July 4th Fireworks In North Jersey
Happy 247th birthday America!
If you're looking to celebrate by watching fireworks displays, you've got plenty of options across North Jersey.
Here are fireworks events to catch in the area this weekend (many are day-long events but this list is just for fireworks):
Allendale, Crestwood Lake, Tuesday, July 4 from 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Clifton, Clifton Stadium, $3 per person, fireworks at dusk
Denville, Gardner Field, Tuesday, July 4, 9:15 p.m.
Dover, Hamilton Field Complex, Monday, July 3, fireworks at dusk, adults $4, students $3, seniors $1.
East Hanover, Lurker Park, Tuesday, Ju…
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The Route 10 store opened bright and early Thursday, May 18, offering free Wawa’s coffee for its first 100 customers, as well as promotional t-shirts reading, 'Coffee, Hoagies, Kindness.'
The grand opening ribbon-cutting ceremony also included a meet-and-greet with former soccer player Bradley Wright-Phillips, an appearance by the “freestyle crew,” and, of course, a photo-op with Wawa's mascot, Wally Goose.
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He loved being outside with a book in his hand, listening to Elvis and The Beatles, and with his dog, Bonez, who predeceased him, according to his obituary.
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Tariq Din, 55, of Saddle River, and Abid Syed, 45, of East Hanover, paid kickbacks to "marketers" for referrals to their Metpath Laboratories in Parsippany, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger said.
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