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Hackensack, NJ
News
Transformer Fire Closes Hackensack Intersection, Drivers Told To Avoid Area Transformer Fire Closes Hackensack Intersection, Drivers Told To Avoid Area
Transformer Fire Closes Hackensack Intersection, Drivers Told To Avoid Area A blown transformer and downed power lines sparked an active fire in Hackensack before dawn on Wednesday, July 29, authorities said. The Hackensack Fire Department urged the public to avoid Prospect Avenue and Berry Street as crews responded. Firefighters remained on scene waiting for PSEG to shut off electricity before crews could safely extinguish the fire, according to the department. No injuries or additional information were immediately reported.

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Toms River, NJ
News
South Toms River Molotov Cocktail Suspect Held Pending Trial South Toms River Molotov Cocktail Suspect Held Pending Trial
South Toms River Molotov Cocktail Suspect Held Pending Trial A 42-year-old Bronx man accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at a South Toms River home and vehicle will remain jailed pending trial, authorities announced Tuesday, July 28. Tashaun Normand was ordered detained after being charged with two counts of aggravated arson and two counts of possession of destructive devices, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said. At 3:15 p.m. on Monday, March 23, South Toms River police and the Manitou Park Fire Company responded to a residence on Belmont Drive and found a fire in the interior of a 2010 GMC Terrain and a separate fire on a grassy area ad…

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Toms River, NJ
Obituaries
Toms River Carpenter Dies Surfing With Son, 56 Toms River Carpenter Dies Surfing With Son, 56
Toms River Carpenter Dies Surfing With Son, 56 Kevin F. Kennedy, of Toms River, died after suffering a medical emergency while surfing with his son, Jack, according to a GoFundMe launched for his family. He was 56 years old. "Kevin left this world doing what he cherished most—surfing in the ocean, a lifelong passion that brought him peace and joy," Margaret Rizzo, who organized the GoFundMe wrote. "His final moments were spent in the water, with his son Jack beside him, and the ocean's salt and sand still clinging to him—a poetic farewell that echoed his deepest wishes." Kevin, Kristina, and Jack Kennedy GoFundMe photo Kenn…

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Fort Lee, NJ
News
Topless, Exotic Dancers Needed For TV Series Filming In NJ, Pays $1K A Day Topless, Exotic Dancers Needed For TV Series Filming In NJ, Pays $1K A Day
Topless, Exotic Dancers Needed For TV Series Filming In NJ, Pays $1K A Day A casting agency is looking to hire experienced exotic dancers for a background role in the upcoming television series, with filming scheduled in New Jersey next month. Grant Wilfley Casting is specifically looking for exotic dancers with professional or pole dancing experience to portray topless exotic dancers in the series "The Summer." Dancers will be asked to be topless with rear showing in a thong. According to the casting notice, the role pays $1,000 for an eight-hour day. Filming is tentatively scheduled for Monday, Aug. 17 at a location in the New Jersey area. Th…

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Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
Mahwah Police Chase Down Ski-Masked Suspects After Car Theft: Cops Mahwah Police Chase Down Ski-Masked Suspects After Car Theft: Cops
Mahwah Police Chase Down Ski-Masked Suspects After Car Theft: Cops Three masked New York suspects, including one juvenile, were arrested after allegedly stealing a vehicle from a New Jersey driveway before leading officers on a foot chase through backyards early Sunday, July 26, authorities said. Mahwah police received a 911 call at approximately 1:30 a.m., from a resident on Oweno Road reporting a vehicle had just been stolen from the driveway, according to a press release from Capt. Michael Blondin. Responding officers quickly located the vehicle and saw three occupants dressed in black and wearing ski masks, Blondin said. The suspects fled on foot into …

