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| | POMPTON LAKES - Incumbents win Democratic Primary
06/03/2009
Incumbents Edward Meakem and Lisa Riggiola received the most votes on the contested democratic ticket of the June 2 primary.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Rotary awards Forsyth for comeback
06/03/2009
Brittany Forsyth is a gifted athlete but success came too early and too easy and it nearly destroyed her.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - House listed as historic site
06/03/2009
The name Van Ness continues to ring bells throughout the borough and neighboring communities. Those familiar with the area know there are many streets and businesses with the name attached to it.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Downtown offers opportunities for fun
06/03/2009
From the magical topsy-turvy world of Gilbert and Sullivan to the romantic tragedy of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with a fast-paced side trip through cyber-space, all are just waiting to be discovered inside the doors along the Wanaque Avenue
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| | POMPTON LAKES - New summer hours at municipal bldg
06/02/2009
Residents can now take advantage of new extended summer hours at the municipal building.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Yes, it is rocket science!
06/02/2009
Students got to see bottle rockets shoot through the air last week.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Eleven seniors are Bloustein Scholars
06/02/2009
The best and the brightest are learning in the Pompton Lakes School District.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Mandatory recycling enforcement mulled
05/31/2009
Recycling could soon be something on everyone’s mind each time an object is thrown in the trash.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Kids Day America a success
05/27/2009
This year’s Kids Day America celebration was a success, and its sponsors have bigger plans for next year.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Council ready for its close-up
05/20/2009
Residents are now a click away from viewing Borough Council meetings at their own convenience.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Lakeside vapor test gives BOE an all clear
05/19/2009
Test results for vapor intrusion at the Lakeside School show the school is in the clear.
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| | POMPTON LAKES/RIVERDALE - Police will hold joint junior police a
05/19/2009
Students with their sights set on law enforcement careers will have the opportunity to participate in the Junior Police Academy.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Council votes 4-2 to introduce municipal budget
05/19/2009
Property owners are looking at an increase of $376.72 for the average assessed property of $148,000.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - MUA to get $1.8 million in fed funds
05/12/2009
Some stimulus money has trickled down to the borough. Partial funding for three of nine infrastructure projects the Municipal Utilities Authority (MUA) has planned will be covered under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Lincoln School pupils get top marks in NJ
05/12/2009
Students are familiar with many things that make New Jersey great, and four students in Lincoln School�s fourth grade were awarded top honors from the Celebrate New Jersey program for writing something great about this state.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Recount shows budget passed
05/12/2009
The Board of Education can move forward with all the plans made for the 2009-10 school year.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Budget cooperation discussed
05/12/2009
Councilman Lloyd Kent has initiated talks with the Board of Education to begin planning future budgets together.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Boro to study Highlands Council conformance
05/12/2009
The governing body will begin a study that will look at how the borough would conform with the Highlands Council Regional Master Plan if it chooses to participate in it.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Kids’ health forum educates and entertains
05/12/2009
Kids were educated and entertained once again at the Third Annual Kids Day America celebration in Pompton Lakes.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Lenox students walk for Leukemia patients
05/05/2009
Nearly 400 kids donated some spare change and walked a mile a day during lunch to raise money for cancer.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Residents say budget vote requires recount
05/05/2009
Ten residents supported a recount for the budget portion of the annual school election that took place on April 21.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Youth prog moves to Spa 23 & Teen Center
05/05/2009
Children now have more opportunities to practice the athletic activities they enjoy the most.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - State inspectors: toxin clean-up OK
05/05/2009
Reports show there are no problems with the borough’s handling of its part in inspecting ventilation systems being installed in homes to curb pollution left by DuPont, but not everyone is convinced.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Four educators recognized
05/05/2009
Near the end of the school year, select staff members at each school get to choose the best of the best for the annual Teacher of the Year award.
