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Essex County Man Claims NJ Nursing Home Abused His Mom

Measles Reported At Nutley Elementary School

Newark Divided Over City's Response To Water Crisis (VIDEOS)

Verona To Vote On Sweeping School Referendum Nov. 5

Songs Of Freedom Give Hope To ICE Detainees At Essex County Jail

Montclair State Professor Earns NJ's Only 'Genius Grant' For 2019

Landmark Liver Transplant Celebrated At Newark Hospital

Short Hills Mall Forever 21 Slated To Close, Company Confirms

West Orange Drivers Will Pay If Forest Isn't Preserved, Activists Say

Caldwell Ordinance Paves Way For More Affordable Housing

Millburn Breaks Ground On New Turf Field

$3M For Low-Income Housing In Newark, Jersey City, South Orange

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Newark Isn't Only NJ City At Risk Of Lead Water, Map Shows

Woman's Body Found In Hudson River Near Hoboken Terminal

This Landfill Infuriated NJ City; Now A Judge Wants It Closed

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