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LAWSUIT: Family Of Newark Airport Worker Killed By Propeller Sues Airline, Port Authority LAWSUIT: Family Of Newark Airport Worker Killed By Propeller Sues Airline, Port Authority
Lawsuit: Family Of Newark Airport Worker Killed By Propeller Sues Airline, Port Authority The family of a Newark Liberty Airport worker who was struck by an airplane propeller and killed has filed a lawsuit saying an absentee spotter and failed safety provisions are to blame for her death. Jacqueline Mkalama, 53, of Orange, was walking on the tarmac at Gate 25 in Terminal A when she was struck in the head by the spinning propeller of a Bombardier DHC-8202, on Sept. 2, 2017, according to the suit filed last month. The airport's operator, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, “failed to provide a safe place and means to perform the work, reads the suit, filed by the…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Westfield's Rialto Movie Theater Abruptly Closes Westfield's Rialto Movie Theater Abruptly Closes
Westfield's Rialto Movie Theater Abruptly Closes The Rialto movie theater in Westfield closed Friday, catching everyone from members of the public to its employees to the town's mayor by surprise.  So abrupt was the closing that a message posted on the marquee Friday listed a phone number where people could call for refunds.  "Like all of you, I’m devastated to learn about the sudden closing of the Rialto Theater, which has been a treasure of our downtown for many decades," Mayor Shelley Brindle said in a Facebook post.  Brindle, who said town officials were in talks with the theater when it suddenly shut its doors, also s…

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by Paul Milo