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Anastasia Catherine was born to the Somerville couple at Overlook Medical Center Thursday, according to the Summit Police Department.Detective Tarentino was killed in a three-car accident on Route 78 in the early morning hours of May 30. Tarentino, the department’s community relations and DARE officer, was on his way to a school to give a presentation on drug awareness and substance abuse when the accident occurred. He was promoted to detective posthumously.Sign Up for E-News"Mom and baby are doing great!” Summit Police reported on Facebook. "Proud big brothers Robbie and Ray are eager for their little sister to start playing with them!"Both brothers are of pre-school age. Dressed in matching suits and bow ties, the boys stood hand-in-hand with their pregnant mother at funeral services for their father at Immaculata R.C. Church just days after the accident.Hundreds of police officers and first responders from throughout New Jersey turned out for the memorial services and mass over a two-day period. Led by 80 police motorcycles, a procession numbering hundreds of police and emergency vehicles drove through Somerville to Resurrection Cemetery in Piscataway for graveside services.The couple grew up together in Somerville and were high school sweethearts, attending Immaculata High School. He graduated Rutgers University, and was a police officer in South Bound Brook and Rutgers University prior to his service with the Summit Police Department. Victoria has been working at Immaculata as their marketing officer.A few businesses in Somerville have sponsored fund raising campaigns for the family; an online fund raising effort has exceeded $600,000.The Summit Police Department will sponsor a Memorial 5K in downtown Summit Sept. 9 to raise money for the family. Tarentino was a devoted fitness enthusiast and runner. Those in Somerville who did not know him personally knew of him because they saw him on his daily runs throughout the borough. (TAPinto.net)

Somerville. WochitLeft to right: Patricia A. Fields, Earl Green, Plainfield Public School, Cynthia Price(Photo: ~Courtesy of Plainfield Public Schools)No matter that Patricia A. Fields left Plainfield some time ago, she still returns home every year, at various times during the year, to provide donations to schools, community groups, agencies, families, and more.Fields, a former executive, who through the Family Care Development Fund at AT&T and Lucent Technologies, provided millions of dollars to fund child care and elder care projects, continues her efforts even in her retirement. Earlier this month, she presented Plainfield Public Schools and several other community organizations, with hundreds of boxes of school supplies for the children.“I love that God has blessed me with a spirit of giving and the talent and resources to help. I am wishing every child a successful year and hope that these gifts, will in some small way, help them meet the student supply requirements,” Fields said in a news release.The donations were made possible by New Outlook Pioneers, members of TelecomPioneers, a volunteer network of nearly 700,000 people in the telecommunications industry. Fields is president of the Murray Hill Club, who coordinated this project along with support from Nokia employees.Part of the school supplies received by Plainfield Public Schools was shared with families during the district’s Back to School Ice Cream Social, on Aug. 24, at Plainfield High School For additional information, contact Gloria Montealegre, Community Engagement Liaison, at 908-731-4333 or email gmontealegre@plainfield.k12.nj.us.Students from Bergen, Union, and Passaic counties visited Saint Gertrude Cementery and Mausoleumn in Colonia to build and mount birdhouses (Photo: ~Courtesy of Catholic Cemeteries)Archdiocese of Newark community engagement programMany teens spend summer days lounging in front of a computer or by a pool, but for 40 youths in the Archdiocese of Newark, visiting a local Catholic cemet... (MyCentralJersey.com)