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Tributes Pour In For Longtime First Responder Leslie Graf, Passaic County Native Tributes Pour In For Longtime First Responder Leslie Graf, Passaic County Native
Tributes Pour In For Longtime First Responder Leslie Graf, Passaic County Native Leslie Graf, a lifelong New Jersey resident and longtime first responder, died on Tuesday, March 5 at the age of 77, according to her obituary. Born in Kearny in 1947, Graf lived in Nutley before moving to Wayne, her obituary reads. She met her husband Bill while attending Wayne Valley High School and they raised their three daughters in Bloomingdale, according to her obituary. Chief Daniel Greenwood and the entire police department send our sincere condolences to the Graf Family and Tri-Boro... Posted by Bloomingdale Police Department on Thursday, March 7, 2024 Graf was a nurse fo…

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by Sam Barron
News
Dedicated North Jersey EMT Starting Dialysis Desperately Seeks Kidney Donor Dedicated North Jersey EMT Starting Dialysis Desperately Seeks Kidney Donor
Dedicated North Jersey EMT Starting Dialysis Desperately Seeks Kidney Donor A dedicated and passionate North Jersey EMT is desperately seeking a kidney donor as he begins dialysis treatments after years of battling chronic disease. Reid Cappel, an Atlantic Health EMT from Harding Township, has been living with one kidney for years after his diagnosis with the chronic disease at age 21, he said. "Growing up I had a lot of stomach issues", said Cappel, according to the Madison NJ PBA. “When I was 21 years old, they found a massive tumor where the other kidney should have been. Luckily it wasn't cancerous, but I've been dealing with Chronic Kidney Disease since the…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Bergenfield Heartbroken Over Death Of Former EMT, DPW Worker Carter Murdock, 21 Bergenfield Heartbroken Over Death Of Former EMT, DPW Worker Carter Murdock, 21
Bergenfield Heartbroken Over Death Of Former EMT, DPW Worker Carter Murdock, 21 Bergenfield is mourning the loss of DPW worker and former EMT Carter F. Murdock, who died on Aug. 23. He was 21 years old.  Scroll down for service details. Carter had been working for the Bergenfield DPW and was a valued member of the Bergenfield Volunteer Ambulance Corps. "Nobody ever had a bad word to say about Carter," Bergenfield Mayor Norman Schmelz said. "He was just a great kid." Carter and his family have long been a fabric of the community, Schmelz said. "Our members are devastated," BVAC Capt. Ryan Shell said.  "He was bright, caring, humble and helped so …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
IS IT YOU? 'Mystery' EMT Revives Man At Teaneck Armory, Then Leaves IS IT YOU? 'Mystery' EMT Revives Man At Teaneck Armory, Then Leaves
IS IT YOU? 'Mystery' EMT Revives Man At Teaneck Armory, Then Leaves TEANECK, N.J. -- An off-duty EMT saved the life of a 50-year-old man whose heart stopped beating at the Teaneck Armory -- then left without receiving any credit or thanks. Members of the Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps are hoping he'll see this story and contact them so they can offer their appreciation. Another bystander was on the phone with a 911 dispatcher just before midnight late Wednesday while the unknown EMT began CPR on the victim, who had no pulse and wasn't breathing, TVAC Public Information Officer Larry Robertson said. An off duty squad member arrived on scene along with Te…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Former Old Tappan Firefighter, Private Investigator Tim Sheridan Dies, 39 Former Old Tappan Firefighter, Private Investigator Tim Sheridan Dies, 39
Former Old Tappan Firefighter, Private Investigator Tim Sheridan Dies, 39 OLD TAPPAN, N.J. — Timothy “Tim” Sheridan formerly of Old Tappan died on Jan. 8 in Florida, with his parents by his side. He was 39 years old. Visitation will be Saturday, Jan. 13, at Old Tappan's St. Pius X RC Church at 10 a.m. A Memorial Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tim was born in Queens, NY and was raised in Old Tappan. He attended the Old Tappan schools and graduated from Northern Valley Regional High School.  Tim was a parishioner of St. Pius X in Old Tappan. He was an avid fan of football and baseball with Mets, Jets and Notre Dame being his teams.  From a very early age, Tim…

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by Cecilia Levine