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$1M Powerball Ticket Sold In Hasbrouck Heights $1M Powerball Ticket Sold In Hasbrouck Heights
$1M Powerball Ticket Sold In Hasbrouck Heights The New Jersey Lottery has made yet another millionaire. A $1 million Powerball ticket from the Monday, Aug. 11 Powerball drawing was sold in the Garden State. The ticket was sold at Minit Mart on the 300 block of Boulevard in Hasbrouck Heights, lottery officials confirmed. A $50,000 ticket was sold at BK One Stop Shop, a convenience store on East 9th Avenue in Roselle. The winning numbers were 6, 16, 33, 40, 62 and the red Powerball 2. The Power Play multiplier was 2x, according to the New Jersey Lottery. While no one nationwide matched all six numbers, New Jersey was one of just three s…

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
New Providence Mom Lauren Gerardo-Marotta Dies, 37 New Providence Mom Lauren Gerardo-Marotta Dies, 37
New Providence Mom Lauren Gerardo-Marotta Dies, 37 Compassionate. Courageous. Charismatic. This is how Lauren Gerardo-Marotta is being remembered. The 37-year-old New Providence mother died Tuesday, Aug. 5, at Morristown Medical Center after what her family described as “a courageous 7-year battle with leukemia." Lauren fought “not for herself, but for more time with the people she loved most,” according to her obituary on the Paul Ippolito Funeral Home website.  Lauren graduated from New Providence High School in 2006 before earning a Bachelor of Science in Family and Child Sciences from Florida State University, her obituary sa…

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Police & Fire
Dad Of Four ID'd As Driver Killed In Fiery NJ Turnpike Crash Dad Of Four ID'd As Driver Killed In Fiery NJ Turnpike Crash
Dad Of Four ID'd As Driver Killed In Fiery NJ Turnpike Crash The driver killed in a fiery crash involving multiple vehicles on the New Jersey Turnpike in Mercer County has been identified by his family as a father of four. A GoFundMe campaign launched by Catherine Torres says Pablo Ramon Puntiel Jr. died in the crash at approximately 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 7 in East Windsor. As previously released by New Jersey State Police, a Kenworth semi-trailer struck the back of a Ford F-150, then hit the side of a Mercedes-Benz. The Ford F-150 struck the back of a Freightliner, and during the crash, its rear wheel dislodged and struck a Ford van, …

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Ex-NJ Police Chief Sentenced For Sexual Assaults On Subordinates — Some Inside Headquarters: AG Ex-NJ Police Chief Sentenced For Sexual Assaults On Subordinates — Some Inside Headquarters: AG
Ex-NJ Police Chief Sentenced For Sexual Assaults On Subordinates — Some Inside Headquarters: AG A former New Jersey police chief has been sentenced to seven years in New Jersey state prison for sexually assaulting and abusing multiple subordinates over more than a decade, authorities announced. Former Manville Chief Thomas Herbst, 57, of Bridgewater, was ordered by New Jersey Superior Court Judge Peter J. Tober to serve 85 percent of his sentence — about six years — on the sexual assault charge, and a mandatory minimum of five years on counts of official misconduct before he is eligible for parole, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin said Monday, Aug. 11. The senten…

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Real Estate
$2.4M Haddon Heights Home Was Once A Church — Now It Has A Lazy River $2.4M Haddon Heights Home Was Once A Church — Now It Has A Lazy River
$2.4M Haddon Heights Home Was Once A Church — Now It Has A Lazy River From the outside, 301 Station Avenue looks like a charming English cottage.  Step inside the Haddon Heights, and you’ll find one of the most unique homes on the market in South Jersey — complete with a lazy river. Built in 1925 as the First Church of Christ, Scientist, the 4,725-square-foot property was designed by New York architect Bernhardt E. Muller in an English cottage style.  Listing agent Michala Costello of Compass said the exterior is “so unassuming,” but the interior — once the worship area — is “just stunning and gorgeously beautiful.” Lovingly converted into a priva…

