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Here's how to get free sandwiches on National Sandwich Day 2016 at Subway, Quiznos and other local sandwich shops in New Jersey.

On National Sandwich Day 2016 , it doesn't matter whether you call a roll filled with meat and cheese a sub, a hero or a hoagie -- whichever way you prefer to describe that everyman meal you can still get a deal on Thursday.

To celebrate this dubious holiday, a few chains are offering buy one get one free deals and reducing prices on signature sandwiches. 

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Head to Subway to score free food on National Sandwich Day. The Connecticut-based sandwich chain is offering customers a free sub when they purchase any sub and any drink on Thursday. 

Subway, which has more than 44,600 locations around the world, will also donate to Feeding America, a national food bank network, for every free sub it gives away. 

McAlister's Deli -- which has one location in New Jersey -- plans to celebrate National Sandwich Day by cutting the price on their six classic club sandwiches. The Atlanta-based chain is serving up those sandwiches for $4 all day long.

Check out the only Garden State location of McAlister's Deli at The Shoppes at the Livingston Circle in Livingston. 

Fill up on a gooey gourmet sandwich at Tom + Chee for National Sandwich Day. The fast-casual chain that saw explosive growth after its founders appeared on  ABC's "Shark Tank" is offering its classic grilled cheese sandwich for $2 all day Thursday.

Tom + Chee has one location in New Jersey: 3681 Route 9 in Freehold. 

Quiznos, which has three locations in New Jersey, also plans to get in on the National Sandwich Day fun by giving out gift cards and other swag on Thursday. Check the chain's social media accounts on Thursday for more details. 

Who's ready for #NationalSandwichDay? We're celebrating all day! Tune in tomorrow for toasty giveaways... pic.twitter.com/YrHMBbzXhH

-- Quiznos (@Quiznos) November 2, 2016

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Jose Alberto Orozco-Ramirez, 48, was picked up in Newark

NEWARK -- A Costa Rican man who has been living illegally in the United States for years has been returned to his home country to face rape charges.

Interpol has issued a warrant for the arrest of Jose Alberto Orozco-Ramirez, 48, according to a news release from U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

Orozco-Ramierz  arrived in the United States as a nonimmigrant B-2 visitor June 3, 2003, but exceeded his stay, officials said. He was picked up in Newark, an ICE spokesman said.

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations handed over Orozco-Ramierz to local authorities upon his arrival in Costa Rica on Tuesday. 

The spokesman had no information about when the alleged rape took place.

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36-year-old shot several times and needed surgery, authorities say.

Lamar Jenkins (Dept. of Public Safety) 

NEWARK -- An Irvington man turned himself in to police Wednesday, two days after authorities announced he was wanted for a shooting in Newark, officials said in a statement.

Lamar Jenkins, 30, was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon while he being barred from having a gun for past convictions and other weapons offenses, police said.

Detectives identified Jenkins as a suspect in the Oct. 25 attack on the 600 block of South 20th Street, Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose said. Jenkins surrendered at the police division's 4th Precinct, Ambrose added.

Jenkins pulled up to a man, got out of a car and fired multiple times at the victim before speeding away, according to authorities. The 36-year-old wounded man underwent surgery at University Hospital and was listed in stable condition. Authorities did not disclose a motive for the shooting.

In June, Newark police charged Jenkins with selling drugs from his car near 18th Avenue and South 19th Street, authorities previously said.

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The outstanding violations were tallied after a dump truck without a license plate

STATEN ISLAND -- A Newark trucking company has 712 outstanding toll violations totaling more than $74,000, Port Authority police said Thursday.

Port Authority police say that after a truck owned by a Newark trucking company was stopped at the Goethals Bridge, officers discovered the company had more than 712 outstanding toll violations totaling $74,395 in tolls and fees. (NJ Advance Media file photo)

Police discovered the violations after stopping a dump truck owned by Sinai Trucking Company for not having a license plate as it went through an E-Z Pass lane at the Goethals Bridge, said Joseph Pentangelo, spokesman for Port Authority.

The dump truck had an E-Z Pass transponder, but it was hidden to avoid registering the toll, Pentangelo said. The license plate was removed to avoid being captured on cameras, he said.

"It was all done to avoid the toll," Pentangelo said.

The dump truck was impounded after the 4:15 p.m. stop on Wednesday by Port Authority Officer Ed Benenati. A review of toll records showed the company had 712 outstanding violations, Pentangelo said. The truck was being driven by Aaron Saguay-Gomez, of Queens, N.Y.,  a principal in the Sinai Trucking Company, Pentangelo said.

