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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Coaching, Teaching Legend Sal Benanti Of Charlie Bloods Restaurant In Garfield Passes At 80
Somewhere this week music is playing, sauce is simmering and sports talk is spirited. There's no such joy in Garfield, though. Charlie Bloods remains dark this week as loved ones, friends and countless customers mourn the passing of the popular restaurant's owner, "Coach" Sal Benanti. “My heart hurts,” wrote Jennifer Armstrong Alfonso in an online tribute. “He was an amazing man who was willing to help anyone. He was to so many people a mentor, a father, a friend and so many other things.” Garfield was pretty much Italian and Polish when Salvatore Benanti was born in Passaic in 1941, a l…
Cherry Hill, NJ
Breaking News
South Jersey, PA Diving School Pioneer Gets 27 Months In Fed Pen For $1.1M Funding Fraud
UPDATE: A New Jersey woman considered a pioneer of commercial diving instruction was sentenced Wednesday to a plea-bargained 27 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining more than $1 million in public funds to keep her Pennsylvania diving school in business. Tamara Brown, 58, of Haddon Heights, began submitting false information to keep her Divers Academy International just outside of Philadelphia accredited beginning in 2012, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said. As a for-profit institution, the diving school required accreditation to be eligible to receive tuition funds from …
Elizabeth, NJ
Breaking News
Serious Crash Shuts Down Rt.1 South In Linden
Rt. 1 South in Linden was closed Tuesday morning for a crash investigation. The crash occurred around 4:15 a.m., when a 2008 Infiniti struck a 2004 Ford Explorer as it was turning left from Rt. 1 North onto S. Wood Ave., police said. The drivers, a 25-year-old Elizabeth man and a 29-year-old Woodbridge woman, were taken to University Hospital in Newark with serious injuries. Rt. 1 South was expected to be re-opened around 7 a.m., police said. Anyone with information is urged to call Investigator Miesko Niedziolka at (908) 474-8505.
New City, NY
Obituaries
Former Rockland Sheriff Thomas Goldrick Dies
Former Rockland County Sheriff Thomas J. Goldrick, known as the "Singing Sheriff," has died at the age of 93. Goldrick, who served as Sheriff from 1982 to 1991, is known for leading the department through some of its most difficult years including the trials of the Brinks robbery defendants, which had a significant impact on Rockland County, said the Rockland County Sheriff's Office. Goldrick had previously served for 22 years with the NYPD., before becoming a professor in 1968 in a newly developed program in Criminal Justice at Rockland Community C…
Ridgewood, NJ
Breaking News
Midland Park Mailman Charged: Video Shows Hit-Run SUV That Killed Hawthorne Man In Ridgewood
UPDATE: Bergen County prosecutor's detectives charged a 47-year-old postal carrier from Midland Park with the hit-and-run death of a Hawthorne man in Ridgewood earlier this week. Rafael Ramos was charged with leaving the scene of a fatal accident and ordered held in the Bergen County Jail pending a first appearance Monday in Central Judicial Processing Court in Hackensack, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo confirmed Saturday night. Ramos's Chevy Blazer was towed from the driveway of his home on Prospect Street. It will be processed for evidence by the Bergen County Sheriff's Burea…
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
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Teaneck, NJ
Breaking News
'I Am Alone': Teaneck Mom Stable, Faces Accident That Killed Family
The 53-year-old Teaneck mom who survived the crash that killed her family was alert and in stable condition as of Monday morning -- and coming to grips with harrowing the fact that her husband and daughters are gone. "I am alone," were some of the first words Mary Rose Ballocanag said to her aunt while recovering after Friday's crash that killed her husband Audie Marquez Trinidad, 61, and daughters Kaitlyn, 20; Danna, 17; and 13-year-old twins Melissa and Allison, the New York Post reports. A GoFundMe campaign had raised more than $175,000 for Ballocanag as of Monday afternoon. B…
