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Yesterday | Daily Record

Voice-over instructor offers class in Rockaway

ROCKAWAY -- Professional voice-over instructor Rob Sciglimpaglia will hold a class on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Morris Hills High School on West Main Street.

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Sun Oct 05, 2008

Daily Record

Flamingos of a feather, fifth-graders stick together in Rockaway Twp.

ROCKAWAY TWP. -- Flamingos will be popping up around the township this month. The fifth-grade class at the Katharine D. Malone Elementary School will be holding a flamingo fever 'fun-raiser' to defray the costs ...

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Sat Oct 04, 2008

Daily Record

A good fit for fitness

Business name: Fitness Factory Health Club Type of business: Health club Owners: Rich Scarpati & Dennis Cieri Address: 350 Route 46, Boro Plaza, Rockaway, and 15 Grand Ave.

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Related Topix: Palisades Park, NJ

Thu Oct 02, 2008

Easton Express-Times

More New Jersey and Pennsylvania residents try to save money on gas...

After a couple of years spent driving about 140 miles each day, Bill Borghard has learned how to take a nap on his way to work.

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Related Topix: Haddon Heights, NJ, Camden County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, New Jersey, Flemington, NJ

Tue Sep 30, 2008

Neighbor News

Rabid raccoon captured in Rockaway

The Rockaway Borough Health Department issued a public notice last week alerting borough residents that a pair of rabid adult raccoons was captured in a wooded area north of Jackson Avenue.

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Asbury Park Press

Case against 'smash-and-grab' robbery ring proceeding

Two men accused of being part of a robbery ring targeting jewelry stores in four states, including one in Jackson, will go to trial Oct.

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Related Topix: Bridgewater, NJ, Paramus, NJ, Toms River, NJ, State Prisons, Prison

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Daily Record

Program at Birchwood school shows math's a laughing matter

The Arithmetickles program came to the Birchwood Elementary School in Rockaway Township on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Education Etc.

Sat Sep 27, 2008

Daily Record

Crime: On the way down

The news that crime in Morris County is low is welcome, but not all that surprising.

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Related Topix: Morris County, NJ, Dover, NJ, White Meadow Lake, NJ, Morristown, NJ

Thu Sep 25, 2008

Daily Record

Christ Church to begin Sunday services in Rockaway Twp. in Dec.

ROCKAWAY TWP. - Christ Church expects to start holding Sunday services in December at a 1,067-seat temporary sanctuary currently under construction on Green Pond Road, Pastor David Ireland said today.

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Daily Record

Housing rules still unclear in Highlands area

It's going to be at least another month before Highlands municipalities learn what kind of relief they may get from new affordable housing rules.

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Related Topix: New Jersey, Highlands, NJ, Morris County, NJ

Tue Sep 23, 2008

Daily Record

Busy, dirty area an embarrassment

To the Editor: I have occasion to use the back roads from my house to go to St.

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Related Topix: Denville, NJ

Sun Sep 21, 2008

Home News Tribune

Free coffee for cops raises concerns in Morris County

When a Rockaway Township police sergeant was being investigated for stealing eight breakfast sandwiches from a Quick Chek, authorities found that the store had a policy of offering free coffee -- but not food ...

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Related Topix: Morris County, NJ, Parsippany, NJ, Drink, Coffee

Sat Sep 20, 2008

Daily Record

St. Clare's breast cancer walk to aid health center

ROCKAWAY TWP.-- More than 800 walkers are expected to participate in the seventh annual St.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Breast Cancer, Health, Dover, NJ, Denville, NJ, Women's Health

Millville News

State probe finds improper firetruck sales wasted tax dollars

It seemed a bit of corporate largesse -- or perhaps good business sense -- when a company that manufactures firetrucks donated $3,500 to a foundation run by the family of a fallen New Brunswick firefighter.

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Related Topix: Hackensack, NJ, Bogota, NJ, Fire

Thu Sep 18, 2008

Asbury Park Press

Feds indict Prisco; charges carry life term

Federal authorities announced a 10-count indictment Wednesday of reputed mob captain Angelo Prisco, whose parole from a New Jersey prison in 2002 under unusual circumstances still hasn't been fully explained.

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Related Topix: Toms River, NJ, Newark, NJ, Newark Metro, Morris County, NJ

Wed Sep 17, 2008

Daily Record

Soaring style in Rockaway Twp.

This custom Colonial, set on two and a half acres in Rockaway Township, is loaded with luxury amenities.

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Related Topix: Home Listing, Home

Tue Sep 16, 2008

The Jersey Journal

N.J. native Gen. Ray Odierno takes command of U.S. troops in Iraq

Gen. David Petraeus, whose strategy for countering the Iraq insurgency is credited by many with rescuing the country from all-out civil war, stepped aside today as Gen.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East,

NBC 10

Former Officer Pleads Guilty To Stealing 8 Breakfast Sandwiches

A North Jersey police officer charged in connection with stealing eight breakfast sandwiches pleaded guilty, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office announced Tuesday.

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WPVI-TV Philadelphia

A police sergeant's hunger for some breakfast sandwiches has cost him his job.

A Rockaway Township police sergeant's hunger for some breakfast sandwiches has cost him his job.

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Related Topix: Offbeat

Mon Sep 15, 2008

Asbury Park Press

Rockaway Township cop loses job for stealing sandwiches

A Rockaway Township police sergeant forfeited his job this morning after pleading guilty to stealing $29 worth of breakfast sandwiches from a convenience store in December.

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Related Topix: Morristown, NJ, Morris County, NJ

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