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'Very Close Call': House Collapses, 22 NYC Firefighters Injured In Staten Island Blaze 'Very Close Call': House Collapses, 22 NYC Firefighters Injured In Staten Island Blaze
'Very Close Call': House Collapses, 22 NYC Firefighters Injured In Staten Island Blaze UPDATE: A total of 22 New York City firefighters were injured – three of them seriously – while battling a blaze that collapsed part of a Staten Island home, the FDNY said Friday. The good news is that all are expected to survive. Fire Commissioner Laura Kavanagh called the incident a "very close call for the FDNY, which could have lost three members today."   A major collapse was reported minutes into the fire, which ignited in a 2½-story side-by-side duplex on Shotwell Avenue in the Arden Heights section shortly before 1:30 p.m. Feb. 17. The fire quickly went to four alarms, with multi…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lifestyle
'Mob Wives' Spin-Off Star Linda Torres Dies Of COVID Complications, 67 'Mob Wives' Spin-Off Star Linda Torres Dies Of COVID Complications, 67
'Mob Wives' Spin-Off Star Linda Torres Dies Of COVID Complications, 67 "Mob Wives" spinoff "Big Ang" co-star Linda Torres died of COVID-19 complications at Staten Island University Hospital in New York on Thursday. She was 67 years old and had been battling the virus for nine weeks. Torres was a close friend of Angela "Big Ang" Raiola, who was the star of multiple Mob Wives spinoffs, including "Big Ang". After the show went off the air she had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was cancer free a year later, but in 2020 Torres's cancer had returned. We are saddened to hear about the passing of Linda Torres. Our hearts go out to her family, friends, an…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Authorities: Edison Man, 42, Charged In Fatal Shooting Authorities: Edison Man, 42, Charged In Fatal Shooting
Authorities: Edison Man, 42, Charged In Fatal Shooting A 42-year-old man from Edison has been arrested in connection with a fatal shooting in Perth Amboy, authorities said. Robert Hagens, 42, was charged on Tuesday with the murder of Vidal Carrasquillo-Vasquez, 41, of Perth Amboy, according to Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and Perth Amboy Police Chief Roman McKeon. Hagens also was charged with unlawfully possessing a weapon, they said. Hagens previously had been arrested on Aug. 24 on a charge of conspiracy to possess cocaine, they said. The new murder and weapons charges were filed o…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Driver Fatally Shot, Crashes In Perth Amboy Driver Fatally Shot, Crashes In Perth Amboy
Driver Fatally Shot, Crashes In Perth Amboy A 41-year-old man was shot and killed while behind the wheel of a car over the weekend in Perth Amboy, authorities said. Officers responding to reports of a car crash found Vidal Carrasquillo-Vasquez with multiple gunshot wounds in the driver's seat at the intersection of Hall Avenue and High Street around 11:35 p.m. Sunday, Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said. Carrasquillo-Vasquez was transported to Staten Island University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.  The official cause of death is pending the results of the autopsy, which are forthcoming. The investig…

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by Cecilia Levine