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Obituaries
Beloved North Jersey Mom Of 1-Year-Old Girl Jennifer Lara Dies Suddenly On 33rd Birthday Beloved North Jersey Mom Of 1-Year-Old Girl Jennifer Lara Dies Suddenly On 33rd Birthday
Beloved North Jersey Mom Of 1-Year-Old Girl Jennifer Lara Dies Suddenly On 33rd Birthday North Jersey church parishioner and beloved mother of a one-year-old girl Jennifer Guadalupe Rodriguez Lara died suddenly on Jan. 22 — what would’ve been her 33rd birthday. Born in San Salvador, Lara was a parishioner at Mountaintop Church in Hackettstown, where she lived at the time of her death, her obituary says. Lara was a skilled and passionate cook who enjoyed watching soccer and cheering for her favorite Madrid team, her memorial says. Above all, Lara was a loving mother to her one-year-old daughter, Victoria Grace. More than $6,000 had been raised for Lara’s funeral expenses on a …

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
NJ Soccer Player Dies, 15 NJ Soccer Player Dies, 15
NJ Soccer Player Dies, 15 Support is surging for the family of Michael DeOliveira, a 15-year-old soccer player from Middletown. The teen died over the weekend. It was not immediately clear if he was the victim of Saturday's fatal train strike. "As a team, we play together , we win together, we lose together , and today- we mourn together," reads a GoFundMe campaign for the teen's family. "Anyone that knew Michael, knew he was an amazing young man who had a huge heart." The page was launched by Rosa Perry and had raised more than $30,000 as of Sunday morning. View this post on Instagram …

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by Cecilia Levine
Sports
NY Red Bulls Building Brand New Training Complex In Morris County NY Red Bulls Building Brand New Training Complex In Morris County
NY Red Bulls Building Brand New Training Complex In Morris County The New York Red Bulls are taking their training to the next level with the construction of a new facility in Morris County. The privately funded 80-acre Training Complex will be located at the former Honeywell site off of Columbia Road in Morris Township. The facility — which will also be home to the New York Red Bulls Academy and Youth Training programs — includes eight full-size soccer pitches as well as space for the team’s front office staff, officials said. "We are fortunate to have the support and commitment from Red Bull to help realize our vision of developing a world-class Traini…

