Darrell Issa: Hillary Clinton ‘wrong’ on Benghazi
By KEVIN CIRILLI | 4/24/13 9:19 AM EDT Updated: 4/24/13 11:38 AM EDT
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said Wednesday that his report shows former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “was just wrong” in saying she didn’t participate in the security reductions at the U.S. post in Benghazi, Libya, before the attack on the facility on Sept. 11, 2012.
“The secretary of state was just wrong. She said she did not participate in this and yet, only a few months before the attack, she outright denied security in her signature in a cable [dated] April 2012,” Issa said on Fox News. “The thing that our report shows and our continued investigation shows is they had a policy of normalization appearance. They did everything they could to make it look like they had won the war and had the peace.”
He added: “And so the policy that you saw in that April cable is the policy that led to the ambassador being exposed and killed, and led to the absence of a plan in what is still basically a war zone.”
Bergen County donors retreated as pay-to-play law took effect
Thursday April 25, 2013, 12:07 AM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN AND DAVE SHEINGOLD
STAFF WRITERS
The Record
Five major professional firms gave a total of more than $136,000 to candidates vying for elected office in Bergen County government in the seven years before a law that limited campaign spending by county vendors, an analysis of campaign spending reports shows.
But in the year after the pay-to-play law took effect, those same five companies — each of which received hundreds of thousands in county contracts over the last five years — spent exactly zero on the 2012 freeholder election. The Record’s analysis included only donations made in the companies’ names, not those of their principals or employees.
The dramatic drop in donations comes at a time when a fierce debate has broken out over an attempt to relax regulations on what no-bid contractors such as attorneys, accountants and engineers should be allowed to contribute to county political parties.
The Bergen County Freeholder Board has introduced an ordinance to relax the restrictions currently in place on donations. Most notably, the ordinance seeks to change the $2,500 limit on donations to county political parties to $20,000.
However, the Democrats who control the board signaled on Tuesday that they would be willing to change it to just $2,600 in exchange for the support of Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan.
Porch Light Theatre & Performance Studio Summer Camp Registration
Summer camp registrations are Now Open!!! Summer Camp Early Registration ends April 30! Don’t miss out on a great opportunity and a fun summer experience you and your children won’t forget!
Broadway Junior Camp Weeks include: Wicked Week, Rock On Broadway (2-week), Shrek Week, Hairspray Week, Lion King Week, and Peter Pan Week
Kinder Stars Camp Week, the newest summer program for ages 4-6 y/o. Register now!
Youth Performance Troupe 2013-2014 Auditions are June 11th-13th.
Porch Light is a New Jersey theatre company established in 2005. Over the past several years, Porch Light has produced numerous professional, educational, and children’s theatrical works throughout the Northern New Jersey/New York City area. Porch Light focuses on the production of original and scripted pieces while also providing acting classes, seminars, and workshops.
Visit the website for more information at www.porchlightproductions.org or call 201-857-3520
Photo credit: Boyd A. Loving Vehicle Strikes Pregnant Woman & Two Children in Crosswalk
April 25.2013
Boyd A. Loving
10:09 AM
Ridgewood NJ, A pregnant woman and her two (2) young children were struck by car as they crossed a busy Ridgewood street in a crosswalk on Thursday morning. The accident occurred at the intersection of South Monroe Street and Godwin Avenue as a Nissan SUV was making a left turn from South Monroe onto Godwin.
The woman and one of her children were transported to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with minor injuries. The other child was taken home by a family member. Responding were Ridgewood PD, Ridgewood EMS, and Ridgewood FD. The accident remains under investigation; no summonses had been issued as of 0930 hours.
Bergen County pay-to-play changes face Donovan’s veto
Democrats look to skirt Pay to Play reform
Tuesday April 23, 2013, 8:35 AM
BY JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER
The Record
Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan, hospitalized for a month for severe back problems, will return to her post in time to veto a pay-to-play ordinance that would “gut” a law aimed at curbing campaign contributions from no-bid contractors who do business with the county, her staff said Monday.
If Donovan, a Republican, vetoes the proposed ordinance, it could put Democrats in a bind.
With a majority on the Board of Freeholders, Democrats would be put in the politically tricky position of having to override her decision in order to bring about sweeping changes to how campaign finance is regulated in Bergen County. The proposed law would allow no-bid contractors such as lawyers, engineers and accountants, to contribute up to $20,000 per year to county political parties, giving the party chairmen control over large swaths of money and greater political influence. Current law limits contributions to the county parties to $2,500.
Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli suggest that the best place to construct the new municipal garage is in Glen Rock
Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli suggested at lastnights council meeting that the ideal place to construct the new municipality garage complex is at the village owned property in Glen Rock.
