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GROUP HUG: Lyndhurst Pupils Thank First Responders For Saving Their School GROUP HUG: Lyndhurst Pupils Thank First Responders For Saving Their School
Group HUG: Lyndhurst Pupils Thank First Responders For Saving Their School First responders can sometimes have thankless jobs -- but not in Lyndhurst, where they were applauded by a schoolful of grateful youngsters. The K-through-2nd graders from Washington School thanked Lyndhurst's local heroes for saving their school after a blaze broke out in the basement last month. Township police were first on the scene at the Ridge Road school shortly after 6 p.m. Sept. 16. Responding firefighters were met by high heat, as well as thick smoke that obscured all visibility, 1st Assistant Fire Chief Paul Haggerty said. National Fire Prevention Week brought the Washingto…

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by Jerry DeMarco