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New North Jersey Dad Peter Eckert Dies 3 Days After Leukemia Diagnosis, 35 New North Jersey Dad Peter Eckert Dies 3 Days After Leukemia Diagnosis, 35
New North Jersey Dad Peter Eckert Dies 3 Days After Leukemia Diagnosis, 35 Peter Charles Eckert Jr., who died on Sunday, March 26, always wanted to be a father and was so excited to teach his newborn son, Cooper, how to swim and play baseball, according to his obituary.  Eckert, a Bergen County native, passed away three days after his 35th birthday, the same day he was diagnosed with an aggressive case of acute leukemia, and a month after Cooper was born.  Following his passing, the North Jersey community has rallied around his fiancée Kayla Moran. A GoFundMe to support Cooper had raised more than $60,000 from 592 donors, surpassing its goal as of Tuesday, April …

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by Sam Barron
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Dog Suffers Third Degree Burns From Heating Pad At Ridgefield Park Vet Dog Suffers Third Degree Burns From Heating Pad At Ridgefield Park Vet
Dog Suffers Third Degree Burns From Heating Pad At Ridgefield Park Vet UPDATE: Investigators are eyeing two dogs burned by a heating pad at the Ridgefield Park Animal Hospital. For Cris Repoles, there's nothing worse than seeing her bulldog Cooper suffer. That's why she took him to the Ridgefield Park Animal Hospital in the first place. But Repoles says the past three months have been nothing but pain for both herself and the dog, who suffered third-degree burns from heating pads during ACL surgery at the vet in December. To make matters worse for Repoles, head doctor Paul Kim initially treated the burns as skin allergies, as they looked similar to the condi…

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by Cecilia Levine