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 | Economy is good on Delawanna
12/24/2008
CLIFTON – A building that was once the heart of the City’s manufacturing business is now establishing its mark in New Jersey’s hi-tech service industry.
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| | Federal grant gives firefighters a way out
12/18/2008
CLIFTON – Federal funding will give City firefighters one more tool to carry, and the extra weight could mean the difference between life and death.
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| | Clifton's affordable housing plans due on Dec. 31
12/18/2008
CLIFTON – A state agency requiring the City to produce more affordable housing has officials scrambling to find the space.
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| | Clifton employees receive unofficial layoff slips
12/18/2008
CLIFTON – Several City services may end up on the chopping block if recently announced layoffs become reality.
Unofficial notices went out last week to employees affected by the City’s plan to lay off more than 80 employees next year if fisc
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 | Did work come too late for businesses?
12/18/2008
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| | School board addresses ethics charges
12/18/2008
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| | Christmas Supreme Court ruling
12/18/2008
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| | Construction continues on Brighton Road school
12/18/2008
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 | A tradition of inclusion
12/18/2008
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 | District looks into using Catholic school
12/18/2008
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 | CHS team takes The Challenge
12/11/2008
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 | Remembering Marie Hakim, longtime school board commissioner
12/11/2008
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 | Family behind Towers
12/11/2008
CLIFTON – The Country Club Towers are a hard-to-miss landmark in the City of Clifton. Like their name im-plies the luxury high rise apartment buildings tower over the City’s Allwood district from their address on Hepburn Road.
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 | Coliform bacteria shuts down City well
12/11/2008
CLIFTON – The City’s well remains closed and will undergo ultraviolet light treatment after testing positive for total coliform bacteria.
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| | City plans to cut 81 jobs
12/11/2008
CLIFTON – The City Council approved a plan to lay off 81 municipal employees for a saving of $4.1 million in an effort to meet budget requirements.
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| | City looks for ways to cut '09 budget
12/04/2008
CLIFTON – The 2009 municipal budget, already millions of dollars over the state-allowed spending cap, took another blow this week when the Council approved an emergency appropriation for $1.6 million to cover the cost of health insurance claims for
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| | A good place to raise kids
12/04/2008
CLIFTON – Clifton was named one of the top places to raise kids in 2009 by a nationwide magazine.
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 | Glaxo announces local layoffs
12/04/2008
CLIFTON – International drug company GlaxoSmithKline will slash the workforce at its Clifton plant by ap-proximately 30 percent as it restructures operations over the next two years.
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 | Election proves it's OK to hope
12/04/2008
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 | Stock market experts
12/04/2008
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 | Church shooter back in NJ
12/04/2008
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 | Clifton Moose celebrating 90th anniversary
12/04/2008
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 | Clifton bank says no thanks to bailout
12/04/2008
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| | Six men charged with breaking into parked cars
12/04/2008
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 | Hands on learning in D.C.
12/04/2008
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 | Clifton club key to children’s happiness
11/26/2008
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 | Restraining orders not always enough
11/26/2008
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| | Walkway not high enough
11/26/2008
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| | Words of comfort
11/26/2008
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 | Fugitive caught in Georgia
11/26/2008
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 | Clifton mayor elected VP of League
11/25/2008
CLIFTON – For the past 30 years, Mayor James Anzaldi has represented Clifton through good times and bad.
In his new role as first vice president of the New Jersey State League of Municipalities, Anzaldi will be represent-ing not only his City, bu
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 | Business unhappy with fee
11/25/2008
CLIFTON – Some merchants are questioning a bill handed to them after fire inspectors equipped with tape measures showed up at their businesses last week.
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| | Neighbors, Pub 46 fight goes on
11/20/2008
CLIFTON – Around 11 p.m. last Friday night, the parking lot at Pub 46 was full.
A young crowd began to pour in, stopped briefly by two guards at the door and one person checking IDs.
Inside, high-definition TVs hung over the bar and blasted well-
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| | Priest said condom is no prank
11/20/2008
CLIFTON – Reaching the Newman Catholic Center from its perch above Valley Road is no easy trek. One must either climb a total of 32 stone steps from the busy strip of roadway below or walk down 82 stairs from the campus of Montclair State University
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| | Layoffs possible in Clifton
11/20/2008
CLIFTON – The City Council is already looking for ways to trim next year’s budget and layoffs may be part of the plan.
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 | CHS walkway opens
11/20/2008
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 | Elks welcome national ruler
11/20/2008
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| | Two charged in armed robbery
11/20/2008
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| | Soldier seeks donations for Iraq's children
11/20/2008
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 | Nature preserve disturbed
11/20/2008
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 | New clerk had election covered
11/13/2008
CLIFTON – In the days leading up to Nov. 4, newly-appointed City Clerk Barbara Nagy had the job of making sure eligible citizens could vote.
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| | Election 'record turnout in Clifon'
11/13/2008
CLIFTON – While the majority of voters are registered Independent, the City showed it favored the Democrats on Election Day.
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 | Promenade through Clifton
11/13/2008
CLIFTON – The sandy-colored clock tower rising above Route 3 belongs not to the Tick Tock Diner, but to the new Promenade Shops at Clifton, an outdoor upscale shopping mall and the latest retail center to add to the City’s commercial stock.
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 | Making a Clifton connection
11/13/2008
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 | ITT awarded GPS contract
11/13/2008
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| | Thankful for giving firefighters
11/13/2008
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 | Election word on the street
11/13/2008
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| | Police look into bias university incident
11/13/2008
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| | Stimulus checks go unclaimed
11/06/2008
CLIFTON – At least 50 residents still have to receive their stimulus checks that were issued by the federal government and they have until the end of the month to claim them
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| | Pascrell, Lautenberg returned to office
11/06/2008
Unofficial results from the Passaic County Clerk on Wednesday morning show that the County Freeholder Board retained a full Democratic membership while voters sent William Pascrell, Jr. and Frank Lautenberg back for an-other term.
