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Plainfield Building With Questionable Past Erupts In Flames Injuring 15, Displacing Many Plainfield Building With Questionable Past Erupts In Flames Injuring 15, Displacing Many
Plainfield Building With Questionable Past Erupts In Flames Injuring 15, Displacing Many A fire at a Plainfield apartment building with a history of safety troubles left 15 people injured and displaced at least seven families, officials said. The fire on at 515 West 7th Street broke out around 4:45 a.m. Monday, Dec. 4, displacing 42 families — 35 of whom were allowed to return home later that day. According to abc7, the building is owned by the same landlord as its neighbor at 501 West 7th St., which was condemned in August, where inspectors found leaking and open pipes, and holes in walls and ceilings. An electrical problem or lithium-ion battery were believed to have ca…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
200 Wedding Guests Clear Collapsing Dance Floor On Jersey Shore 200 Wedding Guests Clear Collapsing Dance Floor On Jersey Shore
200 Wedding Guests Clear Collapsing Dance Floor On Jersey Shore Nearly 200 wedding guests moved the party outside when the dance floor began to cave in during a reception Saturday, Sept. 17 at a Jersey Shore restaurant, according to responders and multiple news reports. Fire companies responded to the Daymark on Broadway Barnegat Light, when patrons began to hear a rumbling noise and floor started to give way around 7:35 p.m., Barnegat Light Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 said. Posted by Barnegat Light Volunteer Fire Company #1 on Sunday, September 18, 2022 The DJ was the one to make the announcement, and the guests had help exiting from fire and EMS …

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Teachers In This NJ District Are Staying Home Even Though Schools Are Open Teachers In This NJ District Are Staying Home Even Though Schools Are Open
Teachers In This NJ District Are Staying Home Even Though Schools Are Open One Essex County district has opted to let its teachers work from home while students are scheduled to continue hybrid learning. South Orange-Maplewood district officials say teachers will start instructing from home due to “unsafe building conditions” starting Wednesday, NJ.com reports. Students came back to their classrooms Jan. 19 after having participated in fully remote learning since last March. Meanwhile, the South Orange-Maplewood Education Association (SOMEA) is working with officials to form a solution with the district, which enrolls about 7,200 students. “The superintendent’s …

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Rooftop HVAC Short Clears Hackensack Staples Rooftop HVAC Short Clears Hackensack Staples
Rooftop HVAC Short Clears Hackensack Staples A rooftop air conditioning unit malfunctioned at a Staples store in Hackensack mid-Tuesday afternoon. The store was emptied while city firefighters tended to a burnt transformer in the HVAC unit at the Hackensack Avenue store just off Route 4. "Companies ventilated and the store was turned back over to the building owner," the Hackensack Fire Department said. "No injuries." At the scene.Douglas Lee for DAILY VOICE Douglas Lee for DAILY VOICE

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Englewood Girl, 8, Hospitalized As Precaution After Ceiling Plaster Falls In Home Englewood Girl, 8, Hospitalized As Precaution After Ceiling Plaster Falls In Home
Englewood Girl, 8, Hospitalized As Precaution After Ceiling Plaster Falls In Home A chunk of plaster that fell from a living-room ceiling Friday afternoon sent an 8-year-old Englewood girl to the hospital as a precaution, authorities said. The Waldo Place girl sustained a leg injury with no fractures after the falling 2-by-2-foot piece hit her just before 2:30 p.m., Deputy Police Chief Gregory Halstead said. She was taken for treatment and evaluation at nearby Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, he said. Englewood firefighters responded along with police.  A Building Department representative "determined that the structure of the house was not compromised and t…

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by Jerry DeMarco