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Prosecutor Investigating: 1 Airlifted After Head-On Crash With Mount Olive Police Officer Prosecutor Investigating: 1 Airlifted After Head-On Crash With Mount Olive Police Officer
Prosecutor Investigating: 1 Airlifted After Head-On Crash With Mount Olive Police Officer The driver who hit a Mount Olive police vehicle and a car carrying three people Thursday was extricated then flown to an area hospital in unknown condition, local police said. The three-car crash that happened just after 12:40 p.m. shut River Road for an investigation involving the Morris County Prosecutor's Officer, Mount Olive Police Chief Stephen Beecher said. Mount Olive Police Lt. Philip Lucivero was headed northbound on River Road in the department's Chevrolet Tahoe when he noticed an erratic driver in the southbound lane, Beecher said. The erratic driver struck the car in front…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Meet The 3 New Jersey Contestants On 'Big Brother' This Season Meet The 3 New Jersey Contestants On 'Big Brother' This Season
Meet The 3 New Jersey Contestants On 'Big Brother' This Season Three people with New Jersey roots will be featured on "Big Brother" 21, airing later this month. The two-night premier will at 8 p.m. on June 24 and 25. Cast members are recorded 24/7 for the entire season for a chance to win $5,000. One house guest is voted off each week. These are the New Jersey cast members on this season. Isabella Wang, 22 from Mount Olive: A public health analyst who describes herself as spontaneous, reckless and generous. Christie Murphy, 28 of Keyport: A boutique owner who describes herself as an edgy, outgoing overachiever. Nick Maccarone, 27 of Sewell: A ther…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Paramus School Bus Driver Indicted In Fatal Route 80 Crash Paramus School Bus Driver Indicted In Fatal Route 80 Crash
Paramus School Bus Driver Indicted In Fatal Route 80 Crash A 78-year-old school bus driver was indicted Wednesday for causing a Route 80 crash with a dump truck last May that killed a Paramus fifth-grader and a teacher while injuring 40 students. Hudy Muldrow of Woodland Park is facing two counts of reckless vehicular homicide, 25 counts of assault by auto and a summons listing 16 counts of assault by auto, authorities said. East Brook Middle School fifth-grader Miranda Vargas and teacher Jennifer Williamson were killed when the bus was struck by the dump truck as Muldrow tried to reach a U-turn area designated for emergency responders by cutting a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
North Jersey Communities Named To List Of 100 Safest Places To Live In America North Jersey Communities Named To List Of 100 Safest Places To Live In America
North Jersey Communities Named To List Of 100 Safest Places To Live In America Safewise put several Bergen, Morris and Passaic County communities on the map as the safest places to live in America using newly-released crime data. The website considered crime rates and what people in these areas fear the most to compile its list of 100 cities, which saw 504 total offenses in 2017, the report says. New Jersey claimed 30 percent of "America’s 100 safest cities" list while Connecticut took second place with 14, and two of those are in the top three. Assault was the most common violent crime, but more people fear robbery, according to the State of Safety. The sa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Mount Olive PD: License Plate Left Behind Leads To Drunk Driver Mount Olive PD: License Plate Left Behind Leads To Drunk Driver
Mount Olive PD: License Plate Left Behind Leads To Drunk Driver A license plate that fell off a hit-and-run vehicle that damaged a fence led Mount Olive police directly to a driver who they said was drunk when she answered the door. Margaret Anderson-Elbolini, 52 of Hackettstown, was behind the wheel of a vehicle that veered off River Road and hit the fence around 6:15 p.m. Saturday, according to a Mount Olive police report. Responding officers found the license plate and traced the vehicle's registration to a home in Vasa Park, it says. Anderson-Elbolini appeared drunk when she answered the door, so police gave her a field sobriety test, acc…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Franklin Lakes Police Continue To Pick Offenders Off Route 208 Franklin Lakes Police Continue To Pick Offenders Off Route 208
Franklin Lakes Police Continue To Pick Offenders Off Route 208 A trio of Route 208 traffic stops barely 24 hours apart led to four arrests, Franklin Lakes police said Monday. A stop by Officer Christopher Hefner just after 8 p.m. Saturday turned up warrants on a Bloomsburg couple: Archie Evans, 37, was wanted out of Parsippany and Stephanie Stevens, 38, was wanted out of Mount Olive, Capt. John Bakelaar said. Six hours later, another highway stop by Hefner led to DWI charges against Jose Pacheco, 48, of Wharton, Bakelaar said. Just before 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Officer Michael Pellegrino arrested 24-year-old Kyle Wynne of Valley Cottage (Rockland County) a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Paramus Schools Chief Reaches Out To Parents After Judge Releases Fatal Bus Crash Video Paramus Schools Chief Reaches Out To Parents After Judge Releases Fatal Bus Crash Video
Paramus Schools Chief Reaches Out To Parents After Judge Releases Fatal Bus Crash Video Paramus district officials immediately reached out to parents after learning that a judge ordered New Jersey State Police to release a traffic camera video of a May bus crash that killed a borough middle school student and one of her teachers. Daily Voice won't be publishing the video out of concern for its readers. Gannett Co., the parent company of NorthJersey.com., sued for access to the video -- recorded by a state Department of Transportation traffic camera -- after State Police refused. In a message to readers on Friday, Gannett wrote: "Our reasons were twofold: As journalists, we m…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Schools
Paramus Schools Chief: We Didn't Know Crash Driver Had Moving Violations Paramus Schools Chief: We Didn't Know Crash Driver Had Moving Violations
Paramus Schools Chief: We Didn't Know Crash Driver Had Moving Violations Paramus Schools Supt. Michele Robinson insisted the district wasn't aware that the school bus driver involved in a crash that killed a middle school student and teacher last month had an extensive history of violations behind the wheel. She also demanded that North Jersey Media Group publish a correction to “blatantly inaccurate” reporting. “As I have said repeatedly, we do not have any information from the state that [Hudy] Muldrow [Sr.] had any moving violations,” Robinson wrote in a letter to parents. “The driving abstract provided to us by the Motor Vehicle Commission did not reflect t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver In Fatal Paramus School Bus Crash Charged With Death By Auto Driver In Fatal Paramus School Bus Crash Charged With Death By Auto
Driver In Fatal Paramus School Bus Crash Charged With Death By Auto Authorities have filed death-by-auto charges against the 77-year-old school bus driver in a Route 80 crash that killed a Paramus middle school student and one of her teachers last week. If convicted of the two vehicular homicide counts, Hudy Muldrow Sr. of Woodland Park could face five to 10 years in state prison, 85% of which he’d have to serve before being eligible for parole. A detention hearing was scheduled for Friday in Morristown for Muldrow, who, records show, has been cited for speeding eight times and had his driver’s license suspended several others. Muldrow was transporting 44 …

