Newark bridge opens
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This morning, Newark Highway Manager Jim Sadler drove the first vehicle over the rebuilt bridge on East Avenue.

Village Trustee Norm VanDemortel 'christened' the span, which will now be known as the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

After Norm whacked the structure with a bottle of champagne, Village Clerk Mike Tonovitz poured another bottle into the waiting cups of the workmen. (With temperatures hovering around 10 to 12 degrees this morning, a hot toddy might have been more fitting.)

The bridge is the second to open in Newark within the past month. The new Clinton Street bridge, which also spans the Erie Canal, is just east.

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