9 Weird News Stories From Essex County: 2021 Year In Review – Montclair, NJ Patch

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Life isn’t always as is seems in Essex County. Here are some of the year’s most unusual stories from 2021.

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A huge cat structure is just one of many strange items left along an abandoned stretch of railway in North Jersey and documented by photojournalist Wheeler Antabanez.
A huge cat structure is just one of many strange items left along an abandoned stretch of railway in North Jersey and documented by photojournalist Wheeler Antabanez. (Photo: Wheeler Antabanez)

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — Life isn’t always as is seems in Essex County. And there was no lack of unusual – and interesting – things that happened in 2021.

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