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Brewing Tensions: Starbucks Strike Expands To 9 States, Including NJ Brewing Tensions: Starbucks Strike Expands To 9 States, Including NJ
Brewing Tensions: Starbucks Strike Expands To 9 States, Including NJ A Starbucks workers' strike, which began in select stores, has expanded to nine states as employees push for better wages and working conditions during the holiday rush. The strike, led by Starbucks Workers United, demands higher pay and improved staffing to address what employees describe as chronic understaffing during peak hours.  Workers at dozens of stores in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania joined the strike over the weekend. Starbucks has a total of about 16,000 stores in the US and around 35,000 worldwide. Over the weekend, picket lines formed at high-traffic stores in N…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Burn Victim Transferred In Overlook Medical Center Fire Burn Victim Transferred In Overlook Medical Center Fire
Burn Victim Transferred In Overlook Medical Center Fire A seventh-story electrical fire at Overlook Medical Center sent one person to a different hospital for treatment Tuesday, June 14. The blaze was put out before crews arrived around 8 p.m., sending a burn victim to Cooperman Barnabus Medical Center, Summit police tell Daily Voice. No further information was immediately available. Summit Police Department and Summit Volunteer First Aid Squad responded to the scene. The Summit Fire Department was assisted at the scene by Millburn, Springfield, and Union fire departments.

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by Cecilia Levine
Obituaries
Connor McTernan Of Union County, 25, Remembered As Magnetic Force Connor McTernan Of Union County, 25, Remembered As Magnetic Force
Connor McTernan Of Union County, 25, Remembered As Magnetic Force Connor P. McTernan of Springfield died unexpectedly on May 16 at 25 years old, his obituary says. Born in Morristown, Connor graduated from Dayton High School in 2013 and had been working at Jaeger Lumber in Union. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Connor McTernan (@conmct15) Connor's obituary remembers him for his magnetic personality: The "life of the party," and "light-hearted, goofy, and crazy." He was a mentor to several younger kids in the area, and was a particularly pivotal person in the life of his youngest brother, Col…

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by Cecilia Levine