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Westminster, MD
Police & Fire
$6M In Damage Reported After Massive Battery Warehouse Fire Shuts Down Route 140 In Westminster $6M In Damage Reported After Massive Battery Warehouse Fire Shuts Down Route 140 In Westminster
$6M In Damage Reported After Massive Battery Warehouse Fire Shuts Down Route 140 In Westminster Millions of dollars in damages were reported when Battery Warehouse went up in flames on Monday night, sparking a two-alarm HazMat situation. Shortly before 7:30 p.m. on May 18, first responders from the Westminster Fire Department and surrounding agencies were called to the warehouse in the 800 block of Baltimore Boulevard in Westminster, after a passerby spotted smoke coming from the business. First-arriving crews in Westminster encountered a working fire inside the one-story warehouse and called for additional alarms as conditions worsened, officials said. Foam units, HazMat teams, a…

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by Zak Failla
White Plains, NY
News
'Hard No': Westchester County Exec Comes Out Against Indian Point Restart 'Hard No': Westchester County Exec Comes Out Against Indian Point Restart
'Hard No': Westchester County Exec Comes Out Against Indian Point Restart Westchester County’s top official is making it clear: the Indian Point nuclear power plant should stay shut down. On Tuesday, Sept. 16, County Executive Ken Jenkins announced his strong opposition to any effort to restart the Buchanan facility, urging the Westchester County Board of Legislators to pass a resolution formally declaring the county’s stance.  "Opening this plant again is a hard no," Jenkins said, adding, "New York State has access to low-cost, environmentally conscious energy alternatives including solar, wind, geothermal and hydropower – we don’t need or want Indian …

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by Ben Crnic
Hackensack, NJ
Police & Fire
Three Dump Trucks Crash On Route 80 In Hackensack Three Dump Trucks Crash On Route 80 In Hackensack
Three Dump Trucks Crash On Route 80 In Hackensack A crash involving three dump trucks shut a portion of Route 80 Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 2. Hackensack firefighters were called to the scene in the westbound lanes where they found the three trucks and one passenger vehicle near Exit 64 around 1:50 p.m., they said. There were no injuries reported, however, a large fluid spill from the dump trucks required a DOT truck to respond and apply sand to the leaking fluid.  A Bergen County HazMat unit also responded to the scene. Several large tow trucks arrived to remove dump trucks.  This afternoon at 1:48pm Deputy 2, Rescue 1…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bayville-Berkeley, NJ
Police & Fire
Campfire Accidentally Sparked Fishers Pit Wildfire In Bayville, Investigators Say Campfire Accidentally Sparked Fishers Pit Wildfire In Bayville, Investigators Say
Campfire Accidentally Sparked Fishers Pit Wildfire In Bayville, Investigators Say An illegal and abandoned campfire started a massive wildfire that burned for three days in Ocean County, authorities said. Investigators determined the wildfire was accidentally started by "an unknown person(s) improperly extinguishing a campfire," Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said in a news release on Wednesday, Sept. 11. The roughly 189-acre wildfire burned near Fishers Pit, a sand and gravel pit in the Bayville section of Berkeley Township. In its final update, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service said the wildfire was 100 percent contained a…

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by Chris Spiker
White Plains, NY
News
Mosquito Prevention: Officials Handing Out Free Dunks To Kill Larvae In White Plains Mosquito Prevention: Officials Handing Out Free Dunks To Kill Larvae In White Plains
Mosquito Prevention: Officials Handing Out Free Dunks To Kill Larvae In White Plains To help combat the spread of mosquitos in Westchester, officials will give out free dunks to residents meant to kill off larvae. On Friday, May 17 between 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., the Westchester County Health Department will hand out free mosquito dunks for placing in bird baths, rain barrels, unused pools, lined ornamental ponds, and other areas with standing water. The dunks will be available at the Westchester County Department of Public Works in White Plains at 198 Lake St.  To kill mosquito, blackfly, and fungus gnat larvae, the dunks contain a bacterium called Bacillus Thu…

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by Ben Crnic
Stony Point, NY
News
Official Indian Point Closure Set Official Indian Point Closure Set
Official Indian Point Closure Set Indian Point is set to power down for the final time in Westchester as New York shuts down the nuclear plant nestled on the shore of the Hudson River. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed that the Indian Point nuclear power plant will be closed, as planned, on Friday, April 30, with the final unit being shut down for good following years of debate and discussion over the controversial facility. Earlier story - NY State Announces Steps To 'Safely Close' Indian Point Nuclear Power Facility The power plant has been a point of consternation for Cuomo for years, citing its proximity to New…

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by Zak Failla
Jersey City, NJ
News
Following 2nd Fire At Kearny Chlorine Plant, Sierra Club Calls For Investigation Following 2nd Fire At Kearny Chlorine Plant, Sierra Club Calls For Investigation
Following 2nd Fire At Kearny Chlorine Plant, Sierra Club Calls For Investigation A fire that broke out at a Kearny manufacturer of swimming pool chlorine in May proved unusually difficult to extinguish, repeatedly rekindling over the course of several hours after firefighters thought it had darkened down for good. On Wednesday, nearly two months after the fire had finally been put out, the Alden Leeds plant on Kearny’s industrial waterfront was burning once again. The more recent blaze was quickly put out and had not flared back to life as of Thursday afternoon, but the state’s leading environmental group says this second fire since May underscores the danger the pla…

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by Paul Milo
Mahwah-Ramsey, NJ
News
Playground Tire Mulch A Cancer Risk? Mahwah Parents Petition For Replacement Playground Tire Mulch A Cancer Risk? Mahwah Parents Petition For Replacement
Playground Tire Mulch A Cancer Risk? Mahwah Parents Petition For Replacement Recent findings do not indicate that the rubber used to make tire mulch on playgrounds and crumbs on artificial turfs poses a risk to public health.  But a group of Mahwah parents says there are still chemicals in the mulch and better alternatives available. More than 538 signatures had been garnered on a Change.org petition launched by the group as of Sunday afternoon. The parents hope local education officials will replace the shredded tire mulch cushioning the ground at the George Washington, Betsy Ross and Joyce Kilmer school playgrounds with wood fiber -- ASAP. Mercury, lea…

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by Cecilia Levine