ABC7 NEW YORK REPORTED A DOG WAS FOUND SAFE AFTER BEING ABANDONED IN A PLASTIC STORAGE BIN OUTSIDE A NEWARK ANIMAL SHELTER MONDAY MORNING. ACCORDING TO THE SHELTER, AN UNIDENTIFIED PERSON ARRIVED AT APPROXIMATELY 1 A.M., LEFT THE BIN WITH THE DOG INSIDE, AND WALKED AWAY. THE DOG, NOW NAMED WILLOW, WAS LEFT OUTSIDE FOR MORE THAN SIX HOURS AS TEMPERATURES DROPPED TO ABOUT 47 DEGREES. WHEN AN EMPLOYEE ARRIVED FOR WORK THAT MORNING, WILLOW HAD ESCAPED FROM THE BIN AND WAS RUNNING AROUND THE PROPERTY. SHELTER STAFF WAS ABLE TO SAFELY CAPTURE HER BEFORE SHE WANDERED AWAY OR WAS INJURED. WILLOW IS NOW IN THE CARE OF THE ASSOCIATED HUMANE SOCIETIES’ NEWARK SHELTER, WHERE THE ORGANIZATION’S MEDICAL TEAM IS EVALUATING HER HEALTH. THE SHELTER SAID SHE WILL REMAIN UNAVAILABLE TO VISITORS UNTIL NOVEMBER 12TH WHILE SHE RECEIVES CARE AND SETTLES INTO HER NEW SURROUNDINGS.
NJ.COM HAS REPORTED THAT A HALLOWEEN NIGHT OVEN FIRE HAS CLOSED LUIGI’S PIZZA IN RINGWOOD FOR AN UNDETERMINED PERIOD. THE FIRE BROKE OUT IN THE BACK CORNER OF THE OVEN DURING THE HALLOWEEN RUSH, TO WHERE THE RESTAURANT CREDITED ANTHONY MARTINELLI WITH SPOTTING THE FLAMES WHILE HELPING DELIVERY DRIVERS AND IMMEDIATELY TAKING ACTION. ACCORDING TO THE RESTAURANT, EVERYONE GOT OUT SAFELY THANKS TO RESPONDING POLICE OFFICERS AND FIREFIGHTERS, INCLUDING DEPARTMENTS FROM NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES. THE FIRE INTERRUPTED ONE OF ITS BUSIEST NIGHTS AND CAUSED AN OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM CUSTOMERS AND NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES. ACCORDING TO A FACEBOOK POST FROM THE RESTAURANT, THERE WAS MINIMAL DAMAGE, AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. THE PIZZERIA MUST RECEIVE AN INSPECTOR’S APPROVAL BEFORE REOPENING, AND NO DATE HAS BEEN SET. THE CAUSE OF THE OVEN FIRE WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE.
NEWJERSEYHILLS.COM HAS REPORTED THAT A 26-YEAR-OLD MAN FROM WHARTON DIED FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 30TH, AFTER HIS VEHICLE STRUCK A TREE ALONG INTERSTATE 80 IN PARSIPANY. ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, DANIEL SANCHEZ VALENCIA OF WHARTON WAS DRIVING A TOYOTA SUV WESTBOUND ON INTERSTATE 80 NEAR MILEPOST 41.8 AT ABOUT 5:39 A.M. HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AND RAN OFF THE ROADWAY TO THE LEFT AND TRAVELED DOWN A GRASS MEDIAN BEFORE STRIKING A TREE. SANCHEZ VALENCIA EXITED THE VEHICLE, WHICH THEN ROLLED BACKWARD AND STRUCK HIM AND A SECOND TREE. POLICE SAY HE SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES IN THE CRASH. THE CRASH REMAINS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY STATE POLICE.