Lifelong Weehawken resident Richard Barsa, Sr. died Saturday of COVID-19 complications, officials said.Barsa served on the school board for 30 years and was the township's finance director, Mayor Richard F. Turner said.The virus had killed more than 840 New Jersey residents as of Saturda.Barsa graduated from NJCU with his degree in accounting and business administration before the ...

A snake found on a street in Elizabeth has a new home, authorities said.Sgt. Anthony Chodan, a biologist, rescued the snake from Pine Street March 27, police said on Facebook.The snake was identified as a pet and adopted out to a family in Jackson, Elizabeth police told Daily Voice."Citizens should NOT dump their pets," Elizabeth police wrote, noting residents can be connected with ...

A Bergenfield woman recovering from coronavirus returned home after a hospital stay left to mourn two family members: Her brother, a beloved Holy Name Medical Center worker, and her husband.Violeta Velasquez was discharged from Holy Name on Thursday, April 2. She was taken there by ambulance March 25, the day before her husband Luis Velasquez, Jr. died.Then, on April 3, Violeta's ...

A $10,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can help lead to an arrest and indictment regarding a fatal Elizabeth shooting.Robert Owens, 42, died after being found by police with multiple gunshot wounds near 3rd Street and Broadway last Monday, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said.Anyone with information is being urged to contact Homicide Task Force Sgt. ...

A Bergen County breast cancer survivor says he knew the exact moment last month he was going to beat a severe case of coronavirus, too.There was never a time during John Mormando's 2018 cancer treatment he thought he was going to die. Coronavirus was different, he said."Chemotherapy and radiation were horrible and I was in pain," the 53-year-old commodities broker told Daily Voice ...

"Real Housewife of New Jersey" cast member Teresa Giudice is mourning the loss of her dad, Giacinto Gorga.He died Friday morning at 76 years old.Giudice, 47, remembered her dad in a series of Instagram posts as "the life of the party" and a fighter."I have so many amazing thoughts of you, every day seeing you in the kitchen at my home, teaching my girls to cook, my partner in crime ...

Teachers from the Nellie K. Parker school honked and waved as they drove through the Hackensack neighborhood Friday morning, bringing school and smiles to their students and parents stuck at home.The teachers had streamers, balloons and signs with encouraging messages plastered all over their cars.Christopher Baldo -- whose kids are in Kindergarten and second grade at Nellie K. Parker ...

A Paramus nurse and Lakewood donor were honored by Gov. Phil Murphy Friday in an effort to report good news in the midst of the New Jersey coronavirus outbreak. The governor on Thursday asked anyone with good news to share it on social media using the hashtag #NJThanksYou.Dozens of posts submitted on Twitter highlighted healthcare providers, police officers, residents ...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy reported 113 more coronavirus-related deaths and 4,372 new cases, bringing the statewide total to 29,895 Friday.The governor ordered flags lowered to half-staff in order to honor the 646  residents killed by the virus, including Paterson-born jazz great Bucky Pizzarelli, Teaneck humanitarian Janice Preschel and Caldwell ...

Caldwell's Grover Cleveland Middle School principal James Brown died of coronavirus. He was 48 years old.Brown lived in Colonia with his wife, Sherry, and three children.Gov. Phil Murphy singled out Brown's death during his Friday coronavirus briefing, announcing a total of 29,895 cases statewide."God bless him,'' the governor said. "The accolades being posted in his memory by the ...