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Jefferson PD: Duo With Warrants Busted With Heroin Jefferson PD: Duo With Warrants Busted With Heroin
Jefferson PD: Duo With Warrants Busted With Heroin A Lake Hopatcong man and a Paterson woman both with arrest warrants were charged after they were found with heroin in a traffic stop, authorities said. David Wenegrat, 51, was pulled over for speeding on Route 15 North in Jefferson Township Feb. 21, authorities said. During the stop, officers discovered that Wenegrat had two warrants out of West Orange, township police said. The passenger, Sarah Mahmoud, 37, was subsequently found to be in possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia and also had two warrants out of West Orange, authorities said. Wenegrat was charged with speeding, careles…

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by Valerie Musson
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Person Struck By Train In Montclair Suspends Service On Montclair-Boonton Line Person Struck By Train In Montclair Suspends Service On Montclair-Boonton Line
Person Struck By Train In Montclair Suspends Service On Montclair-Boonton Line Service was suspended on NJ Transit's Montclair-Boonton line Monday evening after a person was struck by a train. The identified pedestrian was struck near the Clairmont Avenue crossing around 7 p.m., an NJ Transit spokesperson said. The train had left Hoboken at 6:33 p.m. and was bound to arrive in Lake Hopatcong at 8:14 p.m. The victim was transported to the hospital with unknown injuries. None of the 400 passengers or employees on the train were injured, officials said. Service had resumed around 8 p.m. with delays of up to an hour reported.

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by Cecilia Levine
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SEEN THEM? Family Searches For Diabetic Morris County Woman, Boyfriend Last Seen In Newark SEEN THEM? Family Searches For Diabetic Morris County Woman, Boyfriend Last Seen In Newark
Seen Them? Family Searches For Diabetic Morris County Woman, Boyfriend Last Seen In Newark The family of a Morris County woman is turning to the public for help locating her and her boyfriend, both missing for more than two weeks. A Type 1 diabetic with out insulin, Nicolette "Nicki" Clark was last seen leaving her Lake Hopatcong house on Oct. 31, family members said on Facebook.  Her boyfriend Joe Dobie, 28, is also missing and was last seen on Tuxedo Parkway in Newark, Nicki's family said. The couple took off in a silver Chevrolet tracker with a soft, leather top, license plate V26KTL. The Clarks were not available for comment when Daily Voice reached out Saturday e…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Lake Hopatcong Construction Worker Killed In Demolition Accident Lake Hopatcong Construction Worker Killed In Demolition Accident
Lake Hopatcong Construction Worker Killed In Demolition Accident A 38-year-old Lake Hopatcong man was killed while working on a demolition job in Pennsylvania. Luke Marzano was working on the Martin Tower property site in Bethlehem when he sustained crushing injuries to his pelvis and abdomen around 11:50 a.m. Thursday, the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office said. A crew has been working to clean up the remnants of the Bethlehem Steel Corp headquarters, which closed four months ago. Employed by Montville-based CATCO Demolition Services, Marzano was pronounced dead at the hospital. The death was ruled accidental, the coroner said. NASCAR crew member Ry…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Report: Climate Change Heating Up N.J. Faster Than Almost All Other States Report: Climate Change Heating Up N.J. Faster Than Almost All Other States
Report: Climate Change Heating Up N.J. Faster Than Almost All Other States New Jersey's average annual temperature has risen by nearly 2 degrees Celsius since 1895, double the average for the lower 48 states, according to an analysis by The Washington Post.  Of all U.S. states, Alaska's average temperature has risen by the most, followed by Rhode Island and New Jersey. Other states in the Northeast, including Connecticut and Massachusetts, are close behind.  A temperature rise of 2 degrees Celsius is regarded as a critical climate warming threshold. Scientists fear that if average global temperatures rise by 2 degrees above the 1895 average, the conseque…

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by Paul Milo
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'Everything Is Gone': Fire Destroys Union County Couple's Lake Hopatcong Home 'Everything Is Gone': Fire Destroys Union County Couple's Lake Hopatcong Home
'Everything Is Gone': Fire Destroys Union County Couple's Lake Hopatcong Home Joe and Ivea Madden stood outside the house they were renting in Lake Hopatcong and watched it burn to the ground. The pair lost nearly everything in the North Way Lake blaze Thursday, including one of their cats. More than $10,900 had been raised for the Maddens on a GoFundMe as of Tuesday morning. "We had a hell of a day," Joey said the evening of the fire. "Woke up to popping noise with flames n smoke . We got out in time but 1 of our cats didn't make [it]. In 2 min the house was engulfed in flames.  "Everything is gone." The cause was apparently electrical, friends told Daily Vo…

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by Cecilia Levine