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These 23 New Jersey Athletes Are At The Paris Olympic Games: Here's When To Watch
The Paris Olympics have begun!
And, in case you missed it, several of Garden State's fittest and most athletic residents are there (scroll for their names, sports, and hometowns).
A total of 23 athletes from New Jersey have qualified for the Olympics and are ready to make their run at the gold. Events kicked off Friday, July 26. Click here for a complete schedule of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The Garden State athletes include:
Paxten Aaronson, of Medford: Soccer
Bam Adebayo, of Newark, and 2020 Olympian: Basketball
Jack Alexy, of Morristown: Swimming
Jackie Dubrovich, of Riverda…
Surfing Teacher Rescues Jersey Shore Swimmer While Filming Promo Video For Boogie Board
A teacher saved a Jersey Shore swimmer in distress while surfing over the weekend, and he just so happened to capture it on video.
US Marine Steve Houser, of Toms River, went to LBI Sunday, Sept. 3, to film a promo video for one of Tandm Surf's boards
Oh, what a video they got.
Houser — who works as a special education history teacher in the PATHS program at Piscataway High School — was surfing out teaching his daughter how to surf when he spotted the struggling swimmers.
"I could see five to seven people in distress," said Houser, a Downingtown, PA native.
"As a surfer, I can spot a ri…
Pennsylvania Man, 53, Drowns On Jersey Shore: Police
A 53-year-old man from Pennsylvania drowned while swimming at a Wildwood Crest beach, authorities said.
Joel Green of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was found unresponsice by other swimmers who pulled him from the water about 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 7, Tuesday Wildwood Crest police said.
When police arrived, a beachgoer was performing CPR, police said.
An officer continued giving CPR until Wildwood Crest Rescue and the City of Wildwood Fire/Water Rescue arrived to assume life-saving measures on the man, police said.
Green was transported to Cape Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced d…
NJ Beach Named Among 25 Best In America
You don't have to go to Hawaii to find a great beach. Well, you can — or you can stay right here in New Jersey.
Not only is Asbury Park a good beach, it's among the 25 best in America, TravelAndLeisure.com says.
Privacy, accessible parking, boardwalk and public transportation are just some of the factors the website looked at in choosing the best beaches in the country.
"Stretching about a mile along New Jersey's Atlantic coast, Asbury Park Beach is a lively, clean, white-sand beach. Sunbathing, swimming, surfing, fishing, and people-watching are favorite activities here," the website said…
Nicholas Reed, 34, Worked As Accountant, Chef
Nicholas Matthew Reed, 34, of Asbury Park, died Thursday in Trenton.
He worked as an accountant as well as a chef, his obituary says.
He was born in Red Bank in 1987 and grew up in Marlboro.
He earned a Master's Degree in Business from Rutgers University. In addition to his work as an accountant, he was a chef for Mogo.
Nicholas enjoyed music, history, soccer, swimming, walking and spending time with friends and family. He will be remembered for his beautiful smile and kind heart.
Surviving are his mother, Kathy Reed; two sisters, Madison Reed and Mackenzie Cooled…
Update: Hudson Drowning Victim, 21, At Mahwah Lake Didn't Know How To Swim
A Hudson County man who drowned despite an intense effort by rescuers to save him at a closed swimming lake at Darlington County Park in Mahwah didn't know how to swim, friends and loved ones said.
Loved ones, neighbors and others have been trying to comfort the family of Kevin Acevedo at the 51st Street apartment in Weehawken where he'd lived his entire life.
Kevin had just turned 21 two weeks ago, they said.
He and his friend, Andrew Florez, 20, also of Weehawken, weren't supposed to be in the lake, which is open for swimming only on weekends this time of year, Bergen County Sheriff's Pu…