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by Valerie Musson
Obituaries
Authorities Release Details In Branchburg Crash That Killed Teen Soccer Player Authorities Release Details In Branchburg Crash That Killed Teen Soccer Player
Authorities Release Details In Branchburg Crash That Killed Teen Soccer Player Authorities have released details in the crash that killed a 17-year-old Branchburg soccer player over the weekend. Vincent R. Gagliardi was the front seat passenger in a 2006 Toyota Scion that was heading west on Fairview Drive around 8:20 p.m. Oct. 8, Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson said. The vehicle hit several roadside objects across several hundred feet, ejecting Gagliardi, Robertson said alongside local officials. The driver and a rear-seat passenger were evaluated and treated at the scene, Robertson said. Life-saving measures were performed on Gagliardi, who wa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Sports
Red Bull Arena Brawl Draws Massive Police Presence, At Least 1 Injured Red Bull Arena Brawl Draws Massive Police Presence, At Least 1 Injured
Red Bull Arena Brawl Draws Massive Police Presence, At Least 1 Injured A brawl outside the Red Bull Arena during a doubleheader soccer match drew a massive police presence and left at least one person injured Sunday evening. More than 20,000 people were at the Harrison sports complex for the matches between Club Deportivo Olimpia vs. Futbol Club Motagua and Deportivo Independiente Medellin vs. America de Cali S.A., Secaucus police said. ¡Vergonzoso! El saldo que dejó la batalla campal entre aficionados de Olimpia y Motagua en Nueva Jersey. Unos 200 policías tuvieron que intervenir para controlar el pleito en las afueras del Red Bull Arena. https://t.co/qpP…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Family Of Hudson County Soccer Coach Devastated By House Fire Family Of Hudson County Soccer Coach Devastated By House Fire
Family Of Hudson County Soccer Coach Devastated By House Fire A Hudson County soccer coach and his family displaced by a house fire over the weekend are seeing support from the community. More than $30,000 had been raised on a GoFundMe as of Tuesday morning for Percy Oriondo's home on Elm Street in Kearny. Percy and his wife, Jennifer, have a young son and daughter together. All were displaced. "Our motto at Thistle since the club's founding in 1972 is 'Friendship Through Soccer' and we pride ourselves on being more than just a soccer club," GoFundMe founder Mike Mara writes. The five-alarm fire injured two firefighters and one city resident ea…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Seven Charged With Homicide In Death Of Soccer Great Diego Maradona Seven Charged With Homicide In Death Of Soccer Great Diego Maradona
Seven Charged With Homicide In Death Of Soccer Great Diego Maradona Authorities in Argentina have charged seven medical professionals in the death of soccer legend Diego Maradona. Maradona, considered one of the greatest soccer players of all time, died of a heart attack in Buenos Aires last November after undergoing surgery for a blood clot on his brain just two weeks earlier. He was 60. Family members’ concerns prompted an investigation that included a raid on the home and private clinic of neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, various news outlets reported. Then came the bombshell announcement that Luque and six others – including Maradona’s psychiatrist and two…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
New River Vale Police Officers Take Their Oaths New River Vale Police Officers Take Their Oaths
New River Vale Police Officers Take Their Oaths River Vale police welcomed two new alternate-route officers – both of whom had been scholastic athletes -- to their ranks. Officer Kimberly Pane grew up in River Vale and Westwood and was graduated from Montclair State University. She was a member of the Hillsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corps and a Westwood police dispatcher prior to attending the Atlantic County Police Academy. Pane had also been a goalie on the girls soccer team at Pascack Valley High School. Officer Goran Krasic, who recently worked as a public safety officer at Fairleigh Dickinson University, grew up in Maywood. He st…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Newark Police Bust 'Selfish' Irvington Women For Throwing Massive Soccer Parties Newark Police Bust 'Selfish' Irvington Women For Throwing Massive Soccer Parties
Newark Police Bust 'Selfish' Irvington Women For Throwing Massive Soccer Parties A pair of Irvington women were arrested for throwing two massive parties featuring soccer matches over the weekend in Newark, authorities said. Rosa E. Mainato, 23, and Fanny Camas, 27, were charged with maintaining an unlicensed liquor establishment, illegal sale of liquor, and unlawful possession of alcohol, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. “It’s incredible how once again people put wealth over health,” Ambrose said. “It’s selfish people like this who perpetuate the spread.” Police responded to 223 Verona Ave., on reports of a COVID-19 violation, where they fo…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Soccer Great Diego Maradona Dies At 60 Soccer Great Diego Maradona Dies At 60
Soccer Great Diego Maradona Dies At 60 Diego Armando Maradona, considered one of the greatest soccer players of all time, died of a heart attack in Buenos Aires early Wednesday, according to multiple reports.  Maradona, 60, who'd been in failing health, has left the hospital after undergoing surgery for a blood clot on his brain earlier this month, according to the Argentinian newspaper Clarín. Known as “El Pibe de Oro” (“The Golden Boy”), Maradona was honored along with Pele with the FIFA Player of the 20th Century award.  Following a 21-year career, he briefly coached Argentina during the 2010 World C…

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by Jerry DeMarco
News
Indian Hills HS Athlete Remains In Hospital 2 Months After Pancreatic Soccer Game Injury Indian Hills HS Athlete Remains In Hospital 2 Months After Pancreatic Soccer Game Injury
Indian Hills HS Athlete Remains In Hospital 2 Months After Pancreatic Soccer Game Injury Tuesday marked exactly two months since the injury that changed everything for Indian Hills High School sophomore Antonio Iapicca. Antonio, 15, was playing his heart out in a soccer game against Wayne Hills on Sept. 19, before he was kneed in the abdomen so hard he suffered a severed pancreas. The teen was admitted to The Children's Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center, where he remains today. It wasn't until earlier this month that Antonio's recovery turned a corner -- but that doesn't mean his peers, coaches, family and friends will stop fighting for him. More than $10,000 …

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by Cecilia Levine
Sports
Anatalia Pena, Recent Bloomfield High Graduate And Standout Soccer Player Anatalia Pena, Recent Bloomfield High Graduate And Standout Soccer Player
Anatalia Pena, Recent Bloomfield High Graduate And Standout Soccer Player Anatalia Pena, a 2018 graduate of Bloomfield High School and a standout soccer player, died in a car accident Sunday on her way back to Barry University in Miami Shores, Fla., Essex News Daily reported.  There are no words. We all wish to pass on our most profound and deepest sympathy to Anatalia Pena's Family. 2018 BHS... Posted by Bloomfield Soccer Club on Sunday, August 25, 2019 She was entering her sophomore year at the school.  News of her death spurred an outpouring of grief online for the former co-captain of the girls soccer team at Bloomfield High School, where she scored 42 g…

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by Paul Milo