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NJ Doc Accused Of Sexually Abusing Patients Now Charged With Insurance Fraud: Prosecutor NJ Doc Accused Of Sexually Abusing Patients Now Charged With Insurance Fraud: Prosecutor
NJ Doc Accused Of Sexually Abusing Patients Now Charged With Insurance Fraud: Prosecutor A New Jersey doctor accused of sexually abusing six of his patients has now been charged with insurance fraud — as has his office manager, authorities said. Gurvindra Johal, 56, of Colonia, was arrested back in March for  inappropriately touching of two patients under his care at an urgent care center on Broad Street in Newark, according to Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens. Another woman later came forward saying the physician sexually assaulted her while under his care at Amboy Urgent Care, located at 469 Cornell Street, Perth Amboy, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yola…
Dish Boy Turned Executive Chef Is Running The Kitchen At One Of NJ's Newest Mexican Restaurant Dish Boy Turned Executive Chef Is Running The Kitchen At One Of NJ's Newest Mexican Restaurant
Dish Boy Turned Executive Chef Is Running The Kitchen At One Of NJ's Newest Mexican Restaurant A Mexican restaurant that says it has set a world record for most agave spirits at a single licensed location has opened in Central Jersey. Meximodo Cocina Mexicana & Tequila Bar held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Pearl Street in Metuchen Thursday, Nov. 9. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Meximodo - Cocina Mexicana & Tequila Bar (@mexi.modo) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Meximodo - Cocina Mexicana & Tequila Bar (@mexi.modo) Conceived by the team behind Le …
These Nine NJ Schools Won Prestigious Blue Ribbon Award These Nine NJ Schools Won Prestigious Blue Ribbon Award
These Nine NJ Schools Won Prestigious Blue Ribbon Award Nine New Jersey schools won the prestigious National Blue Ribbon School Award. The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday, Sept. 19 recognized 353 schools across the country as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2023.  The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student groups on assessments. The nine New Jersey schools that won are: Claremont Avenue Elementary School, Colonia High Technology High School, Lincroft Princeton Charter School, Princeton Hilltop Elementary School, Mendham Technology High School, Newark …
WINNERS: Mega Millions Lottery Players Take Home $10K WINNERS: Mega Millions Lottery Players Take Home $10K
Winners: Mega Millions Lottery Players Take Home $10K There were two third-tier prizewinning tickets sold for the Friday, Dec. 23, Mega Millions lottery drawing. They matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 prize.  Those tickets were purchased at the following locations: Middlesex County: Colonia Deli & Grill, 440 Lake Ave., Colonia; and, Morris County: Krauszer’s, 45 North Warren St., Dover.The winning numbers for the Friday, Dec. 23, drawing were: 15, 21, 32, 38, and 62. The Gold Mega Ball was 08, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 04.
7-Eleven Selling These 18 New Jersey Locations 7-Eleven Selling These 18 New Jersey Locations
7-Eleven Selling These 18 New Jersey Locations 7-Eleven Inc. is looking to sell or lease 73 of its stores, 18 of which are in New Jersey. NRC Realty & Capital Advisors LLC is helping with the process, having posted a list of all of the sites along with a bid deadline of Tuesday, Nov. 1. Some of the stores are some of the 3,800 Speedway stores that 7-Eleven purchased in May 2021. The New Jersey stores touting for sale signs are: Colonia, Saint Georges Avenue Scotch Plains, Park Avenue Newark, Broad Street Newark, Market Street Newark, Ferry Street Butler, Route 23 Elmwood Park, Broadway Holmdel, Route 35 Hackettstown, Main Street…
Bella Giacobbe, Daughter Of NJ Town's Mayor, Dies At 22 Bella Giacobbe, Daughter Of NJ Town's Mayor, Dies At 22
Bella Giacobbe, Daughter Of NJ Town's Mayor, Dies At 22 Anabella "Bella" Marie Giacobbe, the 22-year-old daughter of Rahway Mayor Raymond Giacobbe Jr. and school board member Laura Giacobbe, died on Sept. 24.  Bella was an honor roll student at Union Catholic High School, where she played volleyball, lacrosse, and track and field, her obituary says. She graduated from Rutgers University last May with a degree in psychology. Bella had recently started as a volleyball coach at St. Thomas Aquinas and had aspirations of becoming a teacher due to her love for children, according to her obituary.  Bella apparently died after a medical procedure, acco…
NJ Pharmacist Needed Double Lung Transplant But Insurance Denied It — Now He's Gone NJ Pharmacist Needed Double Lung Transplant But Insurance Denied It — Now He's Gone
NJ Pharmacist Needed Double Lung Transplant But Insurance Denied It — Now He's Gone John Jukić's family says he would still be alive today had his insurance company granted him the double lung transplant he needed back in April. The 46-year-old Clark dad and Colonia pharmacist suffered lung damage from COVID-19 he contracted last October, and needed a double lung transplant. His only hope was a double lung transplant, his wife Mirla said. However, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois apparently denied him the life-saving treatment, and while his family was in the process of appealing the decision, John on Monday, June 13. Blue Cross Blue Shield did not immediately resp…
These 70+ NJ Gas Stations Are Dropping Prices Friday These 70+ NJ Gas Stations Are Dropping Prices Friday
These 70+ NJ Gas Stations Are Dropping Prices Friday Ever wonder how cheap gas in New Jersey would be if it was self-serve? More than 70 New Jersey stations will be offering fuel at a discounted rate to show drivers just that on Friday, May 13. The initiative promoting self-serving fueling was launched by Fuel Your Way NJ, a coalition that advocates for self-serve gas stations that still offer full service. The coalition appropriately titled the day " Fuel Your Way NJ Self-Serve Day of Awareness." Self-service stations were proposed in a measure by lawmakers in March, however, it was halted by in the General Assembly by the Motoris…
NJ Man, 27, Killed By Drunk Driver In New Hampshire Crash NJ Man, 27, Killed By Drunk Driver In New Hampshire Crash
NJ Man, 27, Killed By Drunk Driver In New Hampshire Crash A New Jersey man was ejected from a Jeep and killed by a drunk driver in New Hampshire Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Sue Sargent, 66, was behind the wheel of a 2020 Subaru Outback on Route 95 south in Seabrook, NH when she drifted toward the left, crossed into the next lane and sideswiped a 2019 Toyota Sienna driven by Shannon Geoghegan, 50, just before 12:10 p.m., state police said. Sargent, of Eliot, ME, then continued drifting toward the left and through the center median before crossing into the southbound lanes and crashing into a 2016 Jeep Wrangler driven by Joseph Hoffman, 29,…
Central Jersey Therapist Runs Online Life Coaching Biz For Adults On Autism Spectrum Central Jersey Therapist Runs Online Life Coaching Biz For Adults On Autism Spectrum
Central Jersey Therapist Runs Online Life Coaching Biz For Adults On Autism Spectrum Autism doesn’t magically end when a child graduates high school. Rather, it’s a lifelong social and communicative disability that people have to live with forever. Central Jersey native Jaclyn Hunt realized that several years ago, and has since made it her life’s mission to provide adults on the spectrum with tools to navigate life with their disability. “Most people on the Autism spectrum are thrown out into the world and expected to succeed — but many struggle tremendously. So I’m trying to change that.” Hunt saw a need for her business while studying to become a marriage and family th…