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'Force To Be Reckoned With:' Amber Takesh Of Morris County Dies After Brave Cancer Battle, 24 'Force To Be Reckoned With:' Amber Takesh Of Morris County Dies After Brave Cancer Battle, 24
'Force To Be Reckoned With:' Amber Takesh Of Morris County Dies After Brave Cancer Battle, 24 Beloved North Jersey native and “force to be reckoned with” Amber Stefanie Takesh died following an incredibly brave battle with Acute Myeloid Leukemia on Thursday, Oct. 6. She was 24. A native of Montville, Amber graduated from Montville High School in 2016, her obituary says. She went on to attend James Madison University, where she earned a Bachelor’s in 2019 and a Master’s in accounting in 2020. She was also a member of the Sigma Kappa sorority. Amber passed all four portions of the CPA exam on her first attempt while earning high scores. After finishing college, she worked as an accoun…

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by Valerie Musson
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Devoted Passaic County Mom, Black-Belt Martial Artist Dies, 48 Devoted Passaic County Mom, Black-Belt Martial Artist Dies, 48
Devoted Passaic County Mom, Black-Belt Martial Artist Dies, 48 Devoted Passaic County mother and black-belt martial artist Nicole D. Toulas died on Saturday, June 4 at the age of 48. Raised in Ringwood, Nicole graduated from Lakeland High School before attending the University of Tampa and earning her bachelor’s degree from William Paterson University, according to her obituary. Nicole interned for MSNBC and later pursued a marketing career, working for several years as the Director of Marketing for Rehabilitation Specialists, her memorial says. Nicole lived in Wayne with her loving husband, Andy, at the time of her death. The two had spent 18 years o…

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by Valerie Musson
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Car Crashes Into Cancer Center At HUMC, Uninsured Driver, 88, Says Foot Slipped: Police Car Crashes Into Cancer Center At HUMC, Uninsured Driver, 88, Says Foot Slipped: Police
Car Crashes Into Cancer Center At Humc, Uninsured Driver, 88, Says Foot Slipped: Police No one was injured when a vehicle driven by an 88-year-old man hit the front of the John Theurer Cancer Center in Hackensack, police said. The 88-year-old driver from the Rockland County town of West Haverstraw, NY, told police his foot slipped off the brake and hit the gas while he was in the drop-off lane around 6 p.m. Wednesday, city Police Lt. Anthony Natale said. "The vehicle went over the curb and lightly collided with one of the lobby glass windows," Natale said. "Two of the windows broke." After refusing medical attention, the driver got a summons for not having auto insurance, the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Park Ridge Firefighters' T-Shirt Campaign Benefits HUMC Cancer Research Center HEROES: Park Ridge Firefighters' T-Shirt Campaign Benefits HUMC Cancer Research Center
Heroes: Park Ridge Firefighters' T-Shirt Campaign Benefits Humc Cancer Research Center Park Ridge firefighters proudly presented a $3,000 check to the John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center toward the research and treatment of breast cancer. The firefighters raised the money the past few months through the sale of t-shirts designed by Firefighter Kyle Ladewig. "Knowing how difficult a breast cancer diagnosis can be for family and having witnessed some of our member's families be impacted by the disease, it seemed like a great opportunity for us to pitch in and do our part to help find a cure," said Firefighter Joseph Derienzo, who headed the sale…

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by Jerry DeMarco