Gisela Rodriguez, who identified herself as an assistant at Sinai Trucking, said the company has a valid EZPass account and she has responded notices of violations.

"They should just charge my account for the tolls, but they want me to pay the violations," Rodriguez said. She said he was going to court in Staten Island Thursday to talk with a judge about the alleged violations.

Rodriguez said the company has the license plates for the new truck and they should have been on the vehicle.

The outstanding fines total $74,375, Pentangelo said.

"We've had cases with over $100,000, but $74,000 is certainly unusual," Pentangelo said.

Saguay-Gomez was charged with obstructing governmental administration, and petty larceny, and given a summons for a license plate violation.

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The Paterson office of the New Jersey Re-Entry Corporation opened in early 2016.

FBI agents who raided Paterson city offices Thursday came seeking documents related to a the renovation of a building that houses a jail re-entry program vaunted by Gov. Chris Christie, and that former Gov. James McGreevey helps administer.  

Officials said the FBI were seeking records related to the construction and renovation of a building on Montgomery Street, which houses the offices of the New Jersey Re-Entry Corporation's Paterson branch.

The program, which helps inmates get back on their feet after a jail sentence, has been widely praised following its success in Hudson County. 

But Paterson officials have openly questioned Mayor Jose "Joey" Torres' use of federal funds to pay overtime for city workers to renovate the facility between Christmas 2015 and New Years.  

Months earlier, Christie allocated funding to expand the New Jersey Re-Entry Corporation's program to five counties, including Passaic.

McGreevey said he has no indication the program itself is under any scrutiny.  

"We merely have a lease on our re-entry space," he said. "We don't own anything there. We have that lease because that building is in the most-challenged neighborhood in Paterson, and frankly, where a large majority of our ex-offenders are ending up." 

The Paterson office began operating in late February and is run locally by Eva's Village, a Paterson-based anti-poverty non-profit. 

The building itself is privately-owned by the Grace Gospel Church, according to state property records. McGreevey said the building is leased to the William H. Butler Help Center, who sublease a portion of the building to the New Jersey Re-Entry Corp. 

The re-entry program begins working with inmates at county jails, particularly those who were incarcerated on substance abuse-based crimes. The Montgomery Street facility in Paterson helps connect inmates with resources to find housing, employment and to sort out lingering legal issues upon their release. 

The New Jersey Re-Entry Program currently operates facilities in three other counties: Essex, Hudson and Ocean. According to the most recent report from the company, 84 percent of the ex-offenders who have enrolled in the program have found employment, the highest rate of any of the four facilities. 

The Training, Recreation, and Education Center features classrooms, conference rooms and a gym

NEWARK -- An $11 million facility outfitted with educational and recreational space opened in the South Ward Wednesday morning, with Mayor Ras J. Baraka on hand to christen the site's creation, a release from the city said.

Accompanied by South Ward Councilman John Sharpe James and other city officials, Baraka cut the ceremonial ribbon and opened the Training, Recreation, and Education Center.

Just east of the Evergreen Cemetery, on the first block of Ludlow Street, in the ward's Dayton neighborhood, the 24,000-square-foot center includes classrooms for educational and job training programs, conference rooms and study cubicles, the release said. The facility also has a gym, a weight and cardio-equipment room, and fitness classrooms.

"Economic development and prosperity for our residents are critical priorities for my administration," Baraka said. "Creating this Training, Recreation, and Education Center will help us accomplish these goals, and also provide needed public space for South Ward residents, particularly in the Seth Boyden Complex."

The center, said Maria Maio-Messano, director of the Newark U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development field office, is a needed addition to the neighborhood, and was made possible by $5 million in funding from HUD, which covered a little less than half of the construction costs.

"Area residents will be able to use the facility to improve their quality of life, by acquiring skills to move them on the road to self-sufficiency," Maio-Messano said.

"Residents of the South Ward will greatly benefit from the community resource," James said.

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Shooting reported Thursday afternoon.

ORANGE -- A shooting left a child and a man dead in Orange Thursday afternoon in a neighborhood that residents say is often the scene of violence. 

A man, believed to be in his twenties, and a male toddler were fatally shot on Cleveland Street, near Lakeside Avenue, Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Orange Township Police Director Todd Warren said in a statement shortly after the shooting, which occurred around 3 p.m. 