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Obituaries
Sparta Dad, Retired Hardyston Police Detective Michael Petershack Dies Suddenly, 47 Sparta Dad, Retired Hardyston Police Detective Michael Petershack Dies Suddenly, 47
Sparta Dad, Retired Hardyston Police Detective Michael Petershack Dies Suddenly, 47 Michael Petershack, a retired Hardyston Police Department detective, coach, and devoted father and husband, died on Thursday, Aug. 7. He was 47. Sources tell Daily Voice that Petershack's death was unexpected. Mike was raised in Oak Ridge and graduated from Morris County Community College, according to his obituary on the Goble Funeral Home website. Before joining the police force, he owned and operated a hardwood flooring company and worked for the Jefferson Township Department of Public Works. He married his wife Sharon in 2013 and the couple was blessed with two children, Ella and Wesley…

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Authorities ID Woman Killed By Train In Hackensack Authorities ID Woman Killed By Train In Hackensack
Authorities ID Woman Killed By Train In Hackensack NJ Transit officials have released the identity of the woman struck and killed by a train in Hackensack last week. Luz E. Lopez, 79, a city resident, was struck and killed by a train Thursday morning, Aug. 7 in Hackensack, NJ Transit said. Records show Lopez lived on Union Street, just one block from the crash scene. Just before 10 a.m., Pascack Valley Line Train 1651, which left Hoboken at 9:34 a.m.and was scheduled to arrive at New Bridge Landing at 10:01 a.m., struck Lopez at Sussex Street and Railroad Ave near Essex Street Station in Hackensack, a spokesperson for the agency …

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Teaneck Cop Wins $2.1M In Retaliation Suit Teaneck Cop Wins $2.1M In Retaliation Suit
Teaneck Cop Wins $2.1M In Retaliation Suit A Bergen County jury on Thursday, Aug. 7, awarded more than $2.1 million to a veteran Teaneck police officer who claimed in a lawsuit that he was targeted, demoted, and hit with “fabricated” charges after speaking out about misconduct inside the department. Officer Glenn Coley, hired in 2002, filed his lawsuit in April 2022 against the Borough of Teaneck, the Teaneck Police Department, then Chief Glenn O’Reilly, Capt. Michael Ferrante, Sgt. Jeanette Williams, and Sgt. Kenneth Egbert.  The 53-page complaint alleges the department and borough officials discriminated against him because o…

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Weather
Code Orange Air Quality Alert Issued Across NJ As Heat, Humidity Build Code Orange Air Quality Alert Issued Across NJ As Heat, Humidity Build
Code Orange Air Quality Alert Issued Across NJ As Heat, Humidity Build The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code Orange Air Quality Action Day for 12 counties across New Jersey until 11 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11. The alert covers Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex, and Union counties, as well as Sussex, Warren, Morris, Hunterdon, Somerset, Middlesex, and Mercer counties. Check your town's air quality here. A Code Orange day means ground-level ozone in the region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards, especially for sensitive groups such as children, older adults, and people with heart or lung conditions. Residents are advised to lim…

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Events
Chris Brown's Stadium Tour Hits MetLife: Breezy Bowl XX Chris Brown's Stadium Tour Hits MetLife: Breezy Bowl XX
Chris Brown's Stadium Tour Hits MetLife: Breezy Bowl XX R&B superstar Chris Brown will headline back-to-back nights at MetLife Stadium this summer as part of his Breezy Bowl XX Tour. The two-time Grammy winner is set to perform Tuesday, Aug. 12, and Wednesday, Aug. 13, with special guests Summer Walker and Bryson Tiller. Walker is a Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum hitmaker, and Tiller is a three-time Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum-selling artist. Breezy Bowl XX marks 20 years of Brown’s career and follows his sold-out 2024 11:11 Tour, which supported his Billboard R&B Albums chart-topping release. The tour included sold-out stadium sh…

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