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Streets Closed As Crews Battle 2-Alarm Fire At Morris County Veterans Association (PHOTOS) Streets Closed As Crews Battle 2-Alarm Fire At Morris County Veterans Association (PHOTOS)
Streets Closed As Crews Battle 2-Alarm Fire At Morris County Veterans Association (Photos) Streets were closed as fire crews were battling a two-alarm blaze at a veterans association in Morris County, authorities said. The blaze broke out at 210 Espanong Rd. in Lake Hopatcong shortly before 10:50 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 26, according to the Sparta Township Fire Department. The address appears on Google as the location of the American Legion U.S. veterans association. Additional crews were called to the scene following a partial building collapse, initial reports said. Meanwhile, Espanong Road was closed from Edison Road to Noland Point, police said. Scroll down to view additiona…

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by Valerie Musson
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‘I Have A Lot To Live For’: Park Ridge Navy Veteran Firefighter Needs Kidney ‘I Have A Lot To Live For’: Park Ridge Navy Veteran Firefighter Needs Kidney
‘I Have A Lot To Live For’: Park Ridge Navy Veteran Firefighter Needs Kidney Firefighters are quick to rescue those in need, but right now one of Park Ridge’s bravest could use some help. Park Ridge Firefighter Mark "Cookey" Eisen, 63, was recently placed on the National Kidney Registry after diabetes caused late-stage kidney failure. He’s scheduled to begin dialysis in 2021 but hopes to find him a kidney before then. A veteran of seven years with the U.S. Navy, Eisen has been a borough firefighter for nearly three decades. He's considered “part of the fabric” of the borough, his company wrote in a Facebook post. Eisen has served with the Park Ridge Elks, American…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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'Selfish, Clownish': Mayor Slams Atlantic City Protest That Ended In 7 Arrests 'Selfish, Clownish': Mayor Slams Atlantic City Protest That Ended In 7 Arrests
'Selfish, Clownish': Mayor Slams Atlantic City Protest That Ended In 7 Arrests Seven protestors including the event's organizer were arrested during a Black Lives Matter march through Atlantic City streets, which the city's mayor called "selfish and clownish" after futile attempts to postpone it. Mayor Marty Small Jr. met with organizer Steve Young earlier in the week to try to postpone the July Fourth march.  Small, who watched the march, said he supports peaceful protests but that Young's -- which began at 1 p.m. July Fourth -- was "selfish" and "clownish." Starting at 1 p.m. outside of the city's public safety building, protestors chanted the names of those w…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Funeral Set For Bergen WWII Vet, Longtime Firefighter Al Knaub Funeral Set For Bergen WWII Vet, Longtime Firefighter Al Knaub
Funeral Set For Bergen WWII Vet, Longtime Firefighter Al Knaub A funeral Mass will be held this weekend for one of Bergen County's last World War II veterans, Albert S. Knaub, a 65-year member of the Ridgefield Park Fire Department who was recalled with great fondness and respect during the village's Fourth of July parade. "There aren’t enough great things to say" about "Al" Knaub, 90, said firefighter Eamonn Radburn. Like many others, Radburn called the retired businessman and co-founder of the Ridgefield Park Lions Club "an amazing man." Knaub, a former chief who was memorialized by Engine Co #4 during the village's ren…

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by Jerry DeMarco