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 | 71% cast vote in Clifton
11/06/2008
CLIFTON – The anticipation over who would succeed Pres. George W. Bush ended just before midnight Tues-day, as broadcasters announced Americans had ultimately chosen Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois to be the 44th president of the United States and its
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| | Victims tied up in home invasion
11/06/2008
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| | No shots fired in police standoff
11/06/2008
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| | Thanksgiving with friends
11/06/2008
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 | Working the final shift
11/06/2008
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 | Runnin' on a prayer
11/06/2008
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| | DEP tells Clifton to clean fuel spill from 1989
10/30/2008
CLIFTON – The City is being held responsible for the cleanup of a fuel discharge that occurred nearly 20 years ago during the removal of underground storage tanks from their location at Firehouse 3 on Mahar Avenue.
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| | Clifton sponsors its first job fair
10/30/2008
CLIFTON – Job seekers may want to keep next Wednesday night open to attend the City’s first job fair.
Local employment agencies that represent various companies will be present for the fair scheduled to run from 5 to 9 p.m. at Clifton High S
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 | These times call for prayers
10/30/2008
CLIFTON – Religious leaders often serve a variety of roles - counselors, educators, community organizers and even financial advisors - at the same time they are heads of their houses of worship. In the newly formed Clifton Clergy Group, members are
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 | Start travel on Paulison Ave
10/30/2008
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 | A lesson in U.S. politics
10/30/2008
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 | Ponytail Drive benefits cancer patients
10/30/2008
CLIFTON — In 2006, lifelong City resident and Montclair State University student Alicia Feghhi donated 10 inches of her hair to Locks of Love, a public non-profit organization that provides hairpieces to children under the age of 18 who are sufferin
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 | Clifton's fallen officer remembered
10/30/2008
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| | City, county tell MSU to rethink Quinn Road plan
10/23/2008
CLIFTON – The Passaic County Planning Board once again advised Montclair State University to re-visit the details of their proposed project to create a third exit off campus and once more insisted they seek other alternatives to the controversial pl
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| | Deer population growing say Garret Mt. neighbors
10/23/2008
CLIFTON –Thomas Street resident George Zanetti said he doesn’t mind the herd of 15-20 deer that roam his backyard every day.
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 | Bowlers with heart
10/23/2008
CLIFTON – Every Tuesday morning, a group of about two dozen women start their day with a cup of coffee, a doughnut and a game of bowling.
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| | Mold won’t cost district
10/23/2008
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| | Violent crime declines in city schools
10/23/2008
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| | Police officer hurt during apprehension
10/23/2008
CLIFTON — A Clifton police officer was spit on and suffered a torn cornea as he responded to reports of an intoxicated driver.
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 | Find 'Lost' on Clifton stage
10/23/2008
CLIFTON — It was a lot of laughs at rehearsal last Monday as history teacher David Arts and seven Clifton High School students of varying grades worked with each other to put together "Lost In Yonkers," the upcoming ‘dramedy’ originally
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| | Clifon retailer shutting doors
10/23/2008
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 | Honoring an officer's memory
10/16/2008
CLIFTON – City Police are keeping children safe at Halloween while honoring a fallen officer’s memory.
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 | Kicking cancer's butt
10/16/2008
CLIFTON – October may be Breast Cancer Awareness month, but for cancer survivor Jeanette Santana, cancer education and awareness is a year-round mission.
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 | City awarded biological agent grant
10/16/2008
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| | Police charge two with armed robbery
10/16/2008
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 | Mold will cost district
10/16/2008
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| | City braces for tought financial outlook
10/09/2008
CLIFTON – Council members are already talking about more cuts in service and staff and “doing more with less” for 2009 just weeks after wrapping up the 2008 municipal budget.
The economic crisis could mean even tougher decision at City
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| | PSE&G rates increase
10/09/2008
CLIFTON – Public Service Electric & Gas Company (PSE&G) customers will pay on average about $100 more to heat their homes this winter after the State Board of Public Utilities OK’d a 14 percent hike in natural gas supply rates last week.
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 | Helping others battle cancer
10/09/2008
CLIFTON – Good friends Jean Raessler and Arleen Bador have already fought cancer. Now they are fighting to make sure others have the resources to do the same.
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| | District addresses ruined building materials
10/09/2008
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 | Clifton Mustang Marching Band, councilman in NYC Parade
10/09/2008
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| | Time to get out the rakes
10/09/2008
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| | Corporate rockers hold benefit concert for St. Peter's Haven
10/09/2008
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 | Man accused of killing baby back in Clifton
10/09/2008
CLIFTON — The man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 8-month-old daughter on Sept. 27, is back in Clifton to face murder charges.
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 | Will Perkins restaurant still move to Downtown?
10/02/2008
CLIFTON – Those awaiting the grand opening of Perkins will have to wait a little longer, or even find some-where else to go for pancakes.
The fate of the family restaurant and bakery chain for Downtown Clifton has been in question after surpassing
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 | Re-telling the story 10 years later
10/02/2008
CLIFTON – The setting is Laramie, Wyoming — the year is 1998 — the story is a horrific crime that rocked the nation — the characters are everyday citizens including a bartender, a social worker and a minister, whose lives were touc
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 | Sewer bills bring neighbors together
10/02/2008
CLIFTON – The hotly-contested sewer bill, which became the City Council’s solution in balancing the 2008 budget without raising property taxes, was the topic of discussion at a small meeting of about 25 Plymouth Road residents last Friday even
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| | Clifton High School holds annual College Fair Oct. 7
10/02/2008
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 | School computers not dumped, but donated
10/02/2008
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 | District installs new fiber optics technology
10/02/2008
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 | Police catch murder suspect
10/02/2008
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 | National honor for Academy
09/25/2008
CLIFTON – Ten years ago, Vincent DeRosa took a risk. He left his job as a tenured teacher at a Glen Rock pub-lic school to become the founder and principal of a small charter school in Clifton.
