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Fatal Crash, Car Fire, Black Friday Top Local News

'Flour power' lessons also among top headlines.

Coverage of the was this week's top story. The accident claimed the lives of Tonya Gordon, 44, of Somerville, and Natasha Melendez, 20, whose address hasn't been released by police, and sent Davante Gordon, 20, of Somerville, and an 11-year-old boy to Morristown Medical Center.

Other top stories this week included:

Car Bursts Into Flames on Route 22 in Green Brook

No injuries reported after a car on Route 22 burst into flames about midnight Thursday.    

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Parenting Lessons in a Bag of Flour

Watchung Hills Regional students got a taste of parenting in Health classes, when some took custody of a 5-lb. bag of flour to tend for 24 hours per day for a week.

After witnessing a "near riot" at Wal-Mart during last year's Black Friday sales, Watchung Borough officials put a limit on this year's event.  

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