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Jersey City Police Lieutenant's Cremation To Follow Saturday Funeral Mass Jersey City Police Lieutenant's Cremation To Follow Saturday Funeral Mass
Jersey City Police Lieutenant's Cremation To Follow Saturday Funeral Mass She devoted her life to those in need and put others first. She was "the glue that held her family and friends together." And at only 44 years old, Jersey City Police Lt. Marina Angelica Ugolini is gone far too soon. Ugolini died Tuesday evening, May 28. The 19-year department veteran, who was promoted to lieutenant six years ago this month, worked in the city's North District. Ugolini was an alumnus of Jersey City Medical Center and Ambucar EMS who "took pride in helping people by devoting her life to serving those in need," her obituary says. "She transported the first medical …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Killed In Southampton Crash With State Trooper Was 'Sublimely Talented' Guitarist Motorcyclist Killed In Southampton Crash With State Trooper Was 'Sublimely Talented' Guitarist
Frank Lando Motorcycle Crash They called him Frankie Fender. Frank Lando, that is: The 65-year-old Toms River motorcyclist, guitarist, and father killed in an April 9 crash in Southampton with a New Jersey state trooper. On Friday, April 19, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin released Lando's identity, as well as that of the trooper involved: Anthony Fernandes. Fernandes was conducting routine patrol duties along Route 70 around 11:35 a.m. in Southampton that day, when his marked patrol car collided with Lando's motorcycle near Burrs Mill Road, Platkin said. Lando was taken to Virtua Mount Holly …

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Support Surges For Hamilton Waitress Whose Son Died Of Rare Brain Infection Support Surges For Hamilton Waitress Whose Son Died Of Rare Brain Infection
Support Surges For Hamilton Waitress Whose Son Died Of Rare Brain Infection Support is surging for a waitress whose 22-year-old Bucks County son died from a rare brain infection just two months after his initial diagnosis. Jacob Kain Collings was born Feb. 22, 1998 and graduated from Bucks County Technical High School with HVAC certification in 2016, his obituary says. Collings was diagnosed with a rare brain infection just two months ago, according to a GoFundMe started to support his mother, Jennifer, and his grandmother, Annie. He died Dec. 23 after the infection spread to his spine and caused neuro-storming and pneumonia. As an organ donor, Collings’ kidneys a…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Coronavirus Takes Inseparable NJ Brothers 6 Days Apart Coronavirus Takes Inseparable NJ Brothers 6 Days Apart
Coronavirus Takes Inseparable NJ Brothers 6 Days Apart “Dear Jim, you are the very best brother anyone could have,” Dennis Traverso wrote in his last birthday card. The inseparable Neptune brothers died earlier this month within six days of each other, both due to coronavirus. A memorial service honoring Asbury Park natives Dennis A. and James E. Traverso will be held once coronavirus passes. The attire? Comfy clothes. It's what the brothers would have wanted, family members said. Jim and Dennis were inseparable growing up, and ended up settling a few blocks apart, family members told the Asbury Park Press. Relatives think that James, wh…

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by Jon Craig