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Megabus Passenger Files Suit After Double Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash In Woodbridge Megabus Passenger Files Suit After Double Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash In Woodbridge
Megabus Passenger Files Suit After Double Fatal NJ Turnpike Crash In Woodbridge Yet another lawsuit has been filed in the double-fatal Megabus crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Woodbridge in 2022, according to court records. A passenger on the Megabus that crashed killing two passengers and injuring 17 others, has filed a lawsuit against the bus company and its driver, Eric Naughton of Westville. Kimberly Clay, of Manhattan, claims she suffered incapacitating injuries after Naughton was allegedly speeding.  According to her lawsuit, filed on Jan. 24 in Superior Court of Middlesex County, Clay says Naughton "operated the subject bus in a reckless, willful a…

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by Jon Craig
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Young Magicians Sought For Paramount+ Movie Filming In NJ Young Magicians Sought For Paramount+ Movie Filming In NJ
Young Magicians Sought For Paramount+ Movie Filming In NJ This may be a dream come true for any young aspiring actors who love magic. Paramount+ is looking for magicians ages 18 and older to portray high school students. The movie is set to be filmed in Middletown in March. The roles are open to all ethnicities and all gender identifies according to this Backstage listing. Covid testing with a $100 stipend will be on March 7 either in Middletown Township or Williamsburg, Brooklyn, depending on your preference;  The featured film shoots on March 9 in Middletown. Transportation will be provided from Manhattan. The pay is a flat rate of $197…

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by Jon Craig
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NYC Teacher-Turned-Dog-Walker Living In Monmouth County ‘Puts The Pups First’ — And It Pays NYC Teacher-Turned-Dog-Walker Living In Monmouth County ‘Puts The Pups First’ — And It Pays
NYC Teacher-Turned-Dog-Walker Living In Monmouth County ‘Puts The Pups First’ — And It Pays A former teacher who gave up his position to launch a dog-walking company that’s soon expanding to Monmouth County says he “always puts the pups first" — and it certainly pays. Michael Josephs, 34, used to work as a movement teacher for children who were neurodiverse at a school in Manhattan, he tells Daily Voice. Meanwhile, Parkside Pups came to fruition in 2019 after Josephs rescued his own black lab Rhodesian Ridgeback mix, Willy, aka “the pup who inspired it all." “I trained him very young in Prospect Park and we would be out there every single day,” says Josephs, who was raised in Ea…

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by Valerie Musson
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Commuters, Others Warm Up With Port Authority Police At 'Coffee With A Cop' Commuters, Others Warm Up With Port Authority Police At 'Coffee With A Cop'
Commuters, Others Warm Up With Port Authority Police At 'Coffee With A Cop' Lines were long at Newark Airport one recent morning, but not for the usual reason. Port Authority police put a twist on the "Coffee With a Cop" initiative by taking java and donuts directly to the public. Instead of meeting with community members at a local coffee shop, the PAPD fanned out to the area transportation hubs that the men and women in blue protect. Port Authority police "Coffee With A Cop" at Newark International Airport.PORT AUTHORITY PD Sweetening the morning Joe were safety and crime prevention tips and other information provided by PAPD command members at: Newark, JF…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NAILED: Police Capture Thieves Who Targeted Tri-State Ulta Beauty Stores NAILED: Police Capture Thieves Who Targeted Tri-State Ulta Beauty Stores
Nailed: Police Capture Thieves Who Targeted Tri-State Ulta Beauty Stores A reasoned hunch paid off when Maywood police who staked out Bergen Town Center captured four members of a tri-state retail theft ring moments after they’d swiped thousands of dollars worth of perfume from an Ulta store in Ramsey. The crew was believed responsible for a spree at Ulta stores in New Jersey, New Jersey and Connecticut -- including at the Wayne Town Center -- over the past several weeks, authorities said. The quartet had just struck at the Interstate Shopping Center off Route 17 on Thursday when Maywood Detective Sgt. William Phayre headed to the Ulta store at Bergen Town Cente…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Hospitals Increasingly Pressed For Space By Coronavirus: HUMC Converts Cafeteria, Pediatric ER Hospitals Increasingly Pressed For Space By Coronavirus: HUMC Converts Cafeteria, Pediatric ER
Hospitals Increasingly Pressed For Space By Coronavirus: Humc Converts Cafeteria, Pediatric ER Although the worst of the coronavirus pandemic isn’t expected in the U.S. for another two weeks, hospitals are already scrambling to find space to treat those infected. Hackensack University Medical Center is converting its cafeteria into a unit for more than 70 patients, health care workers said Monday. Nearly a dozen other units in the hospital have been converted for treating coronavirus patients – as has the pediatric emergency room, they said. Pediatric emergency room patients were being moved to another building. Room for COVID-19 patients is plaguing hospitals throughout the countr…

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by Jerry DeMarco