Maywood, N.J.: A Close-Knit Community With a Quaint Downtown
With its walkable streets and proximity to Manhattan, the borough is an appealing place to live. But good luck finding a house for sale this spring.
By Jill P. Capuzzo
March 10, 2021
Beata Piszczek has had some lucky breaks, starting in 1994 when she won Poland’s green card lottery, providing the ticket for her family to come to the United States, and again last year, when she landed her dream house in Maywood, N.J., just a block from the borough’s downtown.
Winning the visa lottery something Ms. Piszczek’s cousin advised her to apply for, though he didn’t manage to secure a slot for himself may have been pure luck, but getting the right house took a bit of doing. The work started in 2016, when Ms. Piszczek and her husband, Mirek, moved from their condo in Queens to a ranch house in Maywood, which they bought for $290,000. They spent four years renovating it before selling it last March for $625,000 and mov
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A man found dead in his Exeter Township home this week was killed by a single stab wound and his death has been ruled a homicide, Berks County detectives said Friday.
Terance M. Myers Sr., 35, of Hillside Road suffered a penetrating stab wound to the left side of his chest Monday, according to an autopsy performed by a forensic pathologist Tuesday.
District Attorney John T. Adams has said the killing was domestic-violence related.
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Myers lived in the home along with several other adults and children, investigators said.
The homicide investigation remains active, and the district attorneyâs office said it will provide further updates as the investigation progresses.
Investigators provided insight Wednesday in a court filing in the first suburban slaying in Berks County this week while the investigation continues into a second homicide, both from domestic violence incidents.Â
Jillian R. Blimline, 38, initially told police that she was decorating the Christmas tree Sunday night in the dining room of a split-level home in the first block of Maywood Avenue in South Heidelberg Township.
She heard a noise and in her peripheral vision saw Chad A. Macwilliam, 39, on the floor with a pair of scissors in his chest. She called 9-1-1, requesting medical attention for her fiance.
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Updated: 3:24 PM EST December 15, 2020
SINKING SPRING, Pa. A 38-year-old Berks County woman is facing homicide and aggravated assault charges after allegedly stabbing her live-in partner in a domestic incident Sunday, the Berks County District Attorney s Office announced Tuesday.
Jillian Rae Blimline, of Sinking Spring, is charged with Murder of the First Degree, Murder of the Third Degree, two counts of Aggravated Assault, and Possessing the Instrument of Crime, prosecutors said.
She is accused of stabbing Chad Allen Macwilliam, 39, who lived with her in her Maywood Avenue home in Sinking Spring.
According to prosecutors, South Heidelberg Township Police were dispatched to Blimline s home at about 9:06 p.m., after receiving a 911 call from a woman.