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Bayonne Mourns Loss Of DPW Worker Brian 'Julio' Ahern: 'Friend To All' Bayonne Mourns Loss Of DPW Worker Brian 'Julio' Ahern: 'Friend To All'
Bayonne Mourns Loss Of DPW Worker Brian 'Julio' Ahern: 'Friend To All' Tragedy strikes again in Bayonne. The city is mourning the loss of Brian "Julio" Ahern, a lifelong community member and supervisor for the Department of Public Works, who died Saturday, July 6. Mayor Jimmy Davis said Ahern was "a friend to everyone." "Julio never wasted time, it was too important to him," the mayor said. "Whether it was family time, work time, giving back to our community time, or play time, he gave it his all and enjoyed every minute of it. His zest for life was as big as he was. He lit up every room he walked into. He was larger than life." The Ahern family name runs de…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Videos Capture Newark Housing Authority Building Explosion Videos Capture Newark Housing Authority Building Explosion
Videos Capture Newark Housing Authority Building Explosion Video footage captured the moment a building owned by the Newark Housing Authority exploded last week. Six people, including one with severe burns, were injured in the explosion at 39 S. Pine Lane on Friday, July 21, just after 6:05 p.m., a spokeswoman for the Newark Police Department said (scroll for videos). The explosion collapsed the building, leaving 31 people displaced. The Department of Public Works removed the residual debris Saturday, as members of Newark’s Office of Violence Prevention and Trauma Recovery provided support to affected individuals and families.  Video footage…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Who Dumped 500 Pounds Of Pasta In Central Jersey? Who Dumped 500 Pounds Of Pasta In Central Jersey?
Who Dumped 500 Pounds Of Pasta In Central Jersey? Old Bridge police are investigating the dumping of 500 pounds of pasta along a brook, township officials said. The Department of Public Works cleaned up about 15 wheelbarrows' worth of spaghetti, macaroni and other pasta after photos circulated on social media. Police were contacted after township officials learned of the piles of pasta, according to Himanshu Shah, Old Bridge’s business administrator.  "This incident is under investigation by the police department," Shah said on Thursday, May 4. DPW "visited the site and did in fact find what appeared to be 15 wheel barrel loads of illeg…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
Swastika, Graffiti Scrawled In Seven Spots Across Montclair Park Swastika, Graffiti Scrawled In Seven Spots Across Montclair Park
Swastika, Graffiti Scrawled In Seven Spots Across Montclair Park A swastika and vulgar graffiti found at a Montclair playground is being investigated by authorities. A resident found the graffiti while walking through Edgemont Park last week, noting seven different sections marked with pictures and phrases, police said. "Among the images was a swastika in black marker," authorities said in a statement. "The images and phrases were removed by officers on scene with the assistance of the Department of Public Works." The incidents remain under investigation.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
E. Orange DPW Workers Chase Down Mugger Who Robbed Elderly Woman: City E. Orange DPW Workers Chase Down Mugger Who Robbed Elderly Woman: City
E. Orange DPW Workers Chase Down Mugger Who Robbed Elderly Woman: City Not all heroes wear capes, as the expression goes. And in East Orange, sometimes they wear the uniform of the city's Department of Public Works.  DPW employees Syid Griggs and Khalil Olivera were working near North Harrison and Main streets Oct. 10 when they witnessed a male grab an elderly woman's purse as she was leaving Bank of America on Main Street, a city spokeswoman said.  When the woman resisted, he threw her to the ground and took off. That's when Griggs and Olivera "leaped into action," the city said.  Griggs and Olivera chased him down and held him until police ar…

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by Paul Milo