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Elizabeth Native Mike Wister, Pitmaster Dies After Brief Illness Elizabeth Native Mike Wister, Pitmaster Dies After Brief Illness
Elizabeth Native Mike Wister, Pitmaster Dies After Brief Illness A Pennsylvania BBQ pitmaster and business owner with roots in New Jersey has died suddenly, according to his obituary posted by Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home. Michael "Mike" C. Wister, 58, originally of Elizabeth, NJ, but most recently of Lansdale, PA, passed away suddenly after a short illness at home on Saturday, Sept. 28, as detailed in his obituary. For 20 years, Mike ran small roadside BBQ stands, then he ran Wister’s Barbecue on Main Street for five years before moving to Broad Street in Lansdale where it's been for over two years, as explained in his obituary.  In his spa…

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by Jillian Pikora
Sports
NJ Olympic Gold Medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Coming To Bergen County NJ Olympic Gold Medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Coming To Bergen County
NJ Olympic Gold Medalist Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Coming To Bergen County Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, a Middlesex County track star who won two gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, is returning home to tell her story. McLaughlin-Levrone, who grew up in Dunellen and attended Union Catholic High School, is signing copies of her new book "Far Beyond Gold: Running from Fear to Faith," at Books and Greetings on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at Books and Greetings in Northvale at 6 p.m. In the book, McLaughlin-Levrone talks about how she used her belief in God to overcome battles with perfectionism and anxiety to win the gold medal in the 400 meter hurdles and the 4 x 400 mete…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Student Arrested After Bringing Gun To Union Catholic HS: Police Student Arrested After Bringing Gun To Union Catholic HS: Police
Student Arrested After Bringing Gun To Union Catholic HS: Police A student at Union Catholic High School was arrested after they brought a handgun to school on Monday, Jan. 22, authorities said. At 10:45 a.m., Scotch Plains police was alerted by the high school about a firearm being recovered, Jeffrey Briel, the chief of police, said. The school was immediately placed on lockdown as police recovered the weapon, Briel said. There was no threat or harm to the school, students or personnel, Briel said. The Scotch Plains-Fanwood school district as well as schools nearby were also placed in a temporary lockdown out of an abundance of caution, Briel said.…

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
Shelter-In-Place Lifted At Union Catholic High School: Police Shelter-In-Place Lifted At Union Catholic High School: Police
Shelter-In-Place Lifted At Union Catholic High School: Police Police in Fanwood have lifted a shelter-in-place order at Union Catholic High School on the afternoon of Monday, Jan. 22, officers said on Facebook. The order was caused by police activity at the high school on Martine Avenue in Scotch Plains, police said. All schools in Scotch Plains and Fanwood were under the order as a precaution, police said. Officers did not specify what the police activity was.

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by Sam Barron
Lifestyle
NJ Dancer Wows With Tribute To Mom Battling Cancer On 'AGT' NJ Dancer Wows With Tribute To Mom Battling Cancer On 'AGT'
NJ Dancer Wows With Tribute To Mom Battling Cancer On 'AGT' Donovyn Diaz has all the right moves. The 20-year-old Cranford native, who graduated from Union Catholic High School, stunned the judges on "America's Got Talent" earlier this month by performing a dance routine in honor of his mother, who is battling breast cancer.  "I want her to see me and think I raised a star," Diaz, who has a background in dance and gymnastics, said. Diaz then impressed the crowd with his dance to "How I Say Goodbye" by Dean Lewis, moving some audience members to tears. "I think you're mom is going to be so proud because this was spectacular," judge Sophie Verg…

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by Sam Barron
Obituaries
Union County Dad Of 3, Lab Tech Jared Vassallo Dies, 33 Union County Dad Of 3, Lab Tech Jared Vassallo Dies, 33
Union County Dad Of 3, Lab Tech Jared Vassallo Dies, 33 Dedicated Union County dad of three and lab technician Jared Vassallo died on Sunday, Dec. 11 aged 33. Born in Livingston, Jared grew up in Westfield before moving to Newport, Rhode Island, and returning to Kenilworth, his obituary says. Jared graduated from the Union Catholic High School in Scotch Plains in 2007 and earned his plumbing certification at the Community College of Rhode Island. He was employed as a plumber for several years and most recently worked as a lab technician and phlebotomist at Toplab in Millburn, according to his memorial. Jared was a former parishioner at churche…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Bella Giacobbe, Daughter Of NJ Town's Mayor, Dies At 22 Bella Giacobbe, Daughter Of NJ Town's Mayor, Dies At 22
Bella Giacobbe, Daughter Of NJ Town's Mayor, Dies At 22 Anabella "Bella" Marie Giacobbe, the 22-year-old daughter of Rahway Mayor Raymond Giacobbe Jr. and school board member Laura Giacobbe, died on Sept. 24.  Bella was an honor roll student at Union Catholic High School, where she played volleyball, lacrosse, and track and field, her obituary says. She graduated from Rutgers University last May with a degree in psychology. Bella had recently started as a volleyball coach at St. Thomas Aquinas and had aspirations of becoming a teacher due to her love for children, according to her obituary.  Bella apparently died after a medical procedure, acco…

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by Cecilia Levine