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Police & Fire
Mom, Special Needs Daughter Who Lost Everything In Lodi Fire Get Guardian Angel Mom, Special Needs Daughter Who Lost Everything In Lodi Fire Get Guardian Angel
Mom, Special Needs Daughter Who Lost Everything In Lodi Fire Get Guardian Angel A roaring fire was destroying a Lodi uniform supply company earlier this month when even sadder news emerged: A woman and her 7-year-old special needs daughter had been living next door in a former store where the blaze broke out. Crucita Fatima Sanchez, 44, and Mia escaped unharmed. But they lost everything. Enter Maria Zito. The fellow single mom of two didn’t know Sanchez or her daughter, but their plight touched her. The apparent electrical fire broke out in their kitchen the night of Jan. 2. It spread quickly, eventually destroying the onetime party rental store where they lived, the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Maria Sullivan Of River Edge, 35, Was Warm Teacher, Doting Mom Maria Sullivan Of River Edge, 35, Was Warm Teacher, Doting Mom
Maria Sullivan Of River Edge, 35, Was Warm Teacher, Doting Mom Maria Sullivan of River Edge is being remembered for her kindness in and out of the classroom. The 35-year-old mom and teacher died after a battle with breast cancer on May 21. More than $17,400 had been raised on a GoFundMe as of Wednesday for her children, Molly (5), Keeva (3), and husband Michael. Maria worked as a Kindergarten and first grade teacher at the Orchard School in Ridgewood where she "stressed not only academics to her students, but also the importance of treating one another with kindness and respect," her obituary says.  "A champion of the underdog, Maria …

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by Cecilia Levine