by Carolyne Volpe Curley / Carolyne@WestEssexNOW.com Published 12:44am WEST ESSEX PBA LOCAL #81 AWARDS SEVEN SENIORS WITH SCHOLARSHIPSEach year the West Essex Patrolmen's Benevolent Association (PBA Local #81)’s Civic Association donates money for college scholarships to deserving local students who attend one of the three local high schools served by officers of the West Essex PBA.
In the past ten years, the PBA Local 81 has donated over $100,000 to scholars who attend James Caldwell, West Essex and Cedar Grove High Schools. This year, seven students selected were selected to each receive a $1,500 scholarship award: Cedar Grove High School
West Essex High School
West Essex PBA Local 81 The West Essex PBA Local 81 is made up of officers who work in the following police departments:
The PBA Local 81 Civic Association is an IRS 501(c)(3) charitable organization. by Carolyne Volpe Curley / Carolyne@WestEssexNOW.com Published 9:22pm Hover over Photos to see Locations and Photo Credit Click on Photo to Enlarge ![]() WEST ESSEX, NJ - Late Tuesday afternoon, West Essex was slammed with a storm so strong that many have questioned if we had a tornado come through the area. While some areas of New York did see tornados touch down, West Essex experienced a brief, but incredibly powerful, Squall with Whole Gale, Category 10, 66mph Winds, which was followed up by equally damaging Thunderstorms. The violently intense onset was reported by NOAA's Fairfield Weather Station as a Squall - which they define as a "sudden violent gust of wind or a localized storm" - and it began in West Essex at 4:44pm, followed by Thunderstorms which continued until 6:01pm. In this very short period of time, the Winds, Lightning, and Rain caused a huge amount of damage around the West Essex area. What follows is a timeline of incidents chronicled as they were reported (not as they occured) to which Police, Fire and DPW crews responded and worked tirelessly to clean up for days: Tuesday, May 15 4:44pm
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Police begin welfare checks of residences, including homes where children are on their own. 5:45pm
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By the end of the Storm, over 90 streets which included hundreds of residents, were without power:
by Carolyne Volpe Curley / Carolyne@WestEssexNOW.com Published 11:50am NORTH CALDWELL, NJ - On Wednesday afternoon, reports began circling around West Essex High School that a student was set to pull-off a possibly dangerous violent act tomorrow at the school's Pep Rally. According to North Caldwell Police Chief Mark Deuer, his department immediately began an investigation which ultimately concluded that the threat was unfounded. In an interview with West Essex Now, Deuer described that he and his officers worked through the night and into this morning investigating students, their families, their homes and additionally had three K-9 dogs searching the school's lockers for any and all weapons. A full team of officers were in place this morning at the school for student arrivals, will be there during after-school departures and and will be on hand tomorrow at the Pep Rally. "After a long and exhuastive investigation, Assisting North Caldwell in the investigation were officers from the Essex Fells Police, Fairfield Police and Roseland Police departments and members of the Essex County Sheriffs Office. Further Information
North Caldwell Police Department Police Chief Mark Deuer 136 Gould Avenue North Caldwell, NJ 07006 973-226-0800 |
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