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Senators Support Expansion Of Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Senators Support Expansion Of Hudson-Bergen Light Rail
Senators Support Expansion Of Hudson-Bergen Light Rail BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. -- A group of high profile Democratic legislators have placed the extension of light rail service from Hudson into Bergen County a priority for a renewed Transportation Trust Fund. Senate President Steve Sweeney, Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg of Teaneck, and Sen. Paul Sarlo met yesterday with transportation officials and other legislators to strategize for getting light rail on a fast track to completion. “The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail extension is a crucial mass transit project for New Jersey,” said Sweeney. “We have to make the investments that will get peop…

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Passaic Water Utility Issues Lead Advisory In Four Towns Passaic Water Utility Issues Lead Advisory In Four Towns
Passaic Water Utility Issues Lead Advisory In Four Towns PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. -- A lead advisory issued by the Passaic Valley Water Commission will continue indefinitely, Executive Director Joseph Bella told Daily Voice today. That means customers in PVWC service areas should flush their taps any time the water lines haven’t been used for several hours. Bella said it’s a good idea to run faucets for 30 seconds every morning, and in the evening after work. The lead advisory applies to all of Paterson, Passaic, Clifton and Prospect Park. Lead advisories are triggered whenever tests of more than ten percent of the facilitiy’s treated wastewater goe…

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Lifestyle
Leonia Players Guild Opens Auditions For January Plays Leonia Players Guild Opens Auditions For January Plays
Leonia Players Guild Opens Auditions For January Plays LEONIA, N.J. -- The Players Guild of Leonia will hold auditions for “Theatre on the Edge,” a program of short, modern plays that will be performed in January. Theatre on the Edge auditions will be held in three morning sessions: Sunday, Nov. 15; Saturday, Nov. 21 and Sunday, Nov. 22 -- all at 10:30 a.m. in the company’s resident performance center, the Civil War Drill Hall at 130 Grand Ave. All are invited to audition. More details about the plays will be included in the guild's newsletter, "The Prompter," and posted on its Facebook page. The plays include dramas and comedies, wit…

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Two Paterson Firefighters Assaulted By Patient Two Paterson Firefighters Assaulted By Patient
Two Paterson Firefighters Assaulted By Patient PATERSON, N.J. -- Two Paterson firemen who were working as EMTs were assaulted Thursday when the man they were treating suddenly work up and started punching them, Northjersey.com reported They had been dispatched to 19 Walker St. early in the morning on a report of someone unconscious. While they were treating the patient in the back of an ambulance, he assaulted both men, the story said. The patient was subdued and handcuffed to the stretcher, and all three were transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital where the firefighters were treated for cuts and bruises. The patient’s condition is unknow…

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Police & Fire
Quartet Sentenced In Edgewater Millionaire Developer Beating, Robbery Quartet Sentenced In Edgewater Millionaire Developer Beating, Robbery
Quartet Sentenced In Edgewater Millionaire Developer Beating, Robbery EDGEWATER, N.J. -- Four people involved in the home invasion robbery of Edgewater developer Fred Daibes at his luxury high-rise apartment were sentenced to prison terms of 12 to 18 years in Hackensack on Friday. Daibes, speaking before the sentencings, told Superior Court Judge Edward A. Jerejian that the plea-bargained terms weren't enough. "I got a life's sentence," he said, "and I didn't commit any crime....They aren't sorry. They are sorry they got caught." All must serve at least 85% of their sentences, which means: Adonis Sepulveda, 32, must serve more than 15 ye…

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Events
Trade A Toy For A Ticket At Woodland Park Movie Screening Trade A Toy For A Ticket At Woodland Park Movie Screening
Trade A Toy For A Ticket At Woodland Park Movie Screening WOODLAND PARK, N.J. -- The mayor and council are sponsoring a holiday movie toy drive Saturday, Dec. 5. To be admitted free, bring a new, unwrapped toy as a donation for the toy drive. The featured movie is Disney’s “The Good Dinosaur.” Doors open at 8:30 a.m. and the movie starts at 9 a.m. sharp in the AMC Loews Theatre, Wayne, across from Willowbrook Mall.

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Hawthorne Library Offers Discussions For Seniors Hawthorne Library Offers Discussions For Seniors
Hawthorne Library Offers Discussions For Seniors HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- Experts in senior nutrition will be at the Louis Bay II Library Thursday, Nov. 12 to talk about how to maintain good health through eating. Speakers from the Christian Healthcare Center will be at the library at 6:30 p.m. for the nutrition discussion. There will also be programs Tuesday, Nov. 17 on senior exercise, and Thursday, Nov. 19, on mental health for seniors, all at 6:30 p.m. The library is located at 345 Lafayette Ave. and has parking onsite. For more information on library programs and services, CLICK HERE.

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Politics
Delay Puts Passaic River Cleanup In Doubt Delay Puts Passaic River Cleanup In Doubt
Delay Puts Passaic River Cleanup In Doubt PASSAIC COUNTY, N.J. -- A federal cleanup plan for the Passaic River is a year behind schedule, and has skeptics saying the delay makes them apprehensive that the final result won’t be sufficient, Northjersey.com reported. Environmentalists who monitor the river and the proposed cleanup efforts fear the wholesale dredging of toxic mud is now going to be scaled back, the story said. If the plan is approved as originally envisioned, it will cost $1.7 billion and be the costliest Superfund cleanup in U.S. history, according to Northjersey.com. Companies responsible for the cleanup want a small…

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Manga Fans Invited To Ringwood Public Library Manga Fans Invited To Ringwood Public Library
Manga Fans Invited To Ringwood Public Library RINGWOOD, N.J. -- The next meeting of the monthly Ringwood Public Library manga club will be on Thursday. The 7 p.m. group is a book club for teenagers who love manga. Run by new young adult librarian and anime club veteran Stephanie Diorio, the club meets monthly to discuss the comics participants have been reading, to make recommendations to each other, talk about fandom, and have a good time. Meetings are in the Haff Community Room at the library, 30 Cannici Drive. Contact Diorio if you're interested in joining at (973) 962-6256, Ext. 15 or email diorio@ringwoodlibrary.org. For general …

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Armory Set For Demolition After Fire In Paterson Armory Set For Demolition After Fire In Paterson
Armory Set For Demolition After Fire In Paterson PATERSON, N.J. -- The Paterson Armory must be demolished following a seven-alarm fire that raged for more than 10 hours yesterday, Nj.com reported.  Fire officials said although the building still was standing by late afternoon, there was no way to put out the fire without knocking it down, Nj.com reported. The Armory has not been used by the military since March 1983, and hasn’t been used for any purpose since 1990, the story said. To read the full story, go here.

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