Pascack Valley Medical Center in Westwood and Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair were hit by a ransomware attack sometime during the Thanksgiving holiday period while Capital Health acknowledged a network outage it believes to be caused by a cybersecurity attack on Tuesday.
A dramatic rescue unfolded at the height of the storm and flooding Wednesday night after a Hopewell police officer was swept away by floodwaters while assisting a stranded motorist.
Officer Sara Erwin, the author of the post, and Sgt. Mandy Gray, who commented on it, were often called upon to be the "face of the police" to the community, according to a former police chief.