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Paramus Catholic athlete dies from injuries sustained in crash that killed her parents
Khameryn Oliver, a 17-year-old student-athlete at Paramus Catholic High School, who had remained in a coma since the March 16 five-car accident in Kearny that killed her mother and father, died Wednesday night, her grandmother Karen Oliver said. Oliver sent a text to NorthJersey.com saying her granddaughter had succumbed to her injuries. "No...
Award-Winning Actors Spotted Filming Movie in Westfield Wednesday
WESTFIELD, NJ — Westfield’s police station and Mindowaskin Park were the location for filming of a movie Wednesday, May 8, that will include several Academy Award winners, according to town officials. “Westfield welcomed a bit of Hollywood yesterday, as the Town of Westfield, NJ Police Department was transformed into the Lake Hill, NY Police Department for a film shoot — complete with patrol cars, police uniforms, a department seal and the New York State flag flying on site,” a post on the Town of Westfield’s Facebook page said Thursday.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER “While the...
Watch as Hoboken police officer stages pulling over his girlfriend before he proposes
When Florencia Coccoz got pulled over right outside of her job at Belo Bar in Hoboken on Saturday, she had no idea what was coming next. She pulled over, texted her boyfriend, Hoboken police officer Chris Soto, and waited for the cop to approach her. When he did, he asked for her...
N.J. man gets 2 life terms plus 50 years for repeated rape of 3 daughters
A 42-year-old Newark man was sentenced to consecutive life prison terms plus an additional 50 years after he was convicted of repeated sexual assaults on his three daughters over several years, the Essex County Prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday. Judge Carolyn Wright of the state Superior Court in Newark sentenced...
Pedestrian fatally struck by NJ Transit train near South Orange Station
A pedestrian was fatally hit by a New Jersey Transit train Wednesday morning in South Orange, causing delays to multiple rail lines, NJ Transit said. At about 9:12 a.m. Wednesday the Morris and Essex Line train 6324 struck and fatally injured an adult pedestrian near the South Orange Station. There were no...
N.J. school district slashes 28 jobs after ‘significant revenue loss’
The South Orange-Maplewood school board is cutting 28 positions recommended by the district’s acting superintendent to offset a “significant revenue loss.”. Many of the positions will be eliminated through retirements, non-renewals and resignations, officials said. But, 10 employees will be let go using a “last in, first out” system that will eliminate some of the newest staff members, according to a district press release.
Parsippany's Mayor Among Co-Hosts for Distracted Driving Seminar
HANOVER TOWNSHIP, NJ - Parsippany's Mayor Barberio is one of the local area Mayors co-hosting a seminar for residents on distracted driving. This event is championed by Hanover Township Mayor Thomas "Ace" Gallagher as part of his Mayor's Wellness campaign. The event will take place in late May The purpose of the event is the following as distributed in a news release by the Township of Hanover:CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Distracted and impaired driving is an epidemic that is sweeping our country causing more than 40,000 deaths annually. We believe it is imperative that...
Why did Staten Island grandma ask about CashApp hours before her murder?
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A series of conversations about CashApp, domestic violence and prescription pills raise questions as to a possible motive in the 2022 shooting death of a woman inside her Clifton apartment. Nadine Davis Russell, 61, of 260 Park Hill Ave., was a staple in the community...
Dirty N.J. river inches closer to a mega-cleanup. Emphasis on inches.
Another month, another gradual milestone for the exhaustibly-awaited cleanup of the Passaic River. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved a final design for cleaning up the river’s lower 8.3 miles. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive...
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