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Arson Investigator, Expert Fire Photographer Richard Wolfson Leaves Lasting Impact In NJ Arson Investigator, Expert Fire Photographer Richard Wolfson Leaves Lasting Impact In NJ
Arson Investigator, Expert Fire Photographer Richard Wolfson Leaves Lasting Impact In NJ Whether he was capturing it through his lens, fighting it or investigating it, Richard Wolfson was likely at the fire. Wolfson volunteered 40 of the 50 years he lived in Garfield as one of his city's bravest. He was also a regional arson investigator, often serving as an expert witness in criminal cases.  And he single-handedly founded the NJ Metro Fire Photographers Association in 1985, serving as its first-ever president. Rich Wolfson's impact was felt throughout North Jersey's firefighting, fire photography and fire investigating communities, which is why his death last week leaves suc…

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by Jerry DeMarco and Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
NJ Town Mourns Death Of High School Senior With 'Heart Full Of Love' NJ Town Mourns Death Of High School Senior With 'Heart Full Of Love'
NJ Town Mourns Death Of High School Senior With 'Heart Full Of Love' Morris County is mourning the loss of a high school senior following a battle with a long illness. Luna Marcela Cabrera Castro died Friday, Nov. 17, her obituary says. She was 18. Born in Juticalpa, Olancho Honduras C.A., Luna moved to Dover at age six. Luna was an artist at heart and loved to express herself through singing, dancing, and other creative forms. She is remembered as having a sweet and sincere smile and a compassionate soul. “Her journey through life was full of light and joy for those who had the fortune of knowing her,” reads her memorial. “She had a heart full of love to…

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by Valerie Musson
News
NYC Skincare Ad Paying $5K Needs Models NYC Skincare Ad Paying $5K Needs Models
NYC Skincare Ad Paying $5K Needs Models A skincare ad filming in New York City is seeking models who will be paid $5,000. A casting director is looking for people to appear in an ad for a skin care brand shooting in early December in New York. The role pays up to $5,000 for 10 hours of work, the ad says. Casting directors are looking for men, ages 25-40, women, ages 25-40, and kids from five to ten.  To apply for the role, click here.

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Man Who Killed Uncle Found Dead In Atlantic City: Cops Man Who Killed Uncle Found Dead In Atlantic City: Cops
Man Who Killed Uncle Found Dead In Atlantic City: Cops A New Jersey man wanted in connection to the fatal shooting of his uncle in Maryland was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Atlantic City, police say. On Monday night, Nov. 20, 62-year-old Lewis Parker, Sr. was found inside his Brandywine home, and during the course of the investigation, his nephew, 29-year-old Somers Point, NJ resident Elijah Drew was identified as a suspect. A warrant was issued for Drew's arrest, but the investigation came to an unexpected ending when the Prince George's Police Department was told on Tuesday, Nov. 21, that Drew had died by suicide, they sa…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
ARMED ROBBERY RAMPAGE: 3rd NJ Man Named In Violent Holdups ARMED ROBBERY RAMPAGE: 3rd NJ Man Named In Violent Holdups
Armed Robbery Rampage: 3rd NJ Man Named In Violent Holdups A third man who authorities said was involved in a terrifying string of armed robberies in Passaic County has been identified. Kareem Powell, 30, of Willingboro, was arrested by federal agents on Tuesday, Nov. 21, in connection with the August 2022 holdups, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced on Wednesday. He joins Carlos Diaz and Edward Porter, both 30 of Paterson, who’ve been in federal custody since last December. A new indictment names Powell while boosting the charges against the other two. The masked trio menaced customers with semiautomatic handguns -- ordering them to lie …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Sports
'Turf Sucks, Place Is Lame:' NFL Players Would Rather Go To Any Stadium But MetLife, Poll Finds 'Turf Sucks, Place Is Lame:' NFL Players Would Rather Go To Any Stadium But MetLife, Poll Finds
'Turf Sucks, Place Is Lame:' NFL Players Would Rather Go To Any Stadium But MetLife, Poll Finds "If you build it, they will come." At least, that's what Ray Kisella said in "Field of Dreams." But many NFL players would rather not when it comes to NFC East locales, according to a new poll by The Athletic. The anonymous survey of NFL players led to some dubious results for the New York Giants (and Jets) and Washington Commanders, whose stadiums were found to be among the worst to play in. Out of 79 responses, MetLife Stadium (18.4 percent) was overwhelmingly voted the worst stadium to play in by NFL followed right behind by FedEx Field (13.9 percent).  Highmark Stadium (12.7 per…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Family Of Roofer Who Fell From Passaic County Home Gets $75G From Company That Caused His Death Family Of Roofer Who Fell From Passaic County Home Gets $75G From Company That Caused His Death
Family Of Roofer Who Fell From Passaic County Home Gets $75G From Company That Caused His Death UPDATE: The survivors of a worker who fell to his death from a residential roof in Haledon will receive $75,000 after his employer admitted in federal court this week that his Middlesex County construction company failed to provide any fall protection equipment or training. The unidentified worker was installing insulation for a second-floor subroof in August 2019 when he took a step back and fell more than 20 feet, first onto a scaffold and then to a concrete floor below, U.S. Attorney for New Jersey Philip R. Sellinger said. He was later pronounced dead of a head injury. Despite the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Detectives Trying To ID Newborn Abandoned On NJ Trash 37 Years Ago Detectives Trying To ID Newborn Abandoned On NJ Trash 37 Years Ago
Detectives Trying To ID Newborn Abandoned On NJ Trash 37 Years Ago The day after Thanksgiving in 1986, sanitation workers in South Orange made a grisly discovery. A dead baby was found atop a trash can behind an apartment building at 5 Cottage Street in South Orange on Nov. 28, 1986, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said.  The body was wrapped in a towel and a yellow table runner and placed in a wicker picnic basket, which was left on the trash can, prosecutors said. The white male baby weighed five pounds and still had his umbilical cord, prosecutors said. For 37 years, detectives have been unable to identify the baby or his parents or relatives…

