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Newark, NJ

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Bergen County Woman Killed In Nutley Hit-Run A 75-year-old Bergen County resident was killed Thursday night in a hit-and-run Nutley crash. Roseann Ratz and a friend were crossing the street near Washington Avenue and Rutgers Place when she was struck by a car around 7:30 p.m., Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Nutley Police Chief Thomas J. Strumolo said. Ratz, of Lyndhurst, was taken to St. Joseph’s University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead just before 8 p.m. The investigation is active and ongoing. No arrests had been made as of Friday afternoon.

by Cecilia Levine

10/16/2020

Jersey City, NJ

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Seen HIM? Bayonne Man Facing Murder Charge In Girlfriend's Death A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a Bayonne man wanted for killing his girlfriend in her apartment last week, authorities said Friday. Crystal Ojeda, 40, was found unresponsive with visible trauma around 1 p.m. Oct. 9 in her Lord Avenue apartment by authorities performing a wellness check, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Ojeda was pronounced dead approximately an hour later. Erick Acosta, 32, was charged with murder and weapons offenses for the incident, Suarez said. It was not clear how he knew Ojeda. The two were believed to be in a relationship, a spokes…

by Cecilia Levine

10/16/2020

West Milford, NJ

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Covid-19: Possible Case Closes Passaic County High School Another Passaic County school has closed due to a possible COVID-19 case. Lakeland Regional High School students had classes moved online Friday, Oct. 16 due to a possible case among students, NorthJersey.com reports. Students had been split into two groups and attending classes Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday on a hybrid schedule. A decision as to whether or not the school serving Ringwood and Wanaque students was expected to be made over the weekend.

by Cecilia Levine

10/16/2020

Newark, NJ

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NEW Rankings: Website Runs Down Top Public High Schools In Essex County We’ve seen the top public schools in New Jersey, but what about Essex County? Niche.com graded every school across the U.S. based on a "rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education," it said. According to the newly-released set of rankings, the top public high school in Essex County is Millburn High School, which was also ranked No. 10 best in the U.S. Here are the other top-rated high schools in Essex County, according to Niche.com. State test scores, college readiness, graduation rates and teacher q…

by Cecilia Levine

10/16/2020

Newark, NJ

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Newark Trio Facing Murder Charges In Hillside Shooting Three Newark men including two already jailed on previous charges were charged in a Hillside shooting that left one man dead last March, authorities said Friday. Ameer J. Holcomb, 22, Maleak S. Williams, 22, and Ismael Merrill, 28, were each charged with first-degree murder and two related weapons offenses, acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said. Hillside police officers responded to reports of a shooting on the 1400 block of Center Street around 9 p.m. March 29, Ruotolo said. There, they found Rafee H. Carter, 27, who had suffered multiple gunshot wounds, Union …

by Cecilia Levine

10/16/2020

Newark, NJ

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2 People Struck, 1 Killed In Separate Hit-Run Crashes Same Night In Essex County Two people were struck and one killed by cars in a pair of separate hit-and-run crashes Thursday night in Essex County, authorities said. The fatal crash happened around 7:30 p.m. in Nutley, at the intersection of Rutgers Place and Washington Avenue, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office said. The woman's identity had not been released as of 10:30 a.m. The prosecutor's office was also investigating an incident at Pennsylvania Avenue and Emmet Street in Newark, which happened around 10 p.m. The victim was hospitalized in traumatic arrest, while a BOLO was issued for a while sedan …

by Cecilia Levine

10/16/2020

Jersey City, NJ

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Turn Down For What? Teaneck Man Bumping Loud Beats Charged With DWI In Hoboken A 21-year-old Teaneck refusing to turn down loud music in his car was charged with driving while intoxicated after refusing to submit a chemical breath test in Hoboken, police said. Mario Aguilar was blaring music from his car while parked in a loading zone near 120 Washington St., around 12:15 a.m. Friday, Oct. 16, Hoboken Det. Lt. Danilo Cabrera said. Aguilar turned down the music after being warned by officers Christopher Barral and Joshua Campoverde to turn his music down, but when they pulled away, he turned it right back up, Cabrera said. The officers returned and conducted a motor v…

by Cecilia Levine

10/16/2020

Jersey City, NJ

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Police: Robber Drags Woman, 73, Down Bayonne Sidewalk A 73-year-old woman was hospitalized after being dragged down the sidewalk in Bayonne by a man who stole her purse and fled, police said. The woman was checking her mailbox on her porch at 52nd Street and Avenue B, when the unknown man approached her from behind and demanded her purse around 10:20 p.m. Thursday, Bayonne Police Capt. Eric Amato said. The man attempted to forcibly take the woman's purse, dragging her down her front steps in the process, Amato said. He dragged her a short distance across the sidewalk before taking her purse and fleeing, police said. The woman was taken t…

by Cecilia Levine

10/16/2020

Paramus, NJ

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Covid-19: More Bergen, Hudson County Schools Close Due To Positive Cases Three additional schools in Bergen and Hudson counties had closed due to COVID-19 cases as of Friday. Nearly 40 "groups" were under quarantine at Garfield Middle School where a pair of teachers tested positive, school principal and Mayor Richard Rigoglioso said. The school closed after one staff member was in school Oct. 9, and the other Oct. 14. Both likely contracted the virus outside of the school, Rigoglioso said. A student at Pascack Valley High School contracted the virus over the weekend, Superintendent Erik Gundersen said. The building was closed Friday, Oct. 16, as the studen…

by Cecilia Levine

10/16/2020

Lyndhurst, NJ

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Iconic Bergen County Diner Could Reopen, Source Says There could still be hope for an iconic Bergen County diner that shuttered months ago, the owners' family says. The Lyndhurst Diner's current owners are in their late 70s and early 80s, and can't operate the Riverside Avenue establishment as they see fit during the pandemic, former owner John Sakellaris's grandson Emanuel Logothetis told Daily Voice. "Family is taking the time to decide whether to remodel with a new generation of members or to use the property as something completely different," Logothetis said. Many of the diner's workers are employed at the Candlewick Diner in …

by Cecilia Levine

10/15/2020

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