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Cecilia Levine

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Hundreds Without Power Across New Jersey JCP&L customers were reporting widespread outages across parts of New Jersey on Saturday, March 4. According to the JCP&L outage legend, the outages were reported in: Hunterdon: 637 Monmouth: 117 Morris: 55 Ocean: 808 Somerset: 41 Warren: 213 Restoration times varied between 4:30 and 6 p.m. Meanwhile, JCP&L recently announced a $6 million project to upgrade a high-voltage transmission line in Hunterdon, Morris and Warren counties. The project is expected to improve system reliability for more than 3,000 customers served by the line, the company said.

by Cecilia Levine

03/04/2023

Obituaries

Sussex County Native Kristen Wargacki Dies, 36 Sussex County native Kristen Wargackie died on Sunday, Feb. 26. She was 36 years old. A Vernon native, Kristen worked at ShopRite in Franklin for many years and at the Mixing Bowl Restaurant, where she amassed countless friends, according to her obituary. She had been living in Warwick, NY at the time of her death, her obituary says. Services were private. Click here for Kristen Wargacki's complete obituary from the Pinkel Funeral Home.

by Cecilia Levine

03/04/2023

Police & Fire

Woman Shot During Domestic Dispute In Linden: Police A woman was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries after being shot in a Linden domestic dispute, authorities said. Police responding to the scene on the 800 block of Baldwin Avenue found the woman around 10:15 a.m., local police said. The victim said she'd been shot during a domestic argument. The suspect, who was still inside the home, surrendered to officers without incident, police said. The woman was treated on scene and taken to Newark University Hospital. The incident remains under investigation by the Linden Police Detective Bureau.

by Cecilia Levine

03/04/2023

Police & Fire

Woman With Jacket Zipped Over Face Rescued From Potomac River A woman struggling in the Potomac River Friday night, March 3 was rescued by a good Samaritan who happened to be in the right place at the right time, responders said. DC Fire and EMS sent a boat about half-a-mile below the Lincoln Memorial along Ohio Drive SW around 7 p.m., but the woman had already been rescued by a civilian by the time firefighters arrived, the department said. The good Samaritan was identified by NBC Washington as Jelani Clayton, who had pulled over to enjoy the view to get a break from sitting in traffic. That's when he saw a woman with a jacket zipped up ove…

by Cecilia Levine

03/04/2023

Lifestyle

NJ's Livvy Dunne Promoting AI For Essay Writing On TikTok Prompts Response From LSU Officials at Louisiana State University are apparently cautioning students after sensational gymnast and NJ native Livvy Dunne posted a TikTok promoting an educational artificial intelligence tool. Dunne, a Hillsdale native with more than 7.2 million TikTok followers, last month posted the TikTok video promoting Caktus AI. "Need to get my creativity flowing for my essay due at midnight," Dunne says in the clip. By the end of the video, Caktus AI writes an entire essay for her. Caktus markets itself as the "first ever educational artificial intelligence tool. It allows you to automate all o…

by Cecilia Levine

03/04/2023

News

Woman Who Went On Racial Tirade At PA Pizzeria Facing Charges A 55-year-old woman who went on a racial tirade in a Montgomery County pizzeria is facing charges, authorities said. Rita Bellew, of Hatboro, has been charged with ethnic intimidation and harassment following her rant that went viral at Amy's Pizzeria on Feb. 23 in Hatboro last week, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele and Hatboro Police Chief James E. Gardner said. "The video shows Bellew berating the staff of the restaurant with a profane, racially fueled tirade. Bellew was apparently triggered, at least in part, by a Spanish broadcast being shown on television in the rest…

by Cecilia Levine

03/04/2023

Police & Fire

SWAT Standoff Unfolds In Philadelphia A man who barricaded himself in a Philadelphia home created a SWAT standoff Friday, March 3, authorities said. Police responded to a man on a roof of a home on the 500 block of E. Godfrey Avenue around 2:10 p.m. He went back inside the home and police declared a barricade situation at 4:30 p.m. The SWAT team responded as well. This is a developing story. Check back for more.

by Cecilia Levine

03/03/2023

Police & Fire

'Don't Move:' Armed Home Invaders Posing As Deliverymen Ransack MontCo Woman's Home, Police Say Authorities in Montgomery County are seeking three men who posed as deliverymen and held a female homeowner at gunpoint last month. A female was home alone on Byberry Road when she heard a knock at the door in Lower Moreland on Feb. 8 around 11:45 a.m. She looked outside and saw three men on her doorstep with cardboard boxes labeled "Amazon," police said. "When she opened the door the males told her they’d bring the boxes in and when they did, one of the males slipped to her side, put a gun to her left temple and told her not to move," police said. The youngest of the three male…

by Cecilia Levine

03/03/2023

Police & Fire

Car Of Missing Man Found In VA, Linked To PA Killer: Police The vehicle of a Pennsylvania man missing since 2021 was found in Virginia, and evidence inside of it helped detectives link it to his suspected killer, authorities said. Michael Allen Stark, 49, of Royersford, PA is believed to have kidnapped Matthew James Branning, after a shift at his Silverdale job in October 2021, took him to withdraw money at an ATM and then fled in Brannging's car to New Jersey, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said. The kidnapping happened on Oct. 15, 2021, when Stark forced Branning to make the withdrawal before disposing of his body, which has…

by Cecilia Levine

03/03/2023

Police & Fire

Missing PA Man Was Kidnapped By Coworker Who Then Fled To NJ: Authorities A Philadelphia area man has been charged with kidnapping and murder in the disappearance of his Bucks County coworker, who has been missing since 2021. Michael Allen Stark, 49, of Royersford, is believed to have kidnapped Matthew James Branning, after a shift at his Silverdale job in October 2021, took him to withdraw money at an ATM and then fled in Brannging's car to New Jersey, the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office said. The kidnapping happened on Oct. 15, 2021, when Stark forced Branning to make the withdrawal before disposing of his body, which has yet to be found, auth…

by Cecilia Levine

03/03/2023

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