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NJ Loan Officer Was Fighting For Access To Promising Drug Before He Died, 43
Michael Smith, a Frelinghuysen resident, died on Sunday, April 28, with his wife by his side after battling stomach cancer, according to his obituary and various social media posts. He was 43.
Born in Dover, Smith spent two decades working with Huntington National Bank, according to his obituary on the Cochran Funeral Home website. His LinkedIn page shows he was a mortgage loan officer.
In his free time, Smith enjoyed golfing, cooking, fishing and hiking with his dog Jackson, according to his obituary.
Smith penned a Facebook post in August 2023 explaining his prognosis, noting that h…
Winners: Mega Millions Lottery Players Take Home $10K
There were two third-tier prizewinning tickets sold for the Friday, Dec. 23, Mega Millions lottery drawing.
They matched four of the five white balls and the Gold Mega Ball drawn winning the $10,000 prize.
Those tickets were purchased at the following locations:
Middlesex County: Colonia Deli & Grill, 440 Lake Ave., Colonia; and,
Morris County: Krauszer’s, 45 North Warren St., Dover.The winning numbers for the Friday, Dec. 23, drawing were: 15, 21, 32, 38, and 62. The Gold Mega Ball was 08, and the Megaplier Multiplier was 04.
Two NJ Powerball Players Win $150K, Nine Win $50K
Eleven New Jersey Lottery tickets matched four of the five white balls and the Power Ball drawn on Monday, Oct. 31, winning the $50,000 second-tier prize.
Two of those tickets were purchased with Power Play, multiplying the prizes to $150,000.
The Powerball jackpot now rolls to $1.2 billion for the next drawing to be held Wednesday, Nov. 2, at 10:59 pm.
Those winning NJ tickets were sold at the following locations:
Bergen County ($150,000): 7-Eleven #34523, 29 County Rd., Tenafly;
Passaic County ($150,000): Jackpocket, 355 Warwick Tpke., Hewitt;
Burlington County ($50,000): Acme #6…
Route 208 Fatal: Dover Woman, 78, Killed, Husband, 80, Hospitalized In Horrific Crash (Update)
UPDATE: Authorities identified a driver killed in a horrific Labor Day crash on Route 208 as a 78-year-old woman from Dover and the injured passenger as her 80-year-old husband.
Carmen Traverso was pronounced dead at the scene, Hawthorne Police Capt. Robert King said Tuesday, Sept. 6.
Pablo Traverso, meanwhile, was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, the captain said.
The couple's 2014 Toyota Camry careened off the road and up an embankment, where it slammed into a tree on the southbound highway just north of Goffle Road shortly after noon Monday.
Southbound Route 208 nea…
NJ Fertility Clinic Agrees To Pay State $495,000 Over Hack That Exposed 14,663 Patients' Data
A New Jersey fertility clinic agreed to pay the state nearly $500,000 to settle an investigation into a data breach that compromised the personal information of 14,663 patients, authorities said.
The hack “allowed multiple instances of unauthorized access” to protected health information of patients of the Diamond Institute for Infertility and Menopause, LLC, which operates practices in Millburn, Dover and in Goshen, NY, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said Tuesday.
“Inadequate data systems and protocols are every hacker’s dream,” state Division of Consumer Affairs Acting…
Brooklyn Trio Found With Hundreds Of Stolen Cold Medicine Boxes After NJ Pursuit, Crash
A man and two women accused of stealing hundreds of boxes of over-the-counter cold medicine crashed their car during a pursuit across Morris County, authorities said.
A police officer stopped Mikael Whitehead, 25, on Route 53 after he was spotted driving erratically in a 2009 Infinity on Route 46 east in Denville, around 8 p.m. Sept. 18, Denville Police Capt. Jeffrey Tucker said.
“Whitehead complied, pulling the vehicle over and coming to a stop," Tucker said. "However, as the officer was exiting the patrol vehicle, the suspect vehicle fled."
The car was again pursued through Denville…
