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So-called torture report is Democrats’ distraction from these six unpleasant issues

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So-called torture report is Democrats’ distraction from these six unpleasant issues
Published by: Herman Cain

No. Look this way. Not that way.

You have to ask: If it’s such a serious issue for the Bush Administration to have “tortured” detained terrorists back when we still had a president who cared about fighting terror, why did Senate Democrats wait seven years to release their report on this purported atrocity?

The answer is simple: Politics. On the one hand, they’re running out of time as the Senate majority. But more importantly, there are serious issues that demand the attention of the public, and it’s not in Democrats’ interests to have the public pay attention to these things. That’s why, having kept this assortment of their uninformed opinions diguised as a “report” in their back pockets for seven years, they’re releasing it now.

It’s time for a series of lectures about how horrible it is to “torture” terrorists so we don’t talk about a whole host of other things, particularly these things:

The election results, both federal and state. With Democrats having gotten their clocks cleaned at every level, we can’t spend time mulling the aspects of governance under the Democrats that have everyone so dissatisfied. Better to rehash things the Democrats used to upset people a decade ago when Republicans were in power. That’s much more relevant.

Grubergate. Coincidence that the “report” on “torture” came out the same day Jonathan Gruber was hauled in front of Congress to testify about the Democrats’ misleading of the American people – made necessary, he explains, by our “stupidity”? I think not. Speaking of which . . .

ObamaCare. It’s imploding, and even past and present Democrat senators like Chuck Schumer and Tom Harkin are now admitting it’s a train wreck and was a bad idea in the first place. What do you do with that? Change the subject to “torture,” of course!.

Unemployment. Now you might think Democrats would want to talk about this because the unemployment rate as traditionally announced by the Labor Department is down. But you know what? The real unemployment rate, which counts the underemployed and those who have given up looking for work, exceeds 10 percent. Pay much attention to the real employment picture and it’s trouble for Democrats.

The IRS scandal. Oh no, this hasn’t gone away. Lois Lerner’s e-mails have finally been recovered and they are sure to contain a treasure trove of information about how the IRS targeted conservative groups. We already know that certain senators, including Chuck Schumer and Carl Levin, publicly demanded that the IRS do this. Any bets on whether it was understood to be a priority of the Obama White House as well?

The national debt passed $18 trillion in the last couple of weeks, and you barely heard a word about it from the media. Now the “report” on “torture” gives them another excuse to ignore the story. By the way, in case you’ve forgotten, $10 trillion of that was accumulated under the 43 presidents from Washington to Bush. That means $8 trillion has been accumulated under Obama. Now that’s some achievement.

Better change the subject to something! Hey Senator Feinstein! Do we still have that torture report sitting around somewhere? Better release it now or the news cycle is going to kill us!

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Pro Arte Invites You to Our Messiah Sing In

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Pro Arte Invites You to Our Messiah Sing In
Sunday December 14

Come join the Pro Arte Chorale for a joyous sing-along of Handel’s Christmas masterpiece, conducted by Maestro Steven Fox. The Chorale will gather for this event on Sunday December 14 at 3:00pm at the Central Unitarian
Church located at 156 Forest Avenue, Paramus, NJ. Bring your own scores or we will lend you one of ours. Admission is $10 at the door, including rental score.

Handel created such compelling melodic and fluid music that it’s easy to overlook what is one of history’s great examples of “word painting.” The baroque era in music — roughly 1600 to 1750 — saw enormous interest in this technique of depicting a word’s meaning through music. A basic example is using dissonance to set the word “pain.”Even those who have sung “Messiah” aren’t always made fully aware of Handel’s continual crafting of music to express the words

Steven Fox, the Music Director of The Pro Arte Chorale, is also the artistic director of Clarion Music Society in New York, and the music director for Musica Antiqua St. Petersburg in Russia. The Pro Arte Chorale, a 60-member
volunteer chorus based in Ridgewood, is committed to enriching the lives of its members and its audience by exploring many musical traditions. All performances are held in ADA compliant venues with handicapped accessible
parking, ramps and restrooms. For more information about Pro Arte Chorale or to join the mailing list, visit www.proartechorale.org or send an email to info@proartechorale.org.The Pro Arte Chorale is sponsored in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment of the Arts.

