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Joe Gorga Flips Out During Son's Wrestling Match In North Jersey (
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What Joe Gorga wanted was to stand up for his son. What he got was an ejection from the gym. The trouble started for the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" husband when his son, Gino Gorga, a sophomore at Ramapo High School was pinned by Anthony Caponegro, a sophomore at Parsippany, during a wrestling match at Parsippany High School in Morris Heights on Saturday, Jan. 6, as reported by TMZ. The elder Gorga ran onto the mats, and began screaming at the referee. Gorga had to be restrained by two men as security was called, according to a video shared by TMZ. "Get out of the gym! Get o…
Police & Fire
Road-Raging Driver, 20, Pulls Knife On 73-Year-Old Motorist In Midland Park: Police
A 20-year-old driver was arrested after pulling a knife on a 73-year-old motorist during a road rage incident in Midland Park, authorities said. Police responding to the call stopped a Volkswagen at Mohawk Avenue and North 17th Street in Hawthorne and arrested Anthony Polnarev of Wyckoff around 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 28. Polnarev and the alleged victim, also of Wyckoff, apparently both got out of their vehicles five miles up the road, in the area of Sicomac Avenue and Faner Road at the Wyckoff border, responders said. They argued and the younger man flashed a folding knife before leaving the …
Obituaries
World Champion Dancer, NJ's Beata Onefater 'Was As Talented As She Was Beautiful'
A world without Beata Onefater is a duller one, those who knew her said. The 45-year-old Hawthorne resident — who shone as an icon in Latin and ballroom dancer globally — died on Tuesday, May 30, embraced by her family, according to her obituary. A GoFundMe campaign said Beata died after a "long and courageous battle with cancer." A previous GoFundMe campaign said she was diagnosed with cancer for the third time in April 2020. Beata Onefater and Michael Wentink.Courtesy of the Family "She was a selfless, compassionate and kind soul who touched many with her empathy and grace," one of …
Police & Fire
Rider, 69, Airlifted After Falling From Horse In West Milford
A 69-year-old rider from Hawthorne was airlifted to the hospital after falling off a horse in West Milford, authorities said. The victim was conscious but disoriented and had several small cuts on his face following the mishap at the Echo Lake Stables on Blakely Lane, off Route 23, shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday, June 3, Police Detective Sgt. Matthew Kloo said. West Milford First Aid and Atlantic Medics tended to the victim before bringing him to a nearby field, the sergeant said. West Milford firefighters secured the landing zone for AirMed One, which transported him to Hackensack Univers…
News
Video Shows Joe Gorga Screaming At Tenant For Unpaid Rent
Joe Gorga initially felt bad for a Hawthorne tenant with unpaid rent, his rep says, but after a screaming match captured on video, the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" hubby has filed eviction papers, TMZ reports. The tenant is a restaurant manager who lost his job during COVID-19 and is struggling to bounce back, the outlet says. He can be heard reminding Gorga that he got the money owed through state COVID relief funds. Still, Gorga is livid. "You're a f—ing loser," he says repeatedly," yelling in the tenant's face. "You had nowhere to live I gave you a house." A Paterson native, Gorga i…
News
4-Year-Old North Jersey Girl Is Battling Brain Cancer – Again
Natalie Ferguson was just three years old when her life was derailed by cancer. The bubbly 3-year-old from Hawthorne started limping seemingly out of nowhere on her right leg in December 2020. Natalie's worried parents, Sarah and Patrick, took her to the doctor immediately and, eventually, would come to learn that their little girl had a tumor on the left side of her brain. After more than a year of 33 radiation sessions and a successful surgery, Natalie was cancer free. That was in March 2021. NatalieFerguson Family Natalie and Margot Ferguson, almost 1.Ferguson Family Exactly a y…
News
Recycling Truck Slams Into Tree In Hawthorne
A driver told police he had "mechanical issues" that sent his recycling truck veered off the road and into a tree in Hawthorne on Tuesday. Goffle Hill Road off Grandview Avenue was temporarily closed while Citywide Towing used a heavy wrecker to remove the 2003 B&B Disposal dump truck, which crashed on a short embankment in front of a home shortly after 10 a.m. There was no immediate word on the driver's injuries. Hawthorne firefighters cleaned up a fuel spill. Meanwhile, borough officials arranged to have other two other trucks complete Tuesday's pickups on Wednesday. Boyd A. Loving…
News
Firefighters KO Hawthorne Townhouse Blaze
Hawthorne firefighters kept a heavy blaze from doing even more damage to a local townhouse complex Friday night. The two-alarm fire broke out in the middle unit of the three-story wood-frame townhouse on Metro Vista Drive at Alana Drive around 7:45 p.m. and quickly traveled up the walls, responders said. Flames were running the rear wall from the first to the third floor and across the deck, they said. Despite heavy winds and exposure concerns, firefighters contained the blaze to the single unit and stopped it from spreading to the attic. Firefighters contained the blaze to the singl…
News
Roof Section Blown Off Hawthorne Mixed Use Buildings
Powerful winds from the overnight Christmas storm blew a section of roof from a row of storefronts with apartments in Hawthorne. No injuries were reported in the Lafayette Avenue mishap, which firefighters said occured shortly before 12:30 a.m. They said they arrived to find the roof section resting on power lines. Firefighters made sure residents were OK, then checked for hazards and possible structural damage until nearly 3 a.m.
