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Firefighters Douse Lyndhurst Chemical Fire Firefighters Douse Lyndhurst Chemical Fire
Firefighters Douse Lyndhurst Chemical Fire A smoky Labor Day fire in a chemical processing machine at a Lyndhurst plant didn't create a potential health hazard, authorities said. Firefighters quickly doused the blaze, which broke out on the second floor of the Sika Corporation building on Polito Avenue down the road from Medieval Times shortly before 2:30 p.m. A faulty electrical component on processing equipment was the cause, authorities said. The first arriving companies "rapidly located the source of the fire in the smoke-filled area and averted a major incident from happening," Lyndhurst Fire Chief Louis Pipon said. Dry chem…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Park Rededicated 72 Years To Day Lyndhurst Police Officer Was Killed In Line Of Duty Park Rededicated 72 Years To Day Lyndhurst Police Officer Was Killed In Line Of Duty
Park Rededicated 72 Years To Day Lyndhurst Police Officer Was Killed In Line Of Duty A Lyndhurst park that bears the name of a borough police officer who died in the line of duty was rededicated Monday – 72 years to the day that he was gunned down. Lyndhurst Police Officer Thomas J. Albino, 41, was accompanying a constable serving an eviction notice on Clinton Terrace when a shotgun blast through the front door killed him in 1947. The gunman, 57-year-old Charles Longboat, himself was killed during a gunfight with police. "Regardless of the time that's passed since one of the darkest days in our community's history, the memory of Officer Albino and his sacrifice will cont…

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by Jerry DeMarco