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Overnight Fire Doused At Industrial Supply Company In Garfield Overnight Fire Doused At Industrial Supply Company In Garfield
Overnight Fire Doused At Industrial Supply Company In Garfield Firefighters doused a pre-dawn blaze at an industrial supply company in Garfield. The fire ignited shortly after 3:30 a.m. Thursday, March 24, at the Metro Industrial Supply Company on the corner of Morell Place and Charles Street, responders said. Firefighters cut through a garage door to access the bulk of the blaze, which was declared under control about an hour after it began. No injuries were reported. Mutual aid was provided at the scene or in coverage by Saddle Brook, Wallington and Elmwood Park firefighters. Metro lists itself online as a "distributor of power transmission equip…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Coaching, Teaching Legend Sal Benanti Of Charlie Bloods Restaurant In Garfield Passes At 80 Coaching, Teaching Legend Sal Benanti Of Charlie Bloods Restaurant In Garfield Passes At 80
Coaching, Teaching Legend Sal Benanti Of Charlie Bloods Restaurant In Garfield Passes At 80 Somewhere this week music is playing, sauce is simmering and sports talk is spirited. There's no such joy in Garfield, though. Charlie Bloods remains dark this week as loved ones, friends and countless customers mourn the passing of the popular restaurant's owner, "Coach" Sal Benanti. “My heart hurts,” wrote Jennifer Armstrong Alfonso in an online tribute. “He was an amazing man who was willing to help anyone. He was to so many people a mentor, a father, a friend and so many other things.” Garfield was pretty much Italian and Polish when Salvatore Benanti was born in Passaic in 1941, a l…

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by Jerry DeMarco