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Senses Fail to mark 10-year anniversary of debut album at Starland show

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Senses Fail to mark 10-year anniversary of debut album at Starland show

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014    LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2014, 10:58 AM
BY BRIAN ABERBACK
SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
THE RECORD

WHO: Senses Fail, with opening acts No Bragging Rights, Knuckle Puck and To the Wind.

WHAT: Rock, punk and hard-core.

WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Saturday.

WHERE: Starland Ballroom, 570 Jernee Mill Road, Sayreville; 732-238-5500 or starlandballroom.com.

HOW MUCH: $17 advance, $20 day of show.

MORE INFO: sensesfail.com.

Senses Fail singer Buddy Nielsen wasn’t convinced at first about embarking on a 10-year anniversary tour to celebrate his band’s 2004 debut full-length album, “Let It Enfold You.” But the Ridgewood native’s fans won him over.

“It’s not something I necessarily wanted to do,” Nielsen said by phone ahead of Senses Fail’s show in Sayreville on Saturday. “I’m not big on re-creating the past because I tend not to live there.

“But our fans have been asking for this and I realized how it would make people happy, which made the reasons that I didn’t want to do it seem selfish,” Nielsen said. “Then once I got into it I realized that it would be fun and that I do really like this record and it does make sense.”

“Let It Enfold You’s” amalgam of furious yet infectious punk and hardcore riffs topped by Nielsen’s alternating melodic and shouted vocals made an immediate impact. The album entered the Billboard Top 200 albums chart at No. 34 and the band landed a spot on the Warped Tour, the prestigious traveling punk rock festival.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/arts-and-entertainment/music/senses-fail-on-tour-marking-10th-anniversary-of-debut-album-1.1089549#sthash.SYxAIcGy.dpuf

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Smoked salmon is this chef’s niche

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Smoked salmon is this chef’s niche

JULY 20, 2014    LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, JULY 20, 2014, 1:43 PM
BY ELISA UNG
RECORD COLUMNIST
THE RECORD

This summer, we’ll be spotlighting locally produced foods and drinks that have caught the attention of North Jersey’s chefs, bartenders and other tastemakers.

Where it’s on the menu

Moveable Feast provided this list of the local restaurants, caterers and clubs that serve its smoked salmon and other fish:

Alpine Country Club

Bareli’s, Secaucus

Bottagra, Hawthorne

Chakra, Paramus

Chef’s Table, Franklin Lakes

Fiesta Banquet, Wood-Ridge

The Elan, Lodi

The Graycliff, Moonachie

Latour, Ridgewood

Le Jardin, Edgewater

The Park Steakhouse, Park Ridge

Park West Tavern, Ridgewood

Rudy’s Inflight Catering, Teterboro

Village Green, Ridgewood


Alain Quirin has always been intrigued by how fresh-from-the-sea salmon can be transformed into the thin, silky, smoky slices that are twirled into canapés and draped onto buffet trays.

When the French-born chef ran the kitchen at the Greenwich Village restaurant Raoul’s, he often could be found spending afternoons on an outdoor terrace, tending to a few fillets of salmon in a small smoker, which he piled with ice to keep it from getting too hot.

“It was kind of like a game for me,” Quirin said. “It was interesting to go from A to Z on something that normally you just open a package.”

And eventually, he and his wife, Denise, turned that game into a family business. Their Moveable Feast, whose headquarters is in a Moonachie industrial complex, cold-smokes 5,000 pounds of buttery salmon a week, and customers say its quality is unrivaled.

“It’s just so much fresher,” said Chris Waters, executive chef of The Elan catering hall in Lodi, who serves platters of smoked salmon and also uses it in an avocado salad with apples and red onion. “You can smell the smoke as soon as you open the package. It takes over the room. People turn their heads.”

At Village Green in Ridgewood, chef-owner Kevin Portscher layers the salmon over warm potato pancakes, garnished with onions, capers and dill crème fraîche. “I couldn’t make it better myself — that’s why I buy it from him,” Portscher said. “There’s no chemicals, no crazy flavors. It’s fish, salt, hickory smoke. That’s the way they’ve been doing it for hundreds of years.”

