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Sam Barron

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An (almost) lifelong Westchester resident, Sam has reported on all facets of Westchester since he graduated from Ryerson University with a degree in print journalism, including stints at North County News and The Examiner. A film columnist for WAG Magazine, Sam's moviegoing expertise has been profiled in the New York Times and he was a featured guest on VH1's Big Morning Buzz Live.

Sam was formerly a community editor at Daily Voice.

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Police & Fire
NJ Man Killed By Tractor Trailer On NY State Thruway: Police NJ Man Killed By Tractor Trailer On NY State Thruway: Police
NJ Man Killed By Tractor Trailer On NY State Thruway: Police A 42-year-old Union County man was killed after he was struck by a tractor trailer on the New York State Thruway on Wednesday, Jan. 10, authorities said. At 12:10 a.m. New York State Police responded to I-87 in Orange County for a crash between two trucks, officers said. A Peterbilt tractor trailer traveling southbound sideswiped a Volvo truck which was stopped on the right shoulder, police said. Jose Payano, the driver of the Volvo, was standing outside the vehicle and was struck by the tractor trailer, police said. Payano was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The driver of the P…

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Police & Fire
Hunterdon County Family Loses Everything In Fire: Campaign Hunterdon County Family Loses Everything In Fire: Campaign
Hunterdon County Family Loses Everything In Fire: Campaign A family in Hunterdon County lost everything when their house was damaged in a fire on Thursday, Jan. 4, according to a GoFundMe fundraiser launched to support the family. No one was injured in the blaze and firefighters were able to bring it under control quickly, according to information published to Facebook by the Tewksbury First Aid and Rescue Squad. This evening 24 Rescue responded with more than one dozen members, both of our ambulances, rescue truck, two utility... Posted by Tewksbury First Aid and Rescue Squad on Thursday, January 4, 2024 Two cars were destroyed in th…

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Six Injured After School Bus Crashes Into Telephone Pole: Roselle PD Six Injured After School Bus Crashes Into Telephone Pole: Roselle PD
Six Injured After School Bus Crashes Into Telephone Pole: Roselle PD Six people were injured when a J&J school bus crashed into a telephone pole in Roselle on Monday, Jan. 8, police said. At 3:10 p.m., Roselle police responded to the crash at W 7th Ave. and Washington Ave. officers said. Police believe the bus driver mistakenly pushed the gas pedal instead of the brakes, causing the bus to veer off-road and crash into the pole, officers said.  Four children and two adults suffered minor injuries and the crash caused downed wires and "significant" damage, police said. One child and one adult was taken to a nearby hospital for further evaluation, poli…

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News
WINNER! Mega Millions Ticket Sold Online In NJ Takes Home $10K WINNER! Mega Millions Ticket Sold Online In NJ Takes Home $10K
Winner! Mega Millions Ticket Sold Online In NJ Takes Home $10K Amidst all the rainfall on Tuesday, Jan. 9, someone in New Jersey had their own rainbow. One person in the Garden State matched four of the five numbers, plus the gold Megaball in Tuesday's Mega Millions drawing, winning $10,000. The ticket was sold via the Jackpocket app and processed in Hewitt in Passaic County. The winning numbers were 12, 15, 32, 33, 53, and the gold Megaball was 24.

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Obituaries
Sparta's Monica Jadach Dies, 34: 'Voice Of Reason' Sparta's Monica Jadach Dies, 34: 'Voice Of Reason'
Sparta's Monica Jadach Dies, 34: 'Voice Of Reason' Monica Jadach, a Sparta resident, died on Sunday, Dec. 31, after previously battling breast cancer, according to her obituary. Jadach volunteered with the Sparta Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary and was a treasurer for the Congenital Heart Defect coalition, her obituary reads.  Her brother, Christopher, said on social media that she had heart surgery when she was a toddler and recently beat breast cancer. His tribute went on to say Monica was the "voice of reason" despite being seven years his junior. I lost my best friend this Sunday evening on New Year’s Eve… Monica was al…

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Morris County Man Gets 10 Years For LSD By Mail: Prosecutors Morris County Man Gets 10 Years For LSD By Mail: Prosecutors
Morris County Man Gets 10 Years For LSD By Mail: Prosecutors Mail-order LSD landed a 21-year-old Kenvil man 10 years in state prison Friday, Jan. 5, authorities said. Eldridge Cruzado was sentenced in New Jersey Superior Court after pleading guilty in November to second degree distribution of LSD, Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Chief Dean Adone of the Roxbury Township Police Department said. In May and June 2023, Cruzado used post offices in Morris County to send packages containing Lysergic acid diethylamide, a.ka. LSD, throughout the state and country authorities said. The United States…

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Schools
School Closures Force Paterson To Shorten Winter Break School Closures Force Paterson To Shorten Winter Break
School Closures Force Paterson To Shorten Winter Break The extended holiday recess Paterson Public School students had due to flooding came with a cost. And on Tuesday, Jan. 9, the bill came due. After Paterson was closed for four days from Dec. 19 to Dec. 22, the district announced Tuesday it will be utilizing days from winter break, Feb. 20 to Feb. 23 to make up the difference. "We are still mandated by the New Jersey Department of Education to provide classroom instruction for 180 days, and we will need to make up at least four days, possibly more," Superintendent Laurie W. Newell, PhD said.  Students will have normal days on Feb.…

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Sports
NJ's Aaron Rodgers Declines To Apologize To Jimmy Kimmel Over Epstein Claims NJ's Aaron Rodgers Declines To Apologize To Jimmy Kimmel Over Epstein Claims
NJ's Aaron Rodgers Declines To Apologize To Jimmy Kimmel Over Epstein Claims Aaron Rodgers does not believe Jimmy Kimmel is a pedophile. That was about the nicest thing the Essex County resident had to say about the late night talk show host. Rodgers appeared on his weekly spot on ESPN's "The Pat McAfee Show," on Tuesday, Jan. 9, where he attempted to clarify his previous comments where he implied Kimmel was a patron of Jeffrey Epstein, the wealthy financier and a convicted sex offender. The New York Jets quarterback, who purchased a mansion in Cedar Grove following his trade to Gang Green, said by saying Kimmel didn't want Epstein's client list to be released, he w…

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Police & Fire
Man Tried To Use Movie Money At Wawa: South Brunswick PD Man Tried To Use Movie Money At Wawa: South Brunswick PD
Man Tried To Use Movie Money At Wawa: South Brunswick PD If you want to eat a hoagie from Wawa, you have to pay with real money. That's the lesson James Leonard, a 41-year-old South Brunswick man learned after he was arrested by police for passing multiple fake $100 bills at a nearby Wawa, officers said on Twitter on Sunday, Jan. 7.  Leonard was charged with theft by deception and uttering a forged document, police said. He was released on a summons, police said.

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Juvenile Detained After Bomb Threat At High School: Roselle PD Juvenile Detained After Bomb Threat At High School: Roselle PD
Juvenile Detained After Bomb Threat At High School: Roselle PD A juvenile has been taken to custody after a bomb threat caused an evacuation at Abraham Clark High School in Roselle on Monday, Jan. 8, authorities said. At 11:23 a.m., law enforcement was dispatched to the high school and began a sweep of the premises, finding no presence of harmful devices, police said. The Union County Sheriff's K-9 Unit also searched the building, police said No charges have been filed against the juvenile suspect, police said. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Roselle Police Department Detective Bureau at 908-245-9200. 

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