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| | POMPTON LAKES/RIVERDALE - Little League to host scholarship
05/05/2009
The Pompton Lakes /Riverdale Little League is sponsoring a scholarship in honor of Willy McCartney.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Kids put principal on roof
05/05/2009
Through the will of avid readers, an image of Principal Louis Shadiack has been slowly climbing a ladder in the gymnasium.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Youth program moves to Spa 23, Teen Center
04/28/2009
Children now have more opportunities to practice the athletic activities they enjoy the most.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Perez named Lakeside’s 2009 student achiever
04/28/2009
At a point in history when the result of gain by greed rather than honest effort is crushing economies around the world, one young local girl stands as a positive example of the benefit of achievement through hard work and personal sacrifice.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Split in party doesn’t split Dem. duo
04/28/2009
A battle looms in the Democratic Party’s June 2 primary election.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - TV spotlight finally focused on council
04/28/2009
It’s been a year in the making, but next month residents finally will be able to view Borough Council meetings at their leisure.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - New shop is a savior for big dogs
04/28/2009
An adult male Great Dane can grow up to 34 inches tall. The Newfoundland and Saint Bernard are equally as big and can weigh as much as 200 pounds.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Brockovich says will cheer on toxin victims
04/28/2009
Residents filled the Pompton Lakes High School auditorium to be encouraged by renowned environmental activist Erin Brockovich and to learn more about what they can do concerning the contamination below their homes.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Budget is endorsed and incumbents are re-elected
04/28/2009
By a slight margin, taxpayers again supported the budget for the upcoming school year and all the existing members kept their seats on the board.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - School budget passes by four votes
04/22/2009
The Board of Education got its 2009-10 budget narrowly passed during the April 21 election.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Much to discover, close to home
04/22/2009
While not so patiently awaiting its much anticipated Streetscape facelift, the business district has been busy strengthening its core
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Plenty of players, few fields
04/22/2009
With more than 250 players for the current season, the Pompton Lakes/Riverdale Soccer Association (PLRSA) is doing some rearranging to make up for the temporary loss of a field.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Will she or won’t she?
04/22/2009
She didn’t show up the first time but the New York-based firm Weitz and Luxenberg has invited Erin Brockovich out to Pompton Lakes again to discuss how residents can protect their environment.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Study: Plume not cause of cancer cluster
04/20/2009
An initial examination shows that cancer-related illnesses in the Plume area are not the result of contaminants the former DuPont explosives factory left in the ground water.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Holocaust remembrance
04/20/2009
There will be singing, story-telling, praying and all things that are great at the Congregation Beth Shalom’s Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Voters to decide BOE contest
04/20/2009
On Tuesday, April 21, residents will decide a contested school board election and whether or not to support the school budget with an increase in their property taxes.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Future business leaders win 15 awards
04/15/2009
On Thursday, March 13, members of the Pompton Lakes High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Club headed to Edison for the state competition.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Practical Arts Team honored
04/15/2009
The Practical Arts Team of Lakeside Middle School in Pompton Lakes recently was selected by the New Jersey Middle School Association to receive the Team of Excellence Award for 2009.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Riverdale schools may be merged into district
04/15/2009
A figurative bulldozer looms outside the Riverdale School District, as the state threatens to plow under the district and merge it with Pompton Lakes.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Rotary to honor Al Backus on May 4
04/15/2009
Al Backus says his fellow members of the Pompton Lakes Volunteer Fire Department are "the greatest people in the world," and he is honored to be counted among their ranks for the past 60 years.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Grand jury to get drug-dealing case
04/15/2009
The case against a 40-year-old borough mom accused of selling marijuana from her Lincoln Avenue home, where police allegedly uncovered about 50 baggies of the drug worth $1,000, has been referred to the Passaic County grand jury.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Teen charged with selling pot
04/15/2009
Police allege that a 16-year-old borough male was selling marijuana from his home on Ackerman Place where a search warrant allegedly yielded 17 tinfoil folds of the drug locked in a strongbox in the teen’s bedroom on Thursday.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Problems found in vapor remedy systems
04/15/2009
Residents heard a mishmash of recent reviews regarding the vapor mitigation systems targeting contamination in their homes.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Five contend for three seats on local BOE
