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emmie
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Username: Emmie
Post Number: 439
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 12:11 pm: | 
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Last night around 10:30 there were three distinct pops of a gun firing on or around Ridgewood, two blocks below Marty's. I called 911 as did several others in the neighborhood. Police were here in less than a minute as they were up the street checking out a party. The police argeed, that based on all the reports, they were indeed gun shots, not fireworks. I know the sound of gun shots verses fireworks. They were very close and you could almost feel the percussion. Did anyone else hear this in the area? Also, has anyone heard anything about this? The police were up and down the street for about an hour after. |
susan23
Citizen
Username: Susan23
Post Number: 13
Registered: 5-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 2:03 pm: |
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Yes, I heard them. I'm about 5 blocks away from Marty's. I wasn't sure if they were gun shots or fireworks, but I thought it didn't sound like fireworks. I had the TV on and I think I fell asleep as I only heard 2 shots. |
kmk
Supporter
Username: Kmk
Post Number: 435
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 2:22 pm: |
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Is "below" Marty's towards Millburn or South Orange? |
emmie
Supporter
Username: Emmie
Post Number: 440
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 2:53 pm: |
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It is going towards Millburn. |
lamojo
Citizen
Username: Lamojo
Post Number: 137
Registered: 7-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 5:05 pm: |
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Thought they were fireworks.... |
njphilf
Citizen
Username: Njphilf
Post Number: 160
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 6:12 pm: |
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Gunshots in Maplewood? I find that hard to believe, especially on the Maplewood Ave side of town. This is the type of activity that one would associate with the west side near DeHart Park. I'm sure that this was a "once in a million" event. Probably won't even make the police blotter. |
njphilf
Citizen
Username: Njphilf
Post Number: 161
Registered: 4-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 6:23 pm: |
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Heard it was near DeHart road. Maybe they confused the party address with DeHart Park??
Hmmmm. |
emmie
Supporter
Username: Emmie
Post Number: 441
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 6:46 pm: |
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Absolutly not fireworks, gun shots.
Anyway, the party the police were checking on was at the Maplewood Tennis Club. Does anyone know what was going on there last night? There was an incident last year involving an assualt, also on this street, when someone had a teen party of some kind at that club. |
spw784
Supporter
Username: Spw784
Post Number: 647
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 7:23 pm: |
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Emmie , I'll expect details tomorrow! |
dytunck
Citizen
Username: Dytunck
Post Number: 250
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 9:55 pm: |
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Emmie,
Not gunshots. Firecrackers.
Kung Hei Fat Choy.
Jeez, what an alarmist. |
Albatross
Citizen
Username: Albatross
Post Number: 492
Registered: 9-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 10:17 pm: |
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quote:Kung Hei Fat Choy
I have no idea what that means.
Why doesn't everybody elaborate on the facts they have? |
Joe
Citizen
Username: Gonets
Post Number: 692
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 10:19 pm: |
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I believe it means "Happy New Year," yesterday was Chinese New Year. |
Soda
Supporter
Username: Soda
Post Number: 2558
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 10:24 pm: |
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"Kung Hei Fat Choy" = "Happy New Year" In Chinese. Ergo, Fireworks. Ergo, Over-Reaction. Ergo, Provincial Jerseyites.
-s.
BTW: Did anyone wish a Happy New Year to the nice folks at their local Chinese take-out places tonight when they picked up dinner? Just wondering... |
Dave
Moderator
Username: Dave
Post Number: 5271
Registered: 4-1998
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 10:48 pm: |
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Chinese New Years eve was last Wednesday. |
suzanneng
Citizen
Username: Suzanneng
Post Number: 268
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Sunday, February 13, 2005 - 10:49 pm: |
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I did (wish a happy new year) , when we ordered lunch delivery on Tuesday. (Which I know was really New Year's Eve Day)... even gave the delivery guy his tip in a hung bao (red packet). - Boy was he surprised when this Xie Fang Ren (Westerner) gave him a red envelope.
PS. I would think fireworks would be more than just three loud pops. |
Parkbench87
Citizen
Username: Parkbench87
Post Number: 1729
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 8:32 am: |
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The sound must have emminated from the NJPHIL School of Grace and Charm. |
blackcat
Citizen
Username: Blackcat
Post Number: 287
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 12:55 pm: |
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Way to go with the assumptions, Njphilf. "You'd expect it from on the "other side of town"". What are you implying? |
alan
Citizen
Username: Alan
Post Number: 163
Registered: 11-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 2:37 pm: |
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ha ha ha. those were fireworks and the next day i picked up and threw out a few empty roman candle cans in the park. calm down. |
Hank Zona
Citizen
Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 2029
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 2:40 pm: |
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I thought it was deer season. |
overtaxdalready
Citizen
Username: Overtaxdalready
Post Number: 346
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Monday, February 14, 2005 - 6:02 pm: |
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NJphilf's a clown.
Please don't feed that troll. |
Cato Nova
Citizen
Username: Cato_nova
Post Number: 489
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 9:22 am: |
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Actually, it was gunshots, and it was the Maplewood Border Patrol having a firefight with another nail salon trying to sneak in and set up shop in town. |
Meandtheboys
Citizen
Username: Meandtheboys
Post Number: 197
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 12:34 pm: |
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Cato Nova: LOL. GOOD ONE! |
C Bataille
Citizen
Username: Nakaille
Post Number: 1852
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 15, 2005 - 1:48 pm: |
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Lunar New Year is a 15 day holiday so the fact that the official start was Feb 9th means nothing in terms of when parties might occur.
Gong Xi!
Cathy |
themp
Supporter
Username: Themp
Post Number: 1496
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 4:16 pm: |
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They were so obviously fireworks. the first two were like simultaneous. Plus they had a hollow snapping sound, very unlike a gun's popping sound. |
amandacat
Citizen
Username: Amandacat
Post Number: 798
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 5:29 pm: |
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Oh, Themp, you're such a know-it-all!  |
optimyst
Citizen
Username: Optimyst
Post Number: 106
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 5:30 pm: |
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Can we end this thread so we don't have to look at the erroneous "Gun shots" all the time, when they were so obviously fireworks ?
No need to continue this negative impression of our village .. |
Joe
Citizen
Username: Gonets
Post Number: 700
Registered: 2-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 5:40 pm: |
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Did you ever think that the fireworks were used to mask the sound of gunshots?
I suppose none of you ever watched "Murder She Wrote."
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themp
Supporter
Username: Themp
Post Number: 1503
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 5:41 pm: |
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I am being a pain today. I did hear the firecrackers, though. Amandacat- You never answered my question about what's his face. Which of his books have you read? |
amandacat
Citizen
Username: Amandacat
Post Number: 799
Registered: 8-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, February 17, 2005 - 6:23 pm: |
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Umm, none. But I am quite the expert on him, as you know, for reasons that I don't care to disclose on line . . . |
Bobkat
Supporter
Username: Bobk
Post Number: 7634
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 5:03 am: |
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Handgun fire sounds like a flat pop. Firecrackers have a fuller sound, at least to my tin ear. |
themp
Supporter
Username: Themp
Post Number: 1504
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Friday, February 18, 2005 - 10:37 am: |
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You could hear the reverb of the pavement. I suspect they were thrown from a moving car in front of Gefken Florist or thereabouts. I noted them, and thought "were those gunshots?" but then I realized they sounded exactly like firecrackers, and they came in too fast a succession. |
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