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Discharged Bayshore Hospital Patient Shot By Police After Pursuits: Police
A 33-year-old newly-discharged Bayshore Medical Center patient was tased and shot by police after crashing stolen vehicles early Wednesday, Oct. 26, News 12 New Jersey reports. Justin Chacon stole a van left running outside of the hospital and headed down Route 35 to Middletown, where he crashed — then jumped in the vehicle of a good Samaritan who'd jumped out to help, the outlet says citing sources close to the incident. A Holmdel police officer tased Chacon just after he crashed near Union Avenue, and then shot him, police said. Chacon was taken to Jersey Shore Medical Center fo…
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108-Year-Old Bergen Nursing Home Resident Believed To Be Oldest
Covid-
19 Survivor In US
From the devastation that the coronavirus has wrought on New Jersey nursing homes comes a woman who has survived not just this pandemic but a far deadlier one more than a century ago. Sylvia Goldsholl, a 108-year-old resident at the Allendale Community for Senior Living in Bergen County, is believed to be the United States' oldest COVID-19 survivor. Born in December 1911, the Bronx native was 7 when the Spanish Flu killed 50 million people worldwide. “The oldest of four children and I was the smartest one from the bunch,” Goldsholl told News 12 New Jersey last week. “I survived everything …
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Archbishop Leads Newark March Against 'Inhumane' Treatment Of Immigrant Kids
Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the Catholic Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, led a march in Newark Wednesday morning calling on Congress and the Trump administration to end what protesters described as the harsh treatment of immigrant children. Before the march participants assembled at St. Mary's Abby and then headed to the Peter J. Rudino Federal Building on Broad Street, News 12 New Jersey reported. An office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency that has come under sharp criticism by some for its treatment of immigrants, is located in the building. Video posted …
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Tops Diner In E. Newark To Close For Expansion: Report
Tops Diner, an East Newark staple for generations, is slated to close for up to six weeks for an expansion that will triple the size of the eatery, News 12 New Jersey reported. Plans were filed with Hudson County a few months ago but a spokeswoman for the Passaic Avenue restaurant declined to say when construction would actually begin when reached by Daily Voice at the time. The start date for construction was still not known as of this week, News 12 reported. Along with the additional room inside, there will be more room for parking, with an extra 35 spaces planned. Ther…
Police & Fire
Man Accused Of Bringing Gun To Westfield School Meant No Harm: Brother
The Delaware man who police said was armed with a loaded gun and who had several more rounds of ammo in the trunk of his vehicle when he was arrested at a grade school in Westfield last week made his first court appearance Thursday. Thomas Wilkie, 46, was arrested after police in Westfield received a call from law enforcement in New Castle, Del., notifying them that Wilkie was armed and headed to Tamaques Elementary, police said. School was out of session but a number of students were in the building for an after-school program when Wilkie was taken into custody without incident aroun…
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Man Who Brought Gun To Westfield School Was Involved With Teacher: Report
A 46-year-old Delaware man who authorities said brought a gun loaded with hollow point bullets to a grade school in Westfield last week had been romantically involved with a teacher at the school, News 12 New Jersey reported. Thomas Wilkie, 46, of Bear, was arrested Thursday afternoon in the parking lot of Tamaques Elementary School after Westfield police were notified by police in Delaware that Wilkie may be heading therel. Authorities said that Wilkie was found sitting in an SUV in the parking lot with the gun and with additional clips of ammunition. Another 130 rounds of ammunition were…
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Several Homes Reportedly Damaged In Irvington Fire
A fire that broke out on Franklin Place in Irvington early Wednesday morning damaged as many as 10 buildings, News 12 New Jersey reported. The fire started around 2 a.m. in a vacant home and quickly spread to neighboring structures as well as cars. There were no reported injuries. The cause of the fire remained under investigation early Wednesday. Ten people, including three people, have been displaced.
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Essex County Natives Mourn Baby Boy Who Climbed Into Pool, Drowned
The community is coming together in support of North Jersey parents who lost their 15-month-old son Devon suddenly on Saturday. More than $4,100 had been raised for Sean and Jill Williams on a GoFundMe launched by Robin DeLorenzo as of Monday morning. Sean, a West Orange native and Montclair High School graduate, and his wife Jill, formerly of Cedar Grove, own Solstice Cafe in Hopatcong. Authorities say the child climbed the ladder at an above-ground pool while he was in the yard with family, News 12 New Jersey reported. The pool was not covered. Authorities don't expect to file charges…
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Nutley HS Official Suspended After Telling Madison Students Hitler Was 'Good Leader': Report
The Nutley Board of Education suspended the high school's athletic director for public remarks he made comparing Martin Luther King to Adolf Hitler, News 12 New Jersey reported. Joe Piro made the remarks at a student assembly held at Madison High School, during which Piro described Hitler as a "good leader" with "bad moral character and intentions." Madison Superintendent of Schools Mark Schwarz said in a letter to parents sent shortly after the presentation in mid-March that the material had not been reviewed beforehand. Schwarz apologized in the letter and said material would…
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