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Town offices will be closed in West Orange for the Thanksgiving holiday. Here are some other quick reminders.
Hundreds of Bloomfield families will have a Thanksgiving meal on the table this year thanks to a local holiday food giveaway.
Belleville and Nutley residents will get a chance to ring in the holiday season at two upcoming tree lighting events.
Thousands of Newark residents got a Thanksgiving meal on the table this year thanks to a massive holiday food drive.
A supermarket in the Caldwells donated several hundred turkeys to a Thanksgiving food drive in Essex County.
A series of home burglaries and attempted burglaries recently took place in Montclair, police say.
The suspects entered the home through an unlocked window and stole a vehicle from the driveway, police said.
The car lost control and struck bushes and trees on a residential property, causing the front tires to deflate, police said.
Millions of wreaths are expected to be set upon the graves of military veterans nationwide on Dec. 13, including in Belleville.
The victim refused to comply and punched one of the suspects in the face, police said.
