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Ridgefield Senior Hospitalized In Accidental Bedroom Fire Ridgefield Senior Hospitalized In Accidental Bedroom Fire
Ridgefield Senior Hospitalized In Accidental Bedroom Fire A Ridgefield senior was hospitalized early Saturday following an accidental bedroom fire, responders said. A mattress in her second-floor bedroom on Elm Avenue caught fire after the tenant fell asleep with a lit cigarette around 6:30 a.m. May 11, a family member said. An oxygen tank the woman uses also caught fire, the relative said. EMS tended to the victim before transporting her. Firefighters contained the fire and quickly doused the flames. Mutual aid was provided at the scene and in coverage by firefighters from Cliffside Park, Fairview and Palisades Park. Damien Danis took the pho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Parent Picking Up Child At NJ School Arrested After Showing Up Hammered: Police Parent Picking Up Child At NJ School Arrested After Showing Up Hammered: Police
Parent Picking Up Child At NJ School Arrested After Showing Up Hammered: Police Police were called and a Montvale mom arrested when she showed up at her son's school hammered, authorities said. Mayowa Kubikisha, 28, "seemed a little off," according to staff, after she pulled into the parking at Memorial Elementary School after the end of the school day on Thursday, May 9, Montvale Police Chief Douglas McDowell said. They became concerned and called his officers, the chief said. They had reason to be: Kubikisha registered a blood alcohol level of 0.33%, he said, more than four times the legal limit to drive in New Jersey. "The child was never in danger and was no…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Man Taken Into Custody In 'Active Distress'In Brick Township Dies At Hospital: AG Man Taken Into Custody In 'Active Distress'In Brick Township Dies At Hospital: AG
Man Taken Into Custody In 'Active Distress'In Brick Township Dies At Hospital: AG A man who police in Brick found "in a state of active distress" died at Ocean University Medical Center nearly 90 minutes later, authorities said. New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin’s office is reviewing the incident because state law and his own guidelines require him to investigate any death that follows an encounter with law enforcement. Preliminarily, Platkin said, it appears Brick Township officers handcuffed the man after finding him in the street in the area of Wisteria Drive and Vermont Drive, then brought him to a grassy area nearby and summoned EMS, shortly before 4:…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Politics
Wildwood Plans For Large Crowd, Protests At Trump's Campaign Rally Amid Hush Money Trial Wildwood Plans For Large Crowd, Protests At Trump's Campaign Rally Amid Hush Money Trial
Wildwood Plans For Large Crowd, Protests At Trump's Campaign Rally Amid Hush Money Trial Wildwood leaders are looking to keep rallygoers and protesters safe when former President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally on the Jersey Shore city's beachfront. Trump's rally will be held on the beach in Wildwood on Saturday, May 11. It will be his second campaign rally in the Cape May County city and his first of the 2024 election cycle. The city posted on Facebook on Friday, May 10, saying there would be "ample time" for rally attendees to find a spot in a space twice the size of what's needed for the expected crowd. "There is zero need to line up for the rally early," the city wrote…

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by Chris Spiker
Police & Fire
GOTCHA! Ex-Con With 30-Year Rap Sheet Charged With Robbing Maywood Dry Cleaners (UPDATE) GOTCHA! Ex-Con With 30-Year Rap Sheet Charged With Robbing Maywood Dry Cleaners (UPDATE)
Gotcha! Ex-Con With 30-Year Rap Sheet Charged With Robbing Maywood Dry Cleaners (Update) You’d be hard-pressed to find a law enforcement officer who didn't recognize the strong-arm robber who assaulted the owner of a Maywood dry cleaners for all of $400. Didn’t take long for Maywood police to find 53-year-old ex-con Shawn Todd of Hasbrouck Heights, who authorities said accosted the owner of Timely Cleaners & Furriers on West Pleasant Avenue late Thursday afternoon. Todd has a rap sheet nearly 30 years long, with arrests and convictions for robbery, aggravated assault and assaulting police. Suffice to say it was no surprise for many who know him to see Todd on surveillance …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Five Injured In Truck-Car Crash On Route 78: NJSP Five Injured In Truck-Car Crash On Route 78: NJSP
Five Injured In Truck-Car Crash On Route 78: Njsp Five people were injured after a crash between a car and a tractor-trailer on Route 78 in Hunterdon County on the early morning of Friday, May 10, authorities said. At 3:42 a.m., a crash occurred between a Mercedes-Benz and a Peterbilt tractor trailer on Route 78 west in Bethlehem Township, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. The driver of the Mercedes-Benz and four passengers sustained minor injuries and were transported to an area hospital, Lebron said. The crash remains under investigation, Lebron said.

