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2/6/2009 - Morristown Music Watch: Search is on for the best young bands in northern New Jersey
If you have some music in your blood, here's your chance to show off your talent and -- at the same time -- give others a second chance at life.
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2/5/2009 - Family left homeless by midday blaze

Four fire departments responded to a house fire in Landing between 12 noon and 12:30 p.m. Thursday. There were no injuries, however the family was displaced from their home.

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1/27/2009 - Fire destroys home, leaves 20 in cold
About 80 Paterson and area firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze late Monday night into early Tuesday morning, a fire that destroyed a multi-family house on 5th Avenue and displaced 20 people.
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1/21/2009 - Local Blood Donor Celebrates Over 25 Years of Saving Lives
Ed Yennie has been saving lives for over 25 years. He’s not a doctor or emergency responder…he’s a blood donor.
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1/19/2009 - News 12 Evening Edition

Teenagers from all over North Jersey spent this Martin Luther King Day performing community service.  Around 200 students visited neighborhoods in Newark. Their mission was to provide information about fire safety, and they offered free smoke detectors to residents as well.

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1/19/2009 - Hoboken blaze leaves 8 families homeless
A three-alarm fire left residents of eight apartment units homeless and badly damaged a longtime business Thursday afternoon in a blaze that saw Mayor Dave Roberts help out in the rescue efforts.
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1/16/2009 - Red Cross leaders activate area center
Red Cross leaders from throughout the state and even a few from the organization's national headquarters happened to be in Tinton Falls for a meeting Thursday afternoon when they heard about the plane that landed in the Hudson River.
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1/14/2009 - Why wintertime is prime time to give
Blood donations, one of the holiday's primary victims, will be on the comeback trail during National Blood Donor Month in January.
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12/19/2008 - Red Cross returns to Silk City
The American Red Cross, which this year sent its volunteers to more than 50 emergencies in Paterson and assisted more than 490 residents, opened its new offices on 5th Avenue Thursday.
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12/18/2008 - American Red Cross volunteers assist in ice storms

American Red Cross volunteers assist in ice storms New Jersey chapters of the American Red Cross have deployed volunteers from across the state to help those affected by ice storms that have hit the Northeast region.

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12/9/2008 - Events
The Red Cross has designated Saturday as National Day of Giving for the American Red Cross as it tries to reach the $100 million fund-raising goal for the Campaign for Disaster Relief, launched in September. You can help the Red Cross meet its goal by:
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11/28/2008 - Mother, daughter killed in East Orange fire
A 56-year-old woman and her 37-year-old daughter died this morning in a three-alarm fire that destroyed two East Orange homes and left more than a dozen people homeless.
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11/21/2008 - Donation fuels disaster training
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11/13/2008 - Red Cross volunteer gives back to her community
Imagine after a long work week receiving a 6 a.m. wake up call on a Saturday that there's a fire. Then imagine rushing to the scene and helping the family deal with the devastating aftermath of losing a home. In the spirit of Clara Barton, Red Cross volunteers, such as Cheryl Olcheski, rush to the scene like this to help those in need.
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11/1/2008 - Save Me: How the Red Cross Prepares Businesses for the Unexpected
Mentioning the Red Cross evokes images of much-needed aid and assistance in the wake of disaster. What many people do not realize, however, is that the Red Cross has other means of thwarting disaster: helping your business to be prepared for an emergency before it strikes.
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10/19/2008 - Paterson blaze displaces dozens
Seven families in Paterson were displaced last night after a fire tore through several homes on Mill Street, according to a spokeswoman for the American Red Cross of Northern Jersey.
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10/1/2008 - Hoboken Fire Displaces 60 Families: 1 dead
Fire broke out on the top floor of a five-story walkup tenement building in Hoboken this morning. WCBS reporter Sean Adams was at 1202 Hudson Street this morning where firefighters fought a blaze that devoured several apartments on the 4th and 5th floors of the building. WCBS reporter Sean Adams in Hoboken.
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10/1/2008 - Woman who died in fire identified
Paula Otero, 80, died in this morning's fire at 1202 Hudson Street, according to her son, Jose Orlando Otero.
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10/1/2008 - Eldery woman killed in Hoboken fire

Three forty five a.m. and flames leaped through windows of the building.

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10/1/2008 - Early morning fire in Hoboken kills 1
Investigators are trying to pinpoint the cause of a fire that destroyed several floors of a Hoboken apartment building and killed an elderly woman.
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