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Months-Long Search For Missing NJ Teacher Lara Emanuele Comes To Tragic End Months-Long Search For Missing NJ Teacher Lara Emanuele Comes To Tragic End
Months-Long Search For Missing NJ Teacher Lara Emanuele Comes To Tragic End The months-long search for Lara Emanuele has come to a tragic end. The 46-year-old woman's body was found in a wooded area off Howard Boulevard and Route 80 in Roxbury Township, with help from K9 Denali from the Ramapo Search and Rescue Organization, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll said. "While the outcome of the search is disappointing, the officers and volunteers who worked tirelessly to find Emanuele have earned our gratitude," Carroll said. "Your efforts will help bring closure to this family and this community.” Emanuele, a teacher at Alexander Hamilton Elementary School i…

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by Cecilia Levine
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NJ Man Dies Attempting To Climb North America's Highest Mountain NJ Man Dies Attempting To Climb North America's Highest Mountain
NJ Man Dies Attempting To Climb North America's Highest Mountain A New Jersey man died while attempting to climb North America’s highest mountain, authorities said. Fernando Birman, 48, was near the summit of Denali in Talkeetna, Alaska when he collapsed at 19,700 feet on the evening of Friday, June 3, according to the National Park Service. Birman, of Stockton, was pronounced dead at the scene despite mountain guides’ attempts to revive him with CPR. Birman was just over 600 feet away from the peak of Denali — North America’s highest mountain — when he collapsed. His body was recovered from a 19,500-foot plateau with a short-haul basket and taken to t…

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by Valerie Musson