The family of a 17-year-old boy who once rescued three kids from drowning in an icy pond in Upper Darby but was later shot dead is seeing a surge of community support.Anthony Alexander Jr. was at an Eagles Super Bowl playoffs party on Marshall Road when he was shot and killed around 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30, according to a GoFundMe campaign and local police.Diamire HickmanUpper Darby ...

A 66-year-old sanitation worker was struck and killed by a truck early Saturday, Feb. 4 outside of the Paterson facility, officials said.Walter Mercado McWhorter was pronounced dead at the scene just outside of Covanta Sanitation Company on Fulton Street, around 8:55 a.m., Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Acting Paterson Police Chief Bert Ribeiro said.It wasn't ...

Police shot and killed a man Saturday morning, Feb. 4, New Jersey Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said.The incident unfolded at a home on John Street around 8:15 a.m., and the man was pronounced dead at the scene, at 10:39 a.m., Platkin said.According to NBC4, the man was possibly armed with a knife and had been visiting family from Las Vegas.One officer was hospitalized with ...

Authorities have identified the teen killed in this week's Midland Park house fire as a 16-year-old male resident.Alexander Lopez-Pena's body was found by responders on the first floor of the 222 Franklin Ave. home on Thursday, Feb. 2, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. He was brought to an ambulance before being pronounced dead at the scene, responders said.There was ...

Pete Reed, a 33-year-old New Jersey native and global activist, died helping civilians in Ukraine on Friday, Feb. 2.Reed was "actively aiding in the evacuation of Ukrainian civilians when his evacuation vehicle was hit with a reported missile in Bakhmut," according to Global Outreach Doctors. Pete Reed helps an elderly woman evacuate in Ukraine.Albert LoresA Bordentown native and ...

The Pemberton Police Department is mourning the loss of one of its own.The department announced the death of Patrolman Brian Lucykanish on Friday, Feb. 2. CBS Philadelphia reported the cause of death was an off-duty crash Thursday, Feb. 1 in Waterford.A meal train was organized for the patrolman's family."This meal train is being organized to help Kirstin and the Lucykanish babies ...

No doubt Delaware Valley native Miles Teller will be rooting for the Eagles as they look to score a Super Bowl LVII title.The 35-year-old Downington native and "Top Gun" actor, though, will also be starring in a Super Bowl ad with wife, Keleigh, and their dog, Bugsy (scroll for video).The ad titled "Hold" is part of an all-new Bud Light campaign, signaling a new era for the ...

Firefighters rescued a 38-year-old man who fell down an elevator shaft Thursday, Feb. 2 in Somerset County, authorities said.Responders found the Watchung man stuck in a building on Mettlers Road around 2:30 p.m. in Franklin Township, township police Lt. Vincent T. Wilson said.The victim was removed but had suffered multiple injuries, and was taken to the hospital by Robert Wood ...

A teenage boy was killed Thursday night in a ferocious, fast-moving house fire in Midland Park.UPDATE: Boy, 16, ID'd As Victim Killed In Midland Park FireTwo other victims were hospitalized in the blaze, which apparently ignited on the first floor of the two-family home on Franklin Avenue home next to the borough public library shortly after 6:30 p.m. Feb. 2.Firefighters found the ...

A North Jersey wedding venue will close its doors after 66 years in business come July.The Manor, in West Orange, announced it will be closing on July 6, 2023."We are agonizingly aware that there is no 'good' time for this to happen and are doing our sincere best to responsibly and respectfully resolve each and every pending event thoughtfully," the Knowles family wrote on the venue's ...