Bergenfield Family Routed By Fire Bergenfield Family Routed By Fire
Bergenfield Family Routed By Fire Everyone got out OK but a Bergenfield family lost everything in an early-morning fire on Friday, authorities said. The two-alarm blaze broke out on the second floor of the 2½-story home at North Prospect and Central avenues shortly before 6 a.m. It was knocked down within 45 minutes. Firefighters from Teaneck, Englewood, Dumont, New Milford, Demarest and Ridgefield Park provided mutual aid either at the scene or in coverage. The cause wasn't immediately determined. "The house is uninhabitable," Mayor Arvin Amatorio said. "No one was injured, but dealing with that type of disaster is ver…
Reading Row House Fire Claims Another Life Reading Row House Fire Claims Another Life
Reading Row House Fire Claims Another Life A heavy fire that tore through a row home in Reading Thursday claimed the lives of a woman and her young child, authorities said. Firefighters were called to the smoke-filled corner home in the 900 block of Muhlenberg Street just after 9:45 a.m., officials said. Crews rescued multiple people from the home, including 32-year-old Catherine May Dingle and her 9-year-old son, according to Berks and Lehigh County Coroner's Offices. Dingle died of a combination of second-and third-degree burns over 86 percent of her body and smoke inhalation injuries Thursday night at Lehigh Valle…
Support Surges For Family Of Boy, 7, Killed In Newark Fire Support Surges For Family Of Boy, 7, Killed In Newark Fire
Support Surges For Family Of Boy, 7, Killed In Newark Fire The community is rallying around a Newark family whose 7-year-old son died in a fire that left them homeless Thursday morning. More than $4,400 had been raised as of Friday morning on a GoFundMe for the Hartfield family. "On behalf of my late nephew Saahir Keiron Hartfield and family," Kamilah Richardson writes.  "Today an unexpected fire took place at my niece and her significant others Newark home leaving her and her children with absolutely NOTHING they lost everything.  "Materialistic items can be replaced but this fire took her 7 yr old Saahir’s life." Saahir Keiron Hartfi…
Sussex County High School Senior Rylee Crouch Dies, 18 Sussex County High School Senior Rylee Crouch Dies, 18
Sussex County High School Senior Rylee Crouch Dies, 18 High school senior and lifelong Sussex County resident Rylee Clare Crouch died at home on Friday, April 2. She was 18. Crouch was born in Denville, her obituary says. She lived in Hopatcong and was in her senior year at Hopatcong High School. Crouch loved to go camping and spend time with her family and close friends, her memorial says. She is predeceased by paternal grandmother, Mary Ellen Crouch, as well as her maternal grandfather, Raymond Bruder. Crouch is survived by her mother, Lori Harrison; father, Dan Crouch; stepfather, Chris Harrison; stepmother, Marianna Crouch; brother, Devon…
Lehigh Valley Goodwill Stores Temporarily Halt Donations Citing ‘Overwhelming Support’ Lehigh Valley Goodwill Stores Temporarily Halt Donations Citing ‘Overwhelming Support’
Lehigh Valley Goodwill Stores Temporarily Halt Donations Citing ‘Overwhelming Support’ Goodwill stores in the Lehigh Valley region will temporarily stop accepting donated items starting Wednesday. While customers can still shop at its retail centers, the Goodwill Keystone Area covering 22 PA counties is ceasing donations through the end of February due to “overwhelming support.” “We need to temporarily stop collecting donations until the end of February in order to get your items sorted and out to our stores,” reads a Monday post on the nonprofit’s Facebook page. “You have been so generous! In the past few months, the community has gone above and beyond in bringing us donati…
Request For Donations For Letter Carrier Is A Scam, U.S. Postal Service Says Request For Donations For Letter Carrier Is A Scam, U.S. Postal Service Says
Request For Donations For Letter Carrier Is A Scam, U.S. Postal Service Says This story has been updated. The Putnam County Sheriff's Office is warning residents of a new scam asking for donations for a letter carrier in Garrison. According to the United States Postal Inspectors Service, residents are receiving a holiday card in their mailboxes asking for Christmas donations for a letter carrier in Garrison. The request is a scam, the service said. "Don't take the bait, call postal inspectors," they said. If you did receive a card for the request, call 877-876-2455.
