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Cops ID NJ Pilot, Passenger Killed In I-684 Plane Crash Cops ID NJ Pilot, Passenger Killed In I-684 Plane Crash
Cops ID NJ Pilot, Passenger Killed In I-684 Plane Crash Authorities have released the identities of both the pilot who survived and the passenger who died in a small plane crash that shut down Interstate 684 at the border of Fairfield, CT and Westchester, CT counties for hours. Kalmen Goldberger, 26, of Linden, NJ, had reported engine trouble before the single-engine Tecnam P-2008 went down in the center median of I-684 near Exit 2 in Harrison Thursday, Dec. 12 around 7:15 p.m., officials said. Goldberger survived, however, his passenger, Jacob Yankele Friedman, 32, of the Rockland County hamlet of Monsey, was pronounced dead at the sc…

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by Ben Crnic
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Small Plane That Took Off From NJ Crashes On I-684, 1 Dead Small Plane That Took Off From NJ Crashes On I-684, 1 Dead
Small Plane That Took Off From NJ Crashes On I-684, 1 Dead One person was killed and another survived a small plane crash along I-684 in Westchester, NY, on Thursday night, Dec. 12, New York State Police confirmed. UPDATE: Cops ID NJ Pilot, NY Passenger Killed In I-684 Plane Crash The FAA said that the pilot of the single-engine Tecnam P-2008 had reported engine issues before crashing around 7:15 p.m. The crash occurred near Exit 2 in Harrison, according to a statement from NYSP. Flight data shows that the plane departed from Linden, NJ. Multiple Jewish news outlets including the Monsey Scoop identified the person killed as 32-…

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by Cecilia Levine & Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Pursuit Of Car Stolen Out Of Newark Ends In NY Police Car Crash Pursuit Of Car Stolen Out Of Newark Ends In NY Police Car Crash
Pursuit Of Car Stolen Out Of Newark Ends In NY Police Car Crash A pursuit of a car stolen out of Newark ended in a crash with a police vehicle in Westchester County, NY. Officers responded to a report of men getting out of a car and walking into driveways in the area of Shelly Lane and Stonewall Circle in Harrison at 11:20 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, according to the Town/Village of Harrison Police Department. An officer found the suspect vehicle, a BMW sedan, on White Deer Lane and saw a man run back to the car from a driveway, police said.  When the officer tried to pull the car over, the driver sped away, authorities reported. The BMW traveled …

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by Nicole Valinote
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Central Jersey Driver Killed When Car Falls 25 Feet On NY Highway Central Jersey Driver Killed When Car Falls 25 Feet On NY Highway
Central Jersey Driver Killed When Car Falls 25 Feet On NY Highway A Perth Amboy driver was killed when his car flipped over a concrete barrier on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Westchester County, NY and fell about 25 feet onto another roadway. Jefry Capellan Rodriguez was behind the wheel of a 2002 Ford Ranger going northbound when he lost control, spun out, and struck the barrier at 9 p.m., Saturday, June 19, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police. The vehicle then toppled over the barrier and fell into an opening between the parkway’s northbound and southbound lanes. The vehicle landed on its roof on the shoulder adjacent to …

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Libyan Charged In Airline Bombing That Killed 270, Including 119 From Daily Voice Area Libyan Charged In Airline Bombing That Killed 270, Including 119 From Daily Voice Area
Libyan Charged In Airline Bombing That Killed 270, Including 119 From Daily Voice Area Federal authorities announced charges Monday against an accused Libyan terrorist on the 32nd anniversary of the Flight 103 bombing over Scotland that killed 270 people. Abu Agila Mohammad Masud is charged with terrorism-related crimes in the 1988 bombing over the village of Lockerbie that killed 190 Americans in all, Attorney General William Barr said Monday. The victims in modern-day history’s worst attack on Americans before 9/11 included 33 New Jerseyans and 61 New York State residents, as well as 11 from Massachusetts, nine from Pennsylvania and five from Connecticut (see list below). …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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COVID-19: Group Meetings Cancelled In NJ, NY Complicate Addiction Recovery COVID-19: Group Meetings Cancelled In NJ, NY Complicate Addiction Recovery
Covid-19: Group Meetings Cancelled In NJ, NY Complicate Addiction Recovery Social distancing is something that people recovering from addiction can least afford, especially amid a worldwide pandemic that only ramps up the anxiety.  But concerns that hospitals and churches have about the coronavirus has eliminated group meetings in New Jersey and New York. And no one knows for how long. From Bayonne to Boonton, the list of cancelled Northern New Jersey Alcoholics Anonymous meetings continued to grow on Saturday. Paramus, Hoboken, Montclair, West Orange, Saddle River -- anywhere someone in need might find a meeting now can't. At the same time, the arm of AA th…

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by Jerry DeMarco