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New Wawa Store Opens On Route 15 A new Wawa store is now open on Route 15S in Morris County. The opening of the new Lake Hopatcong location was celebrated Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Jefferson Township Mayor Eric Wilsusen. “Welcome and congratulations to Wawa!” Wilsusen said. “Thank you for choosing our community to open your business in and thank you for your generous donations to our first responders!” The new store’s menu features all the brand’s beloved hoagies, breakfast sandwiches, beverages and more. Plus, Wawa is offering free coffee every Tuesday for its rewards members. The new store is…

by Valerie Musson

11/04/2021

Police & Fire

Honors HS Grad Killed In Warren County Crash Was National Dancer, ‘Friend To All’ The Bethlehem teen who died in a car crash in Warren County Sunday morning was an honors student and award-winning dancer remembered as a “friend to all.” Angelina Serratore, 18, was driving west on Route 632 in an Isuzu SUV when the vehicle veered off the road to the right and overturned near milepost 3.7 in Franklin Township around 7:45 a.m., NJSP Tpr. Brandi Slota told Daily Voice. She was thrown from the vehicle and killed. Born in Bethlehem, Serratore graduated from Liberty High School with honors in 2021, her obituary says. Serratore played tennis and had earned numerous regional an…

by Valerie Musson

11/04/2021

Obituaries

Woman, 80, Dies In Lehigh Valley Crash An 80-year-old woman died at the hospital following a Wednesday afternoon crash in the Lehigh Valley area, authorities said. Brenda Kohler of Northampton was driving on the 500 block of Cherryville Road in Lehigh Township when she was struck by another vehicle just after 4:30 p.m., according to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office. Kohler was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital, Muhlenberg and pronounced dead around 5:25 p.m., authorities said. An autopsy showed Kohler’s death to be accidental in nature and caused by multiple blunt force injuries from the crash. Kohler was apparently a member …

by Valerie Musson

11/04/2021

Police & Fire

Northampton County Man Punches Cop In Chest, Tries To Grab TASER During Assault Arrest A Northampton County man punched a cop in the chest and tried to grab a department-issued TASER device as officers were attempting to place him under arrest for assault, authorities said. Joshua David Cotto, 25, denied that anyone was inside his apartment and was “immediately uncooperative with officers” as they were investigating a domestic violence report on E. Pennsylvania Avenue in Pen Argyl just after 1 a.m. on Oct. 29, Slate Belt Regional Police said. An officer then saw drug paraphernalia in plain sight while standing in Cotto’s doorway and told him that he was being placed under arr…

by Valerie Musson

11/04/2021

Business

2 Charged After Hanover Smoke Shop Inspection Turns Up Pounds Of Pot, 80 Edibles, THC Wax Two men were charged after an inspection at a Hanover tobacco shop turned up two pounds of pot, dozens of THC candies, cartridges and wax containers, police said. Hanover officers assisting the Treasury Department with a licensing and inventory inspection at a smoke shop on Ridgedale Avenue met with Sebastian Palacio-Vallejo, 21, of Wharton on Oct 21, authorities said. The inspection turned up two pounds of marijuana, about 80 edible THC candies, 40 THC vape cartridges and several containers of THC wax, police said. Palacio-Vallejo, as well as store owner Shiva Khosia, 24, of Rockaway, wer…

by Valerie Musson

11/04/2021

Police & Fire

PD: Dover Ex-BF Threatened To Kill Victim's Child, Stab Her 'For Each Year She Was Alive' A Dover man was charged after he threatened to kill his ex’s child, her entire family and stab her “for each year she was alive,” police say. The victim reported to Mansfield Police that she had received texts from her 25-year-old ex-boyfriend threatening to shoot her, “kill her entire family, stab her for each year she was alive, and kill their child,” authorities said in a Wednesday release. The man — whose name was not released by police — also sent the victim’s family explicit videos, authorities said. The victim continued to receive threatening text messages while reporting the incide…

by Valerie Musson

11/04/2021

Police & Fire

Victim Airlifted Following Head-On Hunterdon County Crash, State Police Say One victim was airlifted with serious injuries following a two-vehicle crash in Hunterdon County Wednesday afternoon, state police confirmed. The crash occurred on Route 31 in Glen Gardner just before 2:15 p.m., NJSP Tpr. Brandi Slota told Daily Voice. Initial reports stated that the crash involved a head-on tractor-trailer collision and trapped the victim. One person was airlifted to Morristown Medical Center, Slota said. Just after 2pm on Wednesday 11/3, Hampton Fire Co was dispatched along with Glen Gardner Fire Dept, South Branch EMS,... Posted by Hampton Fire Co Sta.13 on Wednes…

by Valerie Musson

11/03/2021

Police & Fire

DWI PA Man Found With Hollow-Point Bullets At Route 206 Gas Station: Police A PA man was intoxicated when he was found with a box of hollow-point bullets at a gas station on Route 206, police said. Police responding to a report of an erratic driver on Route 206 found Ronald E. Whitaker slumped over the steering wheel at the Shell gas station in Stanhope on Oct. 30, Byram Township police said in a Wednesday release. Whitaker, of New Milford, PA, was awoken by officers who felt that he was intoxicated. Whitaker subsequently failed a series of field sobriety tests, authorities said. Officers arrested Whitaker and conducted a search of his vehicle, which turned up a…

by Valerie Musson

11/03/2021

Business

Bethlehem Police Seek ID For Masked Grocery Store Robber Bethlehem Police are seeking the public’s help identifying a masked suspect in a grocery store robbery. The suspect — pictured above — was seen entering Sim’s Market at 609 W. Broad St. and confronting an employee last Saturday, Oct. 30, Bethlehem Police said in a Wednesday release. The suspect demanded cash from the register and fled in a dark-colored vehicle, according to police. Anyone with information about the suspect’s identity is asked to call the Bethlehem Police Department at 610-865-7000 or send an email to bethlehempolice@bethlehem-pa.gov.

by Valerie Musson

11/03/2021

Police & Fire

Tractor-Trailer Crash Causes Major Delays On Route 78 A tractor-trailer collided with a car Wednesday morning, causing major delays on Route 78 in Hunterdon County, authorities said. The crash was reported on Route 78 westbound just before Exit 11 in Union Township at 10:45 a.m., according to the Pattenburg Volunteer Fire Company. The tractor-trailer collided with the vehicle and overturned, leaking an unknown fluid into the roadway, according to initial reports. Two of three left lanes were closed for cleanup following the crash, causing delays of between 15 and 20 minutes, 511NJ reports. Heavy traffic on I-78 westbound West of Exit 13 …

by Valerie Musson

11/03/2021

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