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Ireland
New Canaan, CT
News
Man Accused Of Killing New Canaan Father At Posh Irish Hotel To Stay In Jail: Report
A 30-year-old Connecticut native who was arrested last week and accused of killing his father at an exclusive Irish hotel will spend at least two more weeks in jail under medical and judicial supervision, according to a news report. Henry McGowan, who grew up in Greenwich, was charged with the murder of John McGowan, a wealthy New Canaan financier who had flown to Ireland to help his mentally ill son last week, authorities said. Related: New Canaan Venture Capitalist Found Dead At Irish Hotel; Son Charged Henry appeared in an Irish court on Monday, Nov. 18, via videoconference, where his a…
Doylestown, PA
News
NJ Onlyfans Model Flashes Philadelphia Portal Months After Doing The Same In NYC
Old habits die hard for Ava Louise, an Onlyfans model who famously had the New York City-Dublin portal shut down in May for exposing her breasts. She's back at it in Philadelphia. Ava, whose Facebook profile says she lives in Newark and graduated from Rutgers, recently shared a video of herself flashing the portal to Europe, and then another one bragging about getting it shut down. "You might remember I pulled this stunt in New York," Ava said. "I had to run it back and whip 'em out for Philly." The portal at LOVE park, which only opened this week, rotates between Poland, Ireland, an…
Union, NJ
Police & Fire
Union Man Transported Irish Citizens Who Entered US Illegally: Feds
A 43-year-old Union man was charged last month with unlawfully transporting Irish citizens who entered the United States illegally, authorities said. On Sunday, Sept. 8, nine citizens of Ireland crossed into the United States illegally near Drew Road in Richford, Vermont, federal prosecutors said. Murray picked up the nine citizens near the US-Canada border and transported them in his SUV, with two young children unrestrained in the rear cargo compartment, authorities said. Murray faces up to five years of imprisonment if convicted of unlawfully transporting citizens of another country, aut…
Jersey City, NJ
News
Prominent Jersey City Doctor Catfished Numerous Women For 10 Years, Victim Alleges
Her name was Ethan Schuman. At least, that's what Anna Akbari says Emily Slutsky called herself when she messaged her on OKCupid in 2011. Akbari, who holds a PhD, details how Slutsky catfished her and multiple other women in her new book, "There Is No Ethan: How Three Women Caught America's Biggest Catfish." When Akbari met "Ethan" on OKCupid, she found him to be brilliant and charming, and they exchanged messages, developing a deep connection, she tells Daily Voice. But Akbari realized something was up when Ethan kept canceling plans to chat on the phone or via webcam. His exc…
Gaithersburg, MD
News
Courier Involved In Gold Bar Scam Targeting Maryland Elder Arrested Boarding Flight To Ireland
A 23-year-old man from Illinois has become the second apprehended for his role in a government-imposter-related gold bar scam targeting a Montgomery County resident. Neel Patel, of Carol Stream, joined California native Wenhui Sun behind bars after a woman was bilked out of hundreds of thousands of dollars as part of the scheme, according to police. In March, a woman advised investigators that she had been contacted by a fraudster alleging to be with Office of the Inspector General – Federal Trade Commission. She was instructed that she was the victim of identity theft that laun…
Gettysburg, PA
Sports
Penn State Pommel Horse Sensation Stephen Nedoroscik Wins Bronze —
Again
Stephen Nedoroscik has done it again. The Penn State alum who hails from Worcester, Massachusetts, nailed another pommel horse routine at Paris 2024, winning his second bronze medal. Nedoroscik, 25, shot to fame as the USA men's gymnastic team's official "pommel horse specialist," earning the team its first medal in 16 years. On Saturday, Aug. 3, Nedoroscik racked up 15.300 points on the pommel horse behind two-time world champ Rhys McClenaghan, of Ireland, who won the gold.
