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Dumont Boy, 14, Collapses, Dies Playing Basketball Dumont Boy, 14, Collapses, Dies Playing Basketball
Dumont Boy, 14, Collapses, Dies Playing Basketball Members of a stunned and heartbroken community wrapped their collective hearts around a grieving Dumont family Sunday while trying to wrap their minds around the sudden death of a 14-year-old boy who collapsed while playing basketball. Aaron Vasquez, who hoped to someday become a major league baseball player or coach, had finished practicing with his recreational league team on Saturday when he decided to stick around Grant Elementary School to play ball with his younger brother, other parents said. A short time later he collapsed, they said. A coach who's a hospital medic immediately beg…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Friends, Loved Ones Care For Bergen Orphan, 3, Whose Parents Were Stabbed Dead Friends, Loved Ones Care For Bergen Orphan, 3, Whose Parents Were Stabbed Dead
Friends, Loved Ones Care For Bergen Orphan, 3, Whose Parents Were Stabbed Dead UPDATE: Orphaned at only 3½ years old, a North Arlington girl faces an uncertain and heartbreakingly difficult future. Close family friends are working with the state Division of Child Protection and Permanency to help her grandparents in India get custody of little Viha Rudrawar. They’ve also mounted a fundraising drive that continues to grow. “In this immensely unfortunate moment, while we all get together to pray to the almighty to rest their souls in peace, we are also starting an effort to think for the future of the small child,” organizer Gobindsingh Nihalani wrote. Nihalani said h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Donations Sought For Families Of Three Children Killed In Union City Fire Donations Sought For Families Of Three Children Killed In Union City Fire
Donations Sought For Families Of Three Children Killed In Union City Fire Union City officials have established funds for the survivors of a multi-family building fire that killed two boys – 7 and 2 – and a 5-year-old girl. The Red Cross was proving temporary assistance for the survivors, who Mayor Brian Stack said Saturday are “poorer than poor.” The five-alarm blaze tore through 25th Street building between Bergenline and New York Avenues a little before 9 a.m. Friday. Firefighters were seen carrying limp children from the building and providing CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Eight of the bravest had to be hospitalized themselves and several others trea…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
TODAY: Come To Fundraiser To Help Fair Lawn Family Burned Out By Fire TODAY: Come To Fundraiser To Help Fair Lawn Family Burned Out By Fire
Today: Come To Fundraiser To Help Fair Lawn Family Burned Out By Fire FAIR LAWN, N.J. -- A special fundraiser filled with food, drink and good will is being held today (Sunday) for a Fair Lawn family who lost a portion of their home and all their belongings in a fire. All who attend the event for the Milnes family at the Dutch House (24-07 Fair Lawn Ave) will get three hours of their fill for a $40 donation. Although the event technically runs from 3 to 9 p.m., you can come anytime. The borough Fire Department and Rescue Squad will be running 50/50s and raffles throughout the event.  "Suffering the devastation of a house fire is unimaginable," or…

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by Jerry DeMarco