04/15/2009
Five people are running to fill three, three-year term seats on the Board of Education.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Planetarium keeps Lenox kids looking up
04/08/2009
Students at the Lenox School know that the gods are not bowling in the clouds when thunder rolls across the skies of Pompton Lakes.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - $28 million budget sent to voters
04/08/2009
On March 30, fewer than 30 school and community officials attended the public hearing on the budget for the 2009-10 school year held in the Pompton Lakes High School auditorium.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Student captures power struggle on film
04/08/2009
A Pompton Lakes High School graduate is making waves in the film industry.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Downtown makes great movie set
04/08/2009
This past weekend, Pompton Lakes became the backdrop for a low budget film.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Preparedness has improved since ‘84
04/07/2009
Nothing could have prepared the residents for the flood of 1984.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Redevelopment zoning law introduced for biz dist
04/01/2009
The governing body is making greater strides toward redeveloping the business district in the center of town.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Timing excellent for BID
04/01/2009
It is often said that timing is everything, and if so, the Pompton Lakes Business District is right on track and has it all!
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Identity theft alleged by Lincoln Ave resident
03/31/2009
A South Jersey man has been accused of using a Lincoln Avenue resident’s name to ring up fraudulent charges on the victim’s credit card in a case of apparent identity theft.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Council will pay to probe plume relief complaint
03/31/2009
During its March 25 meeting, the governing body agreed to have its engineer verify complaints residents have regarding their vapor intrusion systems.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Boro renews resolve to fight underage drinking
03/31/2009
Parents listened attentively as many public officials talked about the ramifications associated with underage drinking and drug use.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Summer camp’s month shortened
03/25/2009
There has been a slight change to the upcoming Summer Day Camp program. To eliminate the need to raise enrollment costs, the Borough Council decided to shorten this year’s program by two days.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - BID starts its ad blitz promoting downtown
03/25/2009
The Business Improvement District (BID) is making waves across surrounding communities.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Gym’s sudden closure sends ex-clients up 23
03/24/2009
Matrix Fitness Centers at the Towne Square in Pompton Lakes has officially shut its doors.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Fireman honored for his 60 years of service
03/24/2009
The memory of his family’s desperate struggle to survive during the darkest days of the Depression made an indelible impression on the young boy who moved here in 1933.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Friends of Todd remember victim of Fanconi's
03/18/2009
A fundraiser and get-together is scheduled to honor the late West Milford resident Todd Gannon.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - VFW celebrates its Diamond Jubilee
03/17/2009
VFW Post 2906 was presented with a Diamond Jubilee Award.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Lenox School kids sing with the world
03/17/2009
On March 12, a concert was held at the Lenox School and the special guest performers were the members of entire fourth grade class.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Rotary gives Jenkin Student Achievement Award
03/17/2009
There is a popular saying that urges kindness in dealing with others since “everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.” It’s a simple yet necessary reminder since a mask of ease often disguises the battle.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Mom is charged with pot dealing
03/17/2009
A 40-year-old local mom was charged with selling marijuana to young people from her house on Lincoln Avenue.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Citizens' group seeks action for plume
03/17/2009
Residents who would like to see the cleanup of the Plume area expedited were encouraged to join the Citizens for a Clean Pompton Lakes.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Vapor remediation plan seems to work
03/11/2009
Despite residential concern, initial reports show that DuPont’s Vapor Interim Remedial Measure Work Plan is being carried out adequately.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Plume residents no longer believe DEP
03/11/2009
No good news came out of the meeting that was held on March 9.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Senator helps get toxin testing in schools
03/10/2009
A call from a politician will now get some of the properties owned by the Board of Education scrutinized for toxic vapors.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Boro not ready to sign on to Highlands plan
03/04/2009
The governing body has decided to take a step back and give a closer look to the Plan Performance Guidelines of the Highlands Regional Master Plan before agreeing to it.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Tree City USA is close to home
03/03/2009
The borough is now part of a growing list of communities across Passaic County recognized for their commitment to beautify the environment with trees.
