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Obituaries
Jake Mocko's Legacy: Morris County Mourns Loss Of Compassionate Young Leader Jake Mocko's Legacy: Morris County Mourns Loss Of Compassionate Young Leader
Jake Mocko's Legacy: Morris County Mourns Loss Of Compassionate Young Leader A Morris County community is mourning the loss of Jake Peter Mocko, a 20-year-old who passed away peacefully at home on Nov. 20, 2024, surrounded by family, his obituary on the Madison Memorial Home website says. Jake, a Madison resident and digital design student, courageously battled Grade IV astrocytoma, a rare and aggressive central nervous system cancer, for three and a half years. Jake worked at the front desk at the Madison YMCA, where he decided to start a dual language subscription so that he could learn to speak Spanish fluently, his obituary continues. Jake wanted to be able to h…

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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
Police & Fire
Homicide Suspect In Car Full Of Ski-Masked Men Stopped In Morris County, Chief Says Homicide Suspect In Car Full Of Ski-Masked Men Stopped In Morris County, Chief Says
Homicide Suspect In Car Full Of Ski-Masked Men Stopped In Morris County, Chief Says A group of ski-masked men including one homicide suspect are in police custody after officers stopped them and found 25 stolen checks in the vehicle early Friday, Oct. 4 in Morris County, police said. A Florham Park officer stopped the car for traffic violations and noticed all occupants were wearing ski masks and dressed in all black, Florham Park Police Chief Joseph Orlando said. One of the men in the vehicle, age 18, had been wanted for homicide and had been charged as a juvenile in the crime in an adjacent county, the chief said. Daily Voice has reached out to Orlando for details on the…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
NJ Real Estate Developer Fred Daibes Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud NJ Real Estate Developer Fred Daibes Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud
NJ Real Estate Developer Fred Daibes Pleads Guilty To Bank Fraud Fred Daibes, a 67-year-old real estate developer previously convicted of bribing disgraced New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, pleaded guilty to bank fraud on Thursday, Sept, 5, authorities said. The former CEO and chairman of the board of directors at Mariner's Bank pleaded guilty in Newark federal court to making false entries in connection with a $1.8 million loan from his bank in 2008, US Attorney Phillip Sellinger said. Daibes said the line of credit was for someone else, when it was actually for his benefit, Sellinger said. The loan said the source of repayment would be from the p…

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by Sam Barron
News
Sexual Education Video Casting Paid Roles For Women In NJ, Philadelphia Sexual Education Video Casting Paid Roles For Women In NJ, Philadelphia
Sexual Education Video Casting Paid Roles For Women In NJ, Philadelphia Do you want to teach people about safe sex and live near Morris County? Now is your chance. A sex education video for LGBTQIA and women's health centers is casting for a shoot in July in Madison. The video is looking for two women, both people of color, with one age 35 to 40 and the other 42 to 48 for the shoot. One role pays $750 for half a day while the other pays $900 for half a day. The hosts should be comfortable discussing subjects like sex education, abortion and LGBTQIA rights. The hosts must be able to memorize up to two, five minute scripts and be comfortable reading fr…

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by Sam Barron