Deputy Mayor Albert Pucciarelli, wants to put this complex in another town with all the noise, pollution and traffic that comes along with such a huge complex.
Where is the Glen Rock Council on this? Where are the neighbors that live in that area? Well this is just typical of Ridgewood always looking down their nose at other towns.
Ridgewood Police Reminded : Over 2,500 motorcycles are involved in crashes on New Jersey roads
April 24,2013
Every year, over 2,500 motorcycles are involved in crashes on New Jersey roads. Many of these crashes are caused by the motorcyclist’s inexperience and lack of training. In fact, 90% of riders who get into crashes have no formal training.
They either taught themselves or learned from a friend. Don’t make the same mistake – take a rider safety course certified by the Motorcycle Safety Foundation. They’re offered at over 15 locations in New Jersey.
Saudi National Questioned in Boston Bombings Was Allegedly Flagged on Terror Watch List
By Billy Hallowell | The Blaze – Mon, Apr 22, 2013
The Saudi national once considered a “person of interest” in the Boston Bombings and who Blaze sources say was being considered for deportation as early as Tuesday was apparently flagged on a terror watch list, according to Fox News reporter Todd Starnes.
Blaze sources say Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi was linked in some way to the Boston Bombings in a deportation document.
Fox News’ Todd Starnes is reporting that Alharbi was allegedly on this list and granted a student VISA without being properly vetted. These accusations come from a source who is purportedly familiar with the investigation. Starnes has more:
The Saudi national who was initially detained and then ruled out as a suspect in the Boston Marathon terrorist attack had been flagged on a terror watch list and was granted a student visa without being properly vetted, sources have told me.
A source close to the investigation revealed that Abdul Rahman Ali Alharbi had been deemed inadmissible under the section of the Immigration and Nationality Act which declares ineligible for a visa – any alien who is engaged in or is likely to engage after entry – in terrorist activity.
At least two additional sources have confirmed to me that Ali Alharbi is set to be deported as early as this week, contrary to statements made by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. […]
Napolitano denied anyone was being deported in a heated exchange Thursday with Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) during a House hearing.
“I am unaware of anyone who is being deported for national security concerns at all related to Boston,” she said. “I don’t know where that rumor came from.”
Russia contacted US government ‘multiple’ times
By Bryan Bender and Noah Bierman
Globe Staff
April 23, 2013
WASHINGTON — Russian authorities alerted the US government not once but “multiple’’ times over their concerns about Tamerlan Tsarnaev — including a second time nearly a year after he was first interviewed by FBI agents in Boston — raising new questions about whether the FBI should have focused more attention on the suspected Boston Marathon bomber, according to US senators briefed on the probe Tuesday.
The FBI has previously said it interviewed Tsarnaev in early 2011 after it was initially contacted by the Russians. After that review, the FBI has said, it determined he did not pose a threat.
In a closed briefing on Tuesday, members of the Senate Intelligence Committee learned that Russia alerted the United States about Tsarnaev in “multiple contacts’’ — including “at least once since October 2011,’’ said Richard Burr, a Republican of North Carolina, speaking with reporters afterward.
Senators said the briefing also revealed failures among federal agencies to share vital information about Tsarnaev, indicating, they said, that the US government still has not established a strong system to “connect the dots’’ about would-be terrorists residing in America more than a decade after 9/11.
Glen Rock Spine Surgeon Honored With Prestigious National Award
Dante A. Implicito, MD Named as Top Doctor by Castle Connolly and US News and World Report
Glen Rock, NJ – April 21, 2013 – Dante A. Implicito, MD has been recognized by Castle Connolly Medical, Ltd., as a Top Doctor in the field of Spinal Surgery. This recognition is considered one of medicines most esteemed awards and is bestowed by Castle Connolly’s physician led research team. This award also indicates that Dr. Implicito is among the top 10% – 15% of spinal surgeons in the area as well as the surrounding metropolitan area. His practice, New Jersey Spinal Medicine and Surgery, is located in Glen Rock, NJ and serves patients throughout New Jersey and New York.
This award is also coupled with US News and World Report, which acknowledges Dr. Implicito’s credentialing as being among the top 10% to 15% of physicians in his field nationally. US News and World Report serves as the national leader in physician ranking and reviews.
About Dante A. Implicito, MD
Dante A. Implicito, MD is a Board Certified and Fellowship Trained Orthopedic Spine Surgeon with a focus on Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. His practice, New Jersey Spinal Medicine and Surgery is located in Glen Rock, NJ. Dr. Implicito also serves as the Section Chief of Spine Surgery at Hackensack University Medical Center.
