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Patch reviews this week’s top stories in Essex County (click headline to read).

Headlines (click to read):

Prisoner's Family Demands Autopsy After Unexplained Sudden Death In Essex County

Here's How #BlackGirlBooks Made This Essex County Teen Famous

13-Year-Old Held At Gunpoint In Millburn Carjacking: Cops

How Did A Bag Of Trash Get This Newark Woman Arrested?

Essex County Holiday House Tour: 15 Local Landmarks Do Christmas

Does Essex Green In West Orange Need 'Redevelopment?'

'Suspicious' Essex County Pizza Deliveries Were A Prank: Cops

Montclair Wife, Husband Become 1st Couple In NJ Ad Hall Of Fame

New Jersey Teens Charged With Thanksgiving Murder In Newark

West Orange Op-Ed: Parent Blasts 'Pay to Pay School Lunch Scheme'

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