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Bridgewater-Raritan, NJ
Police & Fire
Aspiring Doctor Charged In Deadly Route 202 Raritan Crash After Running Red Light: Prosecutor Aspiring Doctor Charged In Deadly Route 202 Raritan Crash After Running Red Light: Prosecutor
Aspiring Doctor Charged In Deadly Route 202 Raritan Crash After Running Red Light: Prosecutor An 18-year-old driver has been charged with vehicular homicide after a woman was killed in a crash at a New Jersey intersection Monday morning, July 27, authorities said. Siddartha Prasad Surapanani, of Belle Mead, was behind the wheel of a Genesis SUV when he struck the driver's side of an Acura SUV at the First Avenue intersection along Route 202 in Raritan just before 6:30 a.m., Somerset County First Assistant Prosecutor Annemarie L. Mueller said. The driver of the Acura, a woman from Bridgewater, was pronounced dead at the scene, Mueller said alongside Somerset County Prosecut…

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West Milford, NJ
Police & Fire
2 Dogs Rescued, Firefighter Hospitalized In 2-Alarm West Milford House Fire 2 Dogs Rescued, Firefighter Hospitalized In 2-Alarm West Milford House Fire
2 Dogs Rescued, Firefighter Hospitalized In 2-Alarm West Milford House Fire A West Milford home was destroyed in a two-alarm fire Monday, July 27, that injured two firefighters but spared the lives of two dogs rescued by neighbors, authorities said. The fire broke out shortly before noon at 357 Oak Ridge Rd., where firefighters arrived to find the house fully engulfed, according to West Milford Fire Marshal and OEM Coordinator Michael Moscatello. All six West Milford fire companies responded, along with mutual aid departments from surrounding towns, Moscatello said. Neighbors rescued the home's two dogs before firefighters arrived, according to Moscatello and Comm…

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Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Fort Lee Armed Gas Station Robbers Indicted: Prosecutor Fort Lee Armed Gas Station Robbers Indicted: Prosecutor
Fort Lee Armed Gas Station Robbers Indicted: Prosecutor Two Bronx men have been indicted in connection with an armed robbery at a Fort Lee gas station in which an employee was assaulted at gunpoint, authorities said. Fort Lee police responded to the business on Route 4 at approximately 4:05 a.m. Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, after receiving a report of an armed robbery, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in a news release issued Monday, July 27. Responding officers learned a masked suspect approached an employee, pointed a handgun at the victim, and demanded money and jewelry before physically assaulting the employee and fleeing in a waiting ve…

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Montville, NJ
News
Montville College Student Dies In Fall At Florida Landmark, Mourned As Milania Giudice's BFF Montville College Student Dies In Fall At Florida Landmark, Mourned As Milania Giudice's BFF
Montville College Student Dies In Fall At Florida Landmark, Mourned As Milania Giudice's BFF Victoria Zardoya, a college student from North Jersey who was best friends with Milania Guidice, died after a fall while visiting Florida with friends, loved ones announced on social media. A statement shared by Victoria Silberbusch at the request of the Zardoya's family said the 20-year-old was seriously injured Friday, July 24, while exploring the historic ruins at Fort Dade on Egmont Key. Zardoya moments before she died. Victoria Sillerbusch "We had actually been getting ready to leave and head to another spot when it all happened... Everything changed in a matter of seconds,"&nb…

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East Hanover-Florham Park, NJ
Police & Fire
Video Shows East Hanover Coaches Brawl At Youth Softball Game, Florham Park Man Charged Video Shows East Hanover Coaches Brawl At Youth Softball Game, Florham Park Man Charged
Video Shows East Hanover Coaches Brawl At Youth Softball Game, Florham Park Man Charged Newly obtained video appears to show the youth softball brawl among coaches in a postgame handshake line last week in New Jersey. The footage, obtained by the New York Post from the GameChanger app, appears to show Matthew J. Magaletta, 54, of Florham Park, approaching another coach and shoving him during the handshake line just feet from players following a 12U game between Little Falls and a combined East Hanover/Florham Park team. As the confrontation intensified, other coaches and the umpire appeared to intervene in an attempt to separate those involved. The video appears to show at lea…

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