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Police & Fire
Swatting Calls Prompt Lockdown At Half-Dozen NJ Schools Swatting Calls Prompt Lockdown At Half-Dozen NJ Schools
Swatting Calls Prompt Lockdown At Half-Dozen NJ Schools At least a half dozen high schools were locked down in New Jersey due to "swatting" calls, authorities said. The Hardyston Township Police Department responded to Wallkill Valley Regional High School after receiving several 911 calls of a potential active shooter situation around 9:30 a.m. Friday, Oct. 14, the department said. Reports of an active shooter prompted a lockdown and a swift police response at the Sussex County high school.  Police in Toms River, Ocean County, said on Facebook that they got a call about a possible shooting at High School North around 11 a.m. Friday. Other affe…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Philly Truck Driver Who Struck, Killed NJ Bicyclist Gets Charges Dropped: Report Philly Truck Driver Who Struck, Killed NJ Bicyclist Gets Charges Dropped: Report
Philly Truck Driver Who Struck, Killed NJ Bicyclist Gets Charges Dropped: Report A vehicular homicide charge has been dropped against a Philadelphia truck driver who fatally struck a bicyclist from Central Jersey five years ago, NJ Advance Media reports. Jorge Fretts, 31, had faced charges in a crash that killed 2011 East Brunswick High School graduate Emily Fredricks, the outlet says. Fredricks, 24, was riding to work as a baker when the crash occurred near 11th Street in Center City in 2017, news reports said. Fretts was allegedly looking down at paperwork and wearing a cellphone earbud when he hit Fredricks with a 32-ton truck. A Philadelphia judge dismiss…

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by Jon Craig
Obituaries
Beloved East Brunswick High School Grad Dies Suddenly At Age 28 Beloved East Brunswick High School Grad Dies Suddenly At Age 28
Beloved East Brunswick High School Grad Dies Suddenly At Age 28 Beloved East Brunswick High School graduate Shania Anaija Guadalupe died unexpectedly on Friday, Jan. 21 at the age of 28. Guadalupe was from New Brunswick and lived in East Brunswick, where she graduated high school in 2011, according to her social media page. Guadalupe attended Seton Hall University in South Orange, where she studied business administration, her page says. She also studied at Temple University’s Fox School of Business and LIO Brooklyn. Guadalupe was remembered as a kind and beautiful soul who loved spending time her many close friends and family members. Condolences po…

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by Valerie Musson
Schools
COVID-19: 37 Teachers, Students Quarantined At Middlesex County High School COVID-19: 37 Teachers, Students Quarantined At Middlesex County High School
Covid-19: 37 Teachers, Students Quarantined At Middlesex County High School A combined 37 teachers and students at East Brunswick High School are quarantining after coming in contact with COVID-19 cases, district officials said. The 10 teachers and 27 students all came in contact with three separate cases, not from within the school system, East Brunswick Schools Superintendent Victor Valeski said. In addition to those cases, local athletic teams in other districts came in contact with "close contacts" at Central, Chittick, Lawrence Brook and Memorial elementary schools, as well as Hammarskjold Middle School -- which includes the ELA, Before Care and…

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by Cecilia Levine