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Roseland VFW Hosts Memorial Day Service Monday Morning
May 25, 2013ROSELAND, NJ - The Roseland Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) has announced that the public is welcome to attend Monday’s annual...
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PFC Matthew O’Hern of West Caldwell is on his way Home from Afghanistan
May 22, 2013WEST CALDWELL, NJ - Private First Class Matthew O’Hern first wrote West Essex TAP in November, 2012 to let us know about hi...
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Music for Life Festival Saturday ~ In Honor of Lance Corporal John Dougherty
May 20, 2013WEST ORANGE, NJ - On Saturday, May 25, “Music for Life” an event to raise money for the American Foundation for Suicide...
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The Family of Sergeant Derek Tra McConnell Wishes to Advise the Community of His Passing
March 29, 2013NORTH CALDWELL, NJ - Sergeant Derek Tra McConnell, age 23, who was injured in Afghanistan on July 23, 2011, died March...
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Sergeant Derek McConnell has Died; North Caldwell Loses a True Hero
March 19, 2013NORTH CALDWELL, NJ - Sergeant Derek McConnell, the North Caldwell veteran who served in Afghanistan and was sever...
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Memories of My Dad Serving in Iraq
December 28, 2012“I’m going to miss you so much, but don’t worry I will see you when I get home,” my dad told me. My dad tol...
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PFC Matthew O’Hern of West Caldwell Sends a Letter from Afghanistan
November 23, 2012KABUL, AFGHANISTAN - At 3am EST, The Alternative Press of West Essex received a very special letter from Private First Class Mat...
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American Legion James Caldwell, NJ Post 185 Honored Area Veterans
November 15, 2012CALDWELL, NJ - Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Armistice Day in 1919 to commemorate the end of World War I. The day served to thank th...