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General Category => Hackensack Discussion => Topic started by: BLeafe on December 17, 2012, 08:36:18 PM
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..........and rightfully so.
Rest in peace, Newtown 26.
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Hackensack requests holiday lights turned off as tribute to Newtown victims
Wednesday December 19, 2012, 12:36 PM
BY JENNIFER VAZQUEZ
Hackensack Chronicle
HACKENSACK - In honor of all the lives lost during the Newtown, Conn. shooting, Hackensack's City Council unanimously approved a resolution at the Dec. 18 meeting that requests all holiday lights and decorations - including the city's Christmas Tree on The Green - be left dark on Dec. 19
"In honor of the Sandy Hook [School] victims, the tree and all city decorations [along Hackensack's] streets will not be turned on Dec. 19," Hackensack Mayor Michael Melfi said.
While all lights will be "back on the following day," Melfi told all those present that the remembrance of all those who perished will still continue.
"[Though] lights will be back on, we will continue to keep the victims and their families in our thoughts and prayers throughout the holiday season," he said.
Hackensack residents were also urged, during the passing of the resolution, to take part in this act of solidarity and respect by not turning on their own festive lights and decorations on this night.
Email: Vazquez@northjersey.com