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| | POMPTON LAKES -' WASH ME’ may be drawn on more boro autos
03/03/2009
Municipalities are still working to come to standards with the stormwater regulations that were established five years ago.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Mayor calls on state for plume-area cancer study
03/03/2009
Mayor Katie Cole has commissioned the state to perform a cancer study.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Rotary honors Tundo as an outstanding student
02/24/2009
Rocco Tundo is the 2009 Rotary Club of Pompton Lakes recipient of the prestigious Student Achievement Award for Lincoln Elementary School.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Improvements planned for two parks
02/24/2009
Improvements are being planned for Hershfield and Murrin parks.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Borough man is GOP freeholder candidate
02/24/2009
The Grand Old Party Strong was the first of the two Republican groups to announce who will be on the ticket for November’s Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders election.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Three cops added
02/24/2009
During the Feb. 11 meeting, the Borough Council voted to hire three additional officers for the Police Department.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Need a new look?
02/22/2009
Tired of the outfits in your closet? Wondering what–if anything–can bring that youthful spring glow back into your wardrobe? Maybe you need a makeover.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Some say toxin-area homes don't need tax break
02/18/2009
Township officials are hearing opinions from the other side. Residents concerned about the directions officials may take due to the latest DuPont scare are speaking out on a side different from popular opinion.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Ice inspector resigns
02/18/2009
For years, the borough appointed an ice inspector to test the ice and provide a thumbs up or thumbs down on whether or not the ice was a no-go.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Park improvements planned
02/18/2009
The Borough has put some funds aside to do some things and it was recently approved for approximately $100,000 from Passaic County Open Space Preservation Committee funds.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Three new cops hired
02/18/2009
During the Feb. 11 meeting the Borough Council voted to hire three additional officers to the Police Department.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Efforts to raise funds for mom with cancer
02/17/2009
Cynthia Brown continues to wage war, fighting for her life, on yet another level as her chemotherapy treatments have been increased, both in intensity and expense.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Boro gets $80K from county to fix library
02/11/2009
The Borough was recently awarded an $80,000 Passaic County Community Development Block Grant.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Council to hire another cop, maybe more
02/11/2009
On Feb. 11, the Borough Council will be swearing in one new officer to the Police Department and it will discuss hiring additional members.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Seventy-five trees available to residents
02/10/2009
Residents who would like to see a new tree in front of their home don’t have to go to a greenhouse to purchase one.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Fundraiser hit by recession
02/10/2009
The economic avalanche that has crushed Wall Street institutions, wiped out commercial giants and rolled over dreams of home ownership and retirement, continues to race down the mountain, crashing into every area of society.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Class action suit ruled out for plume homes
02/04/2009
Residents in the plume area, categorized by toxic vapors, were told that each of their cases is unique and to take on DuPont, they would all have to file individual lawsuits.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Students exchange ideas with Bergen Co. peers
02/04/2009
From district to district, students have been talking. They have been discussing all the unique programs that their schools offer that could possibly be used at another.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Endangered species by proposed ballfied
02/02/2009
Some changes have been proposed for the Willow Field sporting complex.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Despite recession, both questions pass
01/29/2009
Residents approved the passage of the Board of Education’s referendum.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Local teens seek to help soldiers
01/28/2009
This past Saturday, on Jan. 24, some may have seen teens around the Pompton Lakes Elks Club.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Ball field’s buffer questioned
01/28/2009
Some changes have been proposed for the Willow Field sporting complex.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Local police bros. going on charity bike run
01/21/2009
Two brothers are sharing not only careers in law enforcement but also a journey to honor fallen officers as they prepare to take their bicycles over 300 miles from Newark to Washington, D.C.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Mayor Cole looks back on 2008
01/21/2009
During the first regular council meeting of the year, Mayor Katie Cole looked back at her first year as chief executive official of the municipality.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Leap into Lakeside program for new pupils
