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Obituaries
Melanie, Folk Singer, Woodstock Performer, Dies At 76 Melanie, Folk Singer, Woodstock Performer, Dies At 76
Melanie, Folk Singer, Woodstock Performer, Dies At 76 Melanie, a folk singer-songwriter whose music took her from the Jersey Shore to international success in the 70's, has died at 76 years old. Melanie Safka died on Tuesday, Jan. 23, according to a Facebook post by her family. A cause of death was not given. The Long Branch native was born on Monday, Feb. 3, 1947, her IMDb page said. Her children called her a powerful performer and loving parent. "She was one of the most talented, strong, and passionate women of the era and every word she wrote, every note she sang reflected that," Leilah, Jeordie, and Beau Jarred said.  "Our world is …

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by Chris Spiker
News
New Details Emerge On Orange County Teen Charged With Repeatedly Raping Minor New Details Emerge On Orange County Teen Charged With Repeatedly Raping Minor
New Details Emerge On Orange County Teen Charged With Repeatedly Raping Minor New details have emerged after a 19-year-old was charged with repeatedly raping a minor in both the Hudson Valley and at the Jersey Shore, authorities said. Orange County resident Jon Edward Pelcin, of Monroe, was arrested on Tuesday, Nov. 29 following an investigation by local authorities and New York State Police. Earlier report: Monroe 19-Year-Old Charged With Rape After 'Incidents In Various Locations,' Police Say Pelcin committed the sexual assaults "over several years in various locations throughout the Hudson Valley and at the Jersey Shore" -- specifically on Long Beach Island,…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Business
Gannett-Owned Newspaper Under Fire For Inflammatory Photo Caption Gannett-Owned Newspaper Under Fire For Inflammatory Photo Caption
Gannett-Owned Newspaper Under Fire For Inflammatory Photo Caption New Jersey's third-largest newspaper has attracted some national headlines of its own over an inflammatory photo caption.  It was published by the Gannett-owned Asbury Park Press on Saturday, March 20, and deleted from the media company's website on Sunday, March 21. The offensive photo caption identified “a f–king hot nurse” administering a COVID vaccine. It also called the unidentified nurse “a total JAP,” adding racism to the already profane and misogynistic text.  In a statement on Monday, March 22, Asbury Park Press Executive Editor Paul D’Ambrosio said the caption was fixed…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Teen Charged With Attempted Murder Following Stabbings Of Rockland Men Teen Charged With Attempted Murder Following Stabbings Of Rockland Men
Teen Charged With Attempted Murder Following Stabbings Of Rockland Men A teenager was arrested and charged with attempted murder in Labor Day stabbings on a Jersey Shore beach that left two Rockland County men hospitalized in serious condition, authorities said Tuesday, Sept. 8.  "We did have two individuals in custody last night, but only one of them is responsible for both stabbings," Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. The juvenile -- a 17-year-old from Newark-- is also facing weapons-related charges in the 3:30 p.m. incident on Jenkinson's Beach, Point Pleasant Beach Police Chief Joseph A. Michigan said in a joint release…

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by Jon Craig
Obituaries
Celebrity Chef From Bergen Reported Dead At 34 Celebrity Chef From Bergen Reported Dead At 34
Celebrity Chef From Bergen Reported Dead At 34 Well-known Executive Chef Jessica Vogel, made famous by the Food Network's "Hell's Kitchen" show with Gordon Ramsay, has died, friends and colleagues said Monday. She was 34. ****** TRIBUTE: As those who knew and loved her continued to mourn the death of North Jersey celebrity chef Jessica Vogel at only 34 years old, her family spoke of how determined the former contestant of the Food Network's "Hell's Kitchen" was, no matter the odds. https://hackensack.dailyvoice.com/obituaries/family-celebrity-chef-jessica-vogel-died-like-she-lived-a-fighter/740499/ ****** "Th…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Man Charged With $150,000 Superstorm Sandy Scam Hudson Valley Man Charged With $150,000 Superstorm Sandy Scam
Hudson Valley Man Charged With $150,000 Superstorm Sandy Scam A 56-year-old Westchester man collected $150,000 in taxpayer-funded Superstorm Sandy relief by claiming his damaged Jersey Shore home as his primary residence, state authorities charged. The home that Thomas Aquilino of Yonkers owns on Baltimore Avenue in Point Pleasant that was damaged by the historic storm is actually a summer/weekend property, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. His real home was in Yonkers when Aquilino fraudulently applied for and received the Reconstruction, Rehabilitation, Elevation and Mitigation (RREM) funds, Grewal said. Aquilino was charged with t…

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by Jerry DeMarco