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'Undone Melody': Funeral Held For Montclair State Freshman Found Dead In Newark Bay 'Undone Melody': Funeral Held For Montclair State Freshman Found Dead In Newark Bay
'Undone Melody': Funeral Held For Montclair State Freshman Found Dead In Newark Bay A funeral Mass was held Tuesday, March 19, for an 18-year-old Montclair State University freshman from Jersey City whose body was recovered from Newark Bay. Hayley Alvarado had been missing since just before Christmas last year. Her body was spotted and then recovered from the bay near Gregg County Park in Bayonne on March 5, according to the Hudson County Sheriff’s Department. The Filipino American teen reportedly was wearing the same blue "Delaware" t-shirt that her father said he bought her during a trip to Maryland two years ago, as well as the same pants and shoes. She was officially…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Authorities Try To ID Body Of Woman Pulled From Waters Off Bayonne Authorities Try To ID Body Of Woman Pulled From Waters Off Bayonne
Authorities Try To ID Body Of Woman Pulled From Waters Off Bayonne An autopsy will help determine whether the death of a woman whose body was pulled from Newark Bay was suspicious. The body was recovered near Stephen R. Gregg Park in Bayonne around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 5, said Caitlin Mota of the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office. Authorities hadn't identified her as of late Wednesday afternoon. "No visible signs of trauma were observed," Mota said. The Regional Medical Examiner's Office was conducting an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death, she said. ANYONE who might know the victim's identity, or has information that could help inve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Two Firefighters Die Battling Huge Port Newark Ship Blaze Two Firefighters Die Battling Huge Port Newark Ship Blaze
Two Firefighters Die Battling Huge Port Newark Ship Blaze Two Newark firefighters died battling a blaze that tore through a car-carrying ship at Port Newark–Elizabeth Marine Terminal late Wednesday, officials confirmed. UPDATE: 'Hearts Are Broken': IDs Of Newark Firefighters Killed In Line Of Duty Released The firefighters had “made an attempt to extinguish the fire and, because of the intense heat, they got pushed back out of the area where the initial fire was,” Newark Fire Department Chief Rufus Jackson at a morning news conference on July 6. The Grande Costa D'Avorio apparently was headed to Brooklyn after leaving Baltimore on Sunday with mo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Watch As Lifeguard With Prosthetic Leg Rescues Driver From Sinking Car In Bayonne Watch As Lifeguard With Prosthetic Leg Rescues Driver From Sinking Car In Bayonne
Watch As Lifeguard With Prosthetic Leg Rescues Driver From Sinking Car In Bayonne A local swimming instructor with a prosthetic leg happened to be in the right place at the right time Tuesday, when a 68-year-old driver who couldn't swim accidentally sent his car into the Newark Bay in Bayonne. The British Swim School instructor and lifeguard -- 29-year-old Anthony Capuano -- went in after him. And the entire rescue was caught on tape. Capuano, of Elizabeth, was just 17 years old when he was struck by a train in Jersey City. He's been living with a prosthetic limb, but that hasn't stopped him from living an active life. Three years ago, he became a swimming instructor, …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Bayonne Man Punched Dog In The Face, Police Say Bayonne Man Punched Dog In The Face, Police Say
Bayonne Man Punched Dog In The Face, Police Say A Bayonne man was arrested Wednesday after police saw video of him beating his pet Husky with his fists,  police said.  On Tuesday, witnesses saw Jose Ortiz, 23, pinning "Brinks" to the ground and punching him in the head and dragging the dog off with the dog's legs off the ground, police said.  When bystanders approached Ortiz at West 20th Street and Newark Bay and told him to stop, Ortiz punched the dog again and told the witnesses to mind their own business, police also said.  After cell phone video of part of the incident was shown to a humane officer, a warrant was…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
$1M Set Aside For Jersey Coast After Shipping Company Fined For Pollution $1M Set Aside For Jersey Coast After Shipping Company Fined For Pollution
$1M Set Aside For Jersey Coast After Shipping Company Fined For Pollution An Italian shipping company will pay a $4 million fine for dumping oily waste and other pollutants into the ocean and lying about it to the Coast Guard during a 2015 inspection in Bayonne, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito said in a statement Wednesday.  The company, d'Amico Shipping Italia S.p.A., pleaded guilty to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships. In addition to the fine, the company will be subjected to oversight by a court-appointed monitor for four years.  The oil tanker Cielo di Milano made repeated stops at ports in New Jersey, Maryland and Florida. From 2014 t…

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by Paul Milo