01/21/2009
Making the transition from elementary to middle school is a challenging experience for young students.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Local lawyer joins prestigious club
01/21/2009
For the past 25 years, August Soltis has successfully helped the injured get compensated for their pain.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - DuPont won't test schools for toxic vapors
01/14/2009
The Board of Education will seek an opinion from the borough�s independent consultant on whether it should test the schools for toxic vapors.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Downtown shopping district gets safety boost
01/07/2009
Things are looking a bit safer for pedestrians in a community that wants to make its downtown shopper friendly.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Streets strewn with trash on holiday
01/07/2009
Setting the trash out on a national holiday is a mistake many people have made at least once.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Pond Hole parking permits available soon
01/07/2009
Pond Hole parking permits will be available starting the week of Jan. 12.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - 'Superman Duo' sworn in for another term
01/07/2009
For the first Borough Council meeting of 2009, residents filled the room where the governing body meets to discuss issues concerning the community.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Library nabs $80K grant
12/30/2008
The borough received an $80,000 Community Development Block Grant from the Passaic County freeholders that will go toward fixing the library.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Future leaders help hospitalized kids
12/30/2008
Kids at the Hackensack University Hospital got a cuddly holiday treat from some local high school students.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - HS students helped organize Holiday Stroll
12/30/2008
Pompton Lakes High School students helped make this year’s Holiday Stroll the best it has been in quite a while.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Youth football gets seed money
12/30/2008
From mid-August through mid-November, Carlough Field takes a beating.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Gloom for some, boom for others
12/30/2008
For some local businesses, all those concerns of doom and gloom seem to be overplayed.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Council meets toxin experts
12/30/2008
The Borough Council met with Anthony Kaufman, director of Environmental Waste Management and Associates (EWMA), hired to oversee DuPont and its vapor remediation efforts
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Tilcon license hearing set for Jan. 19
12/30/2008
The council is scheduled to hold a public hearing and vote on the renewal of Tilcon New York operating license on Jan. 19.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Televised meetings coming soon
12/30/2008
The council is moving forward with the purchase of video equipment to get the council meetings televised.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Stop sign sought at old train station
12/30/2008
For years, residents of Iron Forge Village have been requesting a stop sign at the old train station.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Council fed up with utilities leaving mess
12/17/2008
The governing body has established new rules regarding street excavations.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Rotarians define giving spirit
12/17/2008
In this season during which the giving of gifts is symbolic of a belief in and hope for the future, members of the Rotary Club of Pompton Lakes visited all four local elementary schools this past week, bearing gifts they believe will benefit the students.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Caregiver accused of theft
12/17/2008
Police charged a Clifton woman on Dec. 1 with stealing $20,000 in jewelry from a Garden Road residence while she was employed as caretaker for the victim’s grandmother.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - State complicates boro's field plans
12/17/2008
Borough officials are working to keep the plans for the Willow Field from being scaled back.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Redevelopment area declared, incentives mulled
12/12/2008
Next year, commercial real estate owners may be able to get some incentives to redevelop their property.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Curb appeal sought for downtown
12/10/2008
With the start of the holiday shopping season, the Borough Council discussed the need to keep the downtown clean and attractive to the community during its Nov. 24 meeting, reviving what has been a familiar topic.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - BOE's referendum vote slated for Jan. 27
12/10/2008
School board members, school administrators and about 15 residents attended the public hearing on the district’s referendum to replace the boilers at the high school.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - School district to test for Dupont toxins
12/10/2008
After hearing concerns from parents and other borough residents, the Board of Education chose to test all of its facilities for vapor intrusion stemming from contamination left by the former DuPont factory.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Memorial vigil slated for Dec. 14
12/10/2008
The entire community is invited to attend a vigil to remember loved ones. The Compassionate Friends will hold their annual Worldwide Candle Lighting from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14.
