Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver, 51, Killed By Tractor-Trailer Near Route 287/17 Split In Mahwah Driver, 51, Killed By Tractor-Trailer Near Route 287/17 Split In Mahwah
Driver, 51, Killed By Tractor-Trailer Near Route 287/17 Split In Mahwah A driver was struck and killed after he got out of his car following an accident and was struck by a tractor-trailer late Tuesday on Route 287 near the Route 17 split in Mahwah, responders said. John J. Neumayer, 51, of Wantage was pronounced dead at the scene following the 11:20 crash at a convergence of highways notorious for serious accidents. Neumayer had gotten out of his 2015 Honda after it became disabled by a crash in the southbound travel lanes, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said."A tractor-trailer then struck both him and his vehicle," the trooper told Daily Voic…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Middletown-Wallkill, NY
Obituaries
Port Jervis Native Matthew Gillis Dies At 25 Port Jervis Native Matthew Gillis Dies At 25
Port Jervis Native Matthew Gillis Dies At 25 Matthew Gillis of Port Jervis died on Saturday, Jan. 20 surrounded by his family at Morristown Medical Center in New Jersey. He was 25. Matthew graduated from Wallkill High School in 2011. He was the manager at the Quick Chek in Wantage, NJ for several years until he left on disability.  Matthew hobbies are golf, NASCAR, his favorite driver Martin Truex Jr., he loved his Ford truck, enjoyed spending time with his friends especially Dylan, he loved all sports and was a very outdoorsman. Matt was predeceased by his paternal grandparents, George and Helen Gillis and his maternal grandfather H…

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by Cecilia Levine
Paterson, NJ
Obituaries
Wayne Landscaper Nicholas Amari Jr. Dies, 37 Wayne Landscaper Nicholas Amari Jr. Dies, 37
Wayne Landscaper Nicholas Amari Jr. Dies, 37 WAYNE, N.J. -- Nicholas Amari Jr. of Wayne died on Jan. 21. He was 37 years old. Nicholas was born in Paterson but lived in Wayne for the last eight years. He was an employee of J. Amari Landscaping in Fair Lawn. He is survived by his parents, Nicholas J. Amari Sr. and Cheryl (nee Miller) Amari; and siblings Nichol Vealey and her husband Kyle of Wantage, Jennifer Amari and her husband Juan Perez of Paterson, and James Amari and his wife Katherine of Scotch Plains. He is also survived by his grandparents,  Joseph Amari of Fairlawn and June Miller of Garfield; best friend Mike Clegg; and a …

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by Cecilia Levine
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Prospect Park PD: Teens Arrange Separate 'Sale' Meetings, Swipe 3 Dirtbikes Prospect Park PD: Teens Arrange Separate 'Sale' Meetings, Swipe 3 Dirtbikes
Prospect Park PD: Teens Arrange Separate 'Sale' Meetings, Swipe 3 Dirtbikes PROSPECT PARK, N.J. – Aided by cellphone video, Prospect Park police tracked down two teens who they said arranged meetings to buy dirt bikes from three different owners – then stole them. Ameir Logan, 18, was working on one of the stolen bikes in front of his Paterson home when Detective Walter Richmond and Officer Arthur Canestrino rolled up on him, authorities said. The first victim, from Englewood, told police he arranged to meet what he thought was a buyer in Prospect Park after placing a 2017 Yamaha 85 bike for sale on LetGo.com. The “buyer” took the bike for what the victim said he …

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by Jerry DeMarco