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Monmouth County landfill in Tinton Falls smell issue (Google Maps, Canva)
Monmouth County landfill in Tinton Falls smell issue (Google Maps, Canva)

Officials release plan for NJ landfill, which has been extra repulsive

Monmouth County officials said Waste Management has started work to ease strong odors coming from the landfill in Tinton Falls.

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Fire at the Fountain of Life Center in Florence 3/20/23
Fire at the Fountain of Life Center in Florence 3/20/23 (6 ABC Action News)

Massive fire destroys Florence, NJ church

The fire was first reported around 6 p.m. Monday night and quickly engulfed the the Fountain of Life Center church on Columbus Road in Florence Township.

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Delando Woody, crash scene on Route 95 in Beltsville, Maryland
Delando Woody (Delando Woody via Facebook), crash scene on Route 95 in Beltsville, Maryland (WUSA TV via YouTube)

NJ trucker died in Maryland crash on Route 95

Delando Woody, 56, of Florence was driving north on Route 95 just north of Washington when a southbound car crossed the median and hit his tractor trailer.

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Paper shredding (Photo Credit: County of Burlington)
Paper shredding (Photo Credit: County of Burlington)

Burlington County’s final shredding event of 2022 welcomes paper and plastic

Burlington County residents are invited this weekend to bring confidential papers and plastics to be shredded at final event of its kind for 2022.

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Peter Lestician and Sheila Maguire. (Sheila Maguire via Facebook)
(Sheila Maguire via Facebook)

Boyfriend of murdered NJ woman found dead in barn, prosecutors say

Peter Lestician, a person of interest in the murder of Sheila Maguire, was found dead in a barn in Pennsylvania on Friday and may have died by suicide, officials say.

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Sheila Maguire and Peter Lestician
Sheila Maguire and Peter Lestician (Sheila Maguire via Facebook)

Where is boyfriend of Florence, NJ woman, found killed in her home?

Peter Lestician, a gym teacher in South Brunswick and softball coach in Hightstown, has not been seen since days before the body of Sheila Maguire was found, according to two reports.

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Sheila Maguire (GoFundMe)
Sheila Maguire (GoFundMe)

Death of Florence, NJ woman, 54, ruled a homicide

FLORENCE — The death of a township woman who was found inside her home has been ruled a homicide.

Police discovered 54-year-old Sheila Maguire Monday afternoon at her home on Birch Hollow Drive after family members requested a wellness check; they had been unable to reach her for a few days.

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Police response to the discovery of a body in Florence Township 8/29/22
Police response to the discovery of a body in Florence Township 8/29/22 (6 ABC Action News)

Death of woman found inside Florence, NJ house deemed ‘suspicious’

The body was found inside a house on Birch Hollow Road in Florence Township late Monday afternoon.

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Taisha D. Smith-DeJoseph
Taisha D. Smith-DeJoseph (Burlington County Prosecutor's Office)

Financial secretary stole over $500,000 from church, cops say

Taisha D. Smith-DeJoseph, 43, embezzled the money over a five year period from St. Paul’s Baptist Church in Florence, according to the Burlington County Prosecutor's Office.

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Fire at a home in Florence
Fire at a home in Florence (@TrangDoCBS3 via Twitter)

Father killed in NJ house fire, daughter escapes

FIrefighters remained through the night to get the fire completely out.

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