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| | Pompton Lakes - Referendum for new PLHS boilers discussed
12/05/2008
School board members, school administrators and about 15 residents attended the public hearing on the district’s referendum to replace the boilers at the high school.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - School referendum on agenda
12/02/2008
The Board of Education will host a special meeting 7 p.m. Dec. 4 in the Pompton Lakes High School Media Center to discuss a referendum slated for 2-9 p.m. on Jan. 27.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Expert to review vapor results
12/02/2008
The Borough Council has unanimously agreed to hire Parsippany-based Environmental Waste Management Associates to oversee DuPont’s plan to mitigate vapors contaminating residential neighborhoods.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Volunteers host dinner for DV victims
12/02/2008
The holidays are special when the true meaning of giving is shared with others.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Community aiding terminally ill mother
11/26/2008
As Cynthia Brown wages the battle of her life – for her life – the community is wrapping its collective arms around her young family, sharing meals and money to support her valiant effort to stay alive.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Pathways seeks War on Terror vets
11/26/2008
The Pathways Counseling Center is looking to do more to help sons, daughters and the family members of those who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Letter writers sought to thank soldiers
11/26/2008
During Linda Mariconda’s daily walks, she often passes by the New Jersey Army National Guard in nearby Riverdale. When she does, she sometimes sees men and women dressed in camouflage. One day, while walking, she asked herself what their lives were like o
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Lakeside air tests sought by parents
11/26/2008
Parents have asked the Board of Education to reconsider testing the Lakeside School for vapor contamination.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - State approves borough's forestry plan
11/19/2008
The state council has approved the borough’s Community Forestry Management Plan (CFMP).
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Extended Kindergarten helping students learn
11/18/2008
The school district has taken a creative approach to help lower the number of students in basic skills and other remedial courses.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Adamo will be 100 on Dec. 9
11/18/2008
Want to live to be 100? Borough resident Mary Adamo may just know how to do it. Adamo is 99 and is anxiously waiting until Dec. 9 for the milestone of her 100th birthday.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Alleged drug dealer arrested at last
11/18/2008
olice allege that a 47-year-old Wayne man was a "very careful" drug dealer, sticking to regular customers and working out of a local bar and its parking lot, but despite the challenge, investigators’ patience paid off.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Council continues search for consultant
11/12/2008
The Borough Council voted unanimously on Nov. 5 to rescind a resolution to hire an environmental consulting firm after the firm refused to remove a legal clause in their contract.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Guidelines on televised meetings sought
11/12/2008
The mayor and council will continue to work on getting the council meetings televised.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Community helping terminally ill woman
11/12/2008
The community is once again being called upon to help a local family in crisis.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Library falling apart
11/07/2008
Library Director Michael Drazek said the mortar has been falling from the building.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - "Superman" duo is victorious
11/04/2008
Republicans Richard J. Steele and Lloyd C. Kent defeated two Democratic challengers in the Borough Council race.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - State approves toxin release
11/03/2008
The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services is comfortable with DuPont’s plan to release toxins in the outdoor air.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Mayor wants dust-free neighborhoods
11/03/2008
Mayor Katie Cole will continue to work on a plan to help residents on Broad Street and other streets in the borough that border the Tilcon New York Inc. quarry.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Legalese delays toxin consultant contract
10/31/2008
Municipal officials got close to hiring a consultant to oversee the DuPont’s handling of vapors left by the factory in residential areas but now is back to the drawing board
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Residents can keep track of toxin cleanup online
10/31/2008
Residents can now go to PomptonLakesWorks.com in order to keep abreast of DuPont’s vapor mitigation program.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Family displaced by house fire
10/29/2008
Fire and police officials report that a young child playing with matches appears to have accidentally sparked the blaze on Montclair Avenue that displaced the child’s family on Wednesday.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Council candidate profiles
