Tuesday, December 18, 2012
The township hosted a multi-faith prayer vigil to honor the victims and their families Monday night
The people of Newtown, Conn., are “no different than the people of Mahwah,” Mayor Bill Laforet told a crowd of over 100 residents who gathered in the Mahwah High School auditorium to pray for the victims of Friday’s school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The prayer vigil, organized by the township and attended by members of the Mahwah police department, fire department, ambulance corps, emergency responders, and town council members, as well as township residents, invited local leaders of different faiths to lead the group in prayers for those affected by the shooting that claimed 26 victims, 20 of them children. “No matter where you are on your faith journey, stop, and pray for these people,” Pastor Rob Parker of Mahwah’s Plant …
In light of last Friday's school shooting, are you worried about the safety of Mahwah's students?
In light of an elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn., last Friday that shocked the nation and has many parents concerned about the safety of their own children, Mahwah school district officials say they are adding “heightened security” measures to township public schools. Officials declined Monday to comment on the specifics of any security plans changed as a result of the shooting, but did post a note to Mahwah parents on the district website: "Friday our nation suffered an unimaginable loss, and our thoughts and prayers go out to the families and friends of those who lost their lives at Sandy Hook Elementary School. As we mourn for those children and adults, we also reflect on the safety and care of our own precious children in …
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Newtown police say all victims' families have been notified and that officials are not yet releasing the names of the gunman or children killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Newtown, Conn., residents reeling from the massacre of 26 people, including 20 children, at an elementary school on Friday are searching for answers about the gunman’s motive. Police have said that they are “working backwards” to piece together the “why” behind the mass shooting in this town of about 27,000 about 60 miles northeast of New York City. A 12 p.m. Saturday prayer service is scheduled for St. John's Episcopal Church in Sandy Hook, a section of Newtown. Newtown Police Lt. George Sinko, the department’s public information officer, told Patch Saturday morning that investigators have no sense of what prompted the gunman to act. “There is no sense of motive at this time,” Sinko said. Though Connecticut State Police have declined to …
Locals are grieving after news of an elementary school shooting in a suburban community less than an hour away
As the country wrestles with an elementary school shooting Friday that left 27 people, including 20 students, dead, Mahwah residents were left trying to cope with the tragedy. Township residents also took to social media sites to express their condolences for the Connecticut community less than an hour away from Mahwah. Residents posted on a Mahwah Moms Facebook page about an impromptu memorial at Lenape Meadows School where residents lit candles in honor of the victims Friday night. Mayor Bill Laforet posted a message to the community on his Facebook page offering condolences to the affected families, and addressing the safety of Mahwah children: “I know many of you are heartbroken today. I am heartbroken. I am sad beyond words. I know …
Friday, December 14, 2012
Hoboken man learns his brother killed 27 people, including their mother.
Ryan Lanza was at his job in Manhattan on Friday when news outlets began to report that he had massacred 20 school children in a sleepy Connecticut town. The reports said Lanza, a 24-year-old Quinnipiac University graduate, had murdered someone in his Hoboken apartment and then drove to Newtown, Conn., where he used a .223 caliber rifle and two other guns to kill 27 people before turning the gun on himself. The dead included his mother, Nancy. Lanza's thoughts quickly went to his developmentally disabled younger brother, Adam, whom he began to fear may have been responsible for the violence at Sandy Hook Elementary School, friends said. As media reports continued to name Ryan Lanza as the shooter and plastered his face across the world, he…
Mahwah Fire Rescue Company 1
11:53 am on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Several Mahwah firefighters traveled to the funeral of Daniel Barden in Newtown yesterday. Daniel wanted to be a fireman when he grew up. Word was put out and firefighters from New Jersey to Boston gathered in Newtown and gave him the full honors of a firefighter funeral. Daniel was 7. more ›