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Orange Valley Regional Groundwater Superfund site

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The Orange Valley Regional Groundwater Superfund site is a group of wells in Orange and West Orange, two municipalities in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The groundwater in the public wells are contaminated with the hazardous chemicals of Trichloroethylene (TCE), Dichloroethene (DCE), Tetrachloroethylene (Perchloroethene), 1,1-Dichloroethene (1,1-DCE), and 1,2-Dichloroethene (1,2-DCE). These chemicals pose a huge risk to the towns nearby population, as the wells are a source of public drinking water. In March 2012, the site was added to the National Priorities List (NPL) of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund site list.

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Orange Valley Regional Groundwater Superfund site
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Muir's Department Store

Muir's Department Store was an American retail store; in the 1920s, it was the largest in the Main Street shopping district in the downtown area. It was located at the corner of Main and Prospect Streets in East Orange, New Jersey. The store is now defunct. In 1882, the R.H. Muir Company (the store's official parent company), founded Muir's Department Store, which became the flagship store of the large East Orange retail district along Main Street. At the time, East Orange was referred to as having the first "suburban" retail district in New Jersey and was also home to a large branch of the upscale Fifth Avenue department store company, Best & Co. A second retail district in East Orange ran along Central Avenue, and this area was home to branches of B. Altman and Company as well as Franklin Simon. Muir's was a truly upscale department store that featured designer and couture clothing departments for women, named "Miss Muir" and "Lady Muir", respectively. The store featured a large (over 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m2)) street floor, as well as three smaller upper floors with store departments that sold household goods, including a furniture department. The store was very popular among local female shoppers and office workers. Muir's went through a number of ownership changes in the 1970s before finally shutting down in the early 1980s. The Muir's Department Store buildings were last used to house a flea market before the main structure was destroyed in a fire. A couple of adjunct buildings did, however, remain intact afterward, the Muir's label remaining visible on their facades to this day.

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