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Residents Take Stock Of Devastation After Perth Amboy Fire

Nearly a dozen families woke up without a home on the day before Easter, after a raging fire gutted several Perth Amboy buildings.

2013/03/30

Quick-Moving Fire In Perth Amboy Displaces Dozens Of Residents

Flames leaped from home to home, quickly spreading through row houses in Perth Amboy. The blaze swept through five homes in total.

2013/03/29

Jack Dudas of Perth Amboy continues to recover from a flesh-eating infection. (credit: Kathy Johnson /Staff Photographer, Asbury Park Press) http://www.app.com

NJ Man Shares Story Of Survival After Battling Flesh-Eating Disease

Jack Dudas suffered a medical nightmare after he fell down the stairs at his home in Perth Amboy in January. “It turned purple like two days after I fell down the stairs and then a day or so later I woke up and it was completely blown up,” Dudas told 1010 WINS.

2012/07/25

An apartment building destroyed by a fire in Perth Amboy on Thursday, July 5, 2012 (credit: CBS 2)

60 Displaced By Fire At Perth Amboy Apartment Building

The three-story apartment building on State Street in Perth Amboy was completely destroyed in the blaze which was reported around 4:15 a.m. Thursday, investigators said.

2012/07/05

Rebecca McLelland-Crawley (credit: NJ Dept. of Education)

New Jersey Teacher Being Honored By President As Among Nation’s Best

For 15 years, Rebecca McLelland-Crawley has been getting Perth Amboy kids fired up about the wonders of science.

2012/06/28

Hector Hernandez Hailed As Hero After Rescuing Girl, 9, From Treacherous Raritan River

Officials in New Jersey had a busy day, responding to several incidents that required water rescues. It came on a day where many headed to area beaches to try to cool off from the sweltering heat.

2012/06/20

Officials Investigating Cause Of Five-Alarm Fire In Perth Amboy

The fire started around 4 a.m. Sunday, destroying four connected homes and leaving dozens homeless.

2012/06/04

Fire In Perth Amboy (Credit: Glenn Schuck/ 1010 WINS)

Five-Alarm Fire Destroys Four Homes, Seriously Injures Three In Perth Amboy

Authorities said that an intense, fast-moving fire has destroyed four homes in Perth Amboy and seriously injured three people. Dozens of people were also left homeless by the massive blaze, which started at around 4 a.m. on Sunday.

2012/06/03

Passing boaters called the Coast Guard around 5:40 p.m. Saturday to report that the pleasure craft was sinking off Perth Amboy. (Credit: CBS 2)

One Killed, Four Injured When Boat Capsizes Off New Jersey Coast

A 50-year-old New Jersey man was killed and four other people were injured when their boat capsized in waters off the northern New Jersey coast.

2012/04/22

Robert Hegyes, Played Epstein On ‘Welcome Back Kotter,’ Dead At 60

New Jersey-born Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show “Welcome Back Kotter” has died. He was 60.

2012/01/27

Report: New Jersey Bad About Providing Free Breakfast For Eligible Students

The Garden State ranks 46th in the country when it comes to states taking part in the school breakfast program.

2011/09/30

Top Row: Detective Dennis DeRienzo – pilot; Detective Erin Nolan – co-pilot; Detective Francis Vitale- SCUBA | Second Row: Police Officer Matthew O’Donohoe – crew chief; Police Officer Gowdat Nagi – 2nd crew chief; Detective Brian Singer - SCUBA

NYPD Pulls Off Dramatic Rescue Of Father, Son Stranded On N.J. Jetty

The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a distress call on a rock jetty in the Raritan Bay around 2:30 p.m. on Thursday.

2011/04/21

Ex-Perth Amboy Mayor Gets Six Years In Corruption Case

Former Perth Amboy mayor and state assemblyman Joseph Vas was sentenced to more than six years in prison after being convicted last fall of mail fraud, election finance violations and lying to authorities.

2011/04/12

A raging fire in Perth Amboy, NJ left at least 100 people homeless after it ripped through at least two apartment complexes. (credit: CBS 2)

Fire Rips Through N.J. Apartment Complex, Dozens Homeless

Edward Quezada and his wife had bought all of their Christmas gifts for their 8- and 13-year-old children. But the gifts are now gone after a fire ripped through Quezada’s apartment complex in Perth Amboy, N.J. on Sunday evening.

2010/12/20