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New Jersey Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., a 14-term incumbent and a fixture in his hometown of Paterson for more than four decades, died Wednesday, according to a statement from his social media account. He was 87.Pascrell had been in and out of the hospital with an illness recently. It is with deep sadness that we announce that Bill Pascrell Jr., our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away this morning, Pascrell s X account posted on Wednesday. Bill fought to his last breath to return to the job he cherished and to the people he loved. RELATED STORY | New Jersey Congressman Donald Payne Jr. dies at 65Pascrell w stanley cup as slated to run for a 15th term in the fall.A lifelong resident of Paterson, Pascrell served in the Army and Army Reserve after college and graduate school. He worked as a teacher in Paterson and served on the Board of stanley cup Education there from 1979 to 1982 before going on to the state Legislature.He was Paterson s may stanley cup or from 1990 to 1996, when he ran for Congress. Copyright 2024 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sign up for the Breaking News Newsl Urmc More than 140,000 people worldwide died from measles last year, most of them younger than 5
MONTPELIER, salomon Vt. -- Near a community garden, Natasha Duarte is in her element: compost. I see organics as a resource more than a waste. There s a lot of nutrients in it, there s a lot of value in it, said Duarte, who is with the Composting Association of Vermont.Now, in Vermont, its now part of a universal recycling law, which passed in 2012 and has been brought online in phases. As a last step, it addresses what to do with food waste. July 1, Vermont took the step of banning disposal of food scraps from the trash, said Josh Kelly with the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation.That means everyone in the state -- from businesses to residents 鈥?must now keep their food waste out of the garbage.Across the country, about 40% of all the food Americans buy ends up in the trash. That food waste costs the average family of four about $1,500 a year. It also takes up valuable space in landfills. Vermon mizuno t now becomes the first state in the country where a food waste law applies to everyone. We have a lot nike dunk of different options for residents and businesses to manage their food waste, Kelly said. We have composting facilities across the state. We have a growing number of food scrap h |
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