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Funeral Arrangements Finalized For Beloved Sheriff's Officer, Marine, School Board Trustee Funeral Arrangements Finalized For Beloved Sheriff's Officer, Marine, School Board Trustee
Funeral Arrangements Finalized For Beloved Sheriff's Officer, Marine, School Board Trustee A funeral for a beloved public servant from Bergen County is scheduled for next Monday, Nov. 28. Timothy M. O'Hare -- father, husband, Marine, school board member, county sheriff's officer and much more -- died the morning of Sunday, Nov. 20. He was 50 years old. Visiting hours will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, at Warner-Wozniak Funeral Home, 470 Colfax Avenue, Clifton, NJ 07013. A funeral Mass will be celebrated 11 a.m., Monday, Nov. 28, at St. Luke’s Roman Catholic Church on Franklin Turnpike in Ho-Ho-Kus. Entombment will follow in Maryrest Cemetery, 770 Darlington…

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Driver OK After Sedan Careens Off Garden State Parkway Into Townhouse Driver OK After Sedan Careens Off Garden State Parkway Into Townhouse
Driver OK After Sedan Careens Off Garden State Parkway Into Townhouse A driver was hospitalized after her sedan careened off the Garden State Parkway and into a townhouse on Wednesday, leaving a trail of damage the length of a football field in its wake, State Police said. A chain-link fence may have braced the 84-year-old Bloomfield motorist's Mercury as it fell over a wall and into the back of the George Russell Way development at milepost 155.6 in Clifton. The driver was taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center in Paterson with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening, NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. Brookside Towing hoisted the sedan from…

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Charges Filed In Auto Death Of Beloved Clifton Icon Charges Filed In Auto Death Of Beloved Clifton Icon
Charges Filed In Auto Death Of Beloved Clifton Icon Grieving loved ones prepared to bury a beloved Clifton icon as authorities announced that charges had been filed against the driver who struck and killed 81-year-old "marathon man" Marinus Lalumia. The driver, Ibrahim Jadallah, 21, remained held in the Passaic County Jail pending a first appearance Thursday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Paterson, authorities announced.  He's charged with death by auto, otherwise known as vehicular manslaughter, they said. Jadallah was behind the wheel of a speeding 2017 Honda HR-V that struck Lalumia as he crossed Hazel Street, a few doors down …

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SEEN HIM? Endangered Newark Man Last Spotted Leaving Clifton Clinic More Than Year Ago SEEN HIM? Endangered Newark Man Last Spotted Leaving Clifton Clinic More Than Year Ago
Seen HIM? Endangered Newark Man Last Spotted Leaving Clifton Clinic More Than Year Ago He has a hitch in his step and is missing the tip of his left pinkie. Police from Clifton and Newark have been trying to find him for more than a year now. They need your help. Michael Davis, 58, of Newark went missing after leaving a Clifton health services program more than 13 month ago. Davis – who police said was diagnosed with medical conditions that could affect his well-being -- wasn’t on a shuttle bus that was supposed to take him back to his Ridge Street home after leaving Adult Family Health Services on Orchard Street in Clifton around 3:30 p.m. Aug. 12. He was seen an hour and a…

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Female Students Struck By Paterson Driver Crossing Outside Clifton High School Female Students Struck By Paterson Driver Crossing Outside Clifton High School
Female Students Struck By Paterson Driver Crossing Outside Clifton High School Two students were struck crossing the street outside Clifton High School early Friday, authorities said. The girls -- one 15, the other 17 -- were in the crosswalk on Colfax Avenue at Lindenwold Avenue when they were struck by a vehicle driven by a 50-year-old Paterson man shortly before 7 a.m., Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. Both were alert and conscious when they were taken to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson with what responders said weren't life-threatening injuries, Bracken said. The driver remained at the scene and received a summons for failing to yield…

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Clifton PD: Driver Nearly Rams Police Cruiser, Fights With Officers Clifton PD: Driver Nearly Rams Police Cruiser, Fights With Officers
Clifton PD: Driver Nearly Rams Police Cruiser, Fights With Officers A Clifton driver who nearly slammed his car head-on into a police cruiser fought with officers after they broke a window to get him out, authorities said. Maurice Wade, 29, locked himself in his car and belligerently refused to comply with the demands of officers who stopped him on Orchard Street near Colfax Avenue after the near-miss, Detective Lt. Robert Bracken said. The standoff “continued for a considerable amount of time” before an officer smashed the passenger-side window with a baton, Bracken said. Wade resisted, and a lengthy struggle followed before he was subdued, the lieutenant…

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by Jerry DeMarco