NOVEMBER 6, 2019 • WWW.THEOBSERVER.COM • VOL. CXXXII, NO. 26
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DERMATOLOGIST DIES IN PLANE CRASH Kearny doctor was practicing for airshow at Stuart, Florida, Airport By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com
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Main photo Facebook; inset courtesy of the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff ’s Office
dermatologist with a practice here in Kearny died in a plane crash as he practiced for his participation in the Stuart, Florida, Air Show, the Martin County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office said over the weekend. On Friday, Nov. 1, Dr. Joseph Masessa was preparing for the event when his small plane, a Grumman Mohawk, crashed on a runway extension at Whithman Field, a small airstrip at Stuart Air-
port, located 43 miles north of West Palm Beach, Florida, on Florida’s Treasure Coast, the Martin County Sheriff’s Office said. “The crash occurred just after 1 p.m.,” on Nov. 1, the sheriff’s office said at the time. “The Martin County Sheriff’s Office is working with the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate all aspects of this terrible tragedy. At this hour, the airport is closed.”
Main image: Dr. Joseph Masessa in an undated photo of him (left) in front of the plane that crashed. Inset: the wreckage following Dr. Masessa’s tragic crash in Florida over the weekend.
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As NJSEA seeks appeal, town moves ahead with suit v. NJDEP By Kevin Canessa kc@theobserver.com
appeal at the last possible moment it could. It doesn’t mean the case will be heard by an appellate court. However, it remains possible an appellate court could reject the request to hear the appeal or it could accept the request and hear the appeal. In its filing, lawyers for the NJSEA say some of the thinking Judge Jablonski used in his decision was
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he New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority not only won’t cap the Keegan Landfill, now it’s decided to go ahead to seek an appeal of Judge Jeff Jablonski’s decision to keep the dump closed forever. The authority filed its request to T
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based on “hearsay evidence,” and that no tangible proof exists that there are health issues being faced by Kearny residents. “Notably, this court (appellate division) has already held that exceedances of the NJDEP’s standard for hydrogen sulfide emissions cannot, on their own, support a finding that such emissions pose a danger to the
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