The school, which encountered a few financial trouble
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 | Treated like royalty in China
09/25/2008
CLIFTON – Young City dancers said they were treated like "royalty and celebrities" during their trip to China with their dance School
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| | Clifton insurance agent gives TV viewers tips on 'Jacked'
09/25/2008
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 | How about another round? Group plays bridge at Allwood Library
09/25/2008
CLIFTON — If it’s Wednesday it’s time for bridge.
Every Wednesday the Allwood Library plays host to a social gathering for a group of seniors who initially met at Clifton High School in an adult education bridge class.
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| | New Jersey Hall of Fame nominates 30 for inclusion
09/25/2008
Rutherford native and Pulitzer Prize-winning poet William Carlos Williams is among 30 nominees for the New Jersey Hall of Fame’s 2008 class of inductees. Narrowed down from about 170 potential nominees, the 30 possible inductees are grouped into his
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| | Police recover loaded gun
09/25/2008
CLIFTON — Originally pulled over for speeding, Mario Tyrell, 20, of Paterson, was arrested and charged with possession of a loaded 45-caliber handgun and turned over to Paterson police in connection with three shootings involving the same type of gu
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| | Neighbor stops sex assault
09/25/2008
CLIFTON — A good Samaritan stepped in just in the nick of time and saved his 18-year-old neighbor who was being sexually attacked. The 17-year-old male who was attacking her had been reported missing from a residential home for homeless, runaway or
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 | First week of school was ‘wonderful’
09/18/2008
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 | Road work hurts business
09/18/2008
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 | Landlord slashed while breaking up a fight
09/18/2008
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| | Driver missing
09/18/2008
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| | Man dies after one punch
09/18/2008
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 | Clifton Remembers
09/18/2008
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 | Clifton Remembers
09/18/2008
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 | Not willing to gamble with future of ParaTransit
09/11/2008
CLIFTON – Declining gambling profits in Atlantic City could impact a vital transportation program that helps seniors and the disabled in Clifton get to medical appointments and other activities. Supporters of the service are trying to make sure it r
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| | Council finalizes budget
09/11/2008
CLIFTON – Residents will avoid a tax hike with a municipal budget of $97.7 million for 2008, but officials are al-ready contemplating how to balance next year’s expenses.
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 | Back to work stopping traffic
09/11/2008
CLIFTON ? While some might dread the start of a new school year, 81-year-old Teddy Steinberger can?t wait.
In the final days of summer, he?s busy prepping his blue-collared shirt and neon orange vest and big red stop sign for another s
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| | Students return to changes
09/11/2008
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 | An Eagle’s sign of appreciation
09/11/2008
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 | Police bust gang-related car theft ring
09/11/2008
CLIFTON — Three police agencies joined forces in "Operation Blue Ninjas" and "successfully destroyed a stolen car ring" with ties to the Bloods gang. The ring had been operating out of a self-storage facility in Clifton.
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 | Bus drops boy at wrong school
09/11/2008
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| | District tries out before, after care
09/04/2008
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 | Walkway Opening Delayed
09/04/2008
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| | Cablevision subscribers will need cable box to tune into schools
09/04/2008
CLIFTON – Cablevision subscribers who still use analog signals to watch television will soon need a box to tune into City Council and Board of Education meetings.
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 | Firefighters rescued from burning home
09/04/2008
CLIFTON — While fighting an early Sunday morning fire on Sade Street, three Clifton firefighters became trapped when their only way out was engulfed in flames.
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 | First day of school blues
09/04/2008
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| | Wanted: Class of 1973 alumni for fall reunion
09/04/2008
CLIFTON — Tracking down a thousand people is no small task. The Alumni Committee of the Clifton High School Class of 1973 is taking a combination approach, from creative online searching to word-of-mouth.
The goal for their upcoming 35th class reu
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 | Zapiekanka, a true taste of Poland
09/04/2008
Clifton resident Michal Ledwozyw, 27, recently visited his hometown in Poland for the first time in three years. And the first thing he bought once he got there was a zapiekanka.
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| | County spending cuts put Clifton watchtower on hold
08/28/2008
CLIFTON – Tighter spending at the county level has forced the Sheriff’s Department to hold off on purchasing a surveillance tower that was to be used to combat crime in Clifton Commons.
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 | Teen will celebrate life in spite of pain
08/28/2008
CLIFTON – Resident Katlyn Webb is turning 18 next Saturday and the whole City is invited to help her celebrate.
On Sunday, Sept. 7, the Clifton Jewish Center will be hosting a brunch and tricky-tray for Webb and her family to raise money to offset
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 | Is new rec center needed?
08/28/2008
CLIFTON – Keep an eye out for the next property tax bill as it will contain a survey asking residents if they would support the building of a new community recreation center.
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 | Beefsteak profits will fund band uniforms
08/28/2008
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 | Students dance all the way to China
08/28/2008
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| | Clifton Health Department offers flu shots
08/28/2008
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| | Detective injured, but still gets his man
08/28/2008
CLIFTON — Even after he was struck and injured by a fleeing car, City police detective Gary Passenti managed to hang on to one suspect while memorizing the license plate of the car as it sped away.
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| | St. Mary's Hospital may shut down psychiatric unit
08/21/2008
CLIFTON – The psychiatric unit at St. Mary’s Hospital is facing closure and the end result could be residents and law enforcement officials having to figure out the next closest option for care.
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 | Helping cancer patients navigate through system
08/21/2008
CLIFTON � The health care system is daunting enough. It can be even more overwhelming for patients facing a new diagnosis, unsure of where to refer to for help. Lately, a new program at St. Joseph�s Regional Medical Center in Paterson is hel
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 | Olympic flame burns brightly in city homes
08/21/2008
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 | Scabies case reported
08/21/2008
CLIFTON – The Daughters of Miriam Center, a senior care facility on Hazel Street, has reported a case of scabies and is attempting to prevent a potential outbreak.
On Tuesday, the Center confirmed the one case of the contagious, communicable infection i
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 | Scout looking to earn wings
08/21/2008
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 | Clifton Police arrest Ninjas
08/20/2008
Two "modern day Ninjas" calling themselves Shinobi Warriors on a quest to rid the area of drug users and drug dealers have been put out of business by police.
