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Delaware Water Gap

Lakewood, NJ
Obituaries
Family Rallies For Support After NJ Swimmer Found Dead In Delaware Water Gap: Fundraiser Family Rallies For Support After NJ Swimmer Found Dead In Delaware Water Gap: Fundraiser
Family Rallies For Support After NJ Swimmer Found Dead In Delaware Water Gap: Fundraiser A family was rallying for support after a Jackson Township man died while swimming in the Delaware Water Gap, according to a fundraising campaign. A GoFundMe page was created in memory of 24-year-old Jeysson Osorio Reyes. His body was found after he went missing in the Delaware River near Milford Beach in Milford, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, June 29. Osorio's GoFundMe page had raised more than $1,200 from at least 17 donations as of Wednesday, July 3. "I please ask all the people that if you can help with whatever comes from your heart," wrote Mayra Diaz, the fundraiser's org…

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by Chris Spiker
North Hunterdon, NJ
Traffic
Major Delays Reported Along Route 80 Major Delays Reported Along Route 80
Major Delays Reported Along Route 80 Major delays were being reported along Route 80 in Warren County, NJ Saturday morning, Aug. 19. It wasn't immediately clear what was causing the 25-minute delays (at least) through Hardwick Township near the Delaware Water Gap. Photos captured by the DOT camera showed traffic piled up along the westbound side of the highway at NJ-94, at 10:55 a.m. Motorists were encouraged to find another route — or settle into bumper-to-bumper jams.

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by Cecilia Levine
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
Paterson Swimmer, 19, Goes Missing At Delaware Water Gap Paterson Swimmer, 19, Goes Missing At Delaware Water Gap
Paterson Swimmer, 19, Goes Missing At Delaware Water Gap Crews were continuing to search for a 19-year-old swimmer who went missing at the Delaware Water Gap. Witnesses said the Paterson man was trying to swim from the shoreline to the bridge abutments with three others when he began struggling in the current around 8 p.m. Thursday, July 13 at Karamac — located about a mile north of Route 80, in Warren County, officials said. Three other swimmers were later rescued by volunteer rescue team members from Portland Hook and Ladder Company out of Portland, PA. None of the swimmers were wearing a life jacket. The swimmer disappeared under the water, w…

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by Cecilia Levine
North Hunterdon, NJ
News
NJ Police Officer, Woman Both Wounded, Suspect Dead In Domestic Incident NJ Police Officer, Woman Both Wounded, Suspect Dead In Domestic Incident
NJ Police Officer, Woman Both Wounded, Suspect Dead In Domestic Incident UPDATE: A police officer was shot responding to a domestic incident that left a woman wounded and the gunman dead Saturday afternoon in Warren County, authorities confirmed. Warren County Prosecutor Jim Pfeiffer confirmed that the suspect had shot the woman and then opened fire on officers responding to the 1:15 p.m. April 8 incident just off Hanover Street in Phillipsburg. The gunman then shot and killed himself, the prosecutor said. Both the officer, who was wounded in the leg by a round shot through his car door, and the woman, who was shot in the torso, were airlifted to nearby St. Lu…

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by Jerry DeMarco
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
Hiker Suffers Medical Emergency Several Miles Into Delaware Water Gap Hike Hiker Suffers Medical Emergency Several Miles Into Delaware Water Gap Hike
Hiker Suffers Medical Emergency Several Miles Into Delaware Water Gap Hike A woman had to be rescued and taken to a nearby trauma center after falling during a hike on the Delaware Water Gap Thursday morning, authorities said. The Knowlton Township Fire and Rescue Company was one of several crews that responded to the report of a fallen hiker about four miles north on the Appalachian Trail from the Dunnfield Creek Parking Area on Route 80, the squad said. Crews initially met at the Dunnfield Creek Lot before moving to Old Mine Road, where they directly accessed the trail. Rescuers found the woman within about 45 minutes and rendered aid at the scene as additiona…

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by Valerie Musson
Brentwood, NY
News
Missing Long Island Woman Found Missing Long Island Woman Found
Missing Long Island Woman Found Update: A Long Island woman who went missing has been found. Camilla Musolino, of Shirley, had last been seen leaving her home in her 2007 gray Toyota Prius, license plate number HBF 9851 on Tuesday, April 12, at approximately 8:30 a.m., Suffolk County Police announced. On Friday, April 15, police announced that Musolino has been "located, unharmed." Original report: A Long Island woman has gone missing and authorities are asking the public's help in locating her. Camilla Musolino, of Shirley, was last seen leaving her home in her 2007 gray Toyota Prius, license plate number HBF 9851 on…

