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Comprehensive News Feed for East Newark, NJ.

Results 1 - 20 of 116 in East Newark, NJ

  1. Crazy weather hits area at aroundRead the original story

    Saturday Aug 16 | Welcome to

    ... you were out of the area earlier tonight, you really missed some menacing-looking skies over Kearny, Harrison, East Newark and the surrounding environs. I just happened to bring my camera into work today (in Newark) and grabbed these weather shots. ...

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  2. Just doing job saves a lifeRead the original story

    Friday Aug 15 | The Jersey Journal

    ... the man onto the cradle, and then together the deck hands hoisted the man onto the ferry. For Martinez, 32, an East Newark resident, it was his second rescue. Several years ago a colleague fell into the water and he helped him out. It was Marcano's ...

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  3. COAH slams East Newark redevelopment

    Wednesday Aug 13 | Kearny Journal

    T he slowing economy may not be having much of an impact on the borough's plans to redevelop the East Newark Industrial Center, but state-mandated affordable housing requirements are having a big effect.

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  4. East Newark plans to adopt budgetRead the original story

    Thursday Aug 7 | Kearny Journal

    ... auditors are awaiting final approval from the state Department of Community Affairs before going public with East Newark's tax rate for 2008. "There's going to be a tax increase, but not like what we expected," explained Smith, pointing to a recent ...

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  5. Fired up to send gear down South America way

    Wednesday Aug 6 | Observer

    ... early in 2007 with a casual conversation between fire fighters Mike Schappert and Joe Mastanerea along with East Newark Volunteer fireman Logan Bormann. Bormann told the group that he was a volunteer firefighter in Argentina before he immigrated to ...

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  6. National Night Out turning 25 tonightRead the original story

    Tuesday Aug 5 | The Jersey Journal

    ... Director Mark Smith, Police Chief Robert Kubert and McGruff the Crime Dog will visit public housing complexes. EAST NEWARK: [macro call]3An event will be held at the East Newark Recreational Center at 6:30 p.m. HARRISON: [macro call]3Food, games and ...

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  7. National Night Out celebrates its 25th year

    Sunday Aug 3 | The Jersey Journal

    ... Director Mark Smith, Police Chief Robert Kubert and McGruff the Crime Dog will visit public housing complexes. EAST NEWARK: [macro call]3An event will be held at the Recreational Center at 6:30 p.m. GUTTENBERG: [macro call]3There is no event this ...

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  8. Robbery at Delta Gas in Harrison

    Wednesday Jul 30 | Observer

    ... the suspects fled before police got there, the plate number revealed the getaway car to be stolen out of Newark. East Newark Police saw the same car on July 22 at 8 a.m. driving erratically through town. Patrolmen followed the vehicle and alerted ...

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  9. Joseph T. Whittles, of Jupiter, Fla., whose son lives in Point PleasantRead the original story

    Tuesday Jul 29 | Asbury Park Press Online

    ... POINT PLEASANT, passed away Thursday, July 24, at Jupiter Medical Center in Florida. Mr. Whittles was born in East Newark in 1926 to Frederick and Catherine Meehan Whittles. He served as a firefighter in Kearny for 26 years and then retired to ...

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  10. Population shrinks in Hudson County

    Thursday Jul 24 | Kearny Journal

    ... population by 3.2 percent since April 2000, Hudson County's population has fallen by 1.8 percent. Populations in East Newark, Kearny and Weehawken fell the most: 8.5 percent, 7.9 percent and 7.8 percent, respectively. Only Hoboken, West New York and ...

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  11. East Newark Marine gets back into action

    Jul 16, 2008 | Observer

    ... along with words of advice as Lance Corporal Maurico Torres headed for California. Maurico Torres was leaving East Newark to become part of his brother's old unit the 2nd Battalion Marines, Golf Unit for advanced training in Camp Pendleton before ...

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  12. East Newark gal helps those in need

    Jul 16, 2008 | Observer

    EAST NEWARK Shirley Becker is a woman of many commitments. One would think that with three grown daughters, 16 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren, Becker would have more than enough to do to keep her ...

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  13. East Newark toughens parks rulesRead the original story

    Jul 17, 2008 | Kearny Journal

    ... The wide-ranging ordinance is based on a similar measure adopted by Hudson County officials, according to East Newark Mayor Joseph R. Smith. "This covers everything," Smith said of the ordinance, which will have a second reading and public hearing ...

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  14. East Newark nets $250,000 in state aidRead the original story

    Jul 17, 2008 | Kearny Journal

    It was Christmas in July last week for East Newark taxpayers, with the state awarding the borough $250,000 in extraordinary aid.

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  15. East Newark to begin Streetscape

    Jul 17, 2008 | Kearny Journal

    The borough has awarded a contract for construction of the third phase of the Streetscape project, which is providing a facelift to East Newark's Central Avenue business district.

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  16. Moving in, out in Hudson CountyRead the original story

    Jul 16, 2008 | The Jersey Journal

    ... population by 3.2 percent since April 2000, Hudson County's population has fallen by 1.8 percent. Populations in East Newark, Kearny and Weehawken fell the most: 8.5 percent, 7.9 percent and 7.8 percent, respectively. Officials in East Newark, ...

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  17. Some lose a little aid, then get back moreRead the original story

    Jul 16, 2008 | The Jersey Journal

    ... Jersey City suffered the biggest aid reduction in the county: $3,733,769, from $83,087,524 to $79,353,755. East Newark had the lowest aid cut: $102,210, from $806,515 to $704,305; but gained $250,000 in another aid program on July 11. Guttenberg ...

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  18. Can't restrict sex offenders by 'zoning'

    Jul 16, 2008 | The Jersey Journal

    ... from living within 2,500 feet of any school, park, playground or day care center in the township. Bayonne, East Newark, Guttenberg, Jersey City and Secaucus have similar ordinances restricting sex offenders from living the same distance from where ...

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  19. I'm back after a little hiatusRead the original story

    Jul 12, 2008 | Welcome to

    ... has as good a chance at winning the mayoralty as Jerry McCann has at becoming Jerry Healy's best friend. Only East Newark has received extraordinary aid from the Department of Community Affairs for the new fiscal year. This is terrible news for the ...

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  20. Only East Newark gets special aid, this time

    Jul 12, 2008 | The Jersey Journal

    East Newark was the only Hudson County municipality to receive any state "extraordinary aid," receiving $250,000. Bound Brook in Somerset County was the big winner yesterday, as state officials announced the ...

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