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Feds Open Disaster Funding For Belleville Businesses Ruined In Massive Fire patch.com/new-jersey/bellevi…

Feds Open Disaster Funding For Belleville Businesses Ruined In Massive Fire

Businesses in Belleville that were impacted by May's massive warehouse fire are eligible to apply for low-interest disaster loans.

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Bloomfield Superintendent, High School Student Earn Awards patch.com/new-jersey/bloomfi…

Bloomfield Superintendent, High School Student Earn Awards

Superintendent Sal Goncalves received an "Educational Leader of the Year award." A local high school student scored a scholarship.

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Staff At Supermarket In The Caldwells Earn Place On Cheerios Box With $11K Fundraising Haul patch.com/new-jersey/caldwel…

Staff At Supermarket In The Caldwells Earn Place On Cheerios Box With $11K Fundraising Haul

A ShopRite in the Caldwells raised more than $11,000 that will help local food banks to fight hunger.

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Evelyn McGee Colbert Inspires Montclair Film’s New Award And ‘Visionary Fund’ patch.com/new-jersey/montcla…

Evelyn McGee Colbert Inspires Montclair Film’s New Award And ‘Visionary Fund’

"While Colbert has stepped down as president of the board of trustees, she will remain a vital part of the future of Montclair Film."

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Luxury Housing Will Replace Former Ice Cream Factory In The Caldwells patch.com/new-jersey/caldwel…

Luxury Housing Will Replace Former Ice Cream Factory In The Caldwells

A plan to build a four-story apartment building in Essex County has taken a $31 million step forward.

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Abandoned House Renovated In Newark’s Lincoln Park Neighborhood patch.com/new-jersey/newarkn…

Abandoned House Renovated In Newark’s Lincoln Park Neighborhood

"Homeownership changes outcomes – it creates stability, it builds equity."

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Housing Project For Veterans Breaks Ground In Newark patch.com/new-jersey/newarkn…

Housing Project For Veterans Breaks Ground In Newark

A plan is in the works to build a housing project in Newark for military veterans and their families who are facing homelessness.

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Newark Charter School Expands High School Campus With More Classrooms, Cafeteria patch.com/new-jersey/newarkn…

Newark Charter School Expands High School Campus With More Classrooms, Cafeteria

Great Oaks Legacy Charter School marked a major milestone with the expansion of its high school campus in Newark.

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West Orange Exhibit Turns Soccer Balls Into Art As World Cup Fever Spreads patch.com/new-jersey/westora…

West Orange Exhibit Turns Soccer Balls Into Art As World Cup Fever Spreads

"Soccer, like art, is a universal language, and both connect us in ways that words cannot."

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Airborne Banner Above World Cup Match In NJ Advocates For Temp Workers patch.com/new-jersey/newarkn…

Airborne Banner Above World Cup Match In NJ Advocates For Temp Workers

Organizers will be wearing soccer referee shirts and handing out "Yellow Cards" with know-your-rights information as the games continue.

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ICE Visits #Bloomfield #NJ, Agents Leave After Town ‘Takes Action,’ Mayor Says patch.com/new-jersey/bloomfi…

ICE Visits Bloomfield, Agents Leave After Town ‘Takes Action,’ Mayor Says

"The agents were advised of the township policy and left the property without delay."

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Utility Work In Caldwell May Cause Road Closures, Traffic Delays patch.com/new-jersey/caldwel…

Utility Work In Caldwell May Cause Road Closures, Traffic Delays

"Motorists should expect occasional traffic delays, temporary road closures, and construction activity in these areas," authorities said.

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World Cup Soccer Expected To Snarl Traffic In Nutley patch.com/new-jersey/bellevi…

World Cup Soccer Expected To Snarl Traffic In Nutley

The official stadium shuttle will be running out of a location in Nutley. Here's when matches will take place.

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Juneteenth Holiday In Livingston: Town Closures, Garbage, Recycling patch.com/new-jersey/livings…

Juneteenth Holiday In Livingston: Town Closures, Garbage, Recycling

Livingston town offices will close on June 19 in recognition of the holiday. Here are some other local changes to know.

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Bear Seen Walking Through Bloomfield Park, List Of Spring Sightings In Essex County Grows patch.com/new-jersey/bloomfi…

Bear Seen Walking Through Bloomfield Park, List Of Spring Sightings In Essex County Grows

This weekend's bear sighting isn't the first that has taken place this spring in Essex County.

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Good News In #EssexCounty #NJ: Helpful Sisters NCAA Star Great Teachers patch.com/new-jersey/bellevi…

Good News In Essex County: Helpful Sisters NCAA Star Great Teachers

New Jersey is filled with humor, inspiration and kindness. Here are seven stories to make you smile from Essex County.

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5 Bills From Essex County Republicans: NJ Elections, FIFA, Nursing Homes, Restaurants, Disabilities patch.com/new-jersey/caldwel…

5 Bills From Essex County Republicans: Elections, FIFA, Nursing Homes, Restaurants, Disabilities

Here are four proposed laws – and one that was signed by Gov. Sherrill – sponsored by NJ Republicans who represent Essex County towns.

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These Daring Feats Of ‘Valor’ Earned Newark Cops, Firefighters Awards patch.com/new-jersey/newarkn…

These Daring Feats Of ‘Valor’ Earned Newark Cops, Firefighters Awards

A Newark police officer who died in the line of duty had a stand-in that brought the crowd to tears: his bereaved mother.

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How Bloomfield College Helped Turn A Love Of Video Games Into A Law Career patch.com/new-jersey/bloomfi…

How Bloomfield College Helped Turn A Love Of Video Games Into A Law Career

Ciara Donaldson never imagined she could turn a love of video games into a pathway to law school.

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80K NJ Workers Rejected Job Promotions Last Year, Study Finds – Here’s Why patch.com/new-jersey/montcla…

80K NJ Workers Rejected Job Promotions Last Year, Study Finds – Here’s Why

Some employees accepted a promotion and later regretted it, researchers said.

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