10/29/2008
Two Democrats and Two Republicans are vying for two open council seats.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Middle schooler raises $4K for diabetes research
10/29/2008
A student recently rallied her entire school to help her find a cure for juvenile diabetes.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Meet Joe the pumpkin carver
10/29/2008
Many people decorate their homes with lots of lights during the holiday season, but Joe Giglio's decorating begins a bit earlier in the season as he adorns his front lawn with 100-pound jack-o-lanterns.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - School Violence Awareness week is recognized
10/22/2008
Keeping students at ease is one goal behind School Violence Awareness Week, Oct. 20-24.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - School district working on mandatory pre-k
10/22/2008
The school district has a special committee working feverishly to develop a plan to educate the borough's youngest students.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Lenox students join in world's largest concert
10/22/2008
Fourth-grade students at the Lenox School will sing for thousands across America.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Committee to address municipal building
10/15/2008
During the Sept. 24 Borough Council meeting, a special building committee was put together to decide what improvements should be made to the municipal building.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Sneak peak at downtown's new look
10/15/2008
Residents will get a sneak peak at how the streetscape project will enhance Wanaque Avenue.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Toxin cleanup effort polluted by local politics
10/14/2008
The mayor was accused of acting partisan as she put together a special committee to review proposals to hire an independent contractor to test homes in the contaminated section of the borough.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Toxin-area residents to council: SPEAK UP!
10/13/2008
Residents in the contaminated section of the borough have taken their concerns from attorneys to municipal officials.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Sergeant makes lieutenant after lawsuit
10/08/2008
Lt. Moises Agosto is happy to be promoted and to put his lawsuit against the borough behind him.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Boro moves closer to video-taping its meetings
10/08/2008
The Borough Council is a step closer to videotaping its meetings. During the Sept. 24 meeting, the council introduced a video-recording ordinance.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Debt tops concerns as council looks at 2009
10/08/2008
The Borough Council is already getting to work on next year’s budget with local debt topping its concerns.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Brockovich no-shows, but attorneys come
10/07/2008
A large crowd packed the high school auditorium during the evening of Oct. 6 to discuss air quality and find out what could be done to get back what has been lost at the hands of DuPont.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Floodway buyouts continue
10/06/2008
The borough is making good use of appliances and materials from a home that is ready to be demolished under the state’s Blue Acres Bond Act.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Blue Acres buyouts continue
10/02/2008
The borough is making good use of appliances and materials from a home that is ready to be demolished under the state’s Blue Acres Bond Act.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Officer wins promotion and is moving forward
10/02/2008
Lt. Moises Agosto is happy to be promoted and to put his lawsuit against the borough behind him.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Tests conducted on 262 houses in plume area
09/24/2008
To address contamination left over from the DuPont factory, indoor and outdoor air-sampling program continues among homes in the plume area.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Renee Merlino to be honored by Rotary
09/22/2008
On Oct. 20, the Rotary Club of Pompton Lakes will honor longtime borough volunteer Renee Merlino for her two decades of "Service Above Self" to her community.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Police to auction off bikes
09/23/2008
“Like eBay in person” is how the borough Police Department describes its auctions of used bikes that end up at headquarters and never get claimed.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Boro employees' union negotiations continue
09/24/2008
Borough employees' unions are taking turns with contract negotiations.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Great Depression-era furnace may fuel referendum
09/17/2008
The BOE is preparing for a vote on purchasing a new furnace system for the high school.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Free shade trees available to residents
09/17/2008
The Shade Tree Commission has 35 trees available to any resident that would like to have one planted for free.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Struyk is new Police Chief
09/10/2008
The Borough Council voted 5-to-1 to promote David Struyk to be the new police chief.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Police Chief Ekkers retires
09/10/2008
Albert Ekkers officially retired last month but remains as devoted as ever to his community.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Dam logs removed
