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Coronavirus Kills 4th Member Of Same Family Tied To New Jersey's First Fatal COVID-19 Victim Coronavirus Kills 4th Member Of Same Family Tied To New Jersey's First Fatal COVID-19 Victim
Coronavirus Kills 4th Member Of Same Family Tied To New Jersey's First Fatal Covid-19 Victim A fourth member of a New Jersey family connected to the state's first coronavirus fatality died Thursday. Vincent Fusco passed away at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold, the same hospital where his mother, 73-year-old family matriarch Grace Fusco, died of the virus a day earlier. His brother, Carmine Fusco, died hours before their mother at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Pennsylvania near his home in Bath -- becoming that state's first COVID-19 fatality. Their sister, Rita Fusco-Jackson, died last Friday and later tested positive for the virus. Rita Fusco-Jackson became …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Coronavirus Kills 3 Members Of Same NJ Family, Three More Critical Coronavirus Kills 3 Members Of Same NJ Family, Three More Critical
Coronavirus Kills 3 Members Of Same NJ Family, Three More Critical A New Jersey mother of 11 and grandmother of 27 became the third member of her family to die after contracting the coronavirus. The infections were connected to New Jersey's first coronavirus fatality because of horse racing. Grave Fusco, the 73-year-old family matriarch from Freehold, didn't know that one of her sons died hours earlier, or that her daughter, Rita Fusco-Jackson, had died five days earlier. She'd been treated at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township along with other family members, The New York Times reported. Four other children in the family who contracted …

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by Jon Craig
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COVID-19: Second NJ Death Reported COVID-19: Second NJ Death Reported
Covid-19: Second NJ Death Reported A woman in her 50s being treated for coronavirus has died, officials said. The woman, who died Thursday and was being treated at CentraState Medical Center in Monmouth County, was New Jersey's second coronavirus-related death, Gov. Phil Murphy said Saturday night in a tweet. Doctors suspected the patient had coronavirus but were awaiting test results, reports say. Her case was announced during a Friday press conference. "Please wash your hands frequently and practice social distancing," Murphy said. "We will get through this together." New Jersey’s first coronavirus fatality was a 69-year…

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by Cecilia Levine
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1st NJ Coronvirus Death Victim Was 40-Year Horseman From Little Ferry Who Worked At Yonkers 1st NJ Coronvirus Death Victim Was 40-Year Horseman From Little Ferry Who Worked At Yonkers
1st NJ Coronvirus Death Victim Was 40-Year Horseman From Little Ferry Who Worked At Yonkers UPDATE: New Jersey’s first coronavirus fatality was a 69-year-old Little Ferry man who worked at Yonkers Raceway, which canceled racing Tuesday night from concerns that others may have contracted the virus, officials said. John Brennon was a horseman’s field representative for the Standardbred Owners Association (SOA) of New York, its president, Joseph Faraldo, said Tuesday. Faraldo said COVID-19 exacerbated existing health conditions, which authorities in New Jersey said included diabetes. Faraldo, in a Facebook post, said he remained confined himself over his doctor’s concerns that he mi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Tedesco Declares State Of Emergency After Coronavirus Claims Little Ferry Man, 69 UPDATE: Tedesco Declares State Of Emergency After Coronavirus Claims Little Ferry Man, 69
Update: Tedesco Declares State Of Emergency After Coronavirus Claims Little Ferry Man, 69 UPDATE: The death of a 69-year-old Little Ferry man from coronavirus on Tuesday -- the first fatality of its kind in New Jersey -- prompted Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco to declare a state of emergency in the county. John Brennan, who had diabetes and other complications, hadn’t recently traveled out of the country but had gone back and forth to and from New York, where the greatest number of cases in the U.S. (125) have been reported, state Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said. Brennon was a horseman’s field representative for the Standardbred Owners Association (SOA) of New …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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NJ's 1st Coronavirus Death: Little Ferry Man, 69, At Hackensack University Medical Center NJ's 1st Coronavirus Death: Little Ferry Man, 69, At Hackensack University Medical Center
NJ's 1st Coronavirus Death: Little Ferry Man, 69, At Hackensack University Medical Center UPDATE: New Jersey’s first coronavirus fatality was a 69-year-old Little Ferry man who worked at Yonkers Raceway, which cancelled racing Tuesday night from concerns that others may have contracted the virus, officials said. John Brennon was a horseman’s field representative for the Standardbred Owners Association (SOA) of New York, its president, Joseph Faraldo, said Tuesday. Faraldo said COVID-19 exacerbated existing health conditions, which authorities in New Jersey said included diabetes. Faraldo, in a Facebook post, said he remained confined himself over his doctor’s concerns that he …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Official Count: Fire Kills 24 Horses In Franklin Lakes Trainer's Stable Official Count: Fire Kills 24 Horses In Franklin Lakes Trainer's Stable
Official Count: Fire Kills 24 Horses In Franklin Lakes Trainer's Stable Rich Banca of Franklin Lakes had insurance on the Orange County, N.Y. barn where a fire this past weekend killed two dozen horses, but it was likely the owners of each of the victims didn't. “It was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen in my life,” Banca told The Times Herald-Record. One horse fled the fire, then inexplicably returned to the Mount Hope Training Center stable and was killed with the others, said Banca, who trains harness racers who run at the Meadowlands, Yonkers Raceway and elsewhere. Nearly a dozen companies responded to the 3 a.m. fire Saturday after a center employee …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Official Count: Fire Kills 24 Horses In Franklin Lakes Trainer's NY Stable Official Count: Fire Kills 24 Horses In Franklin Lakes Trainer's NY Stable
Official Count: Fire Kills 24 Horses In Franklin Lakes Trainer's NY Stable Rich Branca of Franklin Lakes had insurance on the Orange County, N.Y. barn where a weekend fire killed two dozen horses, but it was likely the owners of each of the victims didn't. “It was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen in my life,” Banca told The Times Herald-Record. One horse fled the fire, then inexplicably returned to the Mount Hope Training Center stable and was killed with the others, said Banca, who's owned the center nearly a dozen years and trains harness racers who run at the Meadowlands, Yonkers Raceway and elsewhere. Nearly a dozen companies responded to the 3 a.m. fir…

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by Kathy Reakes