Jerry DeMarco

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Born in Newark and raised in Hudson County, Jerry DeMarco is a 38-year veteran of the news industry and a renowned breaking news reporter. He has covered local, county and state police, as well as the FBI, ATF and other federal agencies.

DeMarco joined Daily Voice in 2015 after six years running Cliffview Pilot, one of the nation's few independent breaking news sites. As an independent publisher, he helped establish Local Independent Online News, a national trade organization.

Prior to launching his own site, DeMarco served as a reporter for the Bergen Record, Stamford Advocate, Rockland Journal News, News Tribune, and Trenton Times.

DeMarco has won national recognition for his investigative work, including Clarion, Heywood Broun and Deadline Club awards. He's changed public policy and managed several major projects -- including one that helped put a corrupt public official in federal prison and another that forced a sitting New Jersey attorney general from office for her participation in a Bergen County traffic stop involving her boyfriend.

DeMarco regularly lectures at a graduate course in media relations at Fairleigh Dickinson University and previously was an adjunct professor at Lehman College in the Bronx. 

He has a Bachelor's Degree in English from St. Peter's University in Jersey City.

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Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Feds: 192,000 Respirator Masks, More Seized From Black Market Dealer Sent To NJ, NY Front Lines Feds: 192,000 Respirator Masks, More Seized From Black Market Dealer Sent To NJ, NY Front Lines Feds: 192,000 Respirator Masks, More Seized From Black Market Dealer Sent To NJ, NY Front Lines
Feds: 192,000 Respirator Masks, More Seized From Black Market Dealer Sent To NJ, NY Front Lines A total of 192,000 N95 respirator masks and other personal protective equipment seized from a black market dealer busted by the FBI is being sent to the front lines of the fight against the coronavirus in New Jersey and New York, federal authorities announced Thursday. The distributed equipment also includes 130,000 surgical masks, procedure masks, N100 masks, surgical gowns, disinfectant towels, particulate filters, bottles of hand sanitizer, and bottles of spray disinfectant, they said. The equipment was seized from Baruch Feldheim, 43, who federal authorities said had enough black market…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Breaking News
Possible Coronavirus Exposure Warning Linked To Passaic County Adult Day Care Center Possible Coronavirus Exposure Warning Linked To Passaic County Adult Day Care Center Possible Coronavirus Exposure Warning Linked To Passaic County Adult Day Care Center
Possible Coronavirus Exposure Warning Linked To Passaic County Adult Day Care Center Paterson health officials on Thursday urged anyone who visited an adult day care center in Haledon within the past two weeks to contact their local health department because of potential coronavirus exposure. The warning applies to all senior or adult city residents who visited the Diamond Years Adult Day Care on Clifton Street during the last two weeks in March or on Wednesday. Those who live in Paterson, Totowa, North Haledon, Prospect Park or Hawthorne are asked to contact the city of Paterson Division of Health at (973) 321-1277. Leave a message with your name and phone number and a Pa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands, NJ
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75 Years In Music: NJ Jazz Guitar Great Bucky Pizzarelli Dies 75 Years In Music: NJ Jazz Guitar Great Bucky Pizzarelli Dies 75 Years In Music: NJ Jazz Guitar Great Bucky Pizzarelli Dies
75 Years In Music: NJ Jazz Guitar Great Bucky Pizzarelli Dies Legendary New Jersey jazz and pop guitarist Bucky Pizzarelli died Wednesday at his Saddle River home at 94. The cause was complications from the coronavirus, his son, John, said. A pillar of the American music scene, Pizzarelli performed for presidents, played alongside fellow legends – from Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Miles Davis to Tony Bennett and Paul McCartney – and was synonymous with the Morristown Jazz and Blues Festival and the Fair Lawn Summer Concert Series. The Paterson-born Pizzarelli lived in New Jersey his entire life, settling in Saddle River with his wife, Ruth, after…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat
Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat A Bergenfield mom is suing the owner of two pits bulls who she claimed killed her special-needs son’s support cat in front of their eyes. Martha Cardona and her son “helplessly watched” the dogs attack the leashed feline during a walk around the Georgian Court garden apartment complex in June 2018, a lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack alleges. Both were “consumed by the terrorizing fright and horror” of the cat being ripped to pieces until it died, says the suit, a copy of which was obtained by northjersey.com. The dogs then knocked Cardona down, but she fought them off, it says…

