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Twins Born In Different Years Among NJ's First Babies Of 2024
Twin brothers were among some of the last babies born in 2023 and the first of 2024 in New Jersey.
Ezra was born at 11:48 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023, while his little brother Ezekial was born at 12:28 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024, at Virtua Voorhees Hospital in Camden.
Ezra weighed 6 pounds and measured 18¾ inches long, while Ezekial weighed 4 pounds and measured 17¼ inches long. To make their birthdays even more special, Ezra shares his birthday with his dad, Billy, who is a New Year’s Eve baby, too.
Parents Eve and Billy are thrilled that their boys are healthy and will ha…
North Brunswick Family Lost 'Everything But Their Lives' In Apartment Fire, Loved Ones Say
Support is on the rise for a North Brunswick family who lost everything in a fast-moving fire days after Christmas.
More than $2,500 had been raised on a GoFundMe for the Collado family as of Sunday, Dec. 31, two days after the blaze that ripped through the Colony Oaks Apartment complex on Petunia Avenue.
Less than 24 hours after that fire, a second multi-alarm blaze broke out at the same complex.
Hani and Corinne Collado, along with twins Ariana And Giana, 13, and 7-year-old Mason were among 20 families displaced by the first fire.
"Their home, all their clothes, all their personal …
New Jersey Teen Dies Christmas Eve Months After Bone Cancer Diagnosis
Michael Januario, a 13-year-old boy from Newark, died months after being diagnosed with bone cancer, his family says.
"Michael was an energetic, smart and amazing young man whose life was turned upside down this past summer," reads a GoFundMe launched for the family.
He died at home on Christmas Eve, his obituary says.
Michael was a student at McKinley Elementary School and enjoyed "riding his bike, and was always ready to play games," the obituary continues.
"A creative young man, he loved building and creating with Legos, and cherished time spent camping with his family."
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Expect Snow In Quick-Hitting New Year's Storm: Forecasters
A quick-hitting storm is expected to bring snow showers to parts of Pennsylvania, northern Maryland, and northwest New Jersey, on New Year's Day, forecasters say.
The Alberta Clipper, named after the "lightning-fast" sailing vessels of the Canadian province, is already working its way into the region from the Great Lakes, AccuWeather says.
Any remaining precipitation will end this evening as high pressure builds across the region. An approaching cold front... Posted by US National Weather Service Pittsburgh PA on Saturday, December 30, 2023
Quiet and seasonable through Sunday, …
DC Man Who Carjacked Off-Duty Maryland Officer Arrested: Police
Police have identified and captured the man who they say carjacked a Prince George's County police officer this week.
Anthony Stewart, 19, of Washington DC, was arrested on charges of carjacking, robbery, theft, and more, county police said.
The officer was loading his family into his private vehicle when he was approached by Stewart, forcing him out of the car on the 6700 block of Oxon Hill Road, around 5:05 p.m., Prince George's County Police Department brass said.
The officer was able to get his family out of the car, and fired his service weapon, but the suspect fled wit…
