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Mom Overheard Crash That Killed NJ High School Sweethearts, Lawsuit Alleges Mom Overheard Crash That Killed NJ High School Sweethearts, Lawsuit Alleges
Mom Overheard Crash That Killed NJ High School Sweethearts, Lawsuit Alleges A New Jersey mother was talking to her daughter on the phone when she overheard the tractor-trailer crash that ended her and her boyfriend's lives in Illinois over the summer, a new lawsuit alleges. Point Pleasant high school sweethearts Marsada "Sadi" Connors, 20, and Cole Young, 19 — along with their yellow lab, Maezy — died when a tractor trailer veered into oncoming traffic and hit their 2008 Honda Odyssey on Route 70 in Illinois on Friday, Aug. 20. Connors' mom Kimberly Kohler says she heard her daughter scream before the trailer hit the van and the line cut out, NJ.com reports. …

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by Valerie Musson
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Richest Places In America: NJ Towns Named To Bloomberg's List Richest Places In America: NJ Towns Named To Bloomberg's List
Richest Places In America: NJ Towns Named To Bloomberg's List Upper Saddle River moved down nine spots since last year on Bloomberg's newly-released index of richest places in America. With an average household income of $271,700 came in at No. 32 on this year's report -- compared to No. 23 in 2018. Bergen is among the six counties of concentrated wealth in the U.S., the report says. Others are Westchester in New York, Fairfield in Connecticut, Cook County of Chicago, Los Angeles County and Montgomery County, Maryland, bordering Washington D.C. Other New Jersey municipalities on the list: No. 49: Glen Ridge (up from No. 58 in 2018) No. 47: Nor…

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by Cecilia Levine