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Fair Lawn NJ, Fair Lawn Police say an 83-year-old BP male employee was attacked and assaulted at a BP gas station in Fair Lawn. The 83-year-old victim was transported to St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson with facial injuries.
Updated on June 13, 2017 at 5:17 PMPosted on June 13, 2017 at 4:37 PM
BY ANTHONY G. ATTRINO
NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
PARAMUS – The public school district was devastated this week by news of the sudden death of Jocelyn Gertel, a long-time middle-school orchestra teacher, a school administrator said Tuesday.
Gertel, who lived in Ridgewood, died last week following a bicycling accident in Hawthorne.
A spokesman for the Hawthorne Police Department was not available to comment Tuesday on details of the accident.
According to online tributes from friends, Gertel was riding her bike downhill when she lost control and pitched over the handlebars. She was taken to St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Paterson, where she later died.
“The school community is very devastated by her loss,” said Michele Robinson, superintendent of schools. “She was very well-respected, very well-liked and she will be greatly missed.”
https://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2017/06/beloved_orchestra_teacher_dies_in_cycling_crash.html
