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Police & Fire
DUI Off-Duty East Hanover Sgt Charged In Crash That Killed Dad Seeking Better Life: Prosecutor DUI Off-Duty East Hanover Sgt Charged In Crash That Killed Dad Seeking Better Life: Prosecutor
DUI Off-Duty East Hanover Sgt Charged In Crash That Killed Dad Seeking Better Life: Prosecutor An off-duty police sergeant has been charged in a head-on crash that killed a 55-year-old man on his way to work earlier this month on Route 23 in Morris County, authorities said. Keith Gunther, 42, of Wanaque, and a sergeant with the East Hanover Police Department, was behind the wheel of the Ford F-150 that was traveling south in the northbound lanes when it struck a 2005 Toyota Camry, headed north, head-on just before 11 p.m. in Riverdale on Tuesday, Oct. 15, Morris County Prosecutor Robert Carroll said. Hamid Shabuddin, a passenger in the Toyota, was killed as a result of the crash. S…

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by Cecilia Levine
Politics
Dems Overtake Republicans In Early Voting: Here's Where Polls Are Now Open In North Jersey Dems Overtake Republicans In Early Voting: Here's Where Polls Are Now Open In North Jersey
Dems Overtake Republicans In Early Voting: Here's Where Polls Are Now Open In North Jersey More than 38 million Americans had cast their votes in the 2024 elections as of Saturday morning, Oct. 26, the University of Florida Election Lab's early voter tracker shows. Polls have officially opened for early, in-person voting in New Jersey. How will you be voting? According to the UFL lab, 7.8M Democrats and 6.9M Republicans had already voted. Here's where you can show up and vote in each county in North Jersey come Saturday morning, Oct. 26. BERGEN Jack Alter Community Center, Fort Lee Garfield Nutrition Center & Senior Citizens Building, Garfield County Admin Build…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Some Details Released In Threats Made To Lakeland Regional HS, Parents Slam Superintendent Some Details Released In Threats Made To Lakeland Regional HS, Parents Slam Superintendent
Some Details Released In Threats Made To Lakeland Regional HS, Parents Slam Superintendent Authorities have released details in connection to threats made against a Passaic County high school that had left parents and students fearful. Wanaque and Ringwood officers were called to Lakeland Regional High School on Sept. 6, following reports that a student was overhead "making a threatening statement about another classmate," Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Wanaque Police Chief Ketih V. Spillane said Wednesday, Sept. 18. As a result, officers remained at the school for the day, as classes continued normally. Meanwhile, members of the Wanaque Police Departm…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Unsuspecting Heroin, Cocaine Dealer Leads Detectives To 3 More Arrests, Passaic Sheriff Says Unsuspecting Heroin, Cocaine Dealer Leads Detectives To 3 More Arrests, Passaic Sheriff Says
Unsuspecting Heroin, Cocaine Dealer Leads Detectives To 3 More Arrests, Passaic Sheriff Says Timing was everything Thursday, June 27 in Passaic County. Kevin Wunk made the jobs of law enforcement officers a whole lot easier, as he carried out a drug deal just as they were arriving to execute a search warrant on his home, wrapping a month-long investigation and leading them to three additional arrests, Acting Passaic County Sheriff Gary Giardina said. The Passaic County Sheriff's Office had been investigating the Wanaque resident throughout the month of June, and at 10 a.m., officers from Wanaque and Ringwood police departments arrived at his Ringwood Avenue apartment to c…

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by Cecilia Levine