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Man Hospitalized After Being Struck By Train In Morris County Man Hospitalized After Being Struck By Train In Morris County
Man Hospitalized After Being Struck By Train In Morris County A man was taken to the hospital after being struck by a train in Morris County Sunday night, authorities said. The man was struck by the Morris & Essex train 6933 at the Martin Luther King Avenue Bridge in Morristown around 6:40 p.m., NJ Transit spokesperson Jim Smith told DailyVoice.com. The train had departed New York Penn Station at 5:11 p.m. and was scheduled to arrive in Dover at 6:56 p.m., Smith said. The man was taken to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. The approximately 50 customers and crew members on the train were uninjured…

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by Valerie Musson
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This NJ District Just Swore In Its First Openly Transgender BOE Member This NJ District Just Swore In Its First Openly Transgender BOE Member
This NJ District Just Swore In Its First Openly Transgender BOE Member Daniella Mendez is going down in LGBTQ history. Mendez, 33, on Tuesday was sworn into the Dover Board of Education as its first openly transgender woman. I invite you all to join us tomorrow, Tuesday January 4, 2022 at 6:30 pm to the Dover Board of Education reorganization... Posted by Daniella Mendez for Dover Board Of Education on Monday, January 3, 2022 Mendez is no stranger to minority groups and has long been advocating for them. With an Italian and Puerto Rican background, she was raised by her grandmother in Paterson, where she says her experience was less than comforting. “Cla…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Residents Hospitalized, Dog Rescued In Morris County New Year's Day House Fire Residents Hospitalized, Dog Rescued In Morris County New Year's Day House Fire
Residents Hospitalized, Dog Rescued In Morris County New Year's Day House Fire Several residents were hospitalized and a dog was rescued in a Morris County house fire on New Year’s Day, authorities said. Fire crews responded to the blaze at a 4-family home in Dover around 4:30 a.m., according to the Dover FMBA. Firefighters stretched a supply line and worked to douse the flames, which engulfed both the interior and exterior of the home, the fire company said. Crews then made an “aggressive interior push” to extinguish the bulk of the fire on the first floor. Meanwhile, additional crews, including the Mountain Tabor Volunteer Fire Department, arrived to stretch more…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
New Year's Fire Destroys Morris County Home New Year's Fire Destroys Morris County Home
New Year's Fire Destroys Morris County Home A dog was rescued from the basement of a Morris County home and multiple people were hospitalized following a 2-alarm fire early New Year's Day. Flames consumed the home at 50 Thompson Ave. in Dover when crews arrived around 4:30 a.m. Posted by Dover FMBA Local 60 on Saturday, January 1, 2022 A GoFundMe for Santiago, his Aunt Bibiana and cousin Nicholas, who escaped with their 9-month-old dog, had raised more than $1,000 as of Saturday evening. Units stretched a line for exposure protection of a nearby 4-family structure and exterior knockdown of the fire building while a supply line w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Taxi Driver Brutally Beaten In North Jersey Assault Robbery, Family Says Taxi Driver Brutally Beaten In North Jersey Assault Robbery, Family Says
Taxi Driver Brutally Beaten In North Jersey Assault Robbery, Family Says A hitchhiker allegedly brutally attacked a 54-year-old man who offered him a ride in North Jersey earlier this week, according to his family and recent news reports. The victim -- identified only as "Vasquez" -- picked up the unidentified Black male outside of Tequilas in Dover near Madison and Spruce streets around 9:45 p.m. Monday, when he was beaten and robbed in his vehicle, according to a GoFundMe page started by one of his children. Vasquez was left for dead on the side of the street, according to his daughter Melody. "The Dover police officers working diligently have identified a po…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Morris County Apartment Fire Under Investigation Morris County Apartment Fire Under Investigation
Morris County Apartment Fire Under Investigation A fire that ripped through an apartment building in Morris County before dawn Friday remained under investigation, authorities said. Crews responding to the reported third-alarm commercial fire at the Powder Mill Heights complex on Gates Court in Parsippany were met with smoky conditions in the lobby and flames in a lower level duplex unit shortly before 1 a.m., the Mount Tabor Volunteer Fire Department confirmed. After upgrading to a working structure fire, department members made an “aggressive attack” and contained the flames with tools and water cans, authorities said. Fire and emerge…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
PD: Dover Ex-BF Threatened To Kill Victim's Child, Stab Her 'For Each Year She Was Alive' PD: Dover Ex-BF Threatened To Kill Victim's Child, Stab Her 'For Each Year She Was Alive'
PD: Dover Ex-BF Threatened To Kill Victim's Child, Stab Her 'For Each Year She Was Alive' A Dover man was charged after he threatened to kill his ex’s child, her entire family and stab her “for each year she was alive,” police say. The victim reported to Mansfield Police that she had received texts from her 25-year-old ex-boyfriend threatening to shoot her, “kill her entire family, stab her for each year she was alive, and kill their child,” authorities said in a Wednesday release. The man — whose name was not released by police — also sent the victim’s family explicit videos, authorities said. The victim continued to receive threatening text messages while reporting the incide…

