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James Taylor was one of 2,128 proud students who donned a black robe and mortarboard and graduated from Kean University last month.

Top brass serving the local volunteer fire department will have longer terms, thanks to a resolution adopted by the borough's governing body at a recent meeting.

The Passaic River cleanup is about to begin. Environmental officials today said the work will remove half of the cancer-causing chemical called dioxin from the river.

A 60-year-old woman died this morning from injuries she suffered in a two-alarm fire in Harrison last night, Hudson County Prosecutor Edward DeFazio said.

Credits Saturday, June 7, 2008 Fulop comes through with letter re-exposing Knapp's bilking of the system By Kevin Canessa Jr.

Helen Swarbrick Kurszwicz, left, Mary Cowan Ross, Charles Crandell, Janet Telfer Brady, Clarence Sickles, Jean Sickles , Liz Crandell, Helen Sue Abraham, Manny Abraham, and George Rodgers.

All the votes have been counted in the uncontested East Newark Borough Council primary, tonight's first unofficial result.

When Tony Mondaro was but a 10-year-old tyke, he already knew what his passion was the weather.

Since The Observer first reported on the outcry of area residents against the 5-acre Newark heliplex, there has been a cascade of news stories featuring the response of residents on the proposed project on ...

Maria Gluck DeAndrade, 70, left this world peacefully at her home on Thursday, May 22, 2008.

Nearly a hundred canoe teams and kayakers will race along an eight-mile stretch of the Passaic River today as part of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commissioner's Fourth Annual Passaic River Paddle Relay. via The Jersey Journal

“We support Kearny 100 percent”

Opposition is mounting against Newark's plans to allow a heliport to be built across the Passaic River, with local and state public officials joining the fray and the formation of a grassroots community group ... via Kearny Journal

“We are being cut to the bone and hospitals are falling like dominoes.”

A rbitrary and capricious. Hmmm, if you look those words up in the dictionary, you might soon find Gov. via The Jersey Journal

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“No one was there. It was hot, but there was no smoke.”

Three Good Samaritans braved intense smoke and heat to pull an elderly woman from her burning Belleville Turnpike home last week. via Kearny Journal

“We've made the hit, we've done the job”

Drastic cuts in state aid proposed by Gov. Jon Corzine for municipalities with less than 10,000 residents will slam the borough with a more than $700,000 deficit. via Kearny Journal

A four-alarm brush fire raged for several hours yesterday in the Meadowlands near the New Jersey Turnpike. via The Jersey Journal

Insider's guide to Hoboken news, real estate and nightlife Huge fire continues burning; mass transit affected In case you missed it, there's a huge brush fire in Kearny off Route 280 and the New Jersey ... via The Jersey Journal

“I think it is enormously unfair”

I n ancient China, there was this method of torture: 1,000 cuts, but none fatal. via The Jersey Journal

“We help women lose their weight but we are there for them”

C urves in Kearny is doing a little more than helping women lose weight. During the first two weeks in March, Curves will be collecting non-perishable food for the community food pantry. via Kearny Journal