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TRENTON - Gov. Chris Christie sayshis administration is expanding outpa-tient treatment centers to help New Jer-sey residents with mental health and ad-diction disorders.

Christie announced the expansion ofbehavioral health homes Thursday atCatholic Charities in Trenton. He saysthe state will expand the number of thecenters from four currently to 11.

Christie’s 2017 budget proposes $127million in funds for behavioral healthtreatment.

The centers are designed to treat par-ticipants for all their health care needs ina coordinated way.

Christie called it a “whole-person”care delivery model.

The behavioral health home modelgoes back to 2014 as part of a Medicaid

waiver plan.

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

 Administration to expand outpatient treatment centers

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Gov. Chris Christie speaks at the Catholic Charities organization. He saidThursday his administration will expand outpatient treatment centers to helpNew Jersey residents with m ental health and addiction disorders.

Christie: Morehelp for addicts

Gov. Chris Christie’s 2017 budget proposes $127 million in funds for

behavioral health treatment.

JEFFERSON - A 53-year-old man who suffered se-rious burns and smoke inhalation during a fire fiveweeks ago in his rented bungalow on Henry Street hasbeen discharged from the Burn Center at St. Barna-bas Medical Center in Livingston.

Hospital spokeswoman Samantha Anton saidThursday that David Nuetzel was discharged lastweek. Nuetzel’s neighbor, Susan Tate, said she wasdriving a day or two ago past the bungalow and saw aman with bandaged hands who she believed was Nuet-zel. There was another man with him, and they werestanding outside the burned house, which has beenboarded up, she said.

“I’m glad he’s OK,” she said, but added that shehasn’t had a chance to speak to him and doesn’t knowwhere he will live.

For about a week after the March 3 fire, Nuetzelwas listed in critical but stable condition but ultimate-ly improved so he could be discharged.

Township Deputy Police Chief Eric Wilsusen hassaid that Nuetzel was flown to St. Barnabas by med-ical helicopter from his home in the Nolan’s Point sec-

Jeffersonfire victimout of hospitalMan seriously burned

in blaze five weeks ago

PEGGY WRIGHT @PEGGYWRIGHTDR

See FIRE, Page 2A

A resident on the street, identified as

Kenneth Nileson, 36, kicked in a door

of the burning house, found the tenant

semiconscious and dragged him

outside to safety.

C’mon already, Spring, we’re getting tired of this.There’s snow in the forecast for tonight and Satur-

day. Accumulations of up to 2 inches are possible inthe northern and western parts of Morris County.

The first day of spring was M arch 20, nearly threeweeks ago, and yet the temperature could drop to alow of 22 on Saturday night.

The forecast for Friday from the National WeatherService calls for a mostly cloudy day with a strongwest wind of 15 to 25 mph and a high temperature of47.

Friday night’s forecast calls for a low of 30, windsof only 5 to 9 mph, but a 30 percent chance of snow inthe early morning hours of Saturday.

The snow, if we get it, should fall before 11 a.m. andcould turn to rain at any point. The temperatureshould reach as high — and it’s not very high forspring — of only 39. The chance of precipitation is 80percent and new snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches

are possible in parts of the county, according to theweather service.The possibility of snow lasts all day before the tem-

perature 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 Tuesdaywith temperatures in the mid 40s.

The first day of summer is June 19.

Snow in theforecast forMorris County STAFF REPORT

A Hopatcong woman who was sued by her ex-spouse just before Christmas because she’s been writ-ing “bum,” “loser,” and other alleged insults on the me-mo line of her $186 weekly alimony payments to him isfighting back by asking a judge to dismiss the lawsuitas frivolous.

Diane Wagner, a 57-year-old woman who was suedfor harassment and infliction of emotional distress byher 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 offen-sive and seeks dismissal of the complaint.

“This defendant admits to writing some notes in thememo section but deny plaintiff’s characterization ofthose messages,” attorney Erik A. Hassing wrote in his

answer to Francis Wagner’s lawsuit, filed by attorney

Gregg D. Trautmann.The answer denies allegations of harassment and

infliction of emotional distress, asks that the lawsuit bedismissed “due to its frivolous nature,” and also statesthat Francis Wagner’s claims are barred by the Doc-trine of Unclean Hands. The doctrine is a legal equi-table principle under which relief is denied to a partywho is guilty him- or herself of inequitable conduct.

“I think the lawsuit is, frankly, a case of an ex-hus-band behaving in a vindictive way. It’s an abuse of thesystem,” Hassing said.

No court dates have been scheduled over the law-suit, and both sides will start exchanging discovery, hesaid.

In an interview with the Daily Record in December,Diane Wagner said she is ill with cancer and endured a

Hopatcong woman sued by ex over

‘bum’ alimony checks fights back

See CHECKS, Page 2A

PEGGY WRIGHT  @PEGGYWRIGHTDR