NJ, NY, Feds Shut Down Sham Charity Operation That Scammed Donors Out Of Tens Of Millions NJ, NY, Feds Shut Down Sham Charity Operation That Scammed Donors Out Of Tens Of Millions
NJ, NY, Feds Shut Down Sham Charity Operation That Scammed Donors Out Of Tens Of Millions Kind-hearted donors in New Jersey and New York were scammed out of tens of millions of dollars by a telephone soliciting operation that claimed to raise money for homeless veterans, retired and disabled law enforcement officers, breast cancer survivors and others in need, authorities said Wednesday. A joint lawsuit filed by the state of New Jersey, the Federal Trade Commission and the attorneys general of New York, Minnesota and Virginia has permanently shut down the operation headed by Mark Gelvan, a telemarketing consultant who'd been banned for life from raising funds for charity more th…
Congressman Neal Says Political Ad On Campaign Donations Is 'Defamatory' Congressman Neal Says Political Ad On Campaign Donations Is 'Defamatory'
Congressman Neal Says Political Ad On Campaign Donations Is 'Defamatory' Local TV channels have received cease and desist letters by an attorney representing Congressman Richard Neal over the broadcasting of a political ad Neal's team says is "false" and “defamatory.” The ad takes aim at donations made to Neal’s campaign, noting that the longtime Congressman from Springfield has a war chest that contains money from many super PACs.  The letter was written by Neal’s legal counsel Perkins Coie and sent to WWLP-22News, EGGB-TV, WGGB-TV, and WSHM-TV on Aug. 19. The ad does not appear to have been removed. Neal is facing Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse in a primary el…
Local Students Donate PPE To Hunterdon Medical Center Local Students Donate PPE To Hunterdon Medical Center
Local Students Donate PPE To Hunterdon Medical Center One high school in Hunterdon County has donated several boxes of gloves and more than 1,600 surgical masks to a local medical center in the last week alone, reports say. Hunterdon Medical Center received 45 boxes of gloves and approximately 1,600 surgical masks from Hunterdon Central High School, where they had been stored as surplus supples from health offices throughout the district. The PPE supplies come as part of a statewide movement to donate critical medical gear to facilities in need. “Our community always comes together to face challenges,” said Hunterdon Central Superintendent Je…
Linden Man With Special Needs, 26, Dies In Apartment Fire Linden Man With Special Needs, 26, Dies In Apartment Fire
Linden Man With Special Needs, 26, Dies In Apartment Fire A Linden man was killed in a two-alarm blaze that broke out at his apartment, authorities said. Cyril Spinks, 26, was inside of his second-floor McCandless Street apartment when the fire broke out around 8 p.m. Monday, authorities said. Affectionately known as "Chewy," Spinks -- formerly of Elizabeth -- had special needs and was being remembered as an "amazing soul." The 1400 block building's second floor was fully-engulfed in flames when firefighters and law enforcement officers arrived, Linden police said. Firefighters from Linden, Elizabeth, Rahway, Roselle Park, and Garwood battled th…
Alert Issued For CT School Athletic Program Scam Alert Issued For CT School Athletic Program Scam
Alert Issued For CT School Athletic Program Scam Police in Connecticut are cautioning area residents of a new scam making the rounds where fraudsters pose as representatives a local school district soliciting donations for a youth sports program. The Vernon Public School District recently alerted the Vernon Police Department of an unauthorized solicitation conducted by an out-of-state business. The business claims that it is raising funds on behalf of “Rockville Athletics,” though they have not been authorized to do so. Police said that the business did not have permission from the school district to collect any funds and the school has n…