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Christie: More
help for addicts
Administration to expand outpatient treatment centers

Jefferson
fire victim
out of
hospital
Man seriously burned
in blaze five weeks ago
PEGGY WRIGHT @PEGGYWRIGHTDR

JEFFERSON - A 53-year-old man who suffered serious burns and smoke inhalation during a fire five
weeks ago in his rented bungalow on Henry Street has
been discharged from the Burn Center at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston.
Hospital spokeswoman Samantha Anton said
Thursday that David Nuetzel was discharged last
week. Nuetzels neighbor, Susan Tate, said she was
driving a day or two ago past the bungalow and saw a
man with bandaged hands who she believed was Nuetzel. There was another man with him, and they were
standing outside the burned house, which has been
boarded up, she said.
Im glad hes OK, she said, but added that she
hasnt had a chance to speak to him and doesnt know
where he will live.
For about a week after the March 3 fire, Nuetzel
was listed in critical but stable condition but ultimately improved so he could be discharged.
Township Deputy Police Chief Eric Wilsusen has
said that Nuetzel was flown to St. Barnabas by medical helicopter from his home in the Nolans Point secSee FIRE, Page 2A

A resident on the street, identified as

PHOTOS BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gov. Chris Christie takes a photograph with Robert Hedden of the National Alliance on Mental Health during a gathering
Thursday at Catholic Charities where Christie said his administration is expanding outpatient treatment centers.

Kenneth Nileson, 36, kicked in a door

of the burning house, found the tenant
semiconscious and dragged him

ASSOCIATED PRESS

TRENTON - Gov. Chris Christie says

his administration is expanding outpatient treatment centers to help New Jersey residents with mental health and addiction disorders.
Christie announced the expansion of
behavioral health homes Thursday at
Catholic Charities in Trenton. He says
the state will expand the number of the
centers from four currently to 11.
Christies 2017 budget proposes $127
million in funds for behavioral health
treatment.
The centers are designed to treat participants for all their health care needs in
a coordinated way.
Christie called it a whole-person
care delivery model.
The behavioral health home model
goes back to 2014 as part of a Medicaid
waiver plan.

outside to safety.

Snow in the
forecast for
Morris County
STAFF REPORT
Gov. Chris Christie speaks at the Catholic Charities organization. He said
Thursday his administration will expand outpatient treatment centers to help
New Jersey residents with mental health and addiction disorders.

Gov. Chris Christies 2017 budget proposes $127 million in funds for
behavioral health treatment.

Hopatcong woman sued by ex over

bum alimony checks fights back
PEGGY WRIGHT @PEGGYWRIGHTDR

A Hopatcong woman who was sued by her exspouse just before Christmas because shes been writing bum, loser, and other alleged insults on the memo line of her $186 weekly alimony payments to him is
fighting back by asking a judge to dismiss the lawsuit
as frivolous.
Diane Wagner, a 57-year-old woman who was sued
for harassment and infliction of emotional distress by
her former spouse of 10 years, Francis J. Wagner Jr.,
61, has filed an answer to the lawsuit in Superior Court,
Morristown, that denies the memo notes were offensive and seeks dismissal of the complaint.
This defendant admits to writing some notes in the
memo section but deny plaintiffs characterization of
those messages, attorney Erik A. Hassing wrote in his
answer to Francis Wagners lawsuit, filed by attorney

Gregg D. Trautmann.
The answer denies allegations of harassment and
infliction of emotional distress, asks that the lawsuit be
dismissed due to its frivolous nature, and also states
that Francis Wagners claims are barred by the Doctrine of Unclean Hands. The doctrine is a legal equitable principle under which relief is denied to a party
who is guilty him- or herself of inequitable conduct.
I think the lawsuit is, frankly, a case of an ex-husband behaving in a vindictive way. Its an abuse of the
system, Hassing said.
No court dates have been scheduled over the lawsuit, and both sides will start exchanging discovery, he
said.
In an interview with the Daily Record in December,
Diane Wagner said she is ill with cancer and endured a
See CHECKS, Page 2A

Cmon already, Spring, were getting tired of this.

Theres snow in the forecast for tonight and Saturday. Accumulations of up to 2 inches are possible in
the northern and western parts of Morris County.
The first day of spring was March 20, nearly three
weeks ago, and yet the temperature could drop to a
low of 22 on Saturday night.
The forecast for Friday from the National Weather
Service calls for a mostly cloudy day with a strong
west wind of 15 to 25 mph and a high temperature of
47.
Friday nights forecast calls for a low of 30, winds
of only 5 to 9 mph, but a 30 percent chance of snow in
the early morning hours of Saturday.
The snow, if we get it, should fall before 11 a.m. and
could turn to rain at any point. The temperature
should reach as high and its not very high for
spring of only 39. The chance of precipitation is 80
percent and new snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches
are possible in parts of the county, according to the
weather service.
The possibility of snow lasts all day before the temperature plummets to a midwinter-like 22.
Sunday should be a slightly better day with mostly
sunny skies and a high temperature near 44. The low,
Sunday night should be around 32.
Rain is in the forecast for Monday and Tuesday
with temperatures in the mid 40s.
The first day of summer is June 19.

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