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
5th-Grade Girl, Beloved Teacher Killed In Paramus School Bus Crash 5th-Grade Girl, Beloved Teacher Killed In Paramus School Bus Crash
5th-Grade Girl, Beloved Teacher Killed In Paramus School Bus Crash UPDATE: A young female student and a beloved teacher were confirmed dead Thursday morning after a school bus filled with Paramus fifth-graders collided with a dump truck on Route 80 in Morris County. A total of 38 students and seven adults, including the driver, were taken to area hospitals, authorities said. Some were in critical condition and undergoing surgery, they said. The teacher, 51-year-old Jennifer M. Williamson, was a longtime Paramus native who taught in the district for nearly 20 years. "That was my daughter's best-ever teacher," a mother of an unharmed student said…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Business
Toys 'R' Us May Close Another 200 Stores, Report Says Toys 'R' Us May Close Another 200 Stores, Report Says
Toys 'R' Us May Close Another 200 Stores, Report Says Less than a month after announcing it planned to close 182 outlets, another 200 Toys 'R' Us stores may also be closing, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Thursday. The total of near 400 closures would be 45 percent of the toy retailer's total number of stores. Toys 'R' Us also reversed plans to offer severance packages to all affected employees, The Wall Street Journal reported. The locations of the 200 stores were not available. Toys 'R' Us, which filed for bankruptcy last fall, announced on Jan. 24 it planned on closing the 182 outlets, according to a court filing. A …

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by Joe Lombardi
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NJ-Based Toys 'R' Us Closing 182 Stores, Including Location In Bergen NJ-Based Toys 'R' Us Closing 182 Stores, Including Location In Bergen
Nj-based Toys 'R' Us Closing 182 Stores, Including Location In Bergen Toys "R" Us, which filed for bankruptcy last fall, plans to close as many as 182 outlets, about one-fifth of its total number of stores across the country, according to a court filing late Tuesday. A shift by customers to online shopping and increased competition led to the move, the Wayne, New Jersey-based company said.  Here is a rundown of tristate area stores scheduled for closure: New York Yonkers, 2700 Central Park Avenue College Point, 139-19 20th Avenue Union Square, 24-30 Union Square East Sayville, 5181 Sunrise Highway Massapequa, 5214 Sunrise Highway Henrietta, 2…

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by Joe Lombardi