Adds another Ridgewood chef, Michael Latour, who occasionally uses the fish in specials: “Some salmon can be a little too slimy. His technique is drier.”

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/food-and-dining-news/food-news/the-deans-of-smoked-salmon-1.1054271#sthash.Uh9A5QQR.dpuf

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Democrats counting on Bergen voters to unseat Garrett

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Democrats counting on Bergen voters to unseat Garrett
By Myles Ma/NJ.com 

RIDGEWOOD — Scott Garrett has handily won every race he’s run for New Jersey’s 5th Congressional District since 2002.

Garrett has vastly outspent his opponent in every election year, with the exception of 2008, when he outspent Dennis G. Shulman, but not vastly.

But Roy Cho, his Democratic opponent, believes Garrett can be beaten. So too, does rapper Ghostface Killah.

It was Killah’s (Ghostface’s?) endorsement over Twitter last year that first put Cho and his campaign on the map. But it is the new math in the 5th that Cho believes will put his campaign over the top.

Redistricting in 2010 added Democratic-leaning Fair Lawn, Lodi, Hackensack and Bogota, and parts of Teaneck to the 5th. By population, Bergen County makes up almost three-quarters of the district.

Rob Esposito, Cho’s campaign manager, said these towns have turned the 5th from a safe Republican stronghold dominated by Sussex and Warren voters into a competitive district.

“We know we have a real shot,” he said.

https://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2014/07/democrats_counting_on_bergen_voters_in_5th_district_race.html

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Martin Armstrong Warns Civil Unrest Is Rising Everywhere: “This Won’t End Pretty”

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Martin Armstrong Warns Civil Unrest Is Rising Everywhere: “This Won’t End Pretty”

Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/29/2014 16:40 -0400

The greatest problem we have is misinformation. People simply do not comprehend why and how the economic policies of the post-war era are imploding. This whole agenda of socialism has sold a Utopian idea that the State is there for the people yet it is run by lawyers following their own self-interest. The pensions created for those in government drive the cost of government up exponentially with time. The political forces blame the rich and this merely creates a class warfare with no resolution for the future. Even confiscating all the wealth of the so-called rich will not sustain the system. Consequently, we just have to crash and burn and start all over again.

The Guardian reported that some 50,000 people marched in London to protest against austerity. They cried: “Who is really responsible for the mess this country is in? Is it the Polish fruit pickers or the Nigerian nurses? Or is it the bankers who plunged it into economic disaster – or the tax avoiders? It is selective anger.”

The exploitation by the bankers has been really a disaster. They have been their own worst enemy and in the end, they have become the symbol that inspires class warfare if not revolution. They are not the representatives of those who produce jobs. They are merely those who wanted to trade with other people’s money for free. When they win, it is their’s, but any losses are passed to the taxpayers. Bankers should be bankers – not hedge fund managers who keep 100% of the profits using other people’s savings.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-06-28/martin-armstrong-warns-civil-unrest-rising-everywhere-wont-end-pretty

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North Jersey police retirees cash in while lawmakers stall

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North Jersey police retirees cash in while lawmakers stall

JUNE 8, 2014, 11:03 PM    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, JUNE 9, 2014, 12:00 AM
BY LINH TAT AND MELISSA HAYES
STAFF WRITERS
THE RECORD
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In the last three months alone, North Jersey taxpayers have been put on the hook for $1.5 million in payouts to eight police officers — including five chiefs — to cover thousands of hours in unused sick, vacation and compensatory time.

Some of the payouts include:

Vincent Caruso, Lodi: $342,381

Thomas Johnson, Elmwood Park: $228,141

Arthur O’Keefe, Englewood:  $182,542

Gary Giardina, Clifton: $134,000

Frank Papapietro, New Milford: $158,000   

Matthew Paz, Passaic: $100,000*

*Acting chief, city figures are estimated

The recent payouts approved in Bergen and Passaic counties are just the latest examples of a system that critics say is out of control, and a burden on taxpayers. In fact, some municipalities have been forced to borrow millions to make the payments. The Record has reported on six-figure payouts from at least a half-dozen other North Jersey public employees, including school administrators, in recent years. And there are more to come.

