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Police & Fire
Responders Rally For Popular Garfield Police Officer Who Lost Cats, Home In Fierce Fire
YOU CAN HELP: Responders, friends and community members are rallying to assist a Garfield police officer whose home was destroyed by a raging fire that killed her two cats and displaced her family and five others. No one was in the Van Winkle Avenue residence that had been home for more than 30 years to four-year Garfield Police Department veteran Rebecca Schmidt and her parents and brother when the blaze broke out around 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Brother Adam Schmidt rescued the family dog, but his sister’s two cats perished in the fire, which engulfed their home and another and severely damaged…
Lifestyle
Community Rallies For Warren County Family Seriously Injured In Fatal Route 46 Crash
The Warren County community is rallying for a local family seriously injured in a Route 46 crash in which the driver who hit them was killed. More than $11,700 had been raised as of Monday morning for the Gargiulos family as of Monday morning, nearly two weeks after the accident. Parents Dave, 50, and Sandra, 49, were returning from a family vacation with their children -- DJ and Emily, both 16 -- when they were struck by a Dodge Ram in Liberty Township on Aug. 9. Dave and Emily were admitted to the ICU and have endured multiple surgeries, according to a GoFundMe organized b…
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Heroes
: Neighbors Rescue Elderly Morris County Couple As House Fire Burns
Rockaway Township residents Charles Eberle, 81, and Kim Eberle, 79 may have lost their home in a recent fire, but they didn’t lose their lives — thanks to several generous neighbors who came to their rescue. The Aug. 11 blaze tore through the couple’s Circle Drive home, prompting several neighbors to take action, Daily Record reports. “The neighbors were actually outside and saw the flames and went and banged on the door,” Police Chief Martin McParland said in the report. “They got the couple out. The neighbors tried to help with garden hoses and stuff. Then our guys came, but you ca…
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'Gut Wrenching': East Brunswick Neighbors Raise Money For Grieving Dad After Drowning
East Brunswick neighbors are rallying for a local dad mourning the loss of his wife, daughter and father, who drowned in their backyard pool earlier this week. More than $28,700 had been raised as of Friday afternoon for Akash Patel on a GoFundMe, organized by Sarah Grabowski. Funds from the page will go toward funeral services for Akash's wife Nisha Patel, 33, father Bharat Patel, 62, and 8-year-old daughter. "Only weeks living in their new home, on June 22nd, the most heartbreaking and unimaginable thing happened," Grabowski wrote. "On a very hot June afternoon, Akash’s wife an…
Lifestyle
Community Helps North Plainfield Couple Rebuild After Home Destroyed By Arsonist
The community is rallying for an engaged North Plainfield couple whose home under construction was destroyed by an arsonist. Mike Carroccia, 25, and his fiancé, Taylor Miller, 24, awoke to a phone call from a neighbor shortly before 3 a.m. on May 27, with some devastating news. “Your house is on fire -- the roof just collapsed and your front door has fallen down,” the neighbor told them. Mike and Taylor immediately jumped out of bed and ran out the door to check on the state of the home, and they couldn’t believe their eyes. “Watching the firefighters, seeing our neighbors homes catch fir…
Police & Fire
Trapped Fire Chief Low On Air 'Self-Rescues' From Engulfed Jersey Shore Home
A photographer captured an image of a working fire chief escaping a multi-alarm blaze that destroyed two Jersey Shore homes Tuesday. Long Branch Fire Chief Ronald Guidetti was trapped by flames on the top floor of one of the Monmouth Beach homes, the Long Branch Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 68 said Wednesday in a post. “Unable to utilize the interior stairwell, he made his way to a window and found no egress ladder,” the firefighters association said. “He removed his face piece as he was running out of air to get the attention of members operating on the exterior. “The chief self…
Police & Fire
Video
: Have You Seen This View Of Hackensack First Responders' 'Clap Out' At
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You've probably heard by now about the "clap out" staged this week by Hackensack police and firefighters, one of several such events honoring health care workers throughout the country. With emergency lights flashing and sirens blazing, the city's finest and bravest joined residents in showing their appreciation and support for the Hackensack University Medical Center staff Tuesday night as the battle against coronavirus continues. "It's great to see such a positive event in these difficult times," Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. "The residents and businesses have be…
Police & Fire
'We Take Care Of Our Own': Port Authority Police Give Back To NJ Rookie's Family Bakery
Times have gotten tough amid the coronavirus pandemic for a popular Union County bakery owned by the family of a Port Authority police rookie. So her colleagues decided to do something about it. This is their story. HEROES: While on duty recently at the Port Authority Police Department command at LaGuardia Airport, Sgt. Brian Vitale learned that rookie PAPD Officer Jessica Vaccaro’s family business -- Vaccaro’s Bakery in Clark -- was facing closure, like many other small businesses currently struggling to survive the economic ravages of COVID-19. Not only was this the long-successful busin…
Police & Fire
17 People, Three Dogs, Cat Flee Three-Home Passaic Fire
Fire destroyed a Passaic home and damaged two others on Palm Sunday, displacing four families, including three dogs and a cat. EMTs treated a couple of firefighters at the scene, authorities said. No other injuries were reported. Firefighters found the first and second floors of the middle Summer Street home fully engulfed before the three-alarm blaze blew through the roof and spread to the adjoining homes. All 17 residents and pets got out safely -- among them, several children who fled in their socks, as well as three dogs and one cat, Mayor Hector Carlos Lora said. "The proximity of s…
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Moonachie Police Bring Lunch To Hospital Staff
Moonachie police teamed up with a local restaurant owner to pick up lunch Thursday afternoon for the staff at Hackensack University Medical Center. “This is a hard time for everyone,” said Officer Christopher Inserra, who coordinated and delivered the donation. “This is a great way to honor our medical professionals for their dedication and tireless effort to our community while giving back to our local restaurants.” Edwin Ordonez, who owns the award-winning La Havana 59 Restaurant on Moonachie Avenue, safely assembled his staff to prepare the hot-food trays, including hearty helpings of r…
News
Bergen County Boy Makes Crafty PPE Kits For Healthcare Workers Like His Mom
Marquis Williams, Jr. of Bergen County has been worried about COVID-19. Part of that could be because his mom, Sandy Williams, is a health care worker herself. “I work at a Bergen County hospital, and he keeps asking if I'll become sick from there,” said Sandy, who works in the lab testing not only hospital patients, but many nursing home residents. Marquis, 10, was watching TV when he saw on the news that hospitals were running low on supplies. And so, he took action. The boy scoured the internet to find out how to make face masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) kits with essenti…
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Donate Material To Waldwick Women Sewing Face Masks For Healthcare Workers
Three Waldwick women are combining forces in an effort to create and send masks to healthcare workers amid the COVID-19 crisis. Johanna Laliberte, Pat Laliberte and Tami Moses’ sewing skills have helped them make masks of all sizes to be delivered to Valley Hospital in Ridgewood and other local healthcare facilities. The trio started a production line and sent more than 30 masks as of Monday afternoon. “Thank you, God, for giving my mom the creative ability to sew and for filling her with the physical strength to make these masks,” Johanna wrote in a Facebook post Sunday. Meanwhile, two m…
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