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Meadowlands Racetrack Pioneer Joseph A. DeFrank Dies, 87 Meadowlands Racetrack Pioneer Joseph A. DeFrank Dies, 87
Meadowlands Racetrack Pioneer Joseph A. DeFrank Dies, 87 Joseph A. DeFrank Jr. (DeFrancesco) of Lake Pleasant, NY — who helped pioneer North Jersey's famed Meadowlands Racetrack — passed away peacefully at home on Dec. 12. He was 87 years old. Born in Holley, NY on Aug. 27, 1933 to Joseph Sr. and Florence DeFrank, he was a proud member of the U.S. Army and a 50-year member of the American Legion Post 529 Holley. 
Beyond the racing world, Joe’s main priority was his family, who he loved wholeheartedly.  Joe and his wife Beryl loved gardening and cooking together. They spent their retirement years enjoying the beauty of the Adirondacks from t…

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by Daily Voice
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FBI Nabs Ex-Soldier From Sussex County Charged With Supporting Syrian Terrorists FBI Nabs Ex-Soldier From Sussex County Charged With Supporting Syrian Terrorists
FBI Nabs Ex-Soldier From Sussex County Charged With Supporting Syrian Terrorists FBI agents arrested a Sussex County woman Wednesday and charged her with supporting a Syrian terrorist group. Maria Bell, a 53-year-old former U.S. Army solider and member of the National Guard, provided money and advice to “fighters based in Syria who were members of various factions fighting the Assad regime,” U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. Bell cited her professional experience in specialized weapons training, offering to provide guidance on operational security issues, weapons purchases and military intelligence, a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark charges. Accord…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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TRIBUTE: Giant Of Industry, Creator Of Modern Commuter Ferry Arthur Imperatore Sr Dies At 95 TRIBUTE: Giant Of Industry, Creator Of Modern Commuter Ferry Arthur Imperatore Sr Dies At 95
Tribute: Giant Of Industry, Creator Of Modern Commuter Ferry Arthur Imperatore Sr Dies At 95 After terrorists crashed two planes into the Twin Towers, Arthur E. Imperatore Sr.’s NY Waterway ferries hustled 150,000 people out of New York. When a commuter jet made an emergency landing on the Hudson River, Imperatore’s ferries rushed to the scene, helping to rescue everyone on board. Imperatore, the “visionary entrepreneur” who is credited with inventing the modern commuter ferry system, died Wednesday at 95 following a life of massive – and at times fascinating – achievement. "Arthur E. Imperatore, Sr., [f]ounder & [p]resident of NY Waterway leaves us, but his memory will last …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ Man Who Vowed To Shoot Pro-Israel Demonstrators, Bomb Trump Tower Admits Supporting Hamas NJ Man Who Vowed To Shoot Pro-Israel Demonstrators, Bomb Trump Tower Admits Supporting Hamas
NJ Man Who Vowed To Shoot Pro-Israel Demonstrators, Bomb Trump Tower Admits Supporting Hamas A Somerset County man who told Instagram followers he was wanted to shoot or run down pro-Israel demonstrators and bomb Trump Tower admitted Tuesday that he secretly supported Hamas. Jonathan Xie, 21, of Basking Ridge admitted during a video conference with a federal judge in Trenton that he wired $100 via Moneygram to a purported member of the Al-Qassam Brigades, a faction of Hamas that has conducted suicide bombings and other attacks on civilians inside Israel, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. “Just donated $100 to Hamas,” Xie posted to his Instagram account. “Pretty sure it was illega…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Elite 'Night Stalker' Soldier From NJ Among 2 Killed In Black Hawk Helicopter Accident Elite 'Night Stalker' Soldier From NJ Among 2 Killed In Black Hawk Helicopter Accident
Elite 'Night Stalker' Soldier From NJ Among 2 Killed In Black Hawk Helicopter Accident A helicopter mechanic from New Jersey was one of two soldiers on an elite nighttime special operations unit killed in a California crash. Staff Sgt. Vincent Marketta, 33, of Brick, and Sgt. Tyler Shelton, 22, of San Bernardino, CA, were killed when their Black Hawk helicopter crashed in a training exercise off the coast of San Diego, according to the U.S. Army. Both Marketta and Shelton were assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne). Known as the "Night Stalkers," these soldiers are recognized for their proficiency in nighttime operations. Three other soldi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Paramus Police Department Mourns Loss Of Officer Allan Alvarez, 42 Paramus Police Department Mourns Loss Of Officer Allan Alvarez, 42
Paramus Police Department Mourns Loss Of Officer Allan Alvarez, 42 The Paramus Police Department is mourning the loss of officer Allan Alvarez. Alvarez, 42, died unexpectedly on Sunday due to complications of a medical procedure at Overlook Medical Center in Summit, his obituary says. A Plainfield native, Alvarez grew up in Piscataway and was a Rahway resident at the time of his passing. He graduated Piscataway High School in 1996 and was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in Bosnia and a tour during Operation Desert Fox. At the rank of sergeant, Alvarez received his honorable discharge in 2001. In 2006, Allan was hired by the Paramus Police Departm…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Troubled Military Vet Leads Police On Brief Route 17 Chase, Apologizes, Admits He Needs Help Troubled Military Vet Leads Police On Brief Route 17 Chase, Apologizes, Admits He Needs Help
