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New York state Sen. Elizabeth Little said the sudden closure of an unstable, half-mile bridge spanning Lake Champlain in Essex County is isolating the communities that rely on it and harming nearby businesses.
Committee Votes Yes to Deer CullingAfter hearing passionate testimony from differing views on the annual county-run deer hunt in South Mountain Reservation, Maplewood's Township Committee voted to go forward with the deer hunt.
Essex County increases patrols at South Mountain Reservation after discovery of animal remainsEssex County sheriff's officers have stepped up patrols in the South Mountain Reservation after the discovery of animal carcasses possibly used in a religious rite, the second such find in a week.
Thomas Edison's invention factory in West Orange is set to reopenGenerations of children who made the pilgrimage to Thomas Edison National Historical Park in West Orange used to be confined to the first floor of the main laboratory where Edison punched in at a time clock for 80-hour weeks and took naps on a small bed in his library.
Earth Week? Let's Clean the RiverIt was a typical Saturday morning in South Orange's Cameron Field Park. There was sunshine, friends, bagels — and rubber gloves and heavy-duty rain boots.
The Day: In Memory of Dith PranToday is the one-year anniversary of the death of Dith Pran, the survivor of Cambodia's Killing Fields and battler of genocide who was also a photographer for The Times, based in New Jersey. He took dozens of pictures for The Times of Maplewood, Millburn and South Orange.
Deer hunt planned again in northern NJFor a second year in a row, sharpshooters will help thin the deer population in a 2,000-acre northern New Jersey land preserve. Last spring, volunteer marksmen in Essex County killed 213 of an estimated 300 to 400 white-tail deer in the South Mountain Reservation.
Deer Hunt Goes Ahead After Years of Protest The hunters gathered on Thursday at the glow of dawn on the icy slopes of South Mountain Reservation in Essex County. By sunrise, the thermometer had risen to 27 degrees and they were 30 feet up in tree stands, camouflaged and waiting.
20 kills bring Essex County deer hunt tally to 139Sharpshooters killed 20 deer during the fourth day of the Essex County-sponsored deer hunt in South Mountain Reservation today, bringing the deer-culling total to 139, officials said.
Ex-Mrs. New Jersey charged with writing bad checksA former Mrs. New Jersey was arrested in Essex Fells for writing bogus checks to purchase more than $70,000 of antique furniture, authorities said today.
Arena doesn't meet Newark's suite desire- NJ.comSome council members will boycott opening over lack of city luxury box The thousands of invitations for the grand opening of the Devils arena in downtown Newark have yet to be addressed and mailed.
Windsor could turn a negative into a positive - recycling plantsTurn the decline of the "big three" automakers into a positive by converting the abandoned infrastructure into recycling plants, which compliment and enhance the local economy. Embrace new technologies that keep the economy moving.
9/11 memorials fading from fatigue6 years later, fewer remembrances for horror we can't forget In Westfield, weeds have taken over the brick walkways around the 9/11 memorial and heavy traffic exhaust has left its mark on the obelisk.
Construction Progress on the Newark ArenaConstruction is moving along on the new Prudential Center in downtown Newark. Check out the progress as New Jersey Devils owner Jeff Vanderbeek takes us on a tour. (Video by John Munson)
Some real wild life detected at parkMore than 100 men have been charged with lewdness or sexual activity in South Mountain Reservation as part of a 15-month crackdown on gay trysts in the park, authorities said yesterday.
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