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Hardworking Grandfather Killed Clearing Snow Off Car In Paterson Was 'Joy In The Room' Hardworking Grandfather Killed Clearing Snow Off Car In Paterson Was 'Joy In The Room'
Hardworking Grandfather Killed Clearing Snow Off Car In Paterson Was 'Joy In The Room' A 59-year-old father and grandfather killed in a hit-and-run crash while clearing snow from his car leaves behind a grieving family that remembers him as a hardworking man who always put others first. Abel Herrera Cardoso was struck by a green Chevy Trailblazer near Alabama and Trenton avenues at approximately 8:50 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 3, according to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Officer-In-Charge Patrick Murray. Officers arrived to find Herrera suffering from severe injuries, officials said. He was rushed to Saint Joseph’s University Medical Center, where…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Saddle Brook Chief Charged With Ordering On-Duty Police Escorts For His Funeral Business Saddle Brook Chief Charged With Ordering On-Duty Police Escorts For His Funeral Business
Saddle Brook Chief Charged With Ordering On-Duty Police Escorts For His Funeral Business State authorities on Monday charged Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler with ordering on-duty police officers to conduct escorts for his funeral business using department vehicles. The Bergen County Prosecutor's Office has temporarily assumed control over the day-to-day operation of the Saddle Brook Police Department as a result, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced. Kugler, 59, of Saddle Brook, was issued a summons charging him with conspiracy, official misconduct and corruption of public resources, Grewal said. A hearing was yet to be scheduled. He also was suspended wit…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Bury Me In New Jersey': Friends Make Passaic County Native's Dying Wish Come True 'Bury Me In New Jersey': Friends Make Passaic County Native's Dying Wish Come True
'Bury Me In New Jersey': Friends Make Passaic County Native's Dying Wish Come True Tara Condon Wager's identity was tied to many things. She was a mom and a wife, first and foremost. She was an autism advocate to her son and others at the Santiago & Friends Family Center for Autism, where she worked. Tara was a Jersey Girl -- Paterson, born and raised. And as she spent her final days battling Stage 4 colon cancer, Tara expressed her dying wish: To be buried in New Jersey. More than $5,200 had been raised on a GoFundMe launched by Tara's friend Dorothy Bara as of Saturday morning to help bring Tara's body from Florida to New Jersey to fulfill her dying wish. Tara p…

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by Cecilia Levine