On Wednesday at 2:35 a.m. police officers approached a car parked in the left lane of Route 46
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| | Route 3 ramp closing
08/14/2008
This Saturday, Aug. 16 at 11 p.m., the Department of Transportation will close the Route 3 eastbound ramp onto Route 21 southbound until 7 a.m. the following morning for concrete roadway repair.
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 | Sailing down the Hudson on 'Blues Cruise'
08/14/2008
CLIFTON ? Botany Village has always been a venue for blues bands. But for at least three nights each summer, the blues aren?t heard on Sullivan Square or in the Village pubs, they are heard along the Hudson River aboard New Jersey?s official tall ship, th
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 | Program helps seniors eat more produce
08/14/2008
CLIFTON � A federally funded program is helping seniors on a tight budget to add more fresh fruits and vegeta-bles to their diets.
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 | MSU looks for more student housing
08/14/2008
CLIFTON ? The City may soon be eyed by developers looking to aid Montclair State University (MSU) in its quest to find more housing space.
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| | Interest in Olympic Games surprises many
08/14/2008
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| | Kids helping kids solve the puzzle
08/14/2008
It’s all about kids helping kids. That’s what the organizers of the Clifton YM-YWHA said about their second annual jump-a-thon, put together to raise money for Parents of Autistic Children (POAC).
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 | FBI agents arrest City mom - Accused of stealing $10M from membe
08/14/2008
CLIFTON — FBI agents and inspectors from the U.S. Postal Service arrested a Clifton woman at her Myrtle Avenue home on Tuesday morning saying she used a Ponzi scheme to steal $10 million from unsuspecting investors, many of them members of her churc
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| | City tackles illegal housing
08/07/2008
CLIFTON — Since January, the City’s Housing Department has handed out 146 summonses for housing code violations, 50 violations for illegal housing and 14 school-aged children found to be living illegally.
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 | Clifton factory manufactures security equipment for military
08/07/2008
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 | Clifton fights crime with fun night out
08/07/2008
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| | Book store full of vampire lovers
08/07/2008
Last week, bookstores across the country held midnight release parties for “Breaking Dawn,” the last in Stepha-nie Meyer’s “Twilight” series of young adult vampire novels.
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| | District readies for 2009 preschool
08/07/2008
Starting in 2009, the Clifton school district will begin to offer full-day preschool for a portion of the district. Due to a new state mandate, Clifton will be required to provide preschool services for students eligible for free and reduced lunches. The
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| | 30-year-old man killed during early morning crash
08/07/2008
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 | Friends looking for homes for Clifton's homeless pets
08/07/2008
CLIFTON — The animals at the Clifton Animal Shelter have plenty of friends, what they really need is a good home.
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 | Where everybody knows your name
07/31/2008
CLIFTON – In a city of 80,000 people, where people are moving in and moving out, finding familiar faces isn’t always easy. But at Woody’s Pub on Lakeview Avenue, you might find old neighbors, old friends, Jets fans, Yankee fans, veterans and anyone just l
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 | Caretaker looks to park's future
07/31/2008
CLIFTON - Jack Kuepfer has spent the last 21 years turning the area surrounding the Morris Canal along Broad Street from a rodent-infested jungle into a flourishing wildlife sanctuary.
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| | Clifton OKs budget
07/31/2008
CLIFTON ? Property taxes will not increase under a $97.7 million municipal spending plan for fiscal year 2008, introduced by the City Council Tuesday.
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 | Clifton Skatezone just right for film
07/31/2008
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 | A taste of the Middle East
07/31/2008
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| | Congressman holds town hall meeting via telephone
07/31/2008
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| | Rudeness may have led to car shooting
07/31/2008
CLIFTON — Clifton police are asking for help in finding two men responsible for a shooting that took place across the street from the Albanian social club at 43 Highland Ave., Passaic on July 28 at about 10:29 p.m.
Police are speculating the shooti
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| | Scam used Wal-Mart name to lure victims
07/31/2008
CLIFTON — Improved technology combined with "tough economic times" are making more and more people, especially the elderly, vulnerable to scams and flimflams.
The latest effort to scam looks "pretty legitimate," and was aimed at an elderly Clifton
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| | Upcoming summer programs
07/24/2008
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| | Plenty to do in Clifton during the summer
07/24/2008
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 | Having fun in summer at school
07/24/2008
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| | PSE&G seeks to increase gas rates by 20 percent by Oct. 1
07/24/2008
CLIFTON – Area residents’ wallets will be even lighter this fall if the State approves a 20 percent increase in the rate Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) charges for gas use.
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| | City raises sewer rates
07/24/2008
CLIFTON – The City Council introduced a new ordinance that increases the rate residents and businesses are charged for the use of the City’s sewers to make up for a deficit.
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 | River great as teaching tool
07/24/2008
CLIFTON – Dundee Island Preserve is a quaint, hidden retreat from the sounds of a bustling metropolis that has attracted the attention of many environmental enthusiasts. More have become interested since the area was pro-posed to be included as part of a
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 | Volunteers want to spread the secret
07/24/2008
In 1999, Grace Zannetti decided that Clifton’s library could use a location that would sell used books to patrons at reasonable prices. The proceeds would go to the library.
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| | Police restructure shuts substations
07/24/2008
Two police substations will be closing due to a shortage of police staff.
The two substations, one located on Van Houten Avenue and the other on Lakeview Avenue, are due to close in August. The department plans to reopen posts for police on bicycles to
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| | Tragedy inspired foundation
07/24/2008
Don’t jump in until you learn to swim.
That’s the message Stew Leonard III Children’s Charities has brought to children all over the country. The mes-sage came to Clifton this week when the foundation presented a donation of 25 10-month
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| | Boys acted fast, saved child
07/24/2008
— Two 9-year-old boys, friends since kindergarten, were cooling off on Sunday afternoon in the Riverwalk Apartment pool when they heard a boy screaming that his little brother was drowning.
