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Meet The First Responder Family Behind This Dazzling North Jersey Christmas Display Meet The First Responder Family Behind This Dazzling North Jersey Christmas Display
Meet The First Responder Family Behind This Dazzling North Jersey Christmas Display When duty calls, the Tamburro family answers—whether it’s a house fire, a medical emergency, or creating pure holiday magic on Lafayette Avenue. For over six years, the Tamburros—known in Hawthorne for their service as firefighters and EMTs—have turned their home at 1084 Lafayette Avenue Extension into a spectacular winter wonderland.  Featuring more than 400 glowing decorations and whimsical scenes, the family’s “Lights on Lafayette” display has become a holiday beacon, drawing crowds and smiles from far and wide. The family behind the magic is no stranger to teamwork. Victor Tamburr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Vendetta Against Women:' NJ Reporter Details Random, Bloody Attack On NYC Streets 'Vendetta Against Women:' NJ Reporter Details Random, Bloody Attack On NYC Streets
'Vendetta Against Women:' NJ Reporter Details Random, Bloody Attack On NYC Streets Those are not "deranged homeless people" who have been carrying out the random attacks on women across New York City, said 1010 WINS reporter Kelly Dillon. Those are men with a vendetta against women, she said. The 40-year-old news and traffic reporter fell victim to one of the random attacks while leaving work last week, and now, she is using her platform to bring awareness to it. Dillon was heading back to New Jersey after getting off from work last Tuesday, Aug. 14 into Wednesday, Aug. 15 at midnight on Hudson and King streets in New York City when it happened, she said in a 22-minute T…

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by Cecilia Levine
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9/11 First Responder, Marine Corps Veteran Scott Donnenberg Of Hunterdon County Dies, 49 9/11 First Responder, Marine Corps Veteran Scott Donnenberg Of Hunterdon County Dies, 49
9/11 First Responder, Marine Corps Veteran Scott Donnenberg Of Hunterdon County Dies, 49 9/11 first responder, proud Marine Corps veteran, and devoted father Scott Matthew Donnenberg died at his Hunterdon County home on Thursday, Jan. 19. He was 49. Born in Livingston, Scott grew up in Parsippany before moving to Glen Gardner and eventually settling in Clinton, his obituary says. Scott was a US Marine Corps Veteran and “loved being a Marine,” reads his memorial. While he spent most of his career as the owner of an Environmental Health & Safety business, he also volunteered as a firefighter and EMT in several towns across the state and was a 9/11 first responder. Above all…

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by Valerie Musson
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Dedicated North Jersey EMT Starting Dialysis Desperately Seeks Kidney Donor Dedicated North Jersey EMT Starting Dialysis Desperately Seeks Kidney Donor
Dedicated North Jersey EMT Starting Dialysis Desperately Seeks Kidney Donor A dedicated and passionate North Jersey EMT is desperately seeking a kidney donor as he begins dialysis treatments after years of battling chronic disease. Reid Cappel, an Atlantic Health EMT from Harding Township, has been living with one kidney for years after his diagnosis with the chronic disease at age 21, he said. "Growing up I had a lot of stomach issues", said Cappel, according to the Madison NJ PBA. “When I was 21 years old, they found a massive tumor where the other kidney should have been. Luckily it wasn't cancerous, but I've been dealing with Chronic Kidney Disease since the…

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by Valerie Musson