The scene, not far from the Cleveland Street elementary school, was flooded with area police officers, including units from the Essex County sheriff's and prosecutor's offices. Shortly after the shooting, children could be seen screaming and running from the area. A crossing guard was seen corralling the children into the nearby school.

Neighbors in the area said shootings have become all too common an occurrence.

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"They need to clean up Orange, because this happens all the time," one woman, who declined to give her name, said."Kids are afraid to even walk to school. It's been getting worse. I don't even want to come outside."

Police reopened roads in the area Thursday night as members of the prosecutor's office homicide unit continued to work at the scene. 

Three neighbors said the gunfire occurred at a house on Cleveland Street, near Hawthorne Street.

One nearby resident, who would not give his name because he said he feared retribution, said he saw a man with a gun run toward the home around 3 p.m. and heard approximately 15 shots. The man fled in a dark colored car and authorities soon converged on the scene, he added.

"I saw him with the gun out and go inside [the house]" the resident said in interview across from the scene. He said saw police taking several people out of the house. 

Another neighbor, Jansy Marcelin, who was trying to get back into his apartment behind crime scene tape, called the shooting "crazy.

"He's just a baby," Marcelin said. "Orange is bad right now."

Gun violence is not uncommon in the area. 

On Monday, two people described only as a "minors" were shot near North Day Street, a city spokesman previously said. One suffered a gunshot to his thigh and another was shot in the ankle. On Oct. 26, gunfire erupted near North Day and Alden but one was injured, the spokesman said.

Reached by phone Thursday, Councilman Kerry Coley called the incident "just a horrible tragedy."

City officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the shooting. The prosecutor's office, which is leading the investigation, has not released further details.

Investigators Thursday night had shut down Cleveland Street between Lakeside and Park Avenues. The investigation seemed centered around a home in the 300 block of Cleveland, about a block up from Lakeside Avenue. The residential neighborhood is also nearby at least one daycare facility.

Police and county authorities also converged on a partially burned car found shortly after the shooting on Burnside Street, blocks from the killings. Authorities have not confirmed if the two scenes are related.

Calls to school district personnel were not immediately returned.

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The Reengagement Center, a collaboration between Rutgers Newark and the city's schools, will provide reenrollment and transfer services.

Mayor Ras J. Baraka on Nov. 3, 2016 (City of Newark) 

NEWARK -- A center to help reengage the city's young people who've dropped out of school opened Thursday, marking the first step in a "comprehensive strategy" to place disengaged youths in schools and special programs to further their education, a release from the city said.

The Reengagement Center, located in the city's Central Ward at 201 Bergen Street, will reach a population of young people who, according to Mayor Ras J. Baraka, are not discussed in the debates around who's in schools, who controls schools and what's happening with schools.

"No one talks about the kids who don't finish school," Baraka told attendees at the center's opening. "We know that here in Newark, too many of our young people disconnect from school or jobs, and then get overlooked by our traditional support systems."

In collaboration with Rutgers University-Newark, Newark Public Schools, and several other community-based organizations, Baraka said, the Reengagement Center will support these young people, and help harness their untapped potential to lead more successful and fulfilling lives.

"There are in the range of 4,000 young men and women, under the age of 21, who are not in school, and for whom school was not a successful experience," said Newark Public Schools Superintendent Christopher Cerf. "What I want to say as loudly and as clearly and as often as I can is: I believe that they are our responsibility as well."

The center's staff will assist disengaged youth with reenrollment and transfer services by conducting an academic and social assessment to determine the best school placement for each student, the release said. Students will then be matched to a school or program that meets their academic, social-emotional and professional needs.

Once students are placed in a school or program, the release said, staff members will follow them for three months during their "transition period."

Opening the center is just one of five goals the collaboration--known as the Opportunity Youth Network--hopes to achieve with its "comprehensive strategy" over the next decade, the release said. The next steps, according to the release, are to create alternative education and workforce development programs, focus on youth-related issues to improve policies, improve data sharing and coordination of services between systems and organizations, and gather feedback from young people to improve city education and employment services.

Cerf told attendees Thursday that he wants young people in the city, "who may not have gotten the start that they deserved," to come back and "take advantage of all the love and care and spirit and resources that are represented here today."

"This isn't charity," said Nancy Cantor, chancellor of Rutgers University Newark. "This is self-interest, but it's self-interest in a collective framework. You can't do this alone. The youth can't do this alone, that's for sure."