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| | Girl helps police with text message
07/24/2008
Alleged stalker caught after girl, 11, texts license plate
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 | Clash night belonged to the ladies
07/17/2008
Local concert full of enery, creativity
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| | Bridge repairs scheduled for nights
07/17/2008
CLIFTON – In about five weeks, the state Department of Transportation (DOT) will finally be able to cross off another series of repairs on the State’s long “to do” list of maintenance projects.
Starting Aug. 4, the DOT will begin work on the eastbound l
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 | Changes coming to mail service
07/17/2008
CLIFTON – To Passaic resident Jackie Vazquez, an errand to the post office is meant to be quick and easy.
When she took her chances and tried the new self-service kiosk at the main postal center in Downtown Clifton on Tuesday, she was amazed to find it
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| | Gas stations blame report for their lost customers
07/17/2008
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| | New CHS principal from CCMS
07/17/2008
Jimmie Warren, principal of Christopher Columbus Middle School since 2004, was recently chosen for the position of principal at Clifton High School. He is taking over for Richard Tardalo, who took over the position of district superintendent earlier this
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| | New CHS principal from CCMS
07/17/2008
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 | High school walkway project delayed
07/17/2008
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 | Toddler left in hot car is OK
07/17/2008
CLIFTON — Fate intervened and saved the life of a 2-year-old boy who had been accidentally left in a hot car for more than three hours on Tuesday.
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| | City Council seeking alternative to tax hike
07/10/2008
CLIFTON – Just before the July 4 holiday, Gov. Jon Corzine signed a $33 billion budget for fiscal year 2009. That budget included a cut to municipal aid, leaving Clifton $1.2 million short.
While the spending plan calls for no tax increases or new taxes
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 | Historic quarantine barn getting a facelift
07/10/2008
CLIFTON – The 100-year-old barn that houses more than 1,000 American flags for the City’s famous Avenue of Flags is currently undergoing repair work.
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 | Easing traffic congestion, safety in Clifton
07/10/2008
CLIFTON – Some significant changes to traffic movement within the City are being proposed as part of a major congestion relief project spanning Clifton, Little Falls and West Paterson.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) recently reveale
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| | Two men charged with ID crimes
07/10/2008
CLIFTON – Attentive officers on patrol may have stopped a large identity theft operation when they arrested and charged two men with possession of stolen credit cards and credit card-making devices on July 2 at 7:29 p.m.
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 | Something is afoot at City Hall
07/10/2008
CLIFTON — A strange form can be seen on the City Hall’s municipal grounds these days. While not as mythical or controversial as the supposed beast known as Sasquatch, a sculpture displayed on Linzenboyd Drive brings a sense of the unusual to a
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 | Trading in the blue for fatigues
07/03/2008
Two of Clifton’s police officers will trade their blue uniforms for Army fatigues for the next year.
Police officers David Pereda and Wayne Stine, Army reservists, left Clifton for Fort Bliss, Texas last week where they will train for several mon
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| | Judge: No punitive damages for officer
07/03/2008
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 | Years worth of debris finally cleared by City
07/03/2008
After years of complaints, the residents of Mount Washington Drive may finally be able to breathe in fresh air without holding their noses now that a trash-collector's neighboring property has been relieved of more than eight tons of debris.
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 | Gas station owners fume over fines
07/03/2008
CLIFTON — It seems as though high gas prices have everyone on edge from the state attorney general to local gas station managers.
Local station owners voiced their displeasure with the way Attorney General Anne Milgram used results of a three-day c
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 | Local author explores mysteries of the Passaic
07/03/2008
Wheeler Antabanez has an affinity for abandoned buildings and creepy places. That’s why he was drawn to the Passaic River, in all its abandoned, polluted, industrial glory. “Nightshade on the Passaic” is newly released special issue of W
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| | Clifton soldier wounded in Iraq
07/03/2008
Spec. Jeff Barr, 21, of Clifton, was a combat medic on a Stryker unit, a type of armored vehicle used in urban combat. His unit had been sent to Iraq in August 2007, to the Sadr City section of Baghdad.
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| | Rt. 46, Grove Street and Van Houten intersection completed
07/03/2008
Drivers were navigating much smoother through Route 46, Van Houten Avenue and Grove Street this week after crews finally wrapped up major construction on the interchange on Monday. The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) announced the “s
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| | Commuters vs. residents: City Council looking into permit parkin
07/03/2008
Commuters who use the Delawanna train station usually have four choices: arrive early and find a spot in the station lot, locate a spot on a nearby residential street, walk or get dropped off. However commuters who count on finding an open space on the na
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 | Cycling to raise money for poor
06/26/2008
CLIFTON – The Rev. Roland Ratmeyer has been riding his bike a lot more lately. He’s not merely trying to avoid outrageous gas prices, he’s preparing for a nine-week bike tour across America where he will help raise awareness on the need to help the poor.
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 | Clifton High School alumna remembered as ?full of life?
06/26/2008
CLIFTON ? Investigators are still searching for leads in the murder of Clifton High School alumna Nicole Gan-guzza. Her body was found on June 11 in a Florida park a day after her husband reported her missing.
Ganguzza, 26, went running around 6 p.m. on
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 | Delawanna memories come alive in book
06/26/2008
CLIFTON ? Where homes, shopping centers, warehouses and a Costco stand today, there were only open fields and newly built roads perfect for drag-racing about 50 years ago. The Delawanna neighborhood was a favorite hangout spot with its Dunney Park.
Bob
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 | Farewell CHS Class of 2008 - Clifton High School graduates 733 s
06/26/2008
CLIFTON — The cheering started before they even entered Clifton Stadium. For Clifton High School, graduation is a packed-house celebration.
On Tuesday, about 733 students graduated Clifton High School, up from last year’s total of 688.
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| | Annual Clifton picnic set for July 4
06/26/2008
In 1967 the City held a picnic to celebrate its 50th anniversary. That was the first of many for what has turned into an annual tradition.
