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A Passaic County sheriff’s sergeant was struck by a vehicle while working a construction detail on Wednesday night and taken to a hospital, where he was in stable condition with “serious” undisclosed injuries, authorities said.

Candidates roundly agreed that property taxation must be controlled, but traded barbs on past and recent county budgets that split along party lines.

Small noted that the plan includes selling Bader Field, a 142-acre waterfront property to the Municipal Utilities Authority for $110 million; offering early retirement to 172 employees, moving to a less expensive health plan for remaining workers and doing shared services with Atlantic County government.

After all, they were only a few of the thousands of people trapped in their cars in September 2013, when two Fort Lee lanes to the George Washington Bridge were closed for five mornings. Nevertheless, these five were important figures in the Bridgegate political scandal that led to the trial of two former allies of Governor Christie’s who have insisted under oath that they were only following orders.

The race for New Jersey’s 5th District – one of the most closely-watched House contests in the nation – has become a “vitriolic, low, nasty campaign,” incumbent U.S. Rep. Scott Garrett told The Record’s editorial board Wednesday.

After hearing a presentation about the need to expand sports for girls at Pompon Lakes High School, the Board of Education has agreed to consider adding girls lacrosse to its extracurricular activities.

Freedom and the right to protest the national anthem is touched upon in this letter by a West Milford reader, who also gives his picks for the November election.

Republicans complained about high taxes and one party rule while the Democrats defended their record and said they’ve restored fiscal stability to county government.

After a diagnosis in January of acute myeloid leukemia, followed by six rounds of chemotherapy, two trips to the intensive care unit and an outpouring of support from neighbors and friends, she is expected to rejoin her classmates at Lewis F. Cole Middle School on Monday.

A worker for a tree service company was fatally struck by part of a tree that was being cut down at town homes on Peach Hill Court on Wednesday afternoon, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said.