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Family, Friends Remember Cedar Grove High Grad

Vigil held for Brian Topoleski, who was fatally stabbed last week in Little Falls.

Family, friends and members of the community remembered the life of Brian Topoleski at a vigil Saturday night at Cedar Grove High School.

Topoleski, 18, who graduated from the high school this year, was stabbed to death early last Monday morning in a confrontation in Little Falls. A funeral Mass was held Friday at St. Catherine of Siena Church.

Jonathan Lafontaine, 20, of Totowa, pleaded not guilty to a first-degree murder charge in the incident. His attorney claims the stabbing was in self-defense.

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