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Essex County Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Robbery Spree Spanning Multiple Counties In Northern And Central New Jersey

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Mahwah NJ, Meshach Whagar, 31, of Newark, N.J., admitted today to participating in a string of convenience store robberies that took place across New Jersey in November and December 2017, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.

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NJ State Troopers Seize Handguns and Arrest two after man Pointed Gun at Police in Mahwah

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Mahwah  NJ, The New Jersey State Police have arrested two men after they led a trooper on a vehicle pursuit through two counties. Tyree Newell, 20, of Bridgeport, CT allegedly pointed a gun at the pursuing trooper as Theron Brown, 22, of Bridgeport, CT, sped away after an attempted motor vehicle stop.

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NJ State Police Charge Woman with Attempted Murder of Ringwood Police Officers

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Mahwah NJ,  The New Jersey State Police have charged Lakisha Maldonado, 30, of Leeds, AL, with attempted murder for allegedly firing a gun at Ringwood Borough police officers who were attempting to arrest her after a motor vehicle pursuit that ended on Interstate 287 in Mahwah Township, Bergen County.

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Banks ,Brokerages ,Major Stock and Commodities Exchanges Plot Moves to Leave New Jersey

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Mahwah NJ, Banks ,Brokerages ,Major Stock and Commodities Exchanges Plot Moves to Leave New Jersey. Texas Governor Greg Abbott will welcome representatives from major stock exchanges, including Nasdaq, to Austin on Nov. 20 as the state makes a bid to be the top choice if the exchanges make good on threats to move their trading platforms out of New Jersey.

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Pallotta For Congress Campaign Makes the Final Rounds focusing on Congressman Gottheimer efforts to defund the Police

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Mahwah NJ, After Frank T. Pallotta graciously accepted President Trump’s endorsement , ” It’s an incredible honor to have received this endorsement from President Donald Trump this morning.
Kelly, Kennith, and my amazing team deserves all the credit for this great accomplishment.”

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Is the Media in New Jersey Running Cover for Congressman Josh Gottheimer ?

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Mahwah NJ, sources tell the Ridgewood blog , several New Jersey media outlets appear to be colluding with Congressman Josh Gottheimer to suppress news coverage  on Republican challenger Frank Pallotta .  In two recent Trump rallies in both Ridgewood and Skylands that were covered by the Star Ledger and North Jersey media other candidates at these events were mentioned yet in both cases GOP challenger Frank Pallotta was omitted from coverage .

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Gottheimer Attack Ad Uses 2019 Photos Against GOP Candidate Pallotta

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Mahwah NJ, In a recent TV commercial, Josh Gottheimer’s campaign for Congress used an image of Republican candidate, Frank Pallotta standing with a supporter (face blurred), to showcase how Pallotta “refuses to wear masks.” However, the image was taken in 2019, almost a year before the first case of COVID-19 was contracted in the U.S.

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Financial Transaction Tax : New Jersey’s Policymakers need to think about the Collateral Damage that High Taxes and Affordability Issues Cause

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Mahwah  NJ, The New Jersey Business & Industry Association today said a bill that would impose a new tax on electronic stock trades processed in New Jersey could easily lead to exchanges leaving the state, resulting in a loss of jobs and tax revenue in yet another hit against New Jersey’s business competitiveness.

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Financial Transition Tax Will Drive Data Centers Out of New Jersey

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Mahwah NJ, The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce opposes legislation (S-2902/A-4402) which would impose a new tax on financial transactions, such as electronic stock trades, that flow through major data centers in New Jersey.

Simply put, the tax could backfire on New Jersey. The mere discussion of this tax has caused several stock exchanges to begin exploring moving their data centers out of New Jersey – to states that don’t impose such a tax. Last month, the New York Stock Exchange, which has a data center in Mahwah, N.J., said it ran one of its exchanges from a back-up data center in Chicago to demonstrate its readiness to move out of New Jersey. Two other exchange operators, Nasdaq Inc. and Cboe Global Markets Inc., also indicated that they would leave New Jersey over the tax. If New Jersey loses data centers, the state would actually be looking at less revenue and less jobs.

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Mahwah Sunoco flag flies again

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Mahwah NJ, the Mahwah Sunoco flag flies again . As we reported in September ,former Mahwah Mayor Bill Laforet’s gas station out on Franklin Turnpike carries the blue logo of Sunoco, a red digital board showing the latest price for regular, and a very prominent red, white and blue flag of the United States of America.

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Murphy’s Financial Transaction Tax