Mount Laurel—The Burlington County community is grieving after the sudden death of Varlee Kamara of Newark, a young man whose life was cut short Thursday night in a violent crash on the New Jersey Turnpike. State police say the crash happened just before 9 p.m. in Mount Laurel Township. Kamara was driving southbound when, for … Read more
Fall River woke up Saturday to the grief that no family should ever know. Late Friday night, at a modest home on Barnes Street, 25-year-old Nicholas Almeida and his mother, 54-year-old Elizabeth Almeida, were found shot and badly hurt after a 911 call came in for a possible shooting just after 8 p.m. Friday. By … Read more
Fall River is hurting after a quiet Friday night turned deadly on Barnes Street, where a mother and her adult son lost their lives in a sudden burst of violence. Elizabeth Almeida, 54, and her 25-year-old son, Nicholas Almeida, were killed together, leaving a neighborhood stunned and a family shattered. Police were called to a … Read more
MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — A quiet afternoon in this northwestern North Carolina town turned into tragedy Thursday when gunfire erupted on Samurai Lane, leaving two teens dead and two others seriously wounded, authorities say. The Surry County Sheriff’s Office responded just after 2 p.m. to reports of a shooting near Welcome Baptist Church Road, where … Read more
It was supposed to be a routine trip home for the fishing vessel Lily Jean, a familiar sight out of Gloucester harbor. Instead, Friday morning turned into heartbreak for this tight‑knit community when the 72‑foot ground fish boat sent out an emergency signal and then vanished into the cold Atlantic Ocean. The U.S. Coast Guard … Read more
