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8-Year-Old Boy Killed In South Jersey Crash Remembered For Brightening Everyone's Day 8-Year-Old Boy Killed In South Jersey Crash Remembered For Brightening Everyone's Day
8-Year-Old Boy Killed In South Jersey Crash Remembered For Brightening Everyone's Day The community is rallying to support a family who lost their 8-year-old boy in a tragic crash in Atlantic County. Javier Velez of Philadelphia was killed while sleeping in a car alongside a road in Absecon that got struck by another car, according to a GoFundMe and the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. "Javier was so full of love and life," Devin Alford of Philadelphia wrote on the GoFundMe page. The boy had been on a fishing trip with his father when the crash occurred at about 3:25 a.m. on Sunday, July 23, along White Horse Pike, according to the prosecutor's office. The driver o…

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by Jon Craig
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Mercer County School District Mourns Loss Of Eighth-Grade Student Alex Wolohan Mercer County School District Mourns Loss Of Eighth-Grade Student Alex Wolohan
Mercer County School District Mourns Loss Of Eighth-Grade Student Alex Wolohan A Mercer County school district is mourning the loss of eighth-grade student Alex Wolohan. Grover Middle School student Alex Wolohan died on Friday, Nov. 4, the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District said in a release. “The district and the community extends our heartfelt sympathy to his family and friends,” Superintendent David Aderhold said in the release. “During this time, I ask that we respect the family’s wishes for time to process this tragedy and to respect their time as a family to grieve.” Our heartfelt sympathies go out to the family and friends of Alex Wolohan. C…

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by Valerie Musson
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Deaths Of Beloved Head School Custodian, Wife In Crash Devastates Haledon Community Deaths Of Beloved Head School Custodian, Wife In Crash Devastates Haledon Community
Deaths Of Beloved Head School Custodian, Wife In Crash Devastates Haledon Community Shock and sorrow spread through Haledon and beyond on Sunday with word that the school district’s beloved head custodian and his wife were killed in a horrific crash hours earlier. Responders tried in vain to revive Corrado LaRosa, the director of physical plant and custodial services, and his wife, Tina LaRosa, following the crash near the corner of Belmont Avenue and John Street minutes before midnight. Corrado LaRosa, 49, was driving a Fiat 500 Abarth that collided with a Nissan Murano driven by Anthony Crespo, 21, of Oakland. He was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:33 a.m. and his wi…

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by Jerry DeMarco