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Pedestrian Safety

Sunday, September 9, 2012

Week in Review: Hazmat Cleanup, Pedestrian Safety Operation, School Survival Guide

Here's what you may have missed this week.

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 …

Rudolph S Caparros Jr

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 ›

Friday, September 7, 2012

Police Pursue Safer Streets for Pedestrians

Dozens of warnings issued to motorists who failed to stop for people in crosswalks Thursday.

  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. Some 45 officers from around the state came to Essex County to partake in a course offered by the Essex County College Police Academy. After a morning of intensive training at the Cedar Grove police academy, the off-duty officers stationed themselves at two busy crosswalks in Caldwell — Bloomfield Avenue near Trinity Academy and Ravine and Central avenues. The locations were chosen because they are “uncontrolled,” which means they do not have stop signs or traffic lights. Caldwell Police Sgt. Michael Pellegrino, …

Ted L

8:03 am on Friday, September 14, 2012

Need more traffic lights. Too bad if it inconveniences drivers when there are no pedestrians. What is more important Gov Christie, not inconveniencing drivers or keeping your citizens alive?   more ›

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