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Dramatic Video Shows Linden Teacher Jump In Rolling SUV Headed Toward Students Dramatic Video Shows Linden Teacher Jump In Rolling SUV Headed Toward Students
Dramatic Video Shows Linden Teacher Jump In Rolling SUV Headed Toward Students Dramatic video footage shows a fast-acting Linden Public School jump into an SUV to stop it from rolling into students. Health and physical education teacher Valerie Tauriello was on drop-off duty in front of Soehl Middle School when she spotted a frantic dad get out of a car to drop off an iPad that his child forgot Wednesday morning, Linden school officials said. Keen-eyed Tauriello noticed the car start rolling toward a group of students on a sidewalk. Without hesitation, she jumped in the driver's seat to avert tragedy on the first day of school. Middle School Principal …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Body Of Missing Linden Schools Employee Recovered From Rahway River Body Of Missing Linden Schools Employee Recovered From Rahway River
Body Of Missing Linden Schools Employee Recovered From Rahway River The body of a Linden public schools employee who has been missing for weeks was recovered from the Rahway River Saturday morning, authorities said. Rahway police officers responded to the river near Essex Street Saturday morning on reports of a body in the river, where Det. Anthony Tilton positively identified the body as that of 55-year-old Brian Gooney, authorities said. Gooney was last seen leaving his Main Street apartment around 9 p.m. on March 9.  Since then, officers from the Rahway Police Department and the Union County Police Department have conducted several extensive searches o…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
North Jersey Schools Employee Missing For 1 Week North Jersey Schools Employee Missing For 1 Week
North Jersey Schools Employee Missing For 1 Week A Rahway man who works for the Linden Public School system has been reported missing. Brian Gooney -- a paraprofessional at Soehl Middle School -- was last seen on March 9, Rahway police said. Anyone with information on Gooney's whereabouts is urged to call Rahway police at 732-837-2200.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Roselle Man, 30, Indicted In Linden Arson Spree Roselle Man, 30, Indicted In Linden Arson Spree
Roselle Man, 30, Indicted In Linden Arson Spree A Union County grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against a Roselle man accused of setting a series of fires in Linden. Marcus D. Wise, 30, set fires to a Linden school, homes and dumpster last July 25, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said. The first fire broke out at a business on the 800 block of North Wood Avenue around 10 p.m. A half-hour later, a fire was reported at a vacant home on the 900 block of Seymour Avenue Two more fires were reported after midnight -- one a brush fire on the 20 block of East Curtis Street and the other a dumpster fire on the 300 …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Man Charged With Setting Series Of Fires In Linden UPDATE: Man Charged With Setting Series Of Fires In Linden
Update: Man Charged With Setting Series Of Fires In Linden UPDATE, Aug. 1: A Roselle man has been charged with setting the fires. Click here for more.  Original story is below:  Firefighters in Linden and neighboring towns handled a string of fires Thursday night that police say appear to be suspicious.  No one was hurt in any of the fires.  The first in the series of blazes occurred at 809 N. Wood Ave. around 10 p.m., said Lt. Christopher Guenther of the Linden Police Department. The building was unoccupied, but police said neighbors were evacuated safely as a precaution.  An empty house on Seymour Avenue went up n…

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by Paul Milo