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Memorial Day in South Orange and Maplewood, NJ
Maplewood and South Orange, NJ – May 27, 2024, was Memorial Day and the observances for both towns that comprise SOMA had been carefully planned. However, the weather executed changes to the plans. In South Orange the Memorial Ceremony was canceled early in the morning while the heavy rain was still falling.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER In Maplewood, the decision was made a bit later in the morning, and there was a reprieve from the rainstorm, allowing the plans to go forward. However, due to a policy prohibiting school musical instruments to be...
Firearms, grenades found in Staten Island home during EMS response on Memorial Day
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Emergency personnel encountered more than just a patient while responding to a call on Monday. At around 5 a.m., EMS responded to a call of 55-year-old male on the floor of a home located on Governor Road in Castleton Corners, police said. According to police,...
Eight Hospitalized In Newark Deck Collapse, Police Say
Eight adults were taken to the hospital after the staircase of the porch collapsed just before 6:30 p.m. Sunday, May 26, Newark police said. The incident happened at a home on Kearny Street near Summer Avenue. No further information was available. to follow Daily Voice Essex and receive free news...
8 injured after porch collapsed in New Jersey: officials
NEWARK, N.J. (PIX11) — Several people were injured after a porch staircase collapsed in Newark, N.J., on Sunday, according to officials. The porch fell at a home on Kearny Street, injuring eight adults, around 6:30 p.m., according to officials. The victims were taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries, according to officials. […]
NYC gunman, 35, kills girlfriend, 29, self after argument over money, kids as his mother says she saw horror unfold
A Brooklyn man shot his girlfriend and then took his own life after an argument over money and their kids in a murder-suicide his mother said she witnessed on Monday. A long-running tension between couple Teddy Knight, 35, and Tanezia Blockwood, 29, turned deadly late in the morning when Knight pulled out a gun inside the couple’s Midwood apartment, his mother Norma Knight told The Post in a phone interview. “He went somewhere in the cupboard and I saw he took out a gun and he started shooting her,” said Norma, 65, who shares the Avenue I and Ocean Avenue apartment with...
Flood advisory for 3 N.J. counties until early Tuesday
A flood advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Monday at 11:14 p.m. in effect until Tuesday at 12:45 a.m. for Bergen, Essex and Passaic counties. The weather service says, "Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected." "Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas," states the weather...
NJ woman charged in 12-year-old girl’s suspected overdose death
A woman was charged after a 12-year-old girl was found unresponsive in a New Jersey home on Saturday afternoon and died in a suspected overdose. Frances Caso, 48, is charged with endangering the welfare of a child and drug possession.
New York City under flood watch, states brace for tornadoes as Memorial Day storms hit East Coast
At least 21 people have died, including two children, in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky after violent storms ripped through the central US over Memorial Day weekend.At least 11 tornadoes swept through affected states on Sunday, with severe weather forecast to continue throughout Memorial Day. On Monday, a staggering 120m Americans were at risk of large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes as storm systems moved towards the Gulf Coast and East Coast, according to the National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center.The storms could bring gusts up to 70 miles per hour and quarter-sized hail.Meanwhile, record-high temperatures are feared in...
Memorial Day storms knock out power for thousands in North Jersey
Strong wind gusts from a series of rainstorms knocked out power to thousands of New Jersey residents on Monday afternoon including several hundred in Morris County. Almost 400 homes in Randloph and about 200 in Denville and Parsippany were without electricity as of 3:20 p.m., according to Jersey Central Power & Light. About 100 customers were also without power in Morris Plains.
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