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by Jerry DeMarco & Cecilia Levine
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat
Bergenfield Mom: Unleashed Pit Bulls Killed Special Needs Son's Support Cat A Bergenfield mom is suing the owner of two pits bulls who she claimed killed her special-needs son’s support cat in front of their eyes. Martha Cardona and her son “helplessly watched” the dogs attack the leashed feline during a walk around the Georgian Court garden apartment complex in June 2018, a lawsuit filed in Superior Court in Hackensack alleges. Both were “consumed by the terrorizing fright and horror” of the cat being ripped to pieces until it died, says the suit, a copy of which was obtained by northjersey.com. The dogs then knocked Cardona down, but she fought them off, it says…

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by Cecilia Levine & Jerry DeMarco
Hackensack, NJ
Breaking News
'Memories Will Have To Sustain Us': Dave Rivara, Beloved Owner Of Maywood Inn, Dies 'Memories Will Have To Sustain Us': Dave Rivara, Beloved Owner Of Maywood Inn, Dies 'Memories Will Have To Sustain Us': Dave Rivara, Beloved Owner Of Maywood Inn, Dies
'Memories Will Have To Sustain Us': Dave Rivara, Beloved Owner Of Maywood Inn, Dies Bergen County legend Dave Rivara made an impression on just about everyone he met, not just personally but also among the countless musicians, staffers, fellow business people -- and, yes, customers -- he came to know in 40 years as owner of the Maywood Inn’s Twin Door Tavern. “We were born into a life of servitude and drudgery,” the Hoboken-born enterpreneur once joked when asked about the appeal of his saloon to so many different types of people. Rivara, 60, survived cancer, battled diabetes and was living with one kidney, friends said. Around 4 a.m. Tuesday, he succumbed to health compl…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
Woman Jumps To Death From Bayonne Bridge Woman Jumps To Death From Bayonne Bridge Woman Jumps To Death From Bayonne Bridge
Woman Jumps To Death From Bayonne Bridge A woman jumped to her death Wednesday morning from the Bayonne Bridge, Port Authority police confirmed. The woman stopped her vehicle on the bridge, got out and jumped into the Kill van Kull around 9:30 a.m., responders said. Harbor units from the NYPD and FDNY joined Port Authority police at Elm Park on Staten Island, where the body was brought. Further information was temporarily being withheld pending family notification, Port Authority spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. CHECK BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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by Jerry DeMarco
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Essex County Executive DiVincenzo Reports 'Mild Symptoms' With Positive Coronavirus Infection Essex County Executive DiVincenzo Reports 'Mild Symptoms' With Positive Coronavirus Infection Essex County Executive DiVincenzo Reports 'Mild Symptoms' With Positive Coronavirus Infection
Essex County Executive DiVincenzo Reports 'Mild Symptoms' With Positive Coronavirus Infection Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo Jr. announced Wednesday that he’d tested positive for the coronavirus and has been self-quarantined for nearly two weeks. “I decided to get testing after experiencing a fever for several days and have been self-quarantined since March 21,” DiVincenzo, 67, said in a statement. “So far, my symptoms have been mild and I have been feeling [all right],” the Newark-born, fifth-term county executive said. “By working remotely, I have not allowed this virus to prevent me from serving our communities and the residents of Essex County. “I implore everyone to …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bergenfield, NJ
Breaking News
Five Coronavirus Deaths, 22 Other Cases Reported At New Milford Nursing Home Five Coronavirus Deaths, 22 Other Cases Reported At New Milford Nursing Home Five Coronavirus Deaths, 22 Other Cases Reported At New Milford Nursing Home
Five Coronavirus Deaths, 22 Other Cases Reported At New Milford Nursing Home Five residents at a nursing home in New Milford have died of coronavirus complications and 16 more tested positive, along with six staff members, its parent company confirmed. There may be more there, management at CareOne said in a release. CareOne at New Milford (Woodcrest) became the first long-term care facility in Bergen County struck with that many deaths, joining others in New Jersey. “We expect these numbers to rise,” the company managers said. “We are actively testing patients and awaiting results, and screening at higher levels than CDC guidelines.” Five residents deaths at the …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Lakewood, NJ
Breaking News
NO JOKE: Six More Lakewood Residents Ticketed For Violating Coronavirus Gathering Ban NO JOKE: Six More Lakewood Residents Ticketed For Violating Coronavirus Gathering Ban NO JOKE: Six More Lakewood Residents Ticketed For Violating Coronavirus Gathering Ban
NO Joke: Six More Lakewood Residents Ticketed For Violating Coronavirus Gathering Ban Lakewood police cited a half-dozen people – including a 99-year-old man—after they found them having an engagement party during the coronavirus outbreak, authorities said. The group of adults and children had gathered on the front lawn of a Spruce Street home late Tuesday afternoon, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer and Lakewood Township Police Chief Gregory Meyer said in a joint release. The gathering violated Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive order aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19, they said. Police issued summonses to six people for violating the state of emergency order. …

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