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This Loving Cat Was Returned To NJ Shelter: Now She Needs Foster-Hospice Home This Loving Cat Was Returned To NJ Shelter: Now She Needs Foster-Hospice Home
This Loving Cat Was Returned To NJ Shelter: Now She Needs Foster-Hospice Home Emma may only be a year and a half old, but this tabby has already endured more than most cats do in a lifetime. The Bergen County Animal Shelter is searching for a foster-hospice — or “fospice” — home for Emma, a spirited 1½-year-old cat with a severe heart murmur. Shelter staff say Emma was diagnosed with the condition as a kitten and has been closely monitored ever since. While her heart condition carries the risk of sudden decline, Emma’s energy and charm have never waned. After spending most of her young life at the shelter, Emma once found a loving fospice family who helped her bloss…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
VIDEO: Man With Scissors Begs Cops To Shoot Him After NJ Crash With Kids In Car, Police Say VIDEO: Man With Scissors Begs Cops To Shoot Him After NJ Crash With Kids In Car, Police Say
Video: Man With Scissors Begs Cops To Shoot Him After NJ Crash With Kids In Car, Police Say A man holding scissors begged police to shoot him after a crash involving three vehicles — including one carrying children — in a Morris County gas station parking lot on Wednesday, May 21, authorities said (scroll for video). The crash happened around 5:26 p.m. on Ridgedale Avenue, Hanover police said. Officers arrived and began tending to one of the vehicles’ occupants when they noticed a man outside his car acting suspiciously, police said. “When officers began talking to him, he began acting erratically and stated he wanted to die,” the news release reads. The man, who was holding…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
DUI Crash Closed Maywood Avenue Hours Before Child Was Struck Nearby: Police DUI Crash Closed Maywood Avenue Hours Before Child Was Struck Nearby: Police
DUI Crash Closed Maywood Avenue Hours Before Child Was Struck Nearby: Police A DUI crash that snapped a telephone pole shut down Maywood Avenue for hours—just blocks from where a child was struck by a vehicle later that evening, authorities said. The first crash occurred just after 2 a.m. on Thursday, March 13, when Malcolm Lee, 35, of Hackensack, was driving southbound on Maywood Avenue near Lenox Avenue in a 2006 Honda CR-V, Maywood Police Chief Terence Kenny said. Lee sideswiped a telephone pole, then continued another 50 feet and struck a second pole, snapping it on impact, Kenny said. He was arrested for DWI and hospitalized with a significant injury, police sa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
SUV Spins Out, Hits Concrete Barrier On Route 3 Crash At Clifton Border: Police SUV Spins Out, Hits Concrete Barrier On Route 3 Crash At Clifton Border: Police
SUV Spins Out, Hits Concrete Barrier On Route 3 Crash At Clifton Border: Police A child was injured in a crash early Sunday morning, Oct. 6 on Route 3 in Rutherford, police said. A Honda CRV occupied by a family of four, two adults and two children, spun out and struck the concrete barrier during the crash with a 2022 Mercedes Benz operated by a 33-year-old woman, Rutherford Police Lt. Craig Capoano said. The crash happened just before 8:30 a.m. in the local westbound lanes right at the Clifton border. The child suffered a minor injury and the parents told police they'd take their child to their own doctor or local hospital for medical care. The lane was briefly …

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by Cecilia Levine