Indeed, these perks have become a rite of passage for some retiring public employees — Lodi Police Chief Vincent Caruso is getting $342,381, for instance — and other longtime workers still on the job, despite repeated criticism from Governor Christie and fiscal watchdogs who have called for the benefit to be repealed entirely.

“These six-figure payouts are forcing other people to go without,” said Jerry Cantrell, president of Common Sense Institute of New Jersey, a non-partisan research-and-education non-profit that receives support from individuals, private foundations and businesses. “If those dollars weren’t being expended on these things, they could be going toward legitimate purposes, like fixing potholes.”

State lawmakers have been unable — or unwilling — to strike a deal and get a handle on the substantial payouts. And without comprehensive, statewide reform, local officials have been left to negotiate a solution with employees on their own. So far, those efforts have come piecemeal and vary from town to town. In the end, it means the payouts keep coming.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/north-jersey-police-retirees-cash-in-while-lawmakers-stall-1.1031530#sthash.al6KqD0W.dpuf

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Glen Rock cops make arrest in alleged credit-card fraud ring at gas stations

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Glen Rock cops make arrest in alleged credit-card fraud ring at gas stations

MAY 23, 2014, 6:28 PM    LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2014, 7:22 PM
BY STEFANIE DAZIO
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

A Lodi man has been charged with multiple offenses following a four-month Glen Rock police investigation into an alleged credit-card fraud ring that skimmed victims’ information at local gas stations.

Kenny Frias, 42, is charged with money laundering, trafficking in personal information of another and fraudulent use of credit card, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office said in a news release.

Frias is allegedly part of a ring that supplied gas station attendants with skimming devices to fraudulently obtain credit card information from victims and then used that information to make purchases, mostly of alcohol, at various locations throughout the state. The alcohol then allegedly was sold at the Phebe Night Club and Restaurant in Jersey City, where Frias is a manager.Frias was arrested Wednesday by Glen Rock police in Clifton and remained Friday in the Bergen County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail without a 10 percent bonding option.

Police do not know how many gas stations, stores or victims were caught up in the alleged scheme, though they estimate the number of victims could be in the hundreds or thousands, Glen Rock police Detective James Calaski said. The investigation is ongoing.

“If suspects are using stolen credit cards in my jurisdiction, they’re usually doing it in other jurisdictions as well,” Calaski said.

Police searched Frias’ residence and place of business Wednesday with a warrant and seized a credit card reading and writer device, fraudulent credit cards, false identification and more than $75,000 in cash.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/glen-rock-cops-make-arrest-in-alleged-credit-card-fraud-ring-at-gas-stations-1.1022721#sthash.oryO9zOz.dpuf

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Harsh winter revs up spring allergies in NJ

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Harsh winter revs up spring allergies in NJ

APRIL 12, 2014, 11:19 PM    LAST UPDATED: SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 2014, 11:19 PM
BY CHRISTOPHER MAAG
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD

Sure, this winter was cold, icky and long. But at least you weren’t allergic to the snow.

In the next few weeks, people with pollen allergies may look back at the never-ending winter of 2014 with unexpected fondness. With temperatures finally starting to rise, New Jersey may soon experience a compressed spring, causing an allergy season that’s supercharged.

For some, like Estefanny Lopez, who lives in Lodi with her 2-year-old son, the battle is on already. Mother and son had never experienced allergy symptoms until last month, when both started to experience itchy noses and sneezing.

“It’s been a really rough spring,” said Lopez, 25.

In a traditional spring, various species of pollinating trees and flowers bloom sequentially over a period of about 2½ months, said Estelle Levetin, who has studied airborne pollen since 1980. If spring is delayed, more plants pollinate all at once, creating a shorter but more intense season that can exacerbate symptoms for people who are allergic.

“This year we had an unusually cold winter that lasted longer than normal, and that set back pollen release significantly,” said Levetin, a biology professor at the University of Tulsa. “Each individual plant is not pollinating much more than normal. We’re just having a lot of plants pollinate simultaneously.”

