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Police & Fire
UPDATE: Woman, 71, Struck And Killed By Car In Clark UPDATE: Woman, 71, Struck And Killed By Car In Clark
Update: Woman, 71, Struck And Killed By Car In Clark The Clark Police Department was investigating Saturday after a 71-year-old woman was struck by a car and suffered serious injuries, a department spokeswoman said. The woman was struck near the ShopRite supermarket at Raritan Road and Central Avenue around 8:30 a.m. She was flown by helicopter to University Hospital in Newark. Police later Saturday said the woman died of her injuries. She was not immediately identified.  Police also said that the driver remained at the scene and called 9-1-1. The driver is cooperating with the investigation.  Clark police ask any witnesses to th…

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by Paul Milo
Neighbors
ER Nurse From Union County Needs Help In Cancer Fight ER Nurse From Union County Needs Help In Cancer Fight
ER Nurse From Union County Needs Help In Cancer Fight As an emergency room nurse for the last 13 years, Jennifer Noone has helped countless people in medical distress. Now, she finds herself in need of help. Noone, a Clark resident who attended Roselle Catholic High School and Kean University, was diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma in February. A rare form of cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma affects only about 1 in 100,000 Americans. The experienced nurse contracted a sinus infection in January and knew something was wrong when it wasn’t clearing up. A visit to the doctor confirmed that she was very sick and had to begin an aggressive co…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Bloomfield Man Carjacks Lyft Driver, Stabs Passenger In Clark: Police Bloomfield Man Carjacks Lyft Driver, Stabs Passenger In Clark: Police
Bloomfield Man Carjacks Lyft Driver, Stabs Passenger In Clark: Police A 27-year-old Bloomfield man was arrested Wednesday after he attacked a Lyft driver and a fellow passenger as the vehicle traveled through Clark early Wednesday morning, Chief of Police Pedro M. Matos said.  Patrolling officers found a 47-year-old man lying on Westfield Avenue around 1 a.m. who had been stabbed in the head, face and neck. A 20-year-old woman was also found on Westfield Avenue and had also been stabbed in the face and head. Officers learned that the man was the driver and the woman a passenger.  The woman and another man, Farrakhan S. Howard, had been picked up in …

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Smash, Smash, Suh-Mash: 'Kai The Hitchhiker' Found Guilty Of Clark Murder Smash, Smash, Suh-Mash: 'Kai The Hitchhiker' Found Guilty Of Clark Murder
Smash, Smash, Suh-Mash: 'Kai The Hitchhiker' Found Guilty Of Clark Murder A hitchhiker who briefly became an online celebrity after giving a profanity-laced interview several years ago has been found guilty of killing a 73-year-old attorney in his Clark home, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said Wednesday.  Caleb "Kai" McGillvary, 30, was convicted of first-degree murder in the beating death of Joseph Galfy Jr. six years ago.  Police discovered Galfy's body beside his bed after responding to his Starlight Drive home May 13, 2013.  Surveillance footage, cell phone data and other evidence quickly pointed to McGillvary as the suspect. He was arr…

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by Paul Milo
Police & Fire
Lyft Driver Kidnapped At Gunpoint In Newark, Forced To Make Several Stops Lyft Driver Kidnapped At Gunpoint In Newark, Forced To Make Several Stops
Lyft Driver Kidnapped At Gunpoint In Newark, Forced To Make Several Stops Police in Newark are looking for a group of people who forced a ride share driver at gunpoint to take them to various locations in the area before robbing the driver, Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said.  The Lyft driver picked up a fare on the 700 block of S. 18th Street around 3:30 p.m. April 7. Three passengers, who may have been juveniles, entered the vehicle and one pulled the gun.  They first ordered the driver to take them to Capital One bank at 487 Springfield Ave., where two of the passengers entered as the third continued to hold the driver at gunpoint.  Ne…

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by Paul Milo
News
North Jersey Couple Among 8 Hospitalized In Weekend Overnight Crash North Jersey Couple Among 8 Hospitalized In Weekend Overnight Crash
North Jersey Couple Among 8 Hospitalized In Weekend Overnight Crash A 21-year-old Midland Park couple was in critical condition following a weekend collision that injured seven people and killed one. ** UPDATE: A 22-year-old man was charged in the Sunday morning crash that killed a 20-year-old college student and injured seven other people. ** More than $30,000 had been raised as of Wednesday evening on a GoFundMe for Ryan Moore and Jenna Passero.  Moore, a senior market major, was among five TCNJ students involved in the Sunday morning crash, who sustained multiple lacerations, concussions, a ruptured bladder and other injuries, the college's st…

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by Cecilia Levine