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| | Clifton officer awarded $950,000 - Napoleone said City targeted
06/26/2008
"Who is Joseph Napoleone"?
His attorney said he is a Clifton police officer who was unfairly targeted, suspended and deprived of a promotion by his supervisors in the City's Police Department as retaliation for being a whistle blower.
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| | County changes need OK of voters
06/19/2008
Over the next few months, Passaic County municipal leaders will try to generate support for an initiative that puts the power to change the County’s form of government in the hands of the voters.
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 | Passion will direct student’s future path
06/19/2008
Aristotle once said the law is reason, free from passion. But for Angelito Cabigao, a passion for helping others is his reason for studying law.
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| | Many hands beautify middle school
06/19/2008
The area behind Christopher Columbus Middle School used to be a lackluster patch of grass. Now, with a combination of teamwork, dedication and community involvement, Columbus Corner has become a garden project and outdoor classroom.
The effort started wi
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| | New school superintendent
06/19/2008
CHS Principal Richard Tardalo gets the job
After about a year of discussing and looking, the Clifton Board of Education has chosen a new superintendent — and he was here all along.
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 | Obama gets students' vote - McCain takes second with Clinton in
06/19/2008
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| | Man looses thousands in fake lottery con
06/19/2008
A 78-year-old resident may never get the thousands of dollars back that he lost in a fake lottery scam even though police have arrested and charged a man for the crime.
Eliyohu Josephson, a 23-year-old student at the Bethmedrah Govoha Yeshiva, was arrest
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 | City-living, country-loving rodeo rider
06/12/2008
Picture your typical Clifton High School athlete. Maybe a play football? A track star? But rodeo? Not so much.
"Usually, everyone asks me ‘what sport do you play?’" said Garry Scrudato, a senior at Clifton High School. "I usually say no, I do
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 | Route 3 corridor shows spike in crime
06/12/2008
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| | Gratias agamus for return of Latin Mass
06/12/2008
"In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spitirus Sancti. Amen."
Every Sunday morning at 7:45, Mass at Sacred Heart Church will begin with those words as the Latin or Tridentine Mass returns. The Latin words will replace the vernacular "in the name of the Father,
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 | High gas prices hit City hard
06/12/2008
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| | City looking to save on energy by joining consortium
06/12/2008
CLIFTON – In addition to cutting down on fuel costs, officials are also looking for ways to lower the City’s energy expenditures.
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| | Removing an eyesore - Valley Road water tank set for removal
06/12/2008
CLIFTON — A water tank on Valley Road, unused for more than 40 years, is expected to be removed by next week.
The tank, approximately 35 feet high and 25 feet in diameter, was installed in a wooded area above Valley Road in 1952 to help provide wa
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| | Brighton school gets go-ahead
06/06/2008
— A planned school at 290 Brighton Road has been held up by variance issues and local controversy, but the school board now has the building permits and Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) clearance to start construction.
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| | Brighton Road Timeline
06/06/2008
The planned ninth-grade annex at 290 Brighton Road has been in the works for more than three years. The following is a timeline of the efforts to get a school built on Brighton Road:
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 | Focusing on Lakeview businesses
06/05/2008
CLIFTON – Lakeview Avenue merchants were given advice and encouragement during a visit from Congress-man Bill Pascrell, Jr. (R-8th) and other officials from the state’s economic development authorities last week.
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 | Allwood Bakery changes hands
06/05/2008
CLIFTON — In 1958, two German immigrants, Hilda and Hans Morgenstern, opened the Allwood Bakery. A short while later they moved it to up the road a bit to 70 Market St., and it’s been there ever since.
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| | Is it time to change county government?
06/05/2008
Local government officials say they’re fed up with Passaic County government and it’s time for a change. If the movement advances, voters may have a change to weigh in on a decision that could alter the County’s form of government for th
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| | Lakeview Business owners talk shop
06/05/2008
CLIFTON – Javier Sotelo said he has dreams of turning his first restaurant, Con Sabor a Peru, into the best Spanish eatery in town.
Eleven months ago, the 42-year-old opened the Peruvian-influenced café at 109 Lakeview Ave., only a few blocks away
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| | Residents voice concerns to City group
05/29/2008
CLIFTON – City residents had a chance to voice concerns and questions to the City Council and to ACTION Clifton members.
For an hour and a half, the Council addressed both specific and broad concerns, including inquiries about the City’s funding sources
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| | Time to speak up on roadwork is now
05/29/2008
CLIFTON – So, what do you think of plans to reconfigure Route 3, Valley Road and Route 46 area? How about the Notch Road and Rifle Camp Road interchange? The North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority (NJTPA) wants to know.
The NJTPS is the metropoli
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 | Athenia park nears reality
05/29/2008
CLIFTON – After years of uncertainty over the fate of the old Athenia Steel property, plans to transform one par-cel of the vacant land into a recreation center now rest under State approval.
The City has proposed building at least two soccer fields, a
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| | City firm violated Clean Water Act, says PVSC
05/29/2008
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 | Clifton woman wins top volunteer prize - Project publicizes plig
05/29/2008
Stunned!" That’s how Naljah Feanny Hicks of Clifton felt after being awarded the top prize in this year’s Russ Berrie Award for Making a Difference. The top prize was $50,000.
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 | Memorial Day in Clifton
05/29/2008
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 | From hometown to air time
05/29/2008
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| | Murder suspect leaves hospital for jail
05/29/2008
After shooting a Clifton woman in the head twice on April 26, police said Dalmiro Guzman, 53, of West New York turned the gun on himself in an attempted suicide. He survived the self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head and on Tuesday was released from the
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| | Board down to three finalists for superintendent position
05/23/2008
The school board is down to three finalists for the superintendent position.
Board members confirmed Wednesday that two of the candidates were Richard Tardalo, current principal of Clifton High School, and Janice Dime, former superintendent of the Paramu
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| | Council slashes school tax levy
05/23/2008
The City Council cut $2 million from a school board tax levy of $109 million last week. The cut is almost four tax points, putting school taxes at about $83, down from the projected amount of $151 for an average home in Clifton.