At doctors’ offices across North Jersey, some allergists already are noticing a surge of patients complaining about runny noses, itchy eyes and labored breathing.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/harsh-winter-revs-up-spring-allergies-in-nj-1.939004#sthash.HtDxOuyM.dpuf

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The Larry Stevens Band at the Park West Tavern Tonight

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The Larry Stevens Band at the Park West Tavern Tonight

To make reservations for any of these events, please call the Park West Tavern at 201 445-5400

30 Oak St, Ridgewood, NJ 07450

Larry Stevens Band

Some people are just born with music coursing through their veins. Larry Stevens has been singing and performing since he was merely 5 years old. An accomplished singer-songwriter, Stevens has shared the stage with many national acts including Gin Blossoms, Blood Sweat & Tears, Kenny Loggins, Huey Lewis and the News, Foreigner, The Doobie Brothers, America, and Peter Frampton, just to name a few. Hopping over the bridge to NYC, Stevens has found himself on stage at some of the most sought-after venues such as The Bitter End, Kenny’s Castaways, and The Iridium, and also has performed at many noteworthy venues in New Jersey including Bergen Performing Arts Center (bergenPAC), PNC Bank Arts Center, New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), and the Quick Chek New Jersey Festival of Ballooning. While living in Nashville, Stevens wrote, collaborated and performed with many of the most prominent names in the music world, and performed at the most coveted singer/songwriter venue in the world, the legendary Bluebird Café, as well as many other important stages.

With years of experience performing in diverse settings, Stevens is a dynamic entertainer with a gift for reading his audience. The melodies in his original material have been compared to those of Jack Johnson, Plain White T’s and the Beatles. Stevens is currently in the studio working on his newest CD, and has had the privilege of including world-renowned musicians such as Liberty Devitto (Billy Joel), George Small (Graham Parker/John Lennon), Muddy Shews (Southside Johnny), Jimmy Clark (Blondie/Joan Jett), and Kenny Vaughan (Marty Stuart/Lucinda Williams) on many of his recordings.

Check out www.larrystevensband.com for updates and more info about the band.

For interviews and bookings: bookings@larrystevensband.com

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Wall Street advisor: Actual unemployment is 37.2%, ‘misery index’ worst in 40 years

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Wall Street advisor: Actual unemployment is 37.2%, ‘misery index’ worst in 40 years

BY PAUL BEDARD | JANUARY 21, 2014 AT 1:08 PM
TOPICS: WASHINGTON SECRETS JOBS TREASURY ECONOMY FEDERAL RESERVE INFLATION WALL STREET UNEMPLOYMENT
40 years ago, former President Ford issued “WIN” buttons, short for “Whip Inflation Now.” The…

Wall Street advisor: Actual unemployment is 37.2%, ‘misery index’ worst in 40 years

BY PAUL BEDARD | JANUARY 21, 2014 AT 1:08 PM

Don’t believe the happy talk coming out of the White House, Federal Reserve and Treasury Department when it comes to the realunemployment rate and the true “Misery Index.” Because, according to an influential Wall Street advisor, the figures are a fraud.

In a memo to clients provided to Secrets, David John Marotta calculates the actual unemployment rate of those not working at a sky-high 37.2 percent, not the 6.7 percent advertised by the Fed, and the Misery Index at over 14, not the 8 claimed by the government.

Marotta, who recently advised those worried about an imploding economy to get a gun, said that the government isn’t being honest in how it calculates those out of the workforce or inflation, the two numbers used to get the Misery Index figure.

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“The unemployment rate only describes people who are currently working or looking for work,” he said. That leaves out a ton more.

“Unemployment in its truest definition, meaning the portion of people who do not have any job, is 37.2 percent. This number obviously includes some people who are not or never plan to seek employment. But it does describe how many people are not able to, do not want to or cannot find a way to work. Policies that remove the barriers to employment, thus decreasing this number, are obviously beneficial,” he and colleague Megan Russell in their new investors note from their offices in Charlottesville, Va.

https://washingtonexaminer.com/wall-street-advisor-actual-unemployment-is-37.2-misery-index-worst-in-40-years/article/2542604

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ATM ‘skimmer’ hit banks in Clifton, Lodi, police say

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ATM ‘skimmer’ hit banks in Clifton, Lodi, police say
Tuesday, August 13, 2013    Last updated: Wednesday August 14, 2013, 7:27 AM
BY  JAMES NORMAN
STAFF WRITER
The Record

CLIFTON – Police are seeking a technologically savvy man in his 20s who installs electronic data skimmers on automated-teller machines then uses the data he collects to create his own debit cards and withdraw money from the accounts of unsuspecting customers, authorities said Tuesday.

