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East Stroudsburg University Grad Curt Pakutka Dies After Cancer Battle, 55 East Stroudsburg University Grad Curt Pakutka Dies After Cancer Battle, 55
East Stroudsburg University Grad Curt Pakutka Dies After Cancer Battle, 55 A beloved New Jersey high school teacher and coach died after a lengthy battle to esophageal cancer. Curt D. Pakutka, 55, of Mansfield Township, died on June 7, at Hackettstown Medical Center. He was a well-loved physical education and driver's education teacher, as well as occasionally teaching health, at Newton High School in Sussex County. His love for sports followed him when he became a wrestling coach for Jefferson Township in Morris County from 2004-2015 and the head coach for the Newton High School Girls softball team from 2008-2019, according to his obituary. Curt also p…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Victim Burned In Fiery Explosion At Warren County Home Victim Burned In Fiery Explosion At Warren County Home
Victim Burned In Fiery Explosion At Warren County Home A fiery Warren County home explosion caused one person to suffer a burn to the head and brought more than a dozen emergency crews to the scene. The Mansfield Township Fire Company responded to a home on Willever Lake Road off Jackson Valley Road and confirmed the fully-involved blaze around 9:30 a.m. on Monday, April 25, the department said. Several surrounding departments also responded and immediately began attacking the fire and providing mutual aid, MTFC said. A medical helicopter was on standby as crews worked to douse the blaze, which included multiple explosions, initial reports sa…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
UPDATE: 1 Airlifted, 3 Others Hospitalized In Serious Warren County Crash UPDATE: 1 Airlifted, 3 Others Hospitalized In Serious Warren County Crash
Update: 1 Airlifted, 3 Others Hospitalized In Serious Warren County Crash One person was being flown to a nearby hospital while three others were injured Wednesday morning following a serious crash in Warren County, authorities said. The crash occurred at the intersection of Rt. 57 and Stewartsville Road in Mansfield Township shortly before 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 9, the Franklin Township Fire Department said. Atlantic Air 1 medical helicopter was requested to transport one victim to Morristown Medical Center, while three others were transported by ground, the department said. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.  Scroll down to view addition…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Unconscious Warren County Man Slams Pickup Truck, Crashes Into Bagel Shop: Police Unconscious Warren County Man Slams Pickup Truck, Crashes Into Bagel Shop: Police
Unconscious Warren County Man Slams Pickup Truck, Crashes Into Bagel Shop: Police A Warren County driver passed out behind the wheel Tuesday morning before running a red light, hitting another vehicle, and crashing into a nearby bagel shop, authorities said. Jeffrey Heymann, 62, was driving a 2006 Land Rover east on Route 57 in Hackettstown when he went unconscious and ran the red light at the Route 182 intersection around 4:45 a.m., local police said. Heymann, of Washington, then hit Mansfield Township resident Michael Danza, 51, who was driving a 2016 Dodge Ram south on Route 182, police said. Heymann’s vehicle ultimately ran through the intersection, struck a pedestr…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
'Horrible Conditions:' Parents Busted Smoking Crack Near Toddlers In Warren County Hotel 'Horrible Conditions:' Parents Busted Smoking Crack Near Toddlers In Warren County Hotel
'Horrible Conditions:' Parents Busted Smoking Crack Near Toddlers In Warren County Hotel Two toddlers were found living in “horrible conditions” in a Warren County hotel with their parents, who were allegedly using a slew of hard drugs in their presence with at least eight other adults, authorities said. Officers in Mansfield Township conducted a welfare check at the Quality Inn in Hackettstown around 3 p.m. Wednesday after receiving a report of 10 adults smoking crack cocaine in front of two small children the night before, police said. The 42-year-old father from Phillipsburg hid in the bathtub as officers arrived and was determined to be the subject of an NCIC warrant out of…

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by Valerie Musson