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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
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PHOTOS: Tractor-Trailer Goes Up In Flames On Route 287 PHOTOS: Tractor-Trailer Goes Up In Flames On Route 287
Photos: Tractor-Trailer Goes Up In Flames On Route 287 A tractor-trailer went up in flames on Route 287 Sunday night, prompting a quick and efficient response from several local fire departments, state police said. The trailer caught fire in the northbound lanes near milepost 33.6 in Harding Township just before 10:35 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice. The New Vernon Fire Department quickly doused the blaze with help from the Bernardsville department. Photo 2New Vernon Volunteer Fire Department via Facebook Though “shaken up,” the driver safely exited the trailer and was uninjured, the department said. The right lane was clo…

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by Valerie Musson