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Big-box backlash boils over in Hawthorne

Many in the Passaic County town of Hawthorne are upset over Wal-Mart's plans to open a new shopping center. The proposed shopping center would turn a former chemical factory site into a 42,000-square

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Feb 17, 2012, 8:46 PM

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