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Renowned Poet Dies, Cop Hiring Plan, Dog Escapes Plane Top Local News
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The Newark Police Department announced it would be hiring 100 new officers as part of its 2014 strategy to bring down crime.
Amiri Baraka, the renowned poet and playwright whose lifetime of activism won him profound respect in the African-American community, died at age 79.
A jury convicted an Irvington man of killing another man at a city public housikng facility in 2011.
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A small dog escaped from a plane at Newark Liberty International Airport, sending police scrambling to recover him.
The four men charged with the fatal carjacking of a Hoboken attorney at the Short Hills Mall last month all pleaded not guilty at their arraignment in Newark.Find out what's happening in Newarkwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
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