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Jersey City, NJ
Breaking News
Hudson County Auto Shop Sells 2nd Winning Lottery Ticket In Three Weeks
A Hudson County Exxon statoin sold its second winning lottery ticket in less than three weeks. The ticket from Monday's Jersey Cash 5 drawing worth $130,746 was sold at the 60th Street gas station, owned Ramirez & Sons Service Station. The Exxon station also sold a winning Jersey Cash 5 ticket worth $216,368 at the end of January. This week's winning numbers were 08, 20, 25, 29 and 34 and the XTRA number was 02. The retailer will receive a bonus check for $2,000 for the winning ticket sold.
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Breaking News
3 In Custody After Vehicle In Morris County Police Pursuit Crashes On Route 80 In Bergen
A Bronx man was among three people taken into custody after leading police on a pursuit through Morris County and then crashing in Bergen Monday afternoon, authorities said. Winston G. Lyons, 20 -- the driver of the black Infiniti wanted in connection with an undisclosed investigation out of Chatham Township -- was being held in the Morris County Jail on charges of eluding and several motor vehicle offenses, Chatham Township Police Chief Thomas Miller said. New Jersey State Police spotted the Infiniti headed westbound on Route 24 just after 3:10 p.m., Trooper Charles Marchan said…
Newark, NJ
Your Community
This Diner Has Best Brunch In New Jersey, Website Says
Tops Diner: If you know, you know. The East Newark eatery that opened on Passaic Avenue in 1942 has become a local institution. The diner is representing New Jersey on the Daily Meal's list of "The Best Brunch in Every State" -- but it isn't the first time Tops has been named to this annual list, or similar ones. "All the expected diner classics are on offer here, expertly prepared, but everything’s been elevated to levels of greatness," the website says. "Eggs are local and cage-free, and standouts include the breakfast burrito; steak and eggs with an 8-ounce char-grilled sir…
Newark, NJ
Your Community
Cedar Grove Man, 27, 'Fighting For His Life' After Fall Down Basement Stairs
The future was looking bright for Cody Diorio of Cedar Grove. Then, on Feb. 8, tragedy struck. The 27-year-old had just become an uncle and landed a job at Ralph Lauren when he fell down a flight of stairs at a friend's house. "There was no open wound on his head and thought he was fine," Gerard Benanti said on a GoFundMe that had amounted nearly $64,000 for the family as of Monday. "Later in the night he started to lose consciousness and that is when it took a turn for the worst." In an instant, Dioro's life changed: Instead of living it, he was fighting for it. Diorio was put in …
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
Short Hills Man Choked By Coat To Death On Colorado Ski Lift
A 46-year-old Short Hills man suffocated to death after falling through a gap in a chairlift and became trapped with his coat around his neck at a Colorado ski resort, authorities said. Jason Varnish's death last Thursday at Vail Mountain's Blue Sky Basin area was ruled an accident, the Vail Daily reports. The chairlift's folding seat was in its upright position, leaving an opening that riders could fall through, like Varnish did, his coat wrapping around his neck, Eagle County Coroner Kara Bettis told the outlet. Members of ski patrol performed CPR before Varnish was taken to a local hosp…
Newark, NJ
Breaking News
TSA: Female Passenger Made Bomb Threat Before Newark Airport Landing
A plane landing at Newark Airport was met by police after a female passenger made a bomb threat in the air. Authorities removed the woman from United Flight 2329 from Chicago after landing at 9:40 p.m. a TSA spokesperson said. Officials swept the plane and found nothing dangerous on board. The woman was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. New York Daily News Knicks writer Stefan Bondy was on board, live-tweeting the incident. "Update: it was a bomb threat. Don’t know why the protocol is to keep us on the plane if there’s a bomb. I’m going home."Stefan Bondy Twitter Screengrab Pa…
Lakewood, NJ
Breaking News
Middlesex County Teacher, Wrestling Coach Charged With Sexually Assaulting Teen
A Middlesex County teacher who has coached wrestling at more than a dozen New Jersey schools is accused of sexually assaulting a teenager, court records show. John M. Denuto was suspended with pay from his job as a special education math teacher in Sayreville, reports say. He was arrested Saturday and charged with possession of child pornography, the sexual assault of a teenager and photographing a child in a sex act, according to court records. Denuto's arrest was in connection with an October 2016 incident, in which he was described as a "non-caretaker" of the 13- to 15-year-old teen. D…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Obituaries
TikTok Users Mourn Morris County Middle School Cheerleader Maya Guberman, 13
TikTok users were making memorial duets using footage posted by Morris County middle schooler Maya Guberman. The Roxbury Junior Gaels cheerleader and Eisenhower Middle School eighth grader died on Feb. 13, at 13 years old. More than $41,300 had been raised as of Sunday on a GoFundMe launched by her aunt, Dana Guberman Taggart, a longtime school teacher in town. The Toms River native was a two-year member of Three Danes CrossFit and member of the Eisenhower Drama Club. She had thousands of TikTok followers -- many who were mourning her loss with special video tributes and leaving heartfel…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Breaking News
Bronx Construction Worker Survives Fall Through 30-Foot Roof At Ledgewood Commons
A 40-year-old construction worker from the Bronx survived a 30-foot fall through the roof of a Morris County construction project, authorities said. Jesus Manuel Garcia was airlifted to a local hospital with serious injuries after falling through the opening of a roof at the site at the Ledgewood Mall on Route 10 around 1:10 p.m. Saturday, Roxbury Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Dillard said. Dillard said only that Garcia was alive on Monday. Notifications to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration had been made, Dillard said. Construction has been ongoing for s…
Elizabeth, NJ
Breaking News
Elizabeth Man Charged In Fatal Valentine's Day Stabbing
An Elizabeth man was being held in the Union County Jail after stabbing a 67-year-old city resident dead on Valentine's Day, authorities said. Javier Ramirez-Jimenez, 48, was charged with reckless manslaughter in the death of Carlos Ariza, Acting Union County Prosecutor Lyndsay V. Ruotolo said Sunday. The two men were arguing in a car on the 500 block of Elizabeth Avenue 11:45 p.m. Friday, when things turned physical, the Union County Prosecutor's Office said. Ariza was found by police responding to the scene with a stab wound in his torso, Ruotolo said. He was transported to University H…
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