Teaneck, NJ
News
New Owners Of The Cottage Bar Have Message For Longtime Customers
It took months for Anabella Sol Cavagliato and Jorge Mora to gain the trust of patrons after opening In The Drink. It was 2017 and the bar and restaurant at Preakness Valley Golf Course in Wayne had long been owned and operated by someone else. The customers were skeptical of change. They didn't like it, at first. They didn't want it, said Cavagliato, 41, and Mora, 47, of Bogota. But over time, the customers warmed up to the new atmosphere, fare, and drinks. These days, In The Drink is thriving. And so are its owners, who will be taking over The Cottage Bar — the Irish pub two d…
Bergenfield, NJ
Lifestyle
ICU Nurse From Dumont Competes On 'Next Level Chef'
With just two weeks notice, Christina Miros, a Bergen County native, found herself getting ready to fly to Ireland to compete on the new season of "Next Level Chef." Miros, a Dumont native who lives in River Vale, is a contestant on the third season on the FOX cooking show hosted by Gordon Ramsey. And when she's not serving up culinary delights in the kitchen she works as a nurse in the intensive care unit. On "Next Level Chefs", Ramsay, Nyesha Arrington and Richard Blais mentor the chefs as they face "unique" challenges on three different kitchen levels — literally. Contestants…
Harrison, NY
Police & Fire
Duo With Irish Ties Nabbed For Entering Harrison Home, Soliciting Roofing Work: Police
Two men face criminal charges after entering a Westchester home without consent while trying to illegally solicit roofing work without a permit, police said. Patrick Quinn, age 20, and Thomas Stokes, age 26, who both have ties to Ireland, were both arrested on Tuesday, Jan. 23 in connection with an incident that happened in Harrison earlier that same day, according to Harrison Police. On the day of the incident, a Harrison resident called the department and told officers that an unknown man had entered her home without her consent and was trying to solicit roofing work. Po…
Amherst, MA
Police & Fire
Western Mass Woman Who Neglected Animals Until 3 Died Avoids Jail Time: DA
A Hampshire County woman who neglected multiple farm animals so badly that three needed to be euthanized has been sentenced to five years probation and can never work with or keep livestock again, authorities said. A year before the animals were taken from her, she'd asked for help. Shannon Rice-Nichols ran a farm with 35 animals, and in March 2022, authorities were called in to investigate it after several people said her animals were emaciated and sickly, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. Massachusetts Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals found the a…
Middletown, NJ
News
Bruce Springsteen Hits Freehold Diner Twice In One Weekend
So you had a peptic ulcer that forced you to postpone a world tour and where do you go for a bite when you're feeling better? How 'bout a landmark diner in your hometown? Word is Bruce Springsteen digs the pancakes at Roberto’s Freehold Grill enough to shoot the eight miles or so up Dutch Lane Road from his Colts Neck farm every now and then. His stomach was obviously healthy enough for him to head there twice in the same weekend. The Freehold native did the E (Main) Street shuffle on Friday, Nov. 17 and again on Sunday, posing for pics at the former Tony’s Freehold Grill with Chef Robert…
Massapequa, NY
Police & Fire
Long Island Man Sentenced For Producing, Possessing Child Pornography For Decades
A former racehorse trainer from Long Island will likely spend the remainder of his life behind bars for sexually exploiting a child and possessing child pornography, officials announced. Daniel Mullan, aged 83, of Elmont, was sentenced to 30 years behind bars, which is the maximum sentence based on the criminal statutes in place at the time of Mullan’s offenses, according to the US Attorney’s Office Eastern District of New York. Earlier Report: Ex-Elmont Racehorse Trainer Produced, Appeared In Child Porn For Decades, Authorities Say According to court filings, Mullan was convicted of pos…
Cambridge, MA
News
Massachusetts Family Hospitalized While On Irish Vacation, Flooded With Support
A time of joy and celebration for a young couple's engagement turned into a "horrible accident" for the pair and their family members. Connor Colbert, of Somerville, proposed to his girlfriend Bridget Kelley shortly after arriving in Ireland for a vacation with Colbert's mother, step-brother, and step-father, Ken Mitchell. The joy the family felt soon turned into pain when the group was involved in a car crash on Wednesday, April 26 while still overseas, according to a GoFundMe campaign created to help the family recover. Kelley received life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to Gal…
Drexel Hill-Upper Darby, PA
Police & Fire
Flying High: 72 Pounds Of Marijuana Seized At Philly Airport, Say Customs Agents
A California man faces Pennsylvania drug charges after authorities claim he tried to smuggle 72 pounds of marijuana onto an Ireland-bound plane at Philadelphia International Airport on Monday. Bryan Nelson Gonzalez Rodriguez, 34, of Monterey Park, Calif., meant to depart from Philadelphia on April 24 but was stopped by US Customs and Border Protection officers at the gate, agency officials said in a release. They confronted the traveler after an x-ray exam during outbound inspections revealed "anomalies" in his two suitcases, CBP said. The bags were then taken to a CBP in…
Bristol, PA
News
Son Of Bucks Police Detective Placed On Ventilator In Ireland
Matthew Small, the son of a Falls Township police detective, is seriously ill after a holiday visit to his family's native Ireland, loved ones say. The 21-year-old became sick on Dec. 31 during a family Christmas trip, and while it first appeared he had a common cold, he's since been placed on a ventilator. "He had started out with a cold, then it went into pneumonia, and then he contracted Influenza-A," wrote family friend Michele Spadaccino in a GoFundMe campaign set up to assist with medical costs. "He was placed on a ventilator, and days later his kidneys began to fail." Th…
Middletown, NJ
News
24-Year-Old Irishman Struck, Killed By NJ Transit Train On Jersey Shore: Officials
A 24-year-old man from Ireland was struck and killed by a New Jersey Transit train in Spring Lake last week, authorities said. Anthony Mulhearn, of Mulinavat, Ireland, was in the U.S. on a visa staying in Spring Lake when he was hit by a North Jersey Coast Line train at about 11:50 p.m. Thursday just south of the train station. North Jersey Coast Line train 4398 left Bay Head at 11:34 p.m., headed to Long Branch. It had six people aboard, officials said.
