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Girl, 14, Dies By Suicide Days After Filmed Attack At Ocean County High School Girl, 14, Dies By Suicide Days After Filmed Attack At Ocean County High School
Girl, 14, Dies By Suicide Days After Filmed Attack At Ocean County High School UPDATE: Superintendent Resigns After Controversial Comments On Jersey Shore Teen's Suicide Adriana Olivia Kuch was always a happy child, her father Michael Kuch says. "She was a wild child," he told Daily Voice on Thursday, Feb. 9. "She wanted to have fun." On Feb. 3, Kuch and his wife found their 14-year-old daughter dead by suicide in their Bayville home — two days after she was the victim of an attack in the halls of Central Regional High School. Kuch says these types of attacks at the hands of a group of girls have been an ongoing issue at CRHS, and now, he's calling for action. "Th…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Rutgers Frat Pledge Suffers Broken Skull, Brain Injury In Hazing Incident: Lawsuit Rutgers Frat Pledge Suffers Broken Skull, Brain Injury In Hazing Incident: Lawsuit
Rutgers Frat Pledge Suffers Broken Skull, Brain Injury In Hazing Incident: Lawsuit A 19-year-old Theta Chi pledge at Rutgers University is suing the school, the fraternity, its grand chapter, and more than a dozen fraternity brothers after falling down a flight of stairs in an alleged drunken hazing incident, leaving him seriously injured. Armand Runte, of Somers Point, was forced to drink "life-threatening" amounts of booze before tumbling down a flight of stairs at the Mine Street frat house in New Brunswick during "Big Brother Night" last month, according to a newly-filed lawsuit detailed by NJ Advance Media. The incident allegedly wasn't reported until hours later,&nb…

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by Cecilia Levine
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No AC Closes Jersey Shore Hospital ER, Patients Diverted (DEVELOPING) No AC Closes Jersey Shore Hospital ER, Patients Diverted (DEVELOPING)
No AC Closes Jersey Shore Hospital ER, Patients Diverted (Developing) Air conditioning was not working at a Jersey Shore hospital forcing its emergency room to temporarily close Wednesday, July 20, officials confirmed. The malfunction at Riverview Medical Center occurred around 9 a.m. as temps climbed into the 90s. HAPPENING NOW: Riverview Medical Center in Redbank transporting multiple patients to other facilities after experiencing a power outage. pic.twitter.com/XX0aesZgcW — The Lakewood Scoop (@LakewoodScoop) July 20, 2022 The following statement was released to News12: This morning, some of the air conditioning units at Hackensack Meridian Rivervie…

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by Jon Craig
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WATCH: NJ Kindergarten Teacher On Paid Leave After Giving Parent Middle Finger During Zoom Call WATCH: NJ Kindergarten Teacher On Paid Leave After Giving Parent Middle Finger During Zoom Call
Watch: NJ Kindergarten Teacher On Paid Leave After Giving Parent Middle Finger During Zoom Call A Morris County kindergarten teacher was on paid leave after gave the middle finger to a parent during what she calls a “communication mistake” during a Zoom call. The video shows Roxbury Schools teacher Linda Brajer giving the middle finger gesture in response to a parent who had asked her and another aide to discuss their concerns about distracted students off-camera. One parent apparently began recording the conversation when things turned sour. The incident went viral on Twitter. Question: How’s virtual kindergarten going in NJ?Answer: pic.twitter.com/ZT7jmQKaAL — Jersey Jackass’s…

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by Valerie Musson
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Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Saquon Barkley Set For At-Home 'Jersey 4 Jersey' COVID-19 Benefit Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Saquon Barkley Set For At-Home 'Jersey 4 Jersey' COVID-19 Benefit
Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Saquon Barkley Set For At-Home 'Jersey 4 Jersey' Covid-19 Benefit Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Tony Bennett and others will perform from their homes in an April 22 fundraiser broadcast on several television and radio networks, organizers said Tuesday. ‘JERSEY 4 JERSEY’ will also feature New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley, comedians Jon Stewart, Danny DeVito and Whoopi Goldberg and performers and celebrities. ““New Jersey is on the front lines of this pandemic, making it more important than ever for us to do what Jersey does best – take care of one another,” New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy said Tuesday. The New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Falling Hoboken Man' Died Of Cancer, Neighbors Say 'Falling Hoboken Man' Died Of Cancer, Neighbors Say
'Falling Hoboken Man' Died Of Cancer, Neighbors Say A man captured falling down a set of Hoboken steps by Google Streetview was deep into a battle with terminal cancer at the time of the incident and has since passed away, News12 reports. News12 reporter Brian Donahue set out to 725 Willow Ave. earlier this month to identify the man in the image that went viral (and has since been blurred out by Google). Neighbors told Donahue the "falling man of Hoboken" was named Irving de Jesus Espinal, and that he died last November, three months after the photo was taken, at 67 years old. Espinal was born in the Dominican Republic and came to the …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
K9-Loving Military Family Fights For Return Of Bomb-Sniffing ‘Mattie Cakes’ K9-Loving Military Family Fights For Return Of Bomb-Sniffing ‘Mattie Cakes’
K9-Loving Military Family Fights For Return Of Bomb-Sniffing ‘Mattie Cakes’ “The emptiness in our home is palpable,” the wife of a Central Jersey Army National Guardsman who had his bomb-sniffing dog taken back by his employer said Friday. “We all miss her,” Deirdre Igoe-Fennessy said. Her husband, Seamus, had been handling and training Mattie the past five years. After the 20-year Guardsman was summoned for long-term active duty in nearby New York, MSA Security took her back. It began as a local story but has begun picking up steam via an online petition and Facebook page. The nearly 7-year-old black Lab has only known the Middlesex County (Old Bridge) coup…

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by Jerry DeMarco