Page 291 - Paramus News Today

Notorious N.J. ‘Torso Killer’ pleads guilty to 2 murders from 1974 Updated 5:14 PM; Richard Cottingham, the notorious serial killer dubbed the “Torso Killer” for his gruesome modus operandi, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to two murders from 1974, authorities announced. Cottingham, 74, who is currently serving a life sentence in New Jersey State Prison after admitting to six killings in New York and New Jersey, pleaded guilty to killing Mary Ann Pryor, 17, and Lorraine Kelly, 16, back in Au...

‘Torso Killer Pleads Guilty in 1974 New Jersey Cold-Case Murders Richard Cottingham has claimed to be responsible for up to 100 murders, but authorities in New York and New Jersey have linked him to nine so far — not including the two 1974 murders By Stefanie Dazio and David Porter • Published 4 hours ago • Updated 4 hours ago What to Know A New Jersey serial killer known as the “Torso Killer” pleaded guilty Tuesday to two 1974 murders, finally closing the co...

Benito Torres knows too well the difficulties of everyday life in New Jersey without a drivers license. An undocumented Mexican immigrant living in Millville, Torres has gotten several summonses over the years for driving without a license. He needs to drive to get to the furniture warehouse where he works. And there are other hang-ups as well: A side job as an auto mechanic is harder because he has struggled to exchange tools at hardware stores without a license. Even buying a beer after a har...

Vaccination rates for COVID-19 among the staff at New Jersey’s long-term care facilities vary widely, but are too low at many facilities to prevent future outbreaks of the disease that has claimed more than 8,020 staff and resident lives so far at such facilities — more than one-third of the state’s pandemic deaths.  “It appears efforts to provide access and education to long-term care health care providers are falling short of what we had hoped,” said Melissa O’Connor, a professo...

NorthJersey.com MILLVILLE, N.J. – Benito Torres knows too well the difficulties of everyday life in New Jersey without a drivers license. An undocumented Mexican immigrant living in Millville, New Jersey, Torres has gotten several summonses over the years for driving without a license. He needs to drive to get to the furniture warehouse where he works. And there are other hang-ups as well: A side job as an auto mechanic is harder because he has struggled to exchange tools at hardware stores w...

Homes That Sold for Around $1 Million Recent residential sales in New York City and the region. April 25, 2021, 9:00 a.m. ET Each week, our survey of recent residential sales in New York City and the surrounding region focuses on homes that sold around a certain price point, allowing you to compare single-family homes, condos and co-ops in different locales. The “list price” is the asking price when the property came on the market with the most recent broker. The time on the market is measu...

By SUSAN K. LIVIO | nj.com | Published: April 23, 2021 Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See more staff and wire stories here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. ISELIN, N.J. (Tribune News Service) — Thanks to a new law requiring nursing homes to increase staffing levels, 78 nurses, aides and other employees will be hired at the three state-run veterans homes, where r...

More staff will be hired at N.J. veterans homes with more than 200 COVID deaths, but residents will have to wait Updated 11:43 AM; Today 8:30 AM Susan Ivanitski, center, holds a photo of her husband who died from COVID-19 while a resident at Menlo Park Veterans Memorial Home. Ivanitski attended the Veterans Day Candlelight Vigil held in Edison. Family members who lost loved ones during the pandemic that decimated the veterans home in Menlo Park attended the service. Wednesday, November 11...

The weather is warming up. Cabin fever is creeping in. Let the food festivals commence. Last year, we missed strolling through rows of food trucks, the smell of crisp falafel, juicy wings and fresh-made donuts wafting through the air, a smorgasbord of cuisine hand-held for your convenience. Not to mention, live music and beer gardens. Food and drink festivals are back, with capacity limits and plenty of hand sanitizer. Here are a few upcoming festivals — plus dates for a few scheduled for ...

Edward Harney and three other skydivers jumped from 14,000 feet in the air at Skys the Limit Inc., a skydiving company in Smithfield Township, Sunday. Authorities said Harneys parachute appeared to open about 5,000 feet from the ground before it separated from him, sending the Paramus man spiraling down into a wooded area east of Airport Road. Harney was an experienced diver who had jumped at Skys the Limit Skydiving Center multiple times, Pennsylvania State Police said. An autopsy of his body...