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Sussex County Man With Arrest Record Blames Black Man For COVID-19 Pandemic, Police Say Sussex County Man With Arrest Record Blames Black Man For COVID-19 Pandemic, Police Say
Sussex County Man With Arrest Record Blames Black Man For Covid-19 Pandemic, Police Say A Sussex County who  once threatened to kidnap a JCP&L worker during a power outage was taken into custody again, this time for blaming a black man for the COVID-19 pandemic, said authorities who charged him. Authorities responding to ShopRite on reports of a bias incident Sunday morning found Robert A. Winter, 65, of Vernon, had used racial slurs while blaming a black man -- in part -- for the spread of coronavirus, Franklin police said in a release. Winter was charged with simple assault, terroristic threats, harassment and bias intimidation. He was charged, processed and r…

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More Than 25,000 North Jersey Residents Without Power After Storm More Than 25,000 North Jersey Residents Without Power After Storm
More Than 25,000 North Jersey Residents Without Power After Storm Thousands of Sussex County residents woke up without power Tuesday following the start-of-the-month snow storm. Widespread outages from the storm left approximately 24,000 Sussex County residents and 4,800 Warren County residents in the dark Tuesday morning, JCP&L's website said. JCP&L estimates that power to the nearly 25,000 customers will be restored by 11:30 p.m. More than 150 roads were impassable due to ice and tree damage, hampering restoration efforts, the company said. "We have secured hundreds of additional utility personnel to assist in our restoration efforts," JCP&am…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Tesla Supercharger At Parsippany Wawa Goes Up In Flames Tesla Supercharger At Parsippany Wawa Goes Up In Flames
Tesla Supercharger At Parsippany Wawa Goes Up In Flames A Tesla Supercharger station that caught fire caused a smokey scene at the Parsippany Wawa. A neighbor across from the New Road gas station called the local fire department and store employees after noticing the flames Sunday, CNBC reports. Parsippany-Troy Hills Fire Department District 5 worker Matthew Palmeiri told Automotive News that the JCP&L was having a problem with a transformer next to the Supercharger, which is what sparked the fire -- not the Supercharger itself. Tesla was having an issue with its cabinet when the station went up in flames Sunday, a Wawa spokesperson told CN…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Community Rallies For Blairstown Family Displaced By Fire Community Rallies For Blairstown Family Displaced By Fire
Community Rallies For Blairstown Family Displaced By Fire The community is rallying for a Blairstown family that lost most of their belongings in a fire. Firefighters responded to the first alarm fire on Frontage Road around 4 a.m. Monday morning after a resident called 9-1-1, fire officials said. The fire began in the attached garage but quickly spread to the house by the time firefighters had arrived -- upgrading the blaze to a second-alarm, responding departments said. Everything had been knocked down around noon, fire officials said. "While there were no injuries, the residents unfortunately lost most of what they own," Knowlton Township Fir…

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