Dorchester, MA
Police & Fire
Pro Football Player Beat Boston Man So Badly He May Lose Kidney: Police
A professional Gaelic football player and star from Ireland beat a Boston man so badly that the man may lose one of his kidneys, authorities said this week. Ciaran McFaul, 28, was charged on Wednesday, Aug. 3, with assault and battery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury, the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office said. The attack happened around 2 a.m. on June 20 when employees of Lincoln Tavern and Restaurant in South Boston tossed out a drunk McFaul for trying to start fights, the prosecutor said. While outside the bar on West Broadway, McFa…
Quincy, MA
Sports
Tiger Woods Skipping US Open In Massachusetts
Tiger Woods announced that he is officially out of the 2022 US Open, which will be held in Brookline, MA next week. Woods said he will not be competing because his "body needs more time to get stronger for major championship golf," the athlete said on his Twitter on Tuesday, June 7. I previously informed the USGA that I will not be competing in the @usopengolf as my body needs more time to get stronger for major championship golf. I do hope and plan to be ready to play in Ireland at @JPProAm and at @TheOpen next month. I’m excited to get back out there soon! — Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods…
Springfield, MA
Politics
Biden Taps One Of Massachusetts' Top Democratic Leaders To Prestigious Post
A top Democratic leader in Massachusetts is being vetted by President Joe Biden’s administration and is expected to become the next ambassador to Ireland, the White House announced this week. Massachusetts House Majority Leader Claire Cronin has been tapped by the president to go take over a top position in his administration overseas after she helped him win the Massachusetts primary during the election. Cronin, who is the second-ranking Democrat in the House, has long been rumored to be in line for the position, but the White House made Biden’s intentions official in a statement on Wednes…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
Business
Irishmen Set Opening Date For New Bergen County Bar & Restaurant 'The Craftsman'
"The Craftsman" -- a new bar and restaurant run by a pair of Irishmen -- has announced an opening date. If all inspections go according to plan, the establishment will open on Maple Avenue on April 14, owners Philip Quilter and David Casey said. "The Craftsman" -- which has outposts in New York City -- was set to open in March 2020, but the pandemic stalled the opening process. According to its website, "The Craftsman" is is an upscale gastro pub serving contemporary American cuisine with diverse menu options and an Irish influence. The emphasis is on exceptional craft cocktails and craft…
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Obituaries
Demarest's Teresa McGahren, 93, Devoted Mother, Grandmother, Friend & Nurse Extraordinaire
Teresa Ellen McGahren died on Jan. 30. She was 93 years old and remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, friend and caregiver. Teresa was born to Grace and Patrick Holland on Sept. 17, 1927, on a farm in Rossnowlagh, Ireland on the banks of the Donegal Bay. At the tender age of 15, she left home to work and live with a family in Belfast, likely applying some of the practical skills she had learned on the farm. Several years later, she moved to London where she trained to become a registered nurse, attending to the sick and injured in the difficult years followin…
Fairfield, CT
News
Covid-
19: Connecticut's First Cases Of UK 'Super Strain' Confirmed
The new, more-transmittable so-called "Super Strain" of COVID-19 that made its way overseas from the United Kingdom has now made its way to Connecticut. Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont said on Thursday, Jan. 7, health officials confirmed the first two cases in the state of the COVID-19 variant B.1.1.7, which is the same variant that was initially discovered in the UK and is said to be up to 70 percent from infectious. Both Connecticut patients are between the ages of 15 and 25 and reside in New Haven County. Lamont said that both of the positive cases had traveled outside of Connecticut - one …
Hartford, CT
Business
Subway Bread Is Not Bread, Irish Court Rules
Whatever it is Subway is serving its sandwiches on, it’s not bread, according to the Supreme Court of Ireland. On Thursday, Oct. 1, the Irish Supreme Court ruled that Subway's “bread” did not meet the standard definition of the food item. Subway’s bread is too packed with sugar to be counted in the grain food group, the court ruled. This all came about because Subway wanted to take advantage of Ireland’s Value-Added Tax, which provides tax breaks on healthy foods. The restaurant was denied and appealed the decision to the Supreme Court. Subway wanted a tax break for its menu items,…
Hartford, CT
News
Covid-
19: Costa Rica To Open Borders To Residents Of 6 US States