Detective Sgt. Robert Bracken said pictures of the suspect were captured by security cameras at a Valley National Bank branch in the city.

Bracken said the same man has been active in Lodi and Montville.

“He has made numerous cards from the data he has gathered and has stolen uncounted amounts of money,” Bracken said. “He stole $1,800 from one victim alone.”

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/clifton/Clifton_police_seek_man_who_used_ATM_skimmer_to_steal_funds_from_bank_accounts.html#sthash.WBq4uE9l.dpuf

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No conflict found by Bergen County ethics board on Donovan appointee

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No conflict found by Bergen County ethics board on Donovan appointee
Friday July 5, 2013, 5:07 PM
BY  JOHN C. ENSSLIN
STAFF WRITER
The Record

The Bergen County Board of Ethics has ruled that there is no conflict for two individuals who work for a hospital or a mental health organization from serving on the Bergen County Improvement Authority, which oversees the Bergen Regional Medical Center.

The issue came up earlier this year when Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan attempted to appoint Laura E. Cima, a Lodi councilwoman and deputy mayor, to the volunteer five-member authority board.

But the resolution for her appointment was temporarily withdrawn after several freeholders questioned if Cima’s role as vice president for clinical operations at  Hackensack University Medical Center posed a conflict.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/No_conflict_found_by_Bergen_County_ethics_board_on_appointee_to_county_authority_board.html#sthash.cleeMtBj.dpuf

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Man Seriously Injured By Exploding Tire At Ridgewood Gas Station

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Man Seriously Injured By Exploding Tire At Ridgewood Gas Station
April 8th 2013
Boyd A. Loving
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Ridgewood NJ, A 50 year old main sustained a serious head injury on Monday morning when a tire he was filling with air exploded at a Ridgewood gas station.  The incident occurred at a Sunoco station located at 596 North Maple Avenue at the corner of First Street in Ridgewood.

The victim was knocked temporarily unconscious by the blast, and may have suffered a ruptured ear drum.  Members of the Ridgewood Volunteer Ambulance Corps transported him by ambulance to Hackensack University Medical Center with the assistance of a paramedic unit from  Valley Hospital in Ridgewood.

A first response EMT crew from Ridgewood Fire also assisted at the scene.  Ridgewood PD Patrol Officer Paul Dinice handled the incident investigation.
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Portion of Route 17 in Lodi to close for weekend for railroad grade crossing repaving work

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Portion of Route 17 in Lodi to close for weekend for railroad grade crossing repaving work
June 21.2012
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Ridgewood NJ, A section of Route 17 South below Interstate 80 and Essex street will be closed Friday night June 22 in Lodi through Monday morning to accommodate a railroad crossing rehabilitation project. The work involves repairs to a New York Susquehanna & Western railroad grade crossing in Lodi. The existing crossing will be replaced with a concrete freight rail crossing and the area will be repaved.

The track work should create significant traffic delays for motorist.

Route 17 south will be closed to traffic at the railroad crossing below Route 80 from 8 p.m. on Friday until around 5 a.m. Monday..Motorists heading south on Route 17 will be directed to take Essex Street westbound to Route 80 eastbound., then to Route 17 southbound.

NJ Transit also reports that bus customers on Essex Street, Market Street, Summit Avenue and Polifly Road should plan for delays during the project, according to the state Department of Transportation.

Next week, from 8 p.m. on June 29, through 5 a.m. on July 2, Route 17 north will be closed at the railroad crossing below Route 80.

Route 17 North motorists will be directed to take Route 80 westbound to Exit 63 (Lodi/Fair Lawn), to Essex Street eastbound, to Route 17 northbound. Motorists will have access to local businesses on both sides of the rail line, according to the NJDOT.