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  • Kids hop aboard new effort to save decaying train station

    03/17/2008 4:49:49 PM PDT · by Coleus · 4 replies · 280+ views
    NorthJersey.com ^ | Sunday, March 16, 2008 | JENNIFER H. CUNNINGHAM
    The Easter Bunny came to the rescue of a battered Hawthorne train station that's more than a century old this weekend. More than 1,600 parents and children packed a seven-car NJ Transit train Saturday for a ride on the "Easter Bunny Train." The bunny, along with Tweety Bird, Sylvester the Cat and Snoopy the Dog, visited with children during the 90-minute ride from the Glen Rock-Boro Hall Train Station to Suffern, N.Y., and back again. The train made three trips. The tickets cost $9 for children and $13 for everyone else. The proceeds from the sold-out train rides will go...