Find Your Daily Voice
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock
Your Local News for Fair Lawn and Glen Rock, New Jersey
Saturday, apr 27
45°
Follow
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock
Follow
Find Your Daily Voice
News
Schools
Business
Obituaries
Police & Fire
Weather
Lifestyle
Politics
Sports
Events
Real Estate
Tags
Jobs
Shop
Support Us
Home
About us
All sites
Advertise with us
Contact us
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Code of ethics
Site Map
© 2024 Cantata Media
45°
Saturday, apr 27
Tag:
Water Safety
News
Surfing Teacher Rescues Jersey Shore Swimmer While Filming Promo Video For Boogie Board
A teacher saved a Jersey Shore swimmer in distress while surfing over the weekend, and he just so happened to capture it on video. US Marine Steve Houser, of Toms River, went to LBI Sunday, Sept. 3, to film a promo video for one of Tandm Surf's boards Oh, what a video they got. Houser — who works as a special education history teacher in the PATHS program at Piscataway High School — was surfing out teaching his daughter how to surf when he spotted the struggling swimmers. "I could see five to seven people in distress," said Houser, a Downingtown, PA native. "As a surfer, I can spot a ri…
Police & Fire
'We Gotta Save Them!' Skin Care Exec Details Rescue Of 4 Jersey Shore Boaters (
Video
)
Joe Cabasso was minutes into his fishing trip at the Jersey Shore on Sunday, Aug. 6 when he heard yelling. "I had just put the rods in the water," the Long Branch dad tells Daily Voice. "A couple hundred feet away, I see guys screaming on a boat, and waving." The back of their boat was going under — fast (scroll for video). Cabasso was on his family's vessel, Gemini with eight other relatives in Sea Girt Reef. He yelled to his captain, Chris Davidson: "We gotta save them." And so, the Gemini — which was about three miles from the Manasquan Inlet — made its way over to the four boaters, a…
Police & Fire
Elizabeth Teen Boy Drowns In Delaware River
The body of an Elizabeth teen was recovered from the Delaware River Sunday, July 24, officials said. Divers recovered the boy's body at about 3:30 p.m., approximately an hour and 15 minutes after witnesses saw him go under near the Ames-Jennings site in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, the NPS said in a news release. The boy — swimming at a small picnic area on the New Jersey side of the river, was not wearing a life jacket, officials said. “Our hearts and our deepest sympathies go out to the family and friends of the victims of these tragic incidents,” NPS dive t…
News
Union County Lawmaker Launches Bottled Water Drive For Newark
A member of the state Assembly is seeking donations of bottled water for residents of Newark who have been told to temporarily stop using tap water for cleaning and cooking due to unacceptably high levels of lead. The city has been coping with a lead crisis since 2017 that affects most households except those in Newark’s East Ward. The city distributed water filters to deal with the problem, but limited testing of a few homes recently revealed that the filters were not removing enough of the harmful contaminant. Newark officials then announced they would distribute bottled water, bu…
News
Video
: Witness Recalls Young Water Skier's Drowning On Lake Hopatcong, Search Continues
Police on Monday continued to search for a distressed Lake Hopatcong swimmer, identified by authorities as a 32-year-old Parsippany man. Avinash Kuna was water skiing on a pontoon boat with three friends in Jefferson when he fell, panicked and slipped out of his life jacket, according to state police and witness Tom Davis, who posted a video on YouTube. "Nobody jumped in the [expletive] water," he said. "Everyone's just screaming his name." Kuna had been under water for nearly 10 minutes when local police and dive teams arrived, Davis said. "Attempts to pull Kuna to safety were unsuc…
News
Suez
: High Lead Levels In Drinking Water Puts Hundreds Of Bergen County Households At Risk
Hundreds of Bergen County households are at risk for elevated levels of lead in the drinking water that serves 800,000 people across North Jersey, SUEZ announced Wednesday. Of the 108 samples tested, 16 across Bergen and Hudson counties showed higher levels than the federal standard. The discovery impacts 53 Bergen County and six Hudson County county municipalities -- all served by SUEZ' Haworth water treatment plant, a company spokesman told NJ.com. The elevated lead levels likely came either from older lead pipes that extend from water mains under the street into homes or…
45°
