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President Obama said he and successor-in-waiting Donald Trump had an “excellent conversation” on Thursday as the intense rivals who defined the volatile 2016 election discussed the handoff of the White House.

The first chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America is preparing for the day when there won’t be any members left to care for the monument to their service.

Federal authorities said on Thursday that they found chemicals that could be used to make various types of drugs and explosives during raid at a Hudson Avenue home, and that any criminal charges related to the search would be filed by local police.

The nominees are Darren T. DiBiasi of Glen Rock, Joseph G. Monaghan of Harrington Park and John O’Dwyer of Waldwick.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said the amount and location of 1,4-dioxane in the latest samples from August is similar to what was found in earlier tests this year.

Determining who will run the state’s largest hospital is a consequential issue for Bergen County Executive James Tedesco, who has called for a new contract with more financial transparency and better oversight of the county-owned hospital.

Jurors deliberating in the case of three Paterson men accused in the shooting death of a 12-year-old girl listened again on Thursday to a detective’s testimony about one defendant’s recall of a talk with his grandmother before surrendering to police.

“You and your associates are the most likely to kill someone and/or be killed,” read the fourth slide on the Power Point presentation that police showed them. The next slide said, “We need you safe, alive & free.”

Warren has 916 votes compared with Kovalcik’s 901 in an updated count of ballots on Thursday, but the picture could change Wednesday when provisional ballots are expected to be counted.

Residents handily voted down a measure on Tuesday night that would have allowed the Township Council to issue $2.45 million in bonds to resurface Memorial Field with artificial turf and install other improvements, according to unofficial results.