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 | Youth Week celebrated throughout City
05/22/2008
CLIFTON ? Several students spent Tuesday in a less traditional classroom setting.
Eighty students from various parochial, middle and high schools in Clifton shadowed City government executives and staff for "Official?s Day," an annual activity that?s
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| | Time for City government to change?
05/22/2008
CLIFTON – On Nov. 4, Clifton voters might have the option of choosing more than just the next president of the United States.
They may have a say in whether or not changes are made to the City’s current government style.
Councilman Matt Ward wants to in
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 | Drugs found in City water
05/22/2008
CLIFTON ? The City?s water could still contain traces of prescription drugs but whether or not the compounds pose an actual health risk to consumers has yet to be determined.
In March, the Associated Press (AP) revealed findings from a five-month long
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| | Memorial Day observances
05/22/2008
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 | More who need, less to give
05/15/2008
CLIFTON - On Monday morning, St. Peter?s Haven Executive Director Marsha Hook gazed over the Haven?s pantry floor where paper shopping bags full of groceries lay in piles, waiting to be handed out to hundreds of fami-lies over the next few months.
The
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| Odds improve for City project
05/15/2008
CLIFTON – Construction planned to improve traffic flow at the Route 3/46/Valley Road interchange may get a green light after all.
Officials decided last week to make the project a priority in the State’s 10-year Capital Transportation Program, a document
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| | Group questions district's legal fees
05/15/2008
About 1,000 residents have signed a petition asking the Board of Education to change the way it pays its attorneys. The petition, which asks the Board to hire a salaried attorney rather than pay one per hour, is being circulated by a group of residents wh
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 | Couple gets unexpected surprise
05/15/2008
Sandra, 36, and Scott, 41, are recent adoptive parents. Their adopted son, 7-week-old Justin, came into the family as the result of an emergency adoption placement.
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| Couple gets unexpected surprise
05/15/2008
Sandra, 36, and Scott, 41, are recent adoptive parents. Their adopted son, 7-week-old Justin, came into the family as the result of an emergency adoption placement.
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| | Clifton Memorial Day observances
05/15/2008
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 | Sea of red, white & blue
05/15/2008
City Hall visitors will be seeing red, along with white and blue on Memorial Day.
With Memorial Day just over a week away, volunteers are already gearing up for a busy day. They will have to place more than 1,000 flags into the ground at City Hall as par
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 | Rusty reminder of infamous day
05/08/2008
CLIFTON - Pictures, stories, movies or monuments. However one chooses to remember the day, It's a lesson our country should never forget,' said Tom Mahoney, a Pearl Harbor veteran and president of Chapter 2 of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association.
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 | No money left for Clifton work?
05/08/2008
CLIFTON ? The shortage of State and Federal funding may just put an end to plans for improvement at the Route 3/Route 46/Valley Road interchange.
Construction was scheduled to begin in the summer of 2011, said New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJD
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 | Singing with a purpose
05/08/2008
CLIFTON -The New York City Gay Men?s Chorus will be crossing the Hudson for a rare appearance at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark next Saturday, May 17.
Clifton native Jeffrey Norman will be among 20 New Jersey residents showcasing the
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| | School board elects new president
05/08/2008
Board of Education Commissioner Michael Urciuoli was named school board president at last week’s reorganiza-tion meeting.
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| | Clifton charter school big on academics
05/08/2008
The Classical Academy Charter School of Clifton has pep rallies, but no sports teams.
Inside the school, housed in a former historic mansion, students have written messages on poster board cheering their school to victory — on state standardized t
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 | Women part of Rotary
05/02/2008
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| | Woman killed close to home-Leaves three children behind
05/01/2008
CLIFTON – Police are still investigating the murder of a 38-year-old Clifton mother of three who was shot twice in the head early on Saturday morning.
She was found by police sitting in a vehicle parked just outside the Nash Park Auto Body in the City’s
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| | City Council awaits final word-Aid cuts affect adopting budget
05/01/2008
CLIFTON – The Council is awaiting final word on Governor Corzine’s decision to cut millions of dollars in aid to municipalities before formally adopting the 2008-09 municipal operating budget, according to City officials.
Corzine has proposed cutting $1
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| | Towns push for more input
05/01/2008
CLIFTON ? The City Planning Board has begun assembling a list of comments to send to the state Department of Transportation this month that they say will state the community?s opposition to the controversial expansion of Quinn Road, a one-way entrance to
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 | Stimulus plan for City?-Hatala proposes local boost
05/01/2008
CLIFTON ? While the Federal government delivers the first wave of checks in a nationwide effort to stimulate spending and restore faith in the markets, Clifton?s own economy may soon get a boost.
Councilman Steve Hatala said he has formulated an economi
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| | Elected or appointed board?
04/30/2008
How would the school board go from elected to appointed?
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| | Curriculum change for students?
04/30/2008
Does a curriculum requiring certain core math and science courses better prepare students for the future?
A new proposal argues that it does. A plan by the New Jersey High School Redesign Steering Committee, un-veiled last week, would require that all s
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| | Clifton police arrest man they say is a mid-level drug dealer
04/24/2008
A mid-level marijuana dealer based on Arlington Avenue was put out of business, according to police.
Detective Capt. Robert Rowan said after a two-month-long investigation and surveillance, Edison Polo, Jr., 19, and his 19-year-old girlfriend Alexandra R
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 | CHS counselor named top in state
04/24/2008
High school can be hard. Some of the stresses are predictable — class work, adjusting socially, making plans for after graduation. But some changes can be traumatic and sudden — a parent struggling with illness, the death of a friend or loved
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 | The price of dialing 911
04/24/2008
CLIFTON ? Saving lives is not cheap.
Even before patients ever reach the doctor or hospital they have incurred expenses.
One call to 911 can generate up to three separate bills, and this is leaving some City residents confused about which bills to actu
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| | Troops on our minds and on our shirts
04/24/2008
CLIFTON – Five years after America embarked on a controversial War on Terror, Clifton’s bravest have found a way to show they haven’t forgotten their comrades who joined the ranks of active duty.
