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Oakland Resident Chosen for Spot on 'The Voice'

Oakland resident Jacqui Sandell earned a spot on Team Blake on the popular TV show The Voice on the final night of auditions.

A 6-year-old Toms River boy died Tuesday, a day after he was shot in the head by a 4 year old with a rifle. "It's a tragic thing that happened," said Toms River Mayor Thomas Kelaher Tuesday. "It's a terrible tragedy."

Caroline Cox of Franklin Lakes, a student at Woodside Avenue School, swam laps to raise money for the Ramapo Bergen Animal Refuge in Oakland. 

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Postal Service Reverses Suspension of Saturday Delivery Plan

The Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service reversed course recently and will no longer move ahead with plans to suspend Saturday mail delivery in August.

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