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Teen Killed By Car Had Moved To NJ For Better Life Four Months Prior, Campaign Says Teen Killed By Car Had Moved To NJ For Better Life Four Months Prior, Campaign Says
Teen Killed By Car Had Moved To NJ For Better Life Four Months Prior, Campaign Says Support is on the rise for a Morris County teen who was struck and killed by a vehicle last month. Maria Lorena Orellana-Valverde, 18, had only recently moved to Randolph when she was fatally struck by a vehicle on Friday, Nov. 29, according to a fundraiser set up for her family. The GoFundMe says she moved to New Jersey from Ecuador for a better future with her mother four months before her death. "She went out to buy a hamburger and found death without looking for it," writes campaign founder Julie Sanchez. A 2022 Honda HRV hit the Randolph resident at the intersection of Route 10 and Ce…
Gabriela Ayala-Cortes, Essex County Mom, Dies At 45 Gabriela Ayala-Cortes, Essex County Mom, Dies At 45
Gabriela Ayala-Cortes, Essex County Mom, Dies At 45 Gabriela Ayala-Cortes, a mom and Verona resident, died on Thursday, Oct. 10 at the age of 45 of cancer, according to her obituary on the Shooks Cedar Grove Funeral Home. Born in Ecuador, Ayala-Cortes emigrated to the United States in 2003, her obituary reads. She worked as the director of regulatory affairs operations for Organon and Company in Jersey City, according to her obituary. She is survived her husband, Carlos, her children, Camila and Isabella, her parents Rodrigo and Marcia, and numerous other family members and friends, her obituary reads. A fundraiser has been created to suppo…