Troubled Military Vet Leads Police On Brief Route 17 Chase, Apologizes, Admits He Needs Help A troubled military veteran led Mahwah police on a brief pursuit before apologizing and admitting he needed help, authorities said. Detective Christopher Fasulo was in an unmarked police vehicle when he said he saw the man’s 2005 Subaru Legacy drift over the double-yellow line twice on Ramapo Valley Road (Route 202) around 9:45 p.m. July 7. A third time it appeared that the steering wheel had been "jerked," sending the wagon “so far into the oncoming lane that a collision with a vehicle traveling in the opposite direction would have been [imminent]," the detective reported. Fasulo stopped …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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‘Going Somewhere I’ve Never Been’: Talk-Radio 'Godfather' Barry Farber Dies At 90 ‘Going Somewhere I’ve Never Been’: Talk-Radio 'Godfather' Barry Farber Dies At 90
‘Going Somewhere I’ve Never Been’: Talk-Radio 'Godfather' Barry Farber Dies At 90 Death is “going somewhere I've never been before, like Finland or Estonia,” New York-area talk radio giant Barry Farber told his daughter. Celia Ingrid Farber recalled her father’s words in a tweet about his death at home in New York City Wednesday night, a day after his 90th birthday. Before Hannity and Beck, before O’Reilly -- and even Limbaugh -- there was Barry Farber. A member of the National Radio Hall of Fame, Farber was a pioneer of talk radio, a conservative in a time when opposing views were debated respectfully and intelligently, a familiar voice to a mass audience of all politi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY: Holy Name Security Guard Back To Work After 2-Week Quarantine CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY: Holy Name Security Guard Back To Work After 2-Week Quarantine
Coronavirus Recovery: Holy Name Security Guard Back To Work After 2-Week Quarantine A Holy Name Medical Center security guard returned to work Thursday after a two-week coronavirus quarantine. Brendan McLaughlin, 28, of Bergenfield, came down with what felt like a cold or sinus infection on March 6. He was congested, had a headache and felt a little bit weak, he said. Things progressed the next day to a fever, chills and loss of appetite. "I just felt terrible," said McLaughlin, a U.S. Army reservist. "It started feeling more like the flu." He called out of work on March 10 and 11. On the 12th he went to the emergency room for testing. McLaughlin tested positive for pn…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Rotten To The Corps: Fort Lee Man Gets 6 Years For Using Stolen Military IDs To Get Tax Refunds Rotten To The Corps: Fort Lee Man Gets 6 Years For Using Stolen Military IDs To Get Tax Refunds
Rotten To The Corps: Fort Lee Man Gets 6 Years For Using Stolen Military IDs To Get Tax Refunds A Fort Lee man who got tax refunds by stealing current and former military members’ identities must spend the next six years in federal prison. Shope Oluwo, 35, has to serve the entire plea-bargained sentence handed by Chief U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson in Trenton on Friday because there’s no parole in the federal prison system. Oluwo conspired with others to steal personal identifying information from current or former members of the U.S. Army and create fake military identification cards and fraudulent W-2 forms bearing the victims’ names, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said. In a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel
Prosecutor: Army Reservist Charged With Raping, Robbing Woman At Hudson County Hotel A 27-year-old Monmouth County man jailed for a pair of North Jersey robberies also broke into a Secaucus motel, sexually assaulted a woman at gunpoint and robbed her, authorities charged. Dajan Mindingall of Eatontown forced his way into a room at the Red Roof Inn on Meadowlands Parkway around 1 a.m. Jan. 15, the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said in a statement Friday. He sexually assaulted her and took more than $400, the statement said. Mindingall was served with the complaints at the Bergen County Jail, where he has remained since authorities captured him on Feb. 6 in Asb…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police, Prosecutors Unite To Probe Pair Charged In Bergen Gunpoint Robberies Police, Prosecutors Unite To Probe Pair Charged In Bergen Gunpoint Robberies
Police, Prosecutors Unite To Probe Pair Charged In Bergen Gunpoint Robberies UPDATE: Two men charged with the gunpoint robberies of an Edgewater massage parlor and a private escort at a Rutherford hotel are suspected in a statewide crime spree investigated by nearly 20 law enforcement agencies, authorities confirmed Monday. One of the two, Dajan Divine Mindingall, 27, of Eatontown, is a U.S. Army reservist from Monmouth County who was preparing to report this past weekend when he was captured Thursday in Asbury Park, Daily Voice reported Friday. A Bergen County Regional SWAT team went to Monmouth County to assist with arresting Mindingall, who was consider…

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by Jerry DeMarco