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Four Firefighters Injured After Blaze Damages Historic Church Four Firefighters Injured After Blaze Damages Historic Church
Four Firefighters Injured After Blaze Damages Historic Church Grace Presbyterian Church, a 99-year-old Montclair institution, suffered extensive damage after a three-alarm fire tore the building on Tuesday morning, August 15. Montclair firefighters rushed to Grove Street and Tuxedo Road at 8 a.m. and found the fire reaching from the basement to the roofline at the back of the church, Deputy Chief Robert Duncan said. The roof collapsed about a half hour after the blaze started, according to witnesses on scene. It took multiple hoselines and master streams to bring the fire under control at 11 a.m., Duncan said. Four firefighters suffered minor injurie…

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by Jerry DeMarco and Sam Barron
Business
Jersey City's 'Van Hook Cheese & Grocery' Expands To Montclair Jersey City's 'Van Hook Cheese & Grocery' Expands To Montclair
Jersey City's 'Van Hook Cheese & Grocery' Expands To Montclair An all-things charcuterie store is expanding opening its second New Jersey location. Van Hook Cheese & Grocery is coming to Montclair at the corner of Grove and Walnut Streets and is expected to open at the end of July, owner Carl Chastain told Daily Voice. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Van Hook Cheese & Grocery (@vanhookcheese) View this post on Instagram A post shared by Van Hook Cheese & Grocery (@vanhookcheese) The family-owned cheese shop first opened in Jerse…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
PHOTOS: Ambulance Collides With SUV In Montclair PHOTOS: Ambulance Collides With SUV In Montclair
Photos: Ambulance Collides With SUV In Montclair An ambulance and SUV collided Monday morning in Montclair, injuring the EMT driving the rig and a patient who was being transported at the time, responders said. The front driver’s side of the Atlantic Mobile Health ambulance took the brunt of the hit and ended up on a lawn at the corner of Grove Street and Bellevue Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. The SUV was totaled, with major damage to the front, as well as the rear passenger side. All airbags in the vehicle deployed. Montclair police and firefighters responded, along with other ambulances. The SUVDAILY VOICE photo CHECK BACK FOR MORE…

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by Jerry DeMarco