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Passaic, NJ

‘Unhealthy Air’ Across Tri-State As Wildfire Smoke Pushes Pollution Levels Into Danger Zone ‘Unhealthy Air’ Across Tri-State As Wildfire Smoke Pushes Pollution Levels Into Danger Zone
‘Unhealthy Air’ Across Tri-State As Wildfire Smoke Pushes Pollution Levels Into Danger Zone Officials are urging residents to take precautions as wildfire smoke and extreme heat bring poor air quality and health risks to much of the tri-state region. The area is under multiple air quality and heat advisories through Wednesday, July 30. Air Quality Alerts in Effect On Sunday, July 27, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued Code Orange air quality alerts due to elevated levels of fine particulate pollution. These conditions can be especially harmful to people with heart or lung conditions, young ch…
Fourth Detainee Who Escaped New Jersey ICE Facility Captured 2,700 Miles Away Fourth Detainee Who Escaped New Jersey ICE Facility Captured 2,700 Miles Away
Fourth Detainee Who Escaped New Jersey ICE Facility Captured 2,700 Miles Away The fourth and final detainee who escaped from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in New Jersey last month was captured Thursday, July 17, in Los Angeles, more than 2,700 miles away, the FBI said. Andres Felipe Pineda-Mogollon, 25, a Colombian national, escaped from Delaney Hall in Newark following a riot on June 12, as previously reported by Daily Voice. The FBI did not release further details about Pineda-Mogollon's escape. The three other detainees were identified as: Franklin Norberto Bautista-Reyes, a Honduran national who entered the U.S. illegally in 2021, was arreste…
Feds ID Four Migrants Who Escaped NJ ICE Facility, $10K Reward Offered Feds ID Four Migrants Who Escaped NJ ICE Facility, $10K Reward Offered
Feds ID Four Migrants Who Escaped NJ ICE Facility, $10K Reward Offered Federal officials are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of four criminal illegal aliens who escaped from Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark on Thursday, June 12, the Department of Homeland Security said. The agency maintained that no widespread unrest occurred at the facility, contradicting various media reports including some saying 50 inmates pushed down a wall after meals were served late.  Officials said Delaney Hall remains “dedicated to providing high-quality services” and maintains 24/7 medical care, visitation, legal access, meals, reli…
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Drifting Into NY Triggering Alerts: Check Your Town's Index Canadian Wildfire Smoke Drifting Into NY Triggering Alerts: Check Your Town's Index
Canadian Wildfire Smoke Drifting Into NY Triggering Alerts: Check Your Town's Index With summer-like heat moving in, health officials have issued a Code Orange Air Quality Alert for much of New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, and the Philadelphia metro area on Wednesday, June 4 (scroll down to check your town's air quality index). The alerts, in effect from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., warn that ground-level ozone pollution could reach unhealthy levels for sensitive groups, including children, the elderly, and those with heart or lung disease, authorities in each state said. Click here to see today's air quality forecast. In New Jersey, the Department of Environmental Protection iss…
M*A*S*H Star Loretta Swit Dies At NY Home; Played Colorful Character 'Hot Lips' Houlihan M*A*S*H Star Loretta Swit Dies At NY Home; Played Colorful Character 'Hot Lips' Houlihan
M*A*S*H Star Loretta Swit Dies At NY Home; Played Colorful Character 'Hot Lips' Houlihan Loretta Swit, who starred on one of the most popular shows in television history, has died. Swit, who played the charming and colorful head nurse Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on the CBS smash hit M*A*S*H, was age 87 and resided in New York City, where she died early Friday afternoon, May 30. She was a native of Passaic, New Jersey. A cause of death has not been announced. After performing in theatrical productions, including on Broadway, Swit moved to Hollywood in 1969 and appeared on several successful TV series, including Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke, Mission: Impossible, and Mannix. H…
NJ Birthday Girl Feared Dead In Jet Set Club Collapse, Family Says NJ Birthday Girl Feared Dead In Jet Set Club Collapse, Family Says
NJ Birthday Girl Feared Dead In Jet Set Club Collapse, Family Says She went to celebrate her birthday. She never made it home. New Jersey's Jennifer Contreras was one of the victims killed Tuesday, April 8 when the roof of a popular nightclub in the Dominican Republic came crashing down during a concert, according to her brother Anthony, of Passaic. “My beloved sister, Jennifer C. Contreras, was a victim of the tragedy from negligence at Jet Set Night Club in Santo Domingo,” Anthony Contreras wrote on a GoFundMe launched to help bring his sister’s body back to the U.S. Jennifer had flown to the island to celebrate both her birthday and that of a family fr…
MURDER-SUICIDE: Newly-Retired NYSP Worker ID'd As Victim Of Post-Christmas Tragedy MURDER-SUICIDE: Newly-Retired NYSP Worker ID'd As Victim Of Post-Christmas Tragedy
Murder-suicide: Newly-Retired Nysp Worker ID'd As Victim Of Post-Christmas Tragedy A New Jersey man and newly-retired New York State Police employee was shot and killed by his neighbor in Upstate New York who then killed his wife, and then himself, in a post-Christmas tragedy, according to officials and those who loved him. Thomas K. Fusco, 65, who was born in Passaic and raised in Saddle Brook, was found dead from a gunshot wound when New York State Police responded to a shooting at 10 Sunset Point Yankee Lake in Mamakating at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Dec. 26, New York State Police said.  Police executing a search warrant at a neighbor's house found the bodies of…
Impaired Driver Charged After Fatal Crash In Region, Police Say Impaired Driver Charged After Fatal Crash In Region, Police Say
Impaired Driver Charged After Fatal Crash In Region, Police Say A tractor-trailer driver was killed in the Capital Region after crashing into the back of another truck in which the driver was charged with DWI/ impaired by drugs. The crash occurred in Schenectady County at 10:15 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 5, on I-90 in Rotterdam. According to Trooper Stephanie O'Neil, an investigation determined that both tractor-trailers were traveling westbound when one vehicle, operated by a Canadian driver, crashed into the rear of the other.  The Canadian driver was declared dead at the scene, O'Neil said. The other vehicle's driver has been identified as Manuel E. A…