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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
Hackensack, NJ
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Fire Doused At Hackensack Office Building That Houses Bergen Democratic Committee Fire Doused At Hackensack Office Building That Houses Bergen Democratic Committee Fire Doused At Hackensack Office Building That Houses Bergen Democratic Committee
Fire Doused At Hackensack Office Building That Houses Bergen Democratic Committee Hackensack firefighters doused a blaze Thursday in a building that houses the Bergen County Democratic Committee headquarters. Flames blew out a first-floor window of the Hudson Street office building, which also houses a law firm and a temp agency, among other businesses. Englewood and Teaneck firefighters were among the mutual aid responders to the two-alarm fire, which broke out around 7 p.m. and was declared under control a little over 45 minutes later. Mahwah firefighters brought their airboat, with its huge, rear-facing propeller, to help ventilate the building after high levels of …

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield, CT
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Person Extricated From Vehicle Following Crash Into Garage Person Extricated From Vehicle Following Crash Into Garage Person Extricated From Vehicle Following Crash Into Garage
Person Extricated From Vehicle Following Crash Into Garage One person had to be extricated from a vehicle that struck a garage after police responded to a call for a fire,  but instead found the crash.  Bridgeport police and fire departments responded to the incident around 2:38 p.m., Sunday, June 14, on Hillhouse Ave., in Bridgeport, said Scott Appleby, the director of emergency communications. Once on the scene, they found the vehicle had plowed into the garage instead of a fire, Appleby said. No further information was available on injuries but AMR was on-scene as well, he added. The crash is under investigation by police as wel…

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by Kathy Reakes
Brentwood, NY
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Three-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Long Island Business Three-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Long Island Business Three-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Long Island Business
Three-Alarm Fire Breaks Out At Long Island Business About 150 firefighters from 14 departments responded to a three-alarm fire that broke out a Long Island business. It happened on Friday, May 15 at 5:30 pm in Farmingdale at Tronic Planting Company Inc. located on Potter Street.  Eight employees were inside the building when the fire started and evacuated without injuries, according to Nassau County Police. The fire was extinguished after going to three-alarm status. Two firemen suffered smoke inhalation and were transported to a local hospital for treatment. The Town of Oyster Bay Building Department will inspect the structure. …

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by Joe Lombardi
Brentwood, NY
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Dozens Sickened, Long Island Apartment Building Evacuated Due To Spiked Carbon Monoxide Levels Dozens Sickened, Long Island Apartment Building Evacuated Due To Spiked Carbon Monoxide Levels Dozens Sickened, Long Island Apartment Building Evacuated Due To Spiked Carbon Monoxide Levels
Dozens Sickened, Long Island Apartment Building Evacuated Due To Spiked Carbon Monoxide Levels Some 100 residents of a Long Island apartment building were evacuated after high levels of carbon monoxide was discovered leaking from illegally installed heaters. The incident took place around 7 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the four-story apartment building located at 545 Fulton Ave., when 28 people began feeling ill, said a Village of Hempstead fire official during a press conference. Nine of the people, including a mother and her toddler who were found passed out in a room, were rushed to an area hospital with high levels of carbon monoxide in their blood, officials said. Hempstead fir…

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by Kathy Reakes
Hackensack, NJ
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Rooftop HVAC Short Clears Hackensack Staples 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
Englewood, NJ
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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
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
Armonk, NY
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VIDEO: Car Crashes Into Westchester Condo Complex VIDEO: Car Crashes Into Westchester Condo Complex VIDEO: Car Crashes Into Westchester Condo Complex
Video: Car Crashes Into Westchester Condo Complex First responders were dispatched to the Scarsdale Ridge condominium complex on Thursday afternoon when a motorist drove a car into one of the buildings. Members of the Greenville Fire Department, Greenburgh police and paramedics were all dispatched to the Central Avenue condo complex at approximately 2:30 p.m., following reports of a driver in an SUV who had driven into and through the brick facade of the building. Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner said that an elderly driver confused the pedals and struck the building at approximately 30 mph. The driver and his female passenger were b…

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by Zak Failla
New City, NY
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Partial Building Collapse At Clarkstown Apartment Complex Partial Building Collapse At Clarkstown Apartment Complex Partial Building Collapse At Clarkstown Apartment Complex
Partial Building Collapse At Clarkstown Apartment Complex This story has been updated. A resident of an apartment that partially collapsed earlier Thursday is being housed at a local hotel until repairs can be made to the side and roof of the complex.  The incident took place around 12:45 p.m. Thursday at the Middlewood Senior Citizen Apartment Complex, 80 N. Middletown Road, when part of a roof collapsed and penetrated the exterior wall of another apartment, said Clarkstown police Officer Peter Walker. According to Walker, building officials believe the façade of an exterior wall had come loose from its foundation before hitting the other apartm…

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by Kathy Reakes