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Update : Twp. of Washington Firehouse COVID Closure

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Twp of Washington NJ,  according to William Bilias, Director and Kevin Zitko Twp.of Washington  Fire Chief, “We would like to provide an update on the closure of the firehouse. At no time were any residents or businesses in town exposed through this incident. The time between the exposure and the closure of the fire house the department did not respond to any calls. Notifications would have been made had there been. This was done as an extreme precaution. At no time was the entire department on quarantine.”

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Twp. of Washington to Start Leaf Collection November 2nd

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Twp. of Washington NJ, 2020 LEAF COLLECTION BEGINS NOVEMBER 2, 2020 – Under New Jersey’s Recycling Law, leaves must be composted. The Township’s composting facility will only accept bulk leaves, free of debris and branches. Residents are requested to place leaves at the curb for collection by the Township’s equipment in accordance with the ZONES and DATES listed on the DPW’s webpage. CREWS WILL WORK FROM WEST TO EAST IN EACH ZONE. A second pass of each zone shall start after the completion of the first collection. All leaves are to be placed at the curb no later than December 6, 2020. To insure that you do not miss your scheduled leaf collection, please consult the zone schedule and have your leaves at curbside by the dates listed on the DPW’s page here: https://www.twpofwashington.us/site/cpage.asp…
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Health Officer for the Township of Washington , Sounds Alarm “ELEVATED COVID-19 ACTIVITY LEVEL”

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Dear Residents,
As you are likely aware, COVID-19 cases have increased across the state over the past several weeks. While we have made significant progress containing the spread of the virus, it is essential to remain vigilant and not slide backward with our efforts.

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Westwood Regional School District will Transition to full Remote Instruction for the Next Two Weeks

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Twp. of Washington NJ, health officials are  actively investigating close to 20 new COVID-19 cases in the Township of Washington, and close to 30 new cases in the Borough of Westwood, since 9/30/20. Currently, health officials are monitoring a total of 8 cases identified in the school community. Health officials  have multiple cohorts in quarantine  and investigations are still underway, which could potentially expand the list of quarantined individuals.

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Twp. of Washington Breaks Ground on New Emergency Services Building

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Twp of Washington NJ, Twp of Washing thas broken ground on a new Emergency Services building to house both the Fire Department and the Ambulance Corps.

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The Township of Washington Police Department is currently investigating a possible attempted abduction luring incident

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Township of Washington NJ, The Township of Washington Police Department is currently investigating a possible attempted abduction luring incident.

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Charlie Brown’s Township of Washington location is “Avalable”

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Twp of Washington NJ, Charlie Brown’s Township of Washington location  is now up for sale or rent.  The former location of Charlie Brown’s is located at 95 Linwood Avenue  has a realtor sign in front that simply states “available” .The restaurant’s parent company filed for bankruptcy in November 2010, as part of a restructuring that included the closing of 47 restaurants, including 29 Charlie Brown’s locations.In 2011, a New York private-equity company agreed to pay $9.5 million to buy Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse. CB Restaurants Inc. took over 20 Charlie Brown’s restaurants, including 17 locations in New Jersey and The Office Beer Bar & Grill chain was sold to Villa Restaurant Group for $4.7 million.The restaurant chain currently has 16 operating restaurants in New Jersey and New York. At last count there are 13 locations “operating’.

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TWO MEN CHARGED WITH MULTIPLE CRIMES IN TWP OF WASHINGTON ARMED HOME INVASION ROBBERY

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Ridgewood NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of EDWARD V. ARNONE (DOB: 7/25/1971; divorced; unemployed) of 40 Johnson Avenue, Sayville, New York and LOUIS F. MORANO (DOB: 12/6/1988; single; truck driver) of 2262 Renfrew Avenue, Elmont, New York on charges of Armed Robbery, Conspiracy To Commit Armed Robbery, Kidnapping, Theft By Extortion, Possession Of A Weapon For An Unlawful Purpose, Unlawful Possession Of A Weapon, Armed Burglary, and Stalking. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti and the Township of Washington Police Department under the direction of Chief Richard Skinner.

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Morning Traffic Sees BLM Protesters

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Paramus NJ,around 8 am this morning a small group of Black Lives Matter protesters set up signs on Linwood Avenue  on the Parkway overpass on the border of Ridgewood , Twp of Washington and Paramus . The Twp. of Washington  Police responded with in minutes with two police cruisers .   One sign was draped over the fence  for Garden State Parkway traffic to see and another large sign  was facing on coming traffic .

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Mayor of Twp. Of Washington Warns lightning Detection System Not Functioning

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Dear Residents,
As we have been enduring some rather stormy Summer weather, it was brought to my attention late last week by Councilman DeSena and several naturally concerned parents, that the lightning detection system at our fields are not functioning. After researching the reason for the system outage that many residents depend on for its reliability, I found that the main antenna, located at the Westwood Regional Middle School and shared with Westwood and Emerson, will continue to be inoperable for the foreseeable future due to the on-going construction at the school.

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BEAR SIGHTING IN TWP OF WASHINGTON

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Twp of Washington NJ,BEAR SIGHTING YESTERDAY MORNING NEAR GEORGE SCHOOL  ! Please do not approach if you see him, the police are aware, and animal control has been alerted. George School is located on Palm St, Township of Washington, NJ 07676.

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Twp of Washington Patrol Car Involved in Accident

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Twp of Washington NJ, A Washington Township uniformed patrol officer sustained a non life threatening shoulder injury as a result of a Monday morning, 05/11, collision in which a vehicle backing out of a driveway struck his marked police cruiser. The officer was transported by a Hillsdale BLS ambulance to the Hackensack University Medical Center North campus in nearby Westwood. Due to air bag deployment, the police cruiser, a Ford Explorer, was towed from the scene by a flatbed. Little to no damage was observed on the other vehicle involved. Police at the scene did not indicate whether any summonses were issued in connection with the incident.

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Falling Tree Crushes 3 Vehicles in Twp. of Washington

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Twp. Of Washington NJ, Three (3) vehicles parked in the driveway of a single family home were destroyed when a tree fell in the 200 block of Cosman Street, Washington Township on Saturday morning, 05/09. A Washington Township Police uniformed patrol officer responded to process a property damage report. The home escaped damage, with the exception of a downed telephone/cable TV/internet service line.

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