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Service Suspended After Train Disabled In Maplewood Service Suspended After Train Disabled In Maplewood
Service Suspended After Train Disabled In Maplewood Service has been suspended on parts of the Morris and Essex line after a train disabled in Maplewood on Friday, July 7, NJ Transit officials said. The train disabled due to overhead wire issues, transit officials said. The 36 passengers were taken off the train and put on a bus, transit officials said. Morris and Essex Line rail service is suspended in both directions between Broad Street and Dover and customers should seek alternate transportation, transit officials said.  NJ Transit rail tickets and passes are being cross-honored by NJ Transit bus and private carriers, transit offic…

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by Sam Barron
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One Dead, Another Injured In Horrific Route 208 Crash One Dead, Another Injured In Horrific Route 208 Crash
One Dead, Another Injured In Horrific Route 208 Crash Authorities identified a driver killed in a horrific Labor Day crash on Route 208 as a 78-year-old woman from Dover and the injured passenger as her 80-year-old husband. Carmen Traverso was pronounced dead at the scene, Hawthorne Police Capt. Robert King said Tuesday, Sept. 6. Pablo Traverso, meanwhile, was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, the captain said. The couple's 2014 Toyota Camry careened off the road and up an embankment, where it slammed into a tree on the southbound highway just north of Goffle Road shortly after noon Monday. An extended operation was required …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Teen In Morris County Crosswalk Struck By Car Teen In Morris County Crosswalk Struck By Car
Teen In Morris County Crosswalk Struck By Car A 17-year-old girl was struck by a car while walking in a marked crosswalk in Morris County Tuesday night, authorities said. The girl was crossing over the intersection of East Blackwell Street and South Morris Street in Dover when she was hit by a 49-year-old woman driving a 2009 Toyota Camry just after 5:30 p.m., Police Deputy Chief Jonathan E. Delaney told Daily Voice. The driver was turning left onto South Morris Street from East Blackwell Street when she struck the girl -- who had the right of way and was in the marked crosswalk, authorities said. The girl was transported to Sain…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Boy, 3, Found By Fisherman In Lake Hopatcong Dies UPDATE: Boy, 3, Found By Fisherman In Lake Hopatcong Dies
Update: Boy, 3, Found By Fisherman In Lake Hopatcong Dies A 3-year-old boy died at the hospital after his lifeless body was found earlier this week by a Lake Hopatcong fisherman, authorities said. Jefferson police officers Charles Paskas and Mathew Saparito, and Cpl. Jeremy Romash performed CPR on the boy on Capp Beach around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jefferson Police Capt. Robert Bush said. The boy was then taken in an ambulance to St. Clare’s Hospital in Dover, where he was pronounced dead, police said. The boy’s death was not deemed suspicious, Bush said. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call Jefferson Township Police Detectiv…

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by Valerie Musson & Cecilia Levine
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Rockaway Schools Sup't 'Devoted To District' With Search For Replacement Under Way Rockaway Schools Sup't 'Devoted To District' With Search For Replacement Under Way
Rockaway Schools Sup't 'Devoted To District' With Search For Replacement Under Way A search is under way to replace Rockaway Schools Superintendent James McLaughlin, who resigned unexpectedly last month, district officials announced Thursday. McLaughlin will hold his position until July 1 but has accepted a new position in Dover. Rockaway Board of Education President Susan Salny said the search has a "rigorous yet achievable" timeline, with a closing date of April 8. "I am focused on devoting all my efforts to Rockaway Township until July 1," McLaughlin told Daily Voice. "It is our hope to appoint a new superintendent at our meeting on May 22," Salny said in an ema…

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by Cecilia Levine