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Repair of Three Key Bridges Connecting Harrison and Newark NJ bridge closure bridge repair bridge street bridge harrison nj clay street bridge east newark east newark nj harrison nj jackson street bridge jackson street bridge harrison nj newark nj sparwick contracting Aug 09, 2023

The Passaic River, a vital waterway in New Jersey, is spanned by several bridges that facilitate the movement of people and goods between the Town of Harrison / Borough of East Newark and the City of Newark. Three of these bridges have recently come under the spotlight due to repair works, and...

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Time To Take A Ride To See Branch Brook Park's Cherry Blossoms branch brook park alliance cherry blossoms cherry blossoms festival green acres green space green spaces harrison nj newark branch brook park newark nj Apr 06, 2023

The Cherry Blossom Festival in Newark, New Jersey is held each year in the beautiful Branch Brook Park. This festival celebrates the beauty of 5,200 cherry blossom trees that were planted in a park that was designed by Frederick Law Olmstead. During the Cherry Blossom Festival visitors are...

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Harrison Fire Department A Long Way From Newark Takeover anselmo millan captain eric s. hausmann captain james k. patterson captain keven t. degaetano captain michael j. granato chief henry richard city of newark councilman anselmo millan harold stahl harrison fire department harrison firefighters harrison nj hfd chief henry richard newark nj rahway fire department soha tom dolaghan Jul 06, 2022

In 2011, Fire Chief Tom Dolaghan retired from the Harrison Fire Department. Mayor Raymond J. McDonough recruited Harrison resident Harold Stahl to be an interim part-time Fire Director.  Harold Stahl continues to this day as a part-time Fire Director and has added another responsibility...

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Residents Petition to Stop Demoltion of 80 Harrison Homes anselmo millan councilman anselmo millan dewey street governor jon corzine harrison high school harrison nj lincoln school new jersey schools development authority newark nj schools construction corporation washington school Jun 14, 2022

Over seventeen years ago in April of 2005, former Harrison Councilman Anselmo Millan (Councilman Millan) led a coalition of residents by collecting 900 signatures of Harrison residents opposed to the State of New Jersey’s plan to demolish 80 homes and commercial properties in Harrison to...

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Stickle Bridge's 76th Anniversary exodermic bridge deck system iew construction newark nj njdot route 280 stickel bridge william a. stickel Mar 04, 2022

The William A. Stickel Memorial Bridge connects Interstate Route 280 between the cities of Newark and Harrison, N.J. The structure is a vertical lift drawbridge originally commissioned circa 1946.

In 2009 the bridge was rehabiliated by the IEW Construction Group. NJDOT awarded a contract to IEW...

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