Nearly $100K Raised For Widow After Princeton High School Teacher Husband's Death
Nearly $100,000 has been raised for the wife and children of Jay Pikul, a Pennsylvania father and New Jersey high school business teacher who loved ones say suffered a heart attack after a car crash earlier this month.
Pikul, of Newtown, PA, died Monday, Jan. 12, at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, according to his obituary published by the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home. He was 51.
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An Avenel, NJ native, Pikul was married to Dana Marie Pikul, whom he met shortly after graduating college, according to the obituary. In addition to…
Clearview HS Track Coach, Wife Killed After SUV Plows Into Mullica Hill Home
A New Jersey high school track coach and his wife have been identified as the two people killed when their SUV crashed into a home and caught fire Saturday, Jan. 17.
Clearview High School track coach Thomas "Tom" Hengel, 72, was behind the wheel of a 2020 Hyundai Palisade, with his wife Lisa Hengel, 61, in the passenger seat, when the vehicle accelerated, struck a curb, crossed two front yards, and crashed into the side of a home on Banff Drive with enough force to go through the wall and into the home’s living room around 6:15 p.m., local police said.
Police said the impact sparked a…
Returned Husky Desperate To Go Home Greets Everyone With Sweetness At Bergen Animal Shelter
Appa, a nearly 2-year-old Husky, is back at the Bergen County Animal Shelter after being adopted last March and returned less than three months later, shelter officials say.
Appa was adopted on May 31, 2025, and returned on June 7, 2025, because the adopter’s son could not handle the dog, according to shelter manager Meg Tedeschi (video of Appa below).
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Tedeschi said Appa would do best with an owner who has experience owning dogs as an adult, particularly someone familiar with Huskies. She is good with other dogs, an…