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by Sam Barron
News
Winner, Winner: $1 Million Mega Millions Ticket Sold At NJ Convenience Store Winner, Winner: $1 Million Mega Millions Ticket Sold At NJ Convenience Store
Winner, Winner: $1 Million Mega Millions Ticket Sold At NJ Convenience Store A winning Mega Millions ticket from the Tuesday, Nov. 21 drawing, winning the $1 million prize, was sold in New Jersey. The ticket matched all five numbers drawn which were 17, 22, 25, 30, and 38. The Megaplier (4X) was 24. The ticket was sold at Caba Grocery on 147 Brighton Ave., in Perth Amboy in Middlesex County. There were also two $10,000 tickets sold in Morris and Ocean counties. 

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
West New York Man Steals $8K+ From Woman Using Passport At PA Bank: Police West New York Man Steals $8K+ From Woman Using Passport At PA Bank: Police
West New York Man Steals $8K+ From Woman Using Passport At PA Bank: Police An elderly woman has lost nearly $9,000 from her bank account after a New Jersey man used a fake passport card at a bank in Bethlehem, PA, police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 22.  Dax Perez Velazquez, 49 of West New York, NJ, somehow obtained a US passport card with his image on it but the elderly woman's name, and used it at a Member's 1st bank in Bethlehem, PA on September 30, Lower Allen Township police detailed in the release. The man initially made a cash withdrawal of $6,800 using the woman's account info and his fraudulent passport card at a teller window inside the bank and the…

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by Jillian Pikora
Obituaries
NJ Curve Model Dies After Suffering Stroke, Loved Ones Say NJ Curve Model Dies After Suffering Stroke, Loved Ones Say
NJ Curve Model Dies After Suffering Stroke, Loved Ones Say Vibrant. Joyful. Influential. This is how Angelina Cranmer is being remembered. The 43-year-old New Jersey native and curve model died on Wednesday, Nov. 15, nearly six weeks after her family says she suffered a stroke and subsequent brain hemorrhage, her loved ones say. Cranmer, who was born in Atlantic City and lived in Little Egg Harbor, was found unresponsive in bed at her home in Florida, just after kissing her two daughters goodnight on Oct. 8, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched for her family. @misshourglass2.0 #fullscreenqueen #fyp #viral #curvy #scrollstopper #thick…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Missing NJ Boater Reunited With Family After Week Adrift Missing NJ Boater Reunited With Family After Week Adrift
Missing NJ Boater Reunited With Family After Week Adrift A boater out of Jersey City was reunited with his family last week after he went missing sailing to Bermuda, the Coast Guard said. No one had heard from the mariner since Monday, Nov. 6, and the Coast Guard Atlantic Area command center began a search and rescue effort, the Coast Guard said.  Another ship, the Time Bandit, heard an alert, and on Wednesday, Nov. 15, found a vessel that matched the description of the missing boat, the Coast Guard said. A Coast Guard boat based in Cape May arrived on the scene and was able to rescue the missing mariner and he was in stable condition. …

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by Sam Barron