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A WNYC report examined custodial logs for a practice that was supposed to be in place to reduce the risk of kids being exposed to lead.

NEWARK -- Most Newark schools were not in compliance with a water flushing protocol put in place to reduce kids' exposure to lead, a WNYC report found.

School officials revealed in March that water fountains at more than 30 Newark schools had elevated levels of lead. Investigations into the district's past protocols revealed that there were procedures that required custodians to flush all schools' water fountains for at least two minutes each morning.

Flushing is an EPA-recommended practice in place in many school districts that is meant to wash out any lead sediment that might have built up in the pipes overnight. Custodians were required to record the flushes in daily logs.

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But a WNYC review of custodial logs found that very few recorded completing the activity, leaving it unclear whether or not the fountains were flushed at all. None of the district's more than 60 schools were in total compliance with the policy to flush and record daily, the report found.

Christopher Cerf, the superintendent of the state-run school district, told WNYC it pulled the requirement this spring after finding that custodians either were not flushing the faucets, or were not recording the activity.

School officials shut off the lead-affected taps in March, and have since been supplying the affected schools with bottled water while working on more permanent fixes to the elevated lead issues.

Officials told NJ Advance Media last week the district has spent about $600,000 so far addressing the lead problems.

While Mayor Ras Baraka has said replacing all of the aging infrastructure that is responsible for the elevated lead levels would cost billions of dollars, officials said the district is working on implementing "more nuanced" solutions, like water filtration systems.

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ORANGE — Richard Codey, third from left in the front row, is shown in this 1963 photo as a junior at Oratory Preparatory School in Summit. Born in Orange on Nov. 27, 1946, Codey is the longest-serving state legislator in New Jersey history, having served continuously since Jan. 8, 1974. He was an assemblyman from 1974 through 1981 before becoming...

ORANGE -- Richard Codey, third from left in the front row, is shown in this 1963 photo as a junior at Oratory Preparatory School in Summit.

Born in Orange on Nov. 27, 1946, Codey is the longest-serving state legislator in New Jersey history, having served continuously since Jan. 8, 1974. He was an assemblyman from 1974 through 1981 before becoming a state senator in 1982, a position he currently holds.

Codey, who served as senate president from 2002 to 2010, took over the additional role of acting governor when James E. McGreevey resigned from office on Nov. 15, 2004. He served as the 53rd governor of New Jersey from 2004 to 2006.

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Marc Peralta, 21, of West New York, was charged with assaulting an officer and two weapons charges

NEWARK -- Two men were arrested Friday after a Newark police sergeant was stabbed and a detective was being punched and kicked in the head while trying to break up a large street brawl, authorities said.

The two injured officers intervened in a crowd of more than 50 people gathered around two men fighting on the ground, authorities said.

When the 35-year-old sergeant identified himself, Marc Peralta, 21, spun around and stabbed the officer in the arm, authorities said. Peralta, of West New York, was charged with assaulting an officer and two weapons charges, officials said.

Marc Peralta, left, and Jeancarlo Romero were both arrested in connection with Friday fight in Newark. (Photos provided)

The sergeant's stab wound was described as "severe" by Newark Public Safety Director Anthony Ambrose during a Friday press conference. The sergeant, who was not named, was treated at the scene and taken by police car to a local hospital where he is expected to recover. 

At the same time, a female detective was punched in the face, knocked to the ground and kicked in the head, Ambrose said. Additional officers from all five precincts responded to break up the fight that broke out just after 3 a.m. The names of the officers was not released.

"They were hurt in their action trying to make sure the city is safe," Newark Mayor Ras Baraka said of the injured officers who both have more than a decade of experience in law enforcement. "We hope for their speedy recovery."

Jeancarlo Romero, of Union City, was also arrested just before the press conference in connection with the fight, Ambrose said. His age and charges were not known. 

Another man is in a Bergen County hospital in stable condition due to injuries from the fight. Ambrose said he checked himself into the hospital himself later that morning. 

The knife was recovered at the scene outside a gym near the intersection of Elizabeth Avenue and Branford Street, Ambrose said. It was unclear if the gym was licensed.

James Stewart Jr., president of the Newark Fraternal Order of Police, said the injured police sergeant opted to stay in patrol over a position as a detective when he was a young officer. 

"[The sergeant] didn't want to go, he wanted to stay in a radio car, where the action was," Stewart said. "You can take the cop off the street, but you can't take the street out of the cop."

Stewart was alerted about the injured officers shortly after the violent early-morning brawl. 

