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Sunday, September 9, 2012
Police snagged dozens of motorists for failing to stop for pedestrians in Caldwell crosswalks Thursday. The blitz was part of an operation designed to educate police officers, but it turned out to be a lesson for drivers, too. Concerns over a chemical spill in Caldwell snarled traffic on Bloomfield Avenue Thursday while local and county officials conducted an investigation. The Essex County Hazmat Unit, based out of Nutley, checked storm drains across half the town, as well as the nearby county park pond, but found that a cleaning product discovered in one storm drain had not spread. A winning $255,603 Cash 5 ticket was purchased in Caldwell Tuesday night. Did you check your numbers? Weeks after the borough's governing bodyapproved …
Substance used to strip pavers flows into Caldwell storm drain, clean-up snarls Bloomfield Avenue traffic Thursday.
Concerns over a chemical spill in Caldwell snarled traffic on Bloomfield Avenue Thursday while local and county officials conducted an investigation. The Essex County Hazmat Unit, based out of Nutley, checked storm drains across half the town, as well as the nearby county park pond, but found that a cleaning product discovered in one storm drain had not spread. Hazmat was called to the borough at approximately 12:45 p.m. when a strange odor was reported on Personette Street, near Bloomfield Avenue, according to Nutley Fire Department Lt. Don Santangelo. “There was a company that was cleaning the paver blocks and the product rolled down the driveway onto the street and into the storm drain,” Santangelo said. He said the spill has been …
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3:10 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
HazMat Experts and Firefighters petition Dow Chemical and Union Pacific for safe rail tank cars transporting gas chlorine. Secondary containment is a necessary improvement that must be implemented. See--PETITION C KIT for First Responders Comments. more ›