Casket Placed Outside NJ School, Admin Topples It: Patch PM

Good evening, South Jersey Patch readers! Here are some of the most share-worthy stories from our area for today.

Here are the top five stories from New Jersey:

1. The standoff between a local labor union and builder escalated on Friday when the union placed a funeral casket draped with an image of a toe-tagged dead body outside a New Jersey elementary school. (Read more on Patch)
2. Another explosion was reported in Somerset County amid Tropical Storm Ida, this time claiming a former popular Rhythms Nightclub on the Manville and Hillsborough border. (Read more on Patch)
3. A Monmouth County jury has found a Tinton Falls woman guilty of arranging to have her girlfriend shot numerous times. She fatally strangled her several months later and buried her body in a Long Branch backyard. (Read more on Patch)
4. VIDEO: A 58-year-old motorist in Princeton was stranded in a flash flood amid Tropical Storm Ida on Wednesday night. He was rescued by standing on top of a sign before being picked up by a New Jersey State Police helicopter. (Read more on Patch)
5. The goal of sports is to bring people together, build skills and friendships - and for one Ocean Township girls travel soccer team, it's also to bring comfort and compassion to Afghan refugees who have found a new home in New Jersey. (Read more on Patch)

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