"When you get the call at 3 a.m., its never good news, but this could have been much worse," Stewart added. "Thankfully they will be going home to their families and get on the road to recovery."

The incident is still under investigation. 

Noah Cohen contributed to this report. 

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The fire broke out around 3 p.m.

CALDWELL -- A fire destroyed at least two structures and badly damaged another adjacent home in the borough Friday afternoon.

The blaze broke out around 3 p.m. in the residential area of Orchard Square, where at least three structures were burned. Two homes were reduced to charred debris.

Three families in each of the single-family homes were impacted, according to Red Cross spokeswoman Diane Concannon. The organization was assisting five people in two of those families with emergency help, including temporary lodging. 

Two Caldwell firefighters suffered non life threatening injuries, according to Chief Assistant Essex County Prosecutor Thomas Fennelly.

Detectives with the prosecutor's office Crash and Fire Investigation Unit were working to determine the cause and origin of the blaze, but it did not appear to be suspicious, Fennelly also said.

Firefighters in a ladder were seen attacking one fire with hoses from above as of around 4:30 p.m. and continued to douse the blaze about an hour later.

The Montclair, Fairfield, Roseland, and Caldwell fire departments along with West Essex EMS were among emergency services at the scene. Police said there was limited information available on the blaze. It was not immediately clear if there were any injuries.

This is a breaking story. It will be updated as more information becomes available.

Disaster Action Team responding to help #Caldwell families displaced by home #fire this afternoon. #DisasterRelief

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Gunfire sent chaos through an area that residents say is often the scene of violence

ORANGE -- Authorities on Friday identified the man and toddler who were killed in a quadruple shooting at a home in Orange Thursday afternoon.

Marcus Milien, a 21-month-old boy, and his uncle, Morlens Milice, 21, were sitting with others on the porch of a home on the 200 block of Cleveland Street when a gunman approached them and opened fire,  Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray and Orange Police Director Todd Warren said in a statement Friday.

The child was pronounced dead on the way to the hospital, and his uncle was pronounced dead at 4:07 p.m. at East Orange General Hospital, authorities said.

Two others on the porch were shot, officials confirmed -- the toddler's father, who is in the hospital in stable condition, and a 15-year-old boy who sustained non-life threatening injuries, was treated at the hospital, and released, authorities added.

After the gunman started shooting, the group tried to run inside, and the shooter fled the scene, officials said. No suspects have been identified and investigators have not disclosed a motive.

Also on Friday, city spokesman Keith Royster said an unspecified "credible threat related to yesterday's shootings" caused a lockdown at Orange High School. Police were investigating and did not release further details.

Neighbors near the Cleveland Street crime scene said the area has been plagued with gun violence, including at least one other shooting earlier this week.

"They need to clean up Orange, because this happens all the time," said a woman Thursday near the home, who declined to give her name."Kids are afraid to even walk to school. It's been getting worse. I don't even want to come outside."

Another neighbor, who also asked not to be identified out of fear of retaliation, said he saw a man approach the house at the corner of Cleveland and Hawthorne streets around 3 p.m. carrying a gun. He heard about 15 shots within about five minutes before the man sped away in a dark color car, the neighbor said in an interview late Thursday.

"He's just a baby," another resident, Jensy Marcelin, said of the young victim. "Orange is bad right now."

Toddler, man shot to death in Orange

The gunfire sent chaos through the largely residential area as children were being dismissed from a nearby elementary school. A crossing guard appeared to usher the children back to school as news spread of a shooting.

Police officers from departments around the area, including South Orange, West Orange, Montclair and Essex County sheriff's officers flooded the scene as a large crowd gathered near the shooting. Police blocked off a wide area around Cleveland Street as detectives processed the scene.

Orange Mayor Dwayne D. Warren called for an end to gun violence and asked residents to report criminal activity to the police.

"We lost two lives today in Orange, due to senseless violence which is all too common across our nation. My heart goes out to the families of the victims involved in this tragedy," Warren added in a statement issued late Thursday. "To prevent future tragedies in our city, we must become better neighbors and do something when we notice that something is not right in our neighborhood."

Warren referred questions about the homicides to the prosecutor's office, which is leading the probe.

Chief Assistant Prosecutor Thomas Fennelly confirmed that authorities found a burned Audi nearby that is being investigated to see what role, if any, it played in the shooting.

Officials have offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the homicides. Anyone with information is asked to call 877-TIPS-4EC or 877-847-7432.    

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