09/03/2008
The logs that collected along the Pompton Lake Dam have finally been removed.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Gadaleta is now boro's full-time administrator
09/03/2008
The borough has found someone to keep it managed and running properly. Interim Borough Administrator Vito Gadaleta was hired to be the full-time borough administrator.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Lake task force seeks to limit algae growth
09/03/2008
Driving along scenic Lakeside Avenue, one can see the visual appeal of Pompton Lake being spoiled by the unsightly algae floating on top of it.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Koning's crafts to cruise on Pompton Day
08/27/2008
Every year, resident Joe Koning has built boats for people who want to participate in the local Regatta Race.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Downtown's streetscape project needs state's OK
08/27/2008
The municipality awaits approval from the state to begin the streetscape project.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Two acres offered for open space
08/27/2008
The municipality is considering accepting a donation of two acres of land.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - 'Guitar Hero' to headline Pompton Day
08/20/2008
On Aug. 31, residents will come out to celebrate the end of summer with food, games, fun and activities for all ages at the fourth annual Pompton Day Festival.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Muni taxes up over $100 for avg. homeowner
08/20/2008
The owner of the average home assessed at $144,000 will see an increase of $109 for municipal taxes.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Pompton Day is shaping up
08/13/2008
On Aug. 31, residents will come out to celebrate the end of summer with food, games, fun and activities for all ages at the fourth annual Pompton Day Festival.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Vapor tests marching on
08/13/2008
It has been several weeks since DuPont first announced that the contaminated groundwater is also releasing chemical vapors into homes of borough residents.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Lenox PTA supports playground's upgrade
08/06/2008
Students who go to the Lenox School have a supportive PTA by their side
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Residents voice field concerns
08/06/2008
Several residents spoke out during the public hearing on upgrading Willow Field.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Water main breaks, floods business district
07/30/2008
The water main break on Wanaque Avenue on July 21 may have flooded some businesses but it only set a downtown construction project back about a day.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Toxic vapor litigation sought
07/30/2008
The Borough Council is moving forward with finding an engineer to oversee DuPont as it undergoes a toxic vapor mitigation program in the neighborhoods surrounding the former explosives plant.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Citizens unite over DuPont
07/23/2008
Mayor Katie Cole is establishing a special committee to tackle new toxin discoveries and other concerns arising from the DuPont explosives factory once based in this borough.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Old newspaper kept alive in digital archive
07/23/2008
Those looking to read original copies of the borough’s history can visit the Emanuel Einstein Memorial Library.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Summer Fun Days
07/23/2008
The Association for Special Children and Families is accepting applications for Summer Fun Days, a day camp for children with special needs and their siblings.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Boro to hire DuPont watchdog
07/16/2008
The Borough Council voted to seek out consulting firms that would look over DuPont’s shoulders as it works to clear up toxic vapors encroaching upon neighborhoods from the company’s former explosives plant.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Boro garage sale set for Saturday
07/16/2008
Now is the time of the year where people from all over the area will travel throughout Pompton Lakes in search of bargains.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Old newspaper archives now available
07/16/2008
Those looking to read original copies of the borough�s history can visit the Emanuel Einstein Memorial Library.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Boro may hire water expert to study pollutants
07/08/2008
The Mayor and Council has scheduled a special meeting for July 9 to discuss hiring an independent hydrogeologist to study vapor contamination stemming from the former DuPont explosives plant.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - Borough says FEMA flubbed its flood maps
01/31/2008
New flood maps have several unsuspecting homeowners scrambling to obtain more insurance.
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| | POMPTON LAKES - PLHS offers college credit programs
01/30/2008
Administrators are hailing the high school's college credit program. Principal Vincent Przybylinski of Pompton Lakes High School and several members of the guidance department gave a presentation about the program to the Board of Education on Jan. 15.
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