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15-Hour SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Suicidal Wayne Man, His Father 15-Hour SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Suicidal Wayne Man, His Father
15-Hour SWAT Standoff Ends In Arrest Of Suicidal Wayne Man, His Father A 15-hour standoff in Wayne ended peacefully early Thursday morning, Nov. 21 after police negotiated the surrender of a 27-year-old man who had armed himself with a knife and barricaded himself in his family’s home.  Officers responded to a home Preakness Avenue home just before 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, on reports that 27-year-old Thomas M. Pfefferkorn, was expressing suicidal thoughts, Wayne Police Chief Joseph Rooney said. Upon arrival, officers encountered the man’s father, Thomas P. Pfefferkorn, standing outside the home. The younger Pfefferkorn retreated into the home, reap…

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by Cecilia Levine
Neighbors
Twin NJ Docs Fight Cancer In Honor Of Late Father Twin NJ Docs Fight Cancer In Honor Of Late Father
Twin NJ Docs Fight Cancer In Honor Of Late Father The Danish twins are New Jersey doctors making it their life mission to get rid of cancer in honor of their late father. Dr. Adnan Danish is an attending physician at Hackensack Meridian's cancer center and chief of radiation oncology at St. Joseph's Health and Dr. Shabbar Danish operates on brain tumors as chair of neurosurgery at Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune City. The Danish brothers are said they were inspired by their father, who was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 49. At the same time their father received his leukemia diagnosis, Adnan was…

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by Sam Barron
News
COVID-19: Third Teaneck Resident Tests Presumptive Positive, State Total Rises To 23 COVID-19: Third Teaneck Resident Tests Presumptive Positive, State Total Rises To 23
Covid-19: Third Teaneck Resident Tests Presumptive Positive, State Total Rises To 23 A 44-year-old Teaneck man is the third in the township to return a presumptive positive test for COVID-19 in New Jersey, officials said. He is hospitalized at Holy Name Medical Center in stable condition, according to a release from Dean B. Kazinci, Teaneck Township Manager.  Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday announced eight new cases including one 17-year-old in Bergen, Monmouth and Middlesex counties. The new cases bring the state total of presumed positive coronaviruses cases to 23.  The news comes one day after a 69-year-old man with underlying health conditions died of COVID-19.…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Teaneck, Clifton Residents Among 5 New Coronaviruses Cases In NJ Teaneck, Clifton Residents Among 5 New Coronaviruses Cases In NJ
Teaneck, Clifton Residents Among 5 New Coronaviruses Cases In NJ A Teaneck man in his 30s and Clifton teen are among five new cases of coronavirus in New Jersey, bringing the state total to 11, state officials said Monday.  UPDATE: A 44-year-old Teaneck man is one of eight new patients to return a presumptive positive test for COVID-19 in New Jersey, officials said. The Teaneck man is being hospitalized at Holy Name Medical Center after showing symptoms March 3, health officials said. It is unknown how he was exposed to the virus. Governor Phil Murphy announced a state of emergency Monday night, making resources and monetary funds more ac…

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by Cecilia Levine