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by Sam Barron
Police & Fire
'My House Is On Fire': Firefighters Alerted To House Fire: Lambertville FD 'My House Is On Fire': Firefighters Alerted To House Fire: Lambertville FD
'My House Is On Fire': Firefighters Alerted To House Fire: Lambertville FD Firefighters tended to a house fire in Hunterdon County on Thursday, May 9 after a quick thinking neighbor alerted them, authorities said. At 3:30 p.m., a neighbor to the house on fire at 217 Main St. ran to the front of the Lambertville firehouse yelled that a house was on fire, the Lambertville Fire Department said on Facebook. The Lambertville Fire Department was in the middle of a shift change when the fire occurred, allowing for firefighters to respond immediately, fire officials said. A person was assisted out of a second floor rear roof and firefighters had the fire under control in…

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by Sam Barron
Lifestyle
Tiffany Haddish Wows Fans In North Jersey Tiffany Haddish Wows Fans In North Jersey
Tiffany Haddish Wows Fans In North Jersey More than a hundred people in Bergen County lined up to meet Tiffany Haddish on Thursday, May 9. And she did not disappoint. The actress and comedian appeared at Books and Greetings in Northvale. to sign copies of her new book "I Curse With You Joy." While meeting fans who waited in a line that stretched out the door, Haddish offered hugs, advice and added a parental advisory sticker to each copy of the book, warning someone who told her their kids loved her in "Secret Life of Pets," that they should not read the book. Sam Barron As she took photos with fans, Haddish uttered her mant…

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by Sam Barron
News
Fortune Cookie Predicts $1 Million NJ Lottery Win For Lucky Player Fortune Cookie Predicts $1 Million NJ Lottery Win For Lucky Player
Fortune Cookie Predicts $1 Million NJ Lottery Win For Lucky Player "Believe in miracles." Those were the words one New Jersey Lottery player read on the fortune inside of the cookie he cracked open during after a lo mein treat. Days later, the lucky New Jersey player realized his riches on a CASH4LIFE ticket purchased on his phone, lottery officials said. He'd purchased the prize-winning CASH4LIFE ticket as usual, using the Jackpocket app registered with NJ Lottery to get in the game from the comfort of home. Shortly after each drawing, this player routinely checks the app for results.  On this night in particular, there was a special message waitin…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
NJ Broadway Stage Manager Killed By Train NJ Broadway Stage Manager Killed By Train
NJ Broadway Stage Manager Killed By Train Thomas Gates, the stage manager of a Tony-nominated Broadway show and New Jersey resident, was struck and killed by a train this week. Gates, 51, was struck by Morris and Essex Line train 6324 on Wednesday, May 8 at 9:12 a.m. at the South Orange station, NJ Transit officials confirm. The South Orange resident had been working as the stage manager for "Illinoise," a Broadway show that had four Tony Award nominations this year. The show mourned his loss on its Instagram account, noting he was the "center of Illinoise on Broadway, beloved friend and collaborator. "We are devasted for hi…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Maywood Dry Cleaners Robbed, Owner Assaulted, Suspect Nabbed Maywood Dry Cleaners Robbed, Owner Assaulted, Suspect Nabbed
Maywood Dry Cleaners Robbed, Owner Assaulted, Suspect Nabbed You’d have been hard-pressed to find a law enforcement officer who DIDN’T recognize the strong-arm robber who assaulted the owner of a Maywood dry cleaners for all of $400 late Thursday afternoon. It didn’t take long for Maywood police to find 53-year-old ex-con Shawn Todd of Hasbrouck Heights, who authorities said accosted the owner of Timely Cleaners & Furriers on West Pleasant Avenue. Todd has a rap sheet nearly 30 years long, with arrests and convictions for robbery, aggravated assault and assaulting police. Suffice to say it was no surprise for many who know him to see Todd on sur…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver Seriously Injured In Route 23 Crash: NJSP Driver Seriously Injured In Route 23 Crash: NJSP
Driver Seriously Injured In Route 23 Crash: Njsp A driver was seriously injured in a crash on Route 23, State Police said. The victim was headed south in a Kia SUV that sideswiped a Hyundai sedan coming in the opposite direction, then careened off the road and into a trailer in Wantage around noon Thursday, May 9, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. The Kia driver was taken to an area hospital, the sergeant said. No other injuries were reported. New Jersey State Police are investigating.

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by Jerry DeMarco