Garfield NewsLocal news for Garfield, NJ continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.UPS driver among six seized in cocaine ring- March 22, 2008 "There are drugs, there is money, there are guns" Timing is everything in business, even the drug business. That was the credo of a North Jersey narcotics gang whose payroll included a UPS truck driver who used his route to express-deliver cocaine, authorities ... via New Jersey Onlinehttp://www.topix.net/city/garfield-nj/2008/03/ups-driver-among-six-seized-in-cocaine-ring?... Bid to merge police departments fails- March 6, 2008 "All the operating costs go away, because the operating costs get absorbed by the Bergen County police" Secret negotiations to merge the Lodi and Bergen County police forces appear to have failed, officials say, dealing a setback to efforts to share services among Bergen County's patchwork of municipalities. via North Jersey Media Grouphttp://www.topix.net/city/garfield-nj/2008/03/bid-to-merge-police-departments-fails?fromrs... Day Off For Thousands Of NJ Students- March 4, 2008 "It's about time they give them a contract, don't you think" Garfield, N.J. - It was an unexpected day off from school Thursday, for thousands of students in New Jersey. via CW11 New York WPIX-TVhttp://www.topix.net/city/garfield-nj/2008/03/day-off-for-thousands-of-nj-students?fromrss... Garfield schools expected to re-open after sickout by teachers- March 2, 2008 "The teachers will be in (Friday); I haven't heard anything to the contrary." Garfield public schools are expected to re-open Friday after a sick-out by 350 teachers forced the district to close school today, officials said. via Jersey Journalhttp://www.topix.net/city/garfield-nj/2008/03/garfield-schools-expected-to-re-open-after-s... |