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Update: Owner Removed Hawthorne 'Zombie House' Display On His Own
A beloved Hawthorne man said he removed a popular “zombie house” display from in front of his home on his own after learning that some neighbors had complained, police said Monday. "We received a few complaints regarding parking and traffic issues in the area of Mr. Rodrigues’s house," Hawthorne Police Capt. Robert King explained. An officer and supervisor went to the Lafayette Avenue house and found no issues, King said. "The officers advised Mr. Rodrigues of the complaints and asked him to avoid walking into the street to speak with people driving by and stopping due to safety concerns,"…
Police & Fire
Victim In Paterson Beating Dies, Hawthorne Ex-Con Charged With Murder
Authorities upgraded charges against a Hawthorne ex-con to first-degree murder after a man whom they said he kicked, punched and pistol whipped died of his injuries. Tyheem T. Jones, 37, was “pacing back and forth in the middle of the street” while “breathing heavily and sweating profusely” when officers responding to an assault call found him near the corner of Auburn Street and Godwin Avenue around 4 a.m. Thursday, authorities said. Nearby, they found the victim on the ground with a large gash on the right side of his head. Reyes has been "repeatedly punching and kicking him for several …
Police & Fire
Victim In Paterson Beating Dies, Hawthorne Ex-Con Charged With Murder
Authorities upgraded charges against a Hawthorne ex-con to first-degree murder after a man whom they said he kicked, punched and pistol whipped died of his injuries. Tyheem T. Jones, 37, was “pacing back and forth in the middle of the street” while “breathing heavily and sweating profusely” when officers responding to an assault call found him near the corner of Auburn Street and Godwin Avenue around 4 a.m. Thursday, authorities said. Nearby, they found the victim on the ground with a large gash on the right side of his head. Reyes has been "repeatedly punching and kicking him for several …
Police & Fire
Hawthorne Man Who Fired Shots Through Neighbor's Window Says He Was Aiming At Pesky Critters
A Hawthorne man who fired two bullets through a neighbor’s window said he'd aimed at critters in his vegetable garden but missed, authorities said. An officer responding to the Royal Avenue call spotted Antonio Porporino, 65, holding what looked like a rifle in the garden of his Washington Avenue home, , Detective Sgt. Matthew Hoogmoed said. Porporino at first told police he was “just standing in his garden,” Hoogmoed said. When they spotted a rifle against a wall in plain view in his shed, the sergeant said, Porporino insisted he didn’t fire it. Police found another bullet in his pocket …
Lifestyle
Lou Gehrig Helped Hawthorne Teen With His Homework
The assignment was to explore a vocation of interest and talk to a professional -- so naturally, a Hawthorne teen wrote to baseball great Lou Gehrig, the New York Post reports. In May 1938, Tom Templeton sent 10 questions to Gehrig asking about what it's like to be a professional ball player, the hours, salary and drawbacks. Sure enough, a response came for Templeton in the mail the following week when the assignment was due. The hours were afternoons, pay was $250 a week (which amounts to $4,279.93 today and drawbacks were none. The pair of letters between the famed Iron Horse and Temple…
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