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by Joe Lombardi
Paterson, NJ
News
Investigators: Paterson Man, 19, Shot, Killed In Poconos Over Alleged $100 Debt Investigators: Paterson Man, 19, Shot, Killed In Poconos Over Alleged $100 Debt
Investigators: Paterson Man, 19, Shot, Killed In Poconos Over Alleged $100 Debt UPDATE: A Pennsylvania man claimed he shot and killed a Paterson teen in the Poconos over an alleged $100 debt, authorities said after arresting him and an accused accomplice. Tyrone Michael Parson, 19, of Stroudsburg lured Jaheem Keith Alston, also 19, into a purported drug deal before pulling out a gun and firing several shots at him on Oct. 16, according to Pennsylvania State Police. Alston's body was later found in a wooded area of Middle Smithfield Township, about 15 minutes west of the Delaware Water Gap, they said. Parson allegedly told investigators that Alston -- who was graduate…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Twin Tragedies: Paterson Cousin Of Deceased Missing Glen Rock Man Shot, Killed In Poconos Twin Tragedies: Paterson Cousin Of Deceased Missing Glen Rock Man Shot, Killed In Poconos
Twin Tragedies: Paterson Cousin Of Deceased Missing Glen Rock Man Shot, Killed In Poconos Two grieving Paterson brothers must each bury a son this week following separate tragedies barely 48 hours apart. Jaheem Keith Alston, 19, of Paterson was gunned down in Middle Smithfield Township, near East Stroudsburg late Saturday, Pennsylvania State Police said. This came two nights after the body of his missing cousin, 26-year-old Kiariff Alston of Glen Rock, was found in the waters off the Jersey Shore. Pennsylvania State Police said they responded to an 11:18 p.m. call Saturday of multiple shots fired between Gingerbread and Arrowhead lanes, about 15 minutes west of the Delaware Wat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
North Hunterdon, NJ
News
Armed Wayne Man Who Terrorized Couple At Delaware Water Gap Headed To Federal Prison Armed Wayne Man Who Terrorized Couple At Delaware Water Gap Headed To Federal Prison
Armed Wayne Man Who Terrorized Couple At Delaware Water Gap Headed To Federal Prison UPDATE: A Wayne man must spend more than a year and a half in federal prison for an assault and fierce struggle that occurred after he pulled a pellet gun on a couple who'd been swimming at the Delaware Water Gap. Jeffrey A. Mulcahy, 59, must serve just about all of the 21-month sentence he received Tuesday because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Mulcahy took a deal from the government rather than face trial, admitting last fall that he assaulted the couple in the Kittatinny Point area on the New Jersey side of the river in September 2019. Mulcahy initially walked off after…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
News
Wayne Man Admits Assaulting Swimmer With Pellet Gun In Fierce Struggle At Delaware Water Gap Wayne Man Admits Assaulting Swimmer With Pellet Gun In Fierce Struggle At Delaware Water Gap
Wayne Man Admits Assaulting Swimmer With Pellet Gun In Fierce Struggle At Delaware Water Gap A Wayne man admitted in federal court Thursday that he pulled a gun on a couple who'd been swimming in the Delaware Water Gap and hit one of them with it before trying to tie the victim up. Jeffrey A. Mulcahy, 58, approached the couple in the Kittatinny Point area on the New Jersey side of the river on Sept. 2, 2019 and began talking to them about fishing, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. He left and then returned holding a can of beer and acting agitated, the U.S. attorney said. After the two got out of the water, Mulcahy pulled a pellet gun from his waistband, pointed it at the man an…

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by Jerry DeMarco
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
Brush Fire Closes Hiking Trails On Mt. Tammany Months After 70-Acre Blaze Brush Fire Closes Hiking Trails On Mt. Tammany Months After 70-Acre Blaze
Brush Fire Closes Hiking Trails On Mt. Tammany Months After 70-Acre Blaze Trails on Mount Tammany were closed Monday after a brush fire broke out Sunday. In February, a 70-acre wildfire burned for days across the New Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap. Sunday's fire was 90 percent under control as of 4 p.m. that day, park officials said. The blaze had burned across one acre as of 2:30 p.m., and was located at the intersection of the Red Dot and Blue-blazed trails. Eleven firefighters from the NPS and the NJ State Forest Fire Service responded, and a helicopter was placed on standby with a bucket ready. Parking lots of Worthington State Forest were closed Sa…

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by Cecilia Levine
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
'Pray For NJ': 70-Acre Wildfire Burns Along Popular Mount Tammany Hiking Trail 'Pray For NJ': 70-Acre Wildfire Burns Along Popular Mount Tammany Hiking Trail
'Pray For NJ': 70-Acre Wildfire Burns Along Popular Mount Tammany Hiking Trail State and federal firefighting agencies battled a wildfire that spread across nearly 70 acres of a popular hiking trail on the New Jersey side of the Delaware Water Gap and was still burning Monday morning. The fire was reported Sunday afternoon in Hardwick Township's Worthington State Forest off Mount Tammany's Red Dot Trail, and could be seen from Route 80. The mountain peak overlooks the New Jersey and Pennsylvania border on Route 80. Hikers on Sunday were allowed to descend on the Blue Blazed and Red Dot trails but access was closed to visitors on their way up. The fire remained acti…

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by Cecilia Levine