City Firefighters are selling T-shirts with the local Fir
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| | School budget headed for City Council review
04/24/2008
CLIFTON – After City voters rejected the Board of Education’s 2008-09 $139.9 million budget, it will get a sec-ond look from the City Council in the next few weeks.
The failed budget would have meant an additional $151 in taxes for the average homeowner
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| | Clifton Journal seeks CHS Graduation news, photos for Special Gr
04/24/2008
CHS Class of 2008 keepsake
Attention members of the Class of 2008!
Clifton Journal will publish a Clifton High School Class of 2008 special section on July 11. Included will be graduation photographs; feature stories on graduates; accomplishments; gradu
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 | Clifton rejects budget, turf
04/17/2008
CLIFTON ? Voters said no to the school budget, no to artificial turf at Clifton Stadium and no to board of Edu-cation incumbents.
On Tuesday voters ousted longtime Board of Education incumbent Marie Hakim and brought in two new faces, challengers Paul G
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| | City grieves teen's death
04/17/2008
CLIFTON — For the second time this year, grief counselors have been called into Clifton High School to help students deal with the death of a classmate.
Last Sunday, at 12:50 a.m. James Hoey died after a vehicle struck him as he crossed Route 46 near Bro
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| | Residents questioning formula behind sewer fees
04/17/2008
CLIFTON - What was proposed as a simple solution to curb a foreseen tax increase has turned into a concept that?s difficult for the City residents to grasp.
In early 2008, City Council members presented a plan to keep the municipal portion of the 2008-2
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 | Industrial expansion planned
04/17/2008
CLIFTON - Global pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is asking for the City Planning Board?s permission to expand its facility near Bloomfield Avenue by adding a 19,000-square-foot building that would in-clude amenities such as a fitness center a
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| | County budget will raise Clifton taxes by $163
04/10/2008
COUNTY — Tough times are bringing a rise in county taxes and a number of layoffs.
The Passaic County freeholders recently introduced its $388.78 million 2008 budget, up about $17.5 million from last year.
The average Clifton home, assessed at $1
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| | Police substations hit with paint, bullets
04/10/2008
CLIFTON — It appears someone has a grudge against the City’s Police Department.
Two of the City’s police substations were hit, one with spray paint the other with bullets.
On Tuesday night someone painted anti-police messages in purp
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| | Five CHS students arrested and charged with arson
04/10/2008
CLIFTON — Five Clifton High School students were arrested and charged with arson on April 2 for starting a brush fire on the former Athenia Steel property at Paulison and Clifton avenues.
Detective Capt. Robert Rowan said the area was under surveillance
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 | Wellington Street will house new fire auxiliary station
04/10/2008
CLIFTON - City officials have located permanent space for a proposed auxiliary fire station that would house City Fire Department equipment and eventually serve as a back-up command center.
The site is located on Wellington Street, a small dead end stre
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| | MSU Quinn Road project in Planning Board's hands
04/10/2008
CLIFTON – “What will happen to our property values?…What about changing Montclair State’s class sched-ule?…What about other alternatives?”
These were just a few of the questions that City officials and residents proposed to Montclair State University (MS
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 | Propane tank fire quickly extinguished
04/10/2008
CLIFTON - Two construction workers were transported to the hospital after a small propane tank caught fire while inside a house under construction near Valley Road Monday morning.
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 | Keeper of City records retires - Dick Moran recorded City's stat
04/10/2008
CLIFTON - If you had a baby after 1990, Richard ?Dick? Moran recorded it. If you applied for a marriage license, he issued it. If you wanted to know about City ordinances, statistics and anything the City?s Council has said and done, he was the man to ask
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| | School board candidates support turf
04/10/2008
CLIFTON — This year’s board election includes a ballot question asking voters to approve $3.5 million for artifi-cial turf and a stadium upgrade.
The project would include $1 million for the turf itself, plus $2 million for upgrades including a new trac
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| | Budget, stadium, candidates on ballot
04/10/2008
CLIFTON - City registered voters will take to the polls on Tuesday for the annual schools elections. Polls will be open from 1:30 to 9 p.m.
On the ballot this year will be the 2008-09 proposed school budget of $139.9 million. (This budget represents an
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 | Coaches say yes to turf
04/10/2008
CLIFTON ? When registered voters head to the polls on Tuesday, Clifton High School coaches want them to remember one thing, "think of the children."
From lacrosse to football that sentiment echoes throughout the Clifton athletic scene as the ballot ques
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| | A lot at stake on Election Day
04/10/2008
CLIFTON -- City registered voters will take to the polls on Tuesday for the annual schools elections. Polls will be open from 1:30 to 9 p.m.
On the ballot this year will be the 2008-09 proposed school budget of $139.9 million. (This budget represents an
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 | MSU attorney calls City board 'abusive'
04/03/2008
CLIFTON - Montclair State University (MSU) representatives may make their next appearance in front of the City’s Planning Board their last, concluding a lengthy series of hearings on the controversial Quinn Road expansion.
In a letter to Clifton
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| | Meeting to discuss Brighton school scheduled
04/03/2008
CLIFTON — A group of City residents who say they have the real story about the proposed school at 290 Brighton Road have scheduled a meeting to be held just days before the school elections.
The meeting, titled "290 Brighton Road: What the Board
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 | $18.5M Route 46 ramps open to traffic-Van Houten, Grove ramps ba
04/03/2008
CLIFTON — The new Van Houten Avenue/Grove Street ramp at Route 46 east opened on Wednesday.
After four years of work and millions of dollars, the new ramp opened to motorists on Wednesday shortly after noon. Plans for an early morning opening to
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| Grass or artificial turf? District asks voters to OK $3.5 M for
04/03/2008
CLIFTON — On April 15, registered voters will be asked to vote on the district’s spending plan, elect three Board of Education members out of a field of four and vote on whether or not the grass at Clifton Stadium should be replaced with artif
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