Leonia, NJ News
Leonia man indicted on sexual assault charges involving girl, 13, report says
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- Published on Thursday, 09 July 2015 23:06
Man also accused of attempting to lure boy, 6, from park
Leonia man loses part of leg in fireworks mishap
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- Published on Thursday, 09 July 2015 23:06
Victim knocked 4 feet by powerful firework
After tragedy, Leonia rallies around family
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- Published on Friday, 28 February 2014 12:31
LEONIA — On Jan.30, tragedy struck when Harriet Townsend, a 65-year-old borough resident and her 34-year-old daughter Ruth Townsend lost their lives in a five-alarm fire on Maple Street.
Leonia fire company on hot seat
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- Published on Sunday, 23 February 2014 02:31
LEONIA - With the fire chief and a long-serving lieutenant facing removal from the department, and two other officers looking at lengthy suspensions, the bor¬ough's 116-year-old volunteer fire company is facing not only the prospect of a loss of leadership, but also a bitter struggle for con¬trol of its future.
Leonia students illustrate ideas for peace
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- Published on Friday, 14 February 2014 01:31
LEONIA ” The Leonia Peace Vigil held a reception for students who participated in the Peace Projects for the Children of Leonia at the borough library Feb. 9, allowing them to showcase their essays and art work on peace.
'Beloved' mother, daughter who died in Leonia blaze recalled during funeral
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- Published on Wednesday, 05 February 2014 18:32
Harriette and Ruth Townsend died as they lived – together. “You didn’t see one without the other,” recalled the Rev. Timothy Daughett of the Greater Bethel United Holiness Church. The two women died last week in an early-morning blaze that destroyed the Leonia home where their family had lived for generations.
Judge reverses Leonia council's appointments of high-ranking fire officers
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- Published on Tuesday, 04 February 2014 23:04
A Superior Court judge has reversed the Borough Council’s appointment of several high-ranking fire company officers, who were named to their posts last month over firefighters’ objections.
Funeral services to be held for mother, daughter who died in Leonia fire
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- Published on Monday, 03 February 2014 16:39
Funeral services will be held Wednesday for Harriette Townsend and her daughter Ruth, who died last week in an early-morning blaze at their Maple Street home.
Leonia children fondly remember crossing guard who died in house fire
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- Published on Friday, 31 January 2014 21:45
Messages were scrawled on brightly-colored poster board for the crossing guard that died in a house fire.
Leonia house fire collapses roof of 2-family home
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- Published on Thursday, 30 January 2014 10:31
The roof of a what appears to be a two family house at Maple and Spring streets has collapsed as firefighters attempt to douse a fire that erupted this morning.