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In Essex County: Teen Misses Graduation After Explosion, Christie May Announce Prez Run, Essex Mourns For Charleston, Man Jumps To Death At Mall, Police Chase Carjackers, Alcohol and Trains, Student Achievement Gap, Dog in Hot Car
Patch reviews the top stories of the week.

Making headlines this week:
- Teen Misses Graduation After Suffering Third-Degree Burns During Explosion
- Essex County Mourns For Charleston Shooting Victims
- Christie Plans To Announce Presidential Run In Livingston, Report Says
- Man ‘Apparently Jumps’ To His Death At Short Hills Mall
- Police Chase Carjackers Across Three Towns In Essex County
- Drinking Alcohol Is Legal On NJ Transit Trains
- Black and White: Fixing The Student Achievement Gap In Montclair
- Journalist Calls 911 After Finding Dogs Trapped In A Hot Car At Eagle Rock Reservation
- Pending Bill Would Require Cops and Firefighters To Live In The Towns They Serve
- Students Evacuated After Gas Leak In The Caldwells
- Livingston-Based Briad Group Must Pay $40 Million For TGI Fridays Stabbing
- Essex And Passaic Cops Storm Hotel In Search Of Robbery Suspects
- Fatal Car Crash Leaves Man Dead In Branch Brook Park
- Police Seek ATM Skimmer In Essex County
- Combat Veteran With Dog Says He Was Kicked Off NJ Transit Bus
- Cops Make ‘Harry Potter’ Heroin Bust In Newark
- Stabbing Victim’s Testimony Helps To Convict Essex County Man
- In Essex County: 55 Arrested During Three-City Fugitive Sweep
- Superintendent Cami Anderson Calls It Quits In Newark
- ‘Mary Jane’ Found in Mary Jane Wrappers At Newark
- Fire Crews At Newark Airport Sunday; Plane Engine ‘Sparking’
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