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COVID-19: 'He's Been Through Hell:' Mom Details 9-Year-Old Son’s Battle With Rare Complication COVID-19: 'He's Been Through Hell:' Mom Details 9-Year-Old Son’s Battle With Rare Complication
Covid-19: 'He's Been Through Hell:' Mom Details 9-Year-Old Son’s Battle With Rare Complication A mom is speaking out after her 9-year-old son was diagnosed with a rare and potentially fatal COVID-19 complication that landed him in the hospital. Michele Mi says her son, Johnny, a third-grader in Mt. Olive, New Jersey, was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Dec. 23 but showed no symptoms. “I thought we were very lucky,” she writes in a Jan. 20 Facebook post. Two and a half weeks went by before Johnny — who had already been quarantined — woke up vomiting with a spiked temperature, said Mi, who rushed him to a pediatrician. After Johnny’s flu test came back negative, the pediatrician told Mi a…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Area Man Writes Poignant Facebook Post Hours Before Fatal Crash Area Man Writes Poignant Facebook Post Hours Before Fatal Crash
Area Man Writes Poignant Facebook Post Hours Before Fatal Crash Hours before he was killed in a crash, a motorcyclist from the Hudson Valley was taking in the idyllic moment alongside Greenwood Lake in Orange County. "Beautiful day to be out on the bike," 38-year-old Jesse Dunn of Unionville, also in Orange County, wrote on Facebook around 4 p.m. Saturday. He shared a photo of his Kawasaki motorcycle and the view from Emerald Point Restaurant & Marina. That evening around 8:30, Dunn was killed after his bike crossed over to the other side of Loomis Avenue and struck the front of a northbound Hyundai Elantra in Wantage, New Jersey Sta…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
NYJet Gets Emotional Visiting Hospitalized Paramus Bus Crash Victims NYJet Gets Emotional Visiting Hospitalized Paramus Bus Crash Victims
NYJet Gets Emotional Visiting Hospitalized Paramus Bus Crash Victims Paramus middle schoolers recovering in the hospital from last week's Route 80 school bus crash that killed two received a special visit from New York Jet Avery Williamson last weekend. When the linebacker was asked by Jets staff to visit the East Brook students at Morristown Medical Center -- located near the Jets' training facility in Florham Park -- he immediately said yes, the New York Post reports. Williamson told The Post his Saturday visit was an emotional one. “It was one of those things you say yes to but you don’t know how deeply it’s going to affect you and how touching it will b…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
VIDEO: First Smile For Boy In Paramus School Bus Crash Comes From NYRangers VIDEO: First Smile For Boy In Paramus School Bus Crash Comes From NYRangers
Video: First Smile For Boy In Paramus School Bus Crash Comes From NYRangers The last few days have been gloomy for middle-schooler Brendan O'Callaghan of Paramus. But thanks to the New York Rangers, things for a moment were brighter Saturday for the 11-year-old East Brook student, who's been at Morristown Medical Center since the bus he and his classmates were on collided with a dump truck on Route 80 Thursday, killing a young classmate and a teacher. Brendan, an avid New York Rangers fan, was given a signed stick by his idol, goalie Henrik Lundqvist, as well as a card from the entire team. "That was the first time I've seen him comprehend something and put a…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Bergen County Student, Bus Driver Confirmed Dead In Highway Crash Bergen County Student, Bus Driver Confirmed Dead In Highway Crash
Bergen County Student, Bus Driver Confirmed Dead In Highway 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
Police & Fire
Bergen County Student, Teacher Confirmed Dead In Highway Crash Bergen County Student, Teacher Confirmed Dead In Highway Crash
Bergen County Student, Teacher Confirmed Dead In Highway 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
Obituaries
Wallkill High School Grad Matthew Gillis Dies, 25 Wallkill High School Grad Matthew Gillis Dies, 25
Wallkill High School Grad Matthew Gillis Dies, 25 Matthew Gillis of Port Jervis died on Saturday, Jan. 20 surrounded by his family at Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey. He was 25. Matthew graduated from Wallkill High School in 2011. He was the manager at the Quick Chek in Wantage, NJ for several years until he left on disability.  Matthew hobbies are golf, NASCAR, his favorite driver Martin Truex Jr., he loved his Ford truck, enjoyed spending time with his friends especially Dylan, he loved all sports and was a very outdoorsman. Matt was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, George and Helen Gillis and his maternal grandfather H…

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by Cecilia Levine