribes in the form of cash and gold bars, documents show.

The initial indictment made it appear as if Daibes had made payments solely to get Menendez to intervene in a bank fraud case against the developer. Besides making calls to the U.S. attorney, Menendez was sending text messages to the potential Qatari investor on behalf of Daibes at the same time, prosecutors said during the trial.