Costa Rica is re-opening its borders to Americans who reside in six specific states. Residents of Vermont, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Maine, and Connecticut may all begin traveling to Costa Rica again starting Sept. 1. Many countries have closed their borders to American tourists during the COVID-19 pandemic in an effort to stop the spread of the virus. Costa Rica’s re-opening strategy is unique in its targeted border opening. As of Aug. 3, these countries were among the ones Americans could still visit during the pandemic, according to National Geographic: Albania, Brazil, Camb…
Hamilton Township, NJ
Lifestyle
NJ Native Stars On New Netflix Dating Show That Bans Sex
A Garden State native is one of 10 contestants on Netflix’s new reality dating series, "Too Hot to Handle." The show, set on an island villa in Punta Mita, Mexico, gives contestants the chance to find love and win a possible $100,000 prize. But there’s a catch: all sexual activity is banned. If contestants kiss or engage in any other sexual acts, the prize money drops. Sharron Townsend of Camden is one of just three original contestants hailing from the United States — others come from the U.K., Australia, Ireland and Canada. The eight-episode series made its way to Netflix April 17 and …
Brentwood, NY
News
20 New Long Island
Covid-
19 Cases Confirmed, With Drive-Through Testing Facility Coming
Twenty new cases of the novel strain of the coronavirus have been reported on Long Island the last 24 hours. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he's authorized mobile, drive-through testing facility that is expected to open next week at a sign to be announced on the Island. The announcements came Saturday afternoon, March 14, just hours after the first New York state resident died of COVID-19, an 82-year-old woman with underlying respiratory issues in New York City. Seventeen of the new Long Island cases are in Nassau County. The breakdown through the state is now as follows: Albany County…
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
NJ Dance Instructors Accused Of Sexually Abusing Boys In Bergen, Rockland, Fairfield Counties
A New Jersey instructor with a competitive Irish dance organization sexually assaulted three boys, a trio of lawsuits filed in Hackensack charge. A second teacher, who has since died, was also accused by one of the three with assaulting him three decades ago. The plantiffs allege the abuse occurred in Bergen, Rockland and Fairfield counties, as well as in Syracuse, Orlando and Ireland, IrishCentral.com reported. One boy alleges that an instructor identified in court papers as "D.T." sexually abused him during consecutive summers at a River Edge, NJ home beginning in 1986, the report says. …
Massapequa, NY
News
NY, CT Residents Among Hundreds Charged In Takedown Of Largest Darknet Child Porn Website
Men from Connecticut and New York are among those charged in the takedown of the largest Darknet child pornography website. Jong Woo Son, 23, a South Korean national, was indicted this week for his operation of Welcome To Video, the largest child exploitation market by volume of content, officials said. Son has also been charged and convicted in South Korea and is currently in custody serving his sentence in South Korea. An additional 337 site users residing in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Jers…
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Feds Smash World's Largest Dark Web Child Porn Network By Following Bitcoin Trail
Federal authorities have smashed the world’s largest dark web child porn marketplace, arresting a whopping 337 people around the world – some of them in New Jersey, New York and Connecticut -- all thanks to bitcoin. To sniff out the network, investigators used a unique strategy. "Welcome to Video" was one of the first websites of its kind to monetize exploitation videos of infants, toddlers and other children, "one of the worst forms of evil imaginable," one federal prosecutor said. The network used bitcoin because of the difficulty in tracing it, the Justice Department said in a complaint…
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Garwood, Jersey City Men Charged In Takedown Of Global Child Porn Network
A South Korean man was indicted by a Washington, D.C. grand jury for running a child pornography site described as the largest of its kind and used by people across the globe, including at least two men from New Jersey, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey said Wednesday. Jong Woo Son, 23, is already imprisoned in South Korea for operating Welcome To Video, which was used by people in several U.S. states as well as Ireland, Brazil, Saudi Arabia and other countries. The site hosted at least 250,000 images and videos, according to authorities. Among the numerous Americans charged in t…
Newark, NJ
Events
Whitney Houston Hologram Tour Dates Announced
The Whitney Houston hologram tour is scheduled to come to North America in the fall of next year after a string of shows that begin in Mexico on Jan. 23, its promoters announced Tuesday. “An Evening With Whitney: The Whitney Houston Hologram Tour” features the hologram image of the Newark-born singer, who died in 2012, performing digitally remastered versions of her hits accompanied by a live band and backup vocalists. Songs will include “I Will Always Love You,” “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me),” “The Greatest Love of All” and “Higher Love,” the promoters said. Houston's estate…
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