Dr. Implicito completed his General Surgery internship and Orthopedic Surgery Residency in the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and its affiliated hospitals throughout Northern New Jersey. Upon completion of his Orthopedic Surgery Residency he completed his Spinal Fellowship Training at the San Francisco Combined Orthopedic Spine Surgical Fellowship at St. Mary’s Spine Center in San Francisco under the direction of Dr. James Zucherman and Dr. Ken Hsu.
Dr. Implicito’s practice consists of the full gamut of conservative and surgical treatments of cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine problems including diagnostic and therapeutic spinal injections, minimally invasive spinal surgery, disc arthroplasty and spine fusion surgery.
About Castle Connolly
Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. is a healthcare research, information, and publishing company whose mission since its inception more than two decades ago is to help consumers find independent, trusted information about quality healthcare and Top Doctors on both the regional and national levels. Castle Connolly currently publishes the acclaimed consumer guides America’s Top Doctors, America’s Top Doctors for Cancer, Top Doctors: New York Metro Area and other books to assist consumers in finding the best healthcare.
In July 2011 US News & World Report created a strategic collaboration with Castle Connolly to list Castle Connolly Top Doctors on their national online edition of US News’ Top Doctors.
2012-2013 Ridgewood Schools Teacher Recognition Program
Ridgewood NJ, The BOE approved the following nominees for the 2012-2013 Teacher Recognition Program:
Educational Services Professional: Lorraine Zak (Ridge & Willard Schools) Hawes School David Jenkins Orchard School Sawyer Austin Ridge School Lynne Peabody Somerville School Susan Foreman Travell School Darien Dastis Buckler Willard School Linda Diorio BFMS Erin Corcoran GWMS Lauren Sacks RHS Michael Yannone
Each of the award recipients will receive a stipend of $500 ($250 awarded by the Individual Home and School Association and $250 awarded by the Board). The Ridgewood Teacher Recognition Award reception will be held at the Education Center on Tuesday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m. for the award recipients, their families, school parents, teachers, and friends.
The members of the panel that reviewed and approved the nominations were Mr. Patrick Bernardo, Ms. Jeanine Dawkins, Ms. Rea Hunter, Ms. Annemaire Kleinman, Ms. Margaret Leininger, Ms. Liz McCarthy, Ms. Elizabeth Moreland, Ms. Ellen Raupp, Ms. Jean Schoenlank, and Mr. Gary Hall, Facilitator.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev got Mass. welfare benefits
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Marathon bombings mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev was living on taxpayer-funded state welfare benefits even as he was delving deep into the world of radical anti-American Islamism, the Herald has learned.
State officials confirmed last night that Tsarnaev, slain in a raging gun battle with police last Friday, was receiving benefits along with his wife, Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, and their 3-year-old daughter. The state’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services said those benefits ended in 2012 when the couple stopped meeting income eligibility limits. Russell Tsarnaev’s attorney has claimed Katherine — who had converted to Islam — was working up to 80 hours a week as a home health aide while Tsarnaev stayed at home.
In addition, both of Tsarnaev’s parents received benefits, and accused brother bombers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan were recipients through their parents when they were younger, according to the state.
N.J.’s aging infrastructure requires long-term, coordinated response, report states
TRENTON – New Jersey must update its antiquated infrastructure in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, a new report states.
To accomplish that goal, the report by Facing Our Future, a bipartisan group whose leaders include former state Cabinet members from both parties, recommends substantive changes to the way state government is structured and operates. (Mooney/State Street Wire)
The Village Council and the Ridgewood Department of Parks and Recreation are excited to announce memberships are now on sale for the upcoming summer season and all are invited to join the Graydon Pool facility as season members for the 2013 summer season. Come enjoy fun in the sun so close to home! Opening day is Saturday, June 1st.
Pool features include a shaded playground, water play fountains, shade kites, Adirondack chairs, picnic area, sheltered pavilion, charcoal grills, and The Water’s Edge Café. Additional amenities include a lending library of reading books, volleyball, basketball, ping-pong tables, shuffleboard, four-squares and hop-scotch. Special programs include “Storytime Under a Tree” for the little ones and swim instruction for children and adults, as well as an adaptive swim class. The Graydon Swim Team welcomes youth members, ages 8 to 14.
Resident fees are $110 per adult, $100 per child (ages 2 through 15). Non-resident adults will be charged $175 and children, ages 2 through 15, will be charged $155 for the13 week season.
Badges are now on sale and can be purchased from the comfort of home on Community Pass at www.ridgewoodnj.net/communitypass (Visa and MasterCard are accepted). In person registration assistance will be available Saturdays, May 11 and May 18, 10:00 am to 12 noon, at the Graydon Pool Badge Office, 259 North Maple Avenue. Badges may be purchased daily throughout the operating season, June 1st through Septemer 2nd.
Details are available at www.ridgewoodnj.net/graydon or you may call the Recreation Office at 201-670-5560 with any questions or if special
