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UPDATE: Ferocious Fire Destroys Building Housing Longtime Pickle King Business In Paterson UPDATE: Ferocious Fire Destroys Building Housing Longtime Pickle King Business In Paterson
Update: Ferocious Fire Destroys Building Housing Longtime Pickle King Business In Paterson A ferocious, fast-moving fire early Saturday destroyed a Paterson building that housed a 65-year-old pickle company. The blaze broke out in the single-story Pickle King plant on Ellison Street at Straight Street around 6 a.m. March 25, several hours after the last employees working on Friday had left, city authorities said. It went to two alarms within minutes, then hit three bells shortly before 7 a.m., as flames blew through the roof and it eventually collapsed. A firefighter was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center after falling off a ladder and injuring his hand, responders…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Neighbors
Requiescat In Pace: Popular Wayne Music Producer Succumbs To Injuries From Crash Requiescat In Pace: Popular Wayne Music Producer Succumbs To Injuries From Crash
Requiescat In Pace: Popular Wayne Music Producer Succumbs To Injuries From Crash Tributes mounted Tuesday as word that a popular music producer from Wayne who was struck by a tire that popped off a dump truck as he rode his bicycle died his injuries. "Surrounded by his father Jack Sr., brother Jack Jr., and holding the hand of Cat, his loving wife of 20 years, James John DeSalvo departed this life and reunited with his beloved mother Kathleen in that special place he liked to call 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow,' ” family friend Ruth Ozbolt Cleary wrote Monday night. Outpourings of love, honor and respect have continued to multiply ever since. Jim "Bean" DeSalvo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Body Of Missing Paterson Professor Found At Garret Mountain Reservation Body Of Missing Paterson Professor Found At Garret Mountain Reservation
Body Of Missing Paterson Professor Found At Garret Mountain Reservation The body of a missing Paterson man was pulled from Barbour Pond at Garret Mountain on Wednesday, authorities confirmed Thursday morning. Samuel Núñez Gomez, a 37-year-old technician and adjunct professor at Passaic County Community College, "left his belongings, including his ID, visible to be found" a short distance from the pond, a family friend told Daily Voice on Wednesday.  Bill Maer of the Passaic County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the belongings were found around noon, although he couldn't disclose the owner's identity. A Paterson dive team found the body soon after, a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Passaic County Community College Student Sam Marte Dies, 22 Passaic County Community College Student Sam Marte Dies, 22
Passaic County Community College Student Sam Marte Dies, 22 Samuel A. Marte of Paterson died on March 7. He was 22 years old. Sam was a student at Passaic County Community College studying liberal arts. He is predeceased by his father and grandparents.  Services will be held in the Dominical Republic.

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by Cecilia Levine