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Sunday, November 11, 2012

Week in Review: Memphis Suit Dismissed, Franklin St. Fire, Rescued Owl

Bank is robbed for second time in almost two years, nor'easter Athena arrives in Bloomfield and the DPW is ready and more

Firefighters from all over Essex County battled a fire that broke out Friday at a Franklin Street apartment complex. The blaze started in a bedroom of a rear first-floor apartment unit in the four-story complex, around 4 p.m, according to Bloomfield Fire Inspector Tom Wilson. By the time firefighters arrived, the blaze was "well advanced" and spread behind the wall up to the fourth floor, said Wilson. One tenant, he said, had to be rescued from a rear fire escape. A judge threw out Friday a $1 million civil action lawsuit against the township of Bloomfield that would have brought Memphis the pit bull one step closer to being adopted. Judge Walter Koprowski dismissed the suit, filed by the Lexus Project on behalf of dog trainers Jeff and …

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