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February 22, 2012 Millburn Township Committee, Police Discuss Possibility of Three-Way Stop at Glen Avenue and Lackawanna Place
MILLBURN, NJ – A police sergeant came before the Millburn Township Committee last night to give his department’s opinion o...
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February 22, 2012 South Orange to Evaluate Bids for Single-Stream Recycling
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – South Orange is considering changing its recycling process from source-separated to single-stream recycling t...
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February 22, 2012 Summit Common Council, Board of Education Hold Joint Meeting to Discuss Budgets, Possible Expansion of Shared Services Agreements
SUMMIT, NJ---In what was believed to be the first such meeting in the city’s history, Summit’s Board of Education and Comm...
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February 22, 2012 Berkeley Heights Township Committee Considering Town-Wide Tax Reassessment
BERKELEY HEIGHTS – The Township Council is considering a town-wide tax reassessment. Councilman Edward Delia brought up the ...
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February 22, 2012 Davies’ Clutch Free Throws Lift Chatham Girls Past Mountain Lakes, 50-49
MOUNTAIN LAKES, NJ – Junior guard Kendall Davies hit two free throws with 1.4 seconds left in the game when the Chatham Lady Cou...
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February 22, 2012 Second Half Lapse Haunts Chatham Boys Basketball Team in 49-45 Loss to Mountain Lakes
MOUNTAIN LAKES, NJ – The Chatham Cougars (21-4) had an 11-point lead over Mountain Lakes at halftime, but saw their lead d...
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February 22, 2012 Maplewood Township Committee Passes Smoking Ban; Residents Honored for Home Improvements
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Smoking will soon be prohibited in Maplewood’s parks, playgrounds, recreational areas, and within 25 feet ...
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February 22, 2012 Seton Hall Trounces No. 9 Georgetown 73-55
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – There haven’t been many games that meant more to the Seton Hall Pirates in the last six years. Faci...
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February 21, 2012 Dog Near Death When Jersey Animal Coalition Rescued Him in South Orange
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ — “I guess he would have never made it if we hadn’t picked him up. He’s been out (on the stre...
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February 21, 2012 Bader Qarmout Announces Run For U.S. Senate
SPARTA, NJ – New Jersey residents traveled from as far as Cresskill, NJ and overflowed out of Homer’s Restaurant in Sparta...
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February 21, 2012 Lady Cougars Fall to Morris Catholic Monday Night, Share Division Title
DENVILLE, NJ - It was a tough situation for the Chatham girls basketball team on Monday night. It was only three nights before tha...
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February 21, 2012 Governor Livingston Lady Highlanders Get All Over Summit Lady Hilltoppers En Route to 61-35 Victory in Union County Semi-Finals
CLARK, NJ – Alyssa Polimeni and Erin Ferguson scored 15 points apiece and Mallory George added 13 to lead the well-balanced no. ...
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February 21, 2012 'A Day in West Orange' Photo Documentary to Open March 5
WEST ORANGE, NJ - Anyone who lives in West Orange would be happy to tell you of its strengths: its beautiful, tree-lined streets, its ...
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February 21, 2012 Scott and Baker Lead West Orange Basketball to 63-55 Victory Over Bloomfield
WEST ORANGE, NJ—It has been a season of ups and downs for Mark Cacciacarne and his young Mountaineer squad. Monday afternoon was...
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February 20, 2012 Seton Hall Will Need Strong Start to Stay in Game Against Hoyas
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – When the Seton Hall Pirates and No. 10 Georgetown Hoyas meet on Tuesday night at Prudential Center, all eyes ...
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February 20, 2012 Friendship, Grief and Love: Westfield Business Collecting Gifts for Young Daughters of Slain Park Ranger
WESTFIELD, NJ – What started as an unusual, and somewhat awkward, encounter in downtown Westfield has blossomed into a friendshi...
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February 20, 2012 Chambers of Commerce are Invaluable Resource to Businesses During Economic Downturns
When business finances are strained or the dreaded possibility of unemployment peers around the corner at you, it may be tempting to l...
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February 20, 2012 Millburn Millers' Levin Leads Wrestling Parade to Regionals
MILLBURN, NJ - For Millburn's Simon Levin, being named the Most Outstanding Wrestler at District 10 on Saturday was no big deal. ...
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February 20, 2012 New York Giants Players Steve Weatherford and Zak DeOssie Visit Nielsen Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram
EAST HANOVER, NJ – Nielsen Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram was decked out in red, white and blue to celebrate their Presidents Day Sales...
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February 19, 2012 'Pop' DiGregorio of Livingston Teaches Mo Rocca to Cook on TV Special Tonight
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Somewhere in New York, Mo Rocca was wishing he knew how to cook. Somewhere in New Jersey, Frank “Pop&rdqu...
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February 19, 2012 Late Rally Falls Short in 62-57 Pirate Loss to Cincinnati
CINCINNATI – Slow starts have plagued Seton Hall since day one. Saturday on the road at Cincinnati, the first 10 minutes of ...
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February 19, 2012 Chatham Boys Basketball Team Joins Girls Team in County Finals
RANDOLPH, NJ - The Chatham boys basketball team did not want the girls to get all the headlines so they joined the club: the county fi...
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February 19, 2012 Summit and Madison Housing Exec Riccio Honored by Morris Habitat for Humanity
FLORHAM PARK, NJ - Louis A. Riccio, executive director of the Housing Authority of Summit and Madison was honored Saturday night at th...
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February 18, 2012 South Orange Sign Language Expert Teaches Moms, Babies to 'Talk' in Maplewood Class
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Area parents have a new way to communicate with their infants. Robbie Berry, a South Orange resident, teache...
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February 18, 2012 Westfield Confirms Whitney Houston Funeral on Sunday; Locals React to the News
WESTFIELD, NJ – Downtown Westfield officials have confirmed that Whitney Houston will be buried in Fairview Cemetery on Sunday. ...