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by Valerie Musson
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Pedestrian Struck By Morris & Essex Line Train In Summit Pedestrian Struck By Morris & Essex Line Train In Summit
Pedestrian Struck By Morris & Essex Line Train In Summit A pedestrian was struck and injured by a train Thursday afternoon in Summit, officials said. The pedestrian was struck by NJ Transit's Morris & Essex line train 6625 near the Summit Station around 12:45 p.m., NJT spokesman Everett Merrill said. The victim's age and extent of injuries were unknown. None of the approximately 60 passengers and crew members on the train were injured. Service was suspended between Millburn and Chatham as of 2 p.m. The train had left Penn Station in New York at 11:46 and was set to arrive in Dover at 1:15 p.m. NJ Transit police were leading the invest…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
3 Pedestrians Hurt In Morris County Hit-Run; Motorcyclist Charged With Assault By Auto 3 Pedestrians Hurt In Morris County Hit-Run; Motorcyclist Charged With Assault By Auto
3 Pedestrians Hurt In Morris County Hit-Run; Motorcyclist Charged With Assault By Auto Three pedestrians in Morris County were seriously injured after being struck by a motorcyclist who fled the scene and was later charged with assault by auto, authorities said. Ariel Rodriguez-Sanchez allegedly struck the pedestrians while they were crossing South Morris Street near Byram Avenue in Dover just after 8:40 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 15, local police said in a Wednesday release. Rodriguez-Sanchez then fled north toward Blackwell Street and was located by police with help from witness statements. Rodriguez-Sanchez was arrested and charged with two counts of third-degree leaving the sc…

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by Valerie Musson
Business
Authentic Caribbean Food Truck Opens Brick-And-Mortar Restaurant In Randolph Authentic Caribbean Food Truck Opens Brick-And-Mortar Restaurant In Randolph
Authentic Caribbean Food Truck Opens Brick-And-Mortar Restaurant In Randolph A Caribbean eatery that started as a food truck in Dover has launched a brick-and-mortar restaurant in Randolph. Manjares del Caribe is now open at 477 Rt. 10, according to the township’s economic development committee, which celebrated the grand opening Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Manjares del Caribe offers a variety of Caribbean classics bursting with authentic flavors. On the menu, you’ll find everything from steak, chicken and seafood entrees to empanadas, vegetables and rice, salads, Caribbean-style burgers and more. Congratulations to Manjares del caribe on their offi…

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by Valerie Musson
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NJ Fertility Clinic Agrees To Pay State $495,000 Over Hack That Exposed 14,663 Patients' Data NJ Fertility Clinic Agrees To Pay State $495,000 Over Hack That Exposed 14,663 Patients' Data
NJ Fertility Clinic Agrees To Pay State $495,000 Over Hack That Exposed 14,663 Patients' Data A New Jersey fertility clinic agreed to pay the state nearly $500,000 to settle an investigation into a data breach that compromised the personal information of 14,663 patients, authorities said. The hack “allowed multiple instances of unauthorized access” to protected health information of patients of the Diamond Institute for Infertility and Menopause, LLC, which operates practices in Millburn, Dover and in Goshen, NY, Acting New Jersey Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck said Tuesday. “Inadequate data systems and protocols are every hacker’s dream,” state Division of Consumer Affairs Acting…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Historic North Jersey Cemetery ‘Brutally’ Vandalized [PHOTOS] Historic North Jersey Cemetery ‘Brutally’ Vandalized [PHOTOS]
Historic North Jersey Cemetery ‘Brutally’ Vandalized [Photos] A historic North Jersey cemetery was brutally vandalized overnight Sunday. The Orchard Street Cemetery in Dover posted about the incident on its Facebook page Monday evening: “It’s a very sad day for Orchard Street Cemetery,” the post begins. “…The cemetery grounds were vandalized. Not just slightly, but extremely.” In addition to brutally knocking over nine historic headstones, the vandal(s) ripped through the property’s bed of chrysanthemums. “It was shocking, to say the least,” the post continues. “We’re angry, and we’re sad.” The vandalism occurred sometime between 6 p.m. Sunday a…

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by Valerie Musson