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Community mourns ‘Brother Franco’ Hamburg. Hamburg Patrolman Jason Franco, 38, was hunting deer with a family member in Wantage when he was killed by a shotgun blast. A Go Fund Me page has been set up for his family. Jason Franco (GoFundMe.com) A Hamburg police officer has died after he was accidentally shot in a hunting accident, authorities said. Patrolman Jason Franco, 38, was hunting deer with a family member in Wantage on Tuesday, Dec. 8, when he was struck by a shotgun blast, the Sussex County Prosecutor’s Officer said. “The investigation appears to suggest this was just a ...

Both the State Police and the DEP deemed Franco's death unintentional. The Sussex County Prosecutor's Office said the juvenile holding the shotgun was a family member, but authorities have declined to identify the person further. Police and firefighters from departments across the area lined the funeral route, including a contingent from the William Paterson University police force, where the officer had once worked. End of watch At Fairview Cemetery, the snow had stopped falling as the crowd stood around Franco's burial site. Montague Fire Department chaplain Keith Lamberson recalled Fra...

Meet the people at the front of the front lines First responders. Often overlooked, our emergency medical service workers, many of whom are unpaid and juggling full-time jobs, families, and school, just want to help their community. | 11 Dec 2020 | 02:19 Meaghan Irwin, 28, is an EMT full time at St. Clare’s Hospital in Denville, N.J. When she isn’t working, the Milford, Pa., resident is donating her time to Delaware Township EMS, and going to school to become a paramedic. The mask Meaghan Irwin wears on calls with potentially Covid-positive patients leaves an imprint on her face. ...

New Jersey Herald Colleagues and neighbors in two Sussex County towns mourned the loss of Jason Franco on Wednesday, remembering the Hamburg police officer and Montague volunteer firefighter killed the previous day on a family hunting trip.  "We're all in shock," Hamburg Mayor Paul Marino said in a telephone interview, pausing to remember when the 38-year-old Franco arrived at his mother's home for an emergency call. "He couldn't have been any nicer to her," Marino recalled.  Franco, who was hired as patrolman in April 2018, was deer hunting with a group near Havens Road in Wantage when ...