Sunday, April 10, 2016

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  • Ice Hockey: New Jersey honors the High School Hockey Hall of ...

    After winning 228 games for Seton Hall Prep and Montclair, including back-to-back state titles for the Mounties in 1987 and '88, plus another 100 games for Merrimack which included an ECAC Division II Championship in 1979-80, long-time coach Bruce Parker is about as far removed from the game as possible.Residing in a lakeside cottage in Standish, Maine, about 20 miles outside the city of Portland, Parker does not own a cell phone. He lives modestly, enjoying the simple things in life and it sui..
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  • Watching out for you: Prosecutor's office creates new program to ...

    Watching out for you: Prosecutor's office creates new program to ...
    What we're working on at the Courier News, Home News Tribune and MyCentralJersey.com April 9 and through the weekend. STAFF VIDEO BY JENNA INTERSIMONE In response to an increase number of scams and crimes against the elderly, new team formed in Middlesex CountyBuy PhotoMiddlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey, on right, and Chief Gerard McAleer talk about the new Elder Abuse and Exploitation Team during a meeting at the Middlesex Prosecutor's Office in New Brunswick on April 4, 2016.(Ph..
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  • Cherry Blossom Festival opens, and so do the blossoms (PHOTOS)

    Cherry Blossom Festival opens, and so do the blossoms (PHOTOS)
    NEWARK â€” The Essex County Cherry Blossom Festival has opened in Branch Brook Park and the cherry blossoms have started to pop. The Festival started on Saturday and runs through April 24.  Some of the trees are blooming, but because of the cold weather the peak bloom hasn't occurred yet. Families packed the park with picture taking the major activity. In front of the trees, behind the trees, and even in the trees. Selfies, timers, family members and hired photographers used the colorful tre..
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  • Newark man charged with stealing $42K from armored car

    Newark man charged with stealing $42K from armored car
      FAIRFIELD – A former armored truck driver has been charged with pocketing $42,000 that was mistakenly delivered to him last year. Ishmail Poindexter, 29, was served with a complaint charging him with a single count of theft on Thursday, according to Fairfield Police Chief Anthony Manna. The charges came after more than 8 months after Poindexter's former employer, Garda Cash Logistics, alerted police after discovering an empty bag that once held the cash, sliced open and hidden inside an ar..
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  • Woman hospitalized after being attacked by pit bull in Newark ...

    Woman hospitalized after being attacked by pit bull in Newark ...
    A woman was injured after being attacked by a pit bull in Newark Saturday, according to police. (Star-Ledger file photo) NEWARK – A city woman was hospitalized after being attacked by a pit bull on Saturday, according to police. The 51-year-old victim suffered multiple injuries, including a possible broken arm, after being bitten outside her home on the 400 block of Leslie Street, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said in a statement. The dog, owned by a neighbor, was taken in by..
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  • War vets losing tax battle | Di Ionno

    War vets losing tax battle | Di Ionno
    Their flag is still there. It flutters on the stiff breezes of the Watchung Mountain ridge, above the rubble of what used to be VFW Post 6255 in Cedar Grove. Four spotlights that illuminated the flag at night no longer work. Electricity has been cut off. "But there's a spotlight on the phone pole that still shines on it at night," said Fred Urban, the post commander. "The flag is important," said Richard Ventola, the post quartermaster. "We come here and salute the flag before every meeting, n..
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  • 31-year-old pedestrian killed by car in Newark

    31-year-old pedestrian killed by car in Newark
    NEWARK —€” A Jersey City man died Saturday after being struck by a car on Mulberry Street, authorities said. Mahmoud M. Baza was 31, said Katherine Carter, a spokeswoman for the Essex County Prosecutor's Office. Baza was struck by a Nissan Altima driven by a 24-year-old Newark woman Saturday morning, Carter said. He was pronounced dead at University Hospital. The investigation is ongoing, Carter said. No charges have been filed against the driver. Myles Ma may be reached at mma@njadvancemedia...
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  • Atlantic City's pain reaches beyond its borders

    Atlantic City's pain reaches beyond its borders
    Three reasons Atlantic City trouble impacts Monmouth and Ocean Will tourism be affected by municipal trouble? Will Christie campaign against north Jersey casinos? Will the state allow a city to go bankrupt?Gov. Chris Christie remained entrenched in his position about a state takeover of Atlantic City.(Photo: Andrew Ford, st)TRENTON – Fallout from Atlantic City's financial meltdown could mean trouble beyond the gambling resort's borders.Gov. Chris Christie’s hardball negotiating position..
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  • Boys Tennis: Newark Academy tops Montgomery to earn fourth ...

    Boys Tennis: Newark Academy tops Montgomery to earn fourth ...
    MORRISTOWN – Newark Academy's unprecedented success at the Bryan Bennett Memorial Tournament continued on Sunday afternoon at Delbarton. The top-seeded Minutemen, No. 1 in the NJ.com Top 20, downed unseeded and No. 5 Montgomery, 3-2, in the tournament's final to earn its fourth straight title and 13th overall, the most of any school that's competed in the 23-year-old event. "It feels great," third singles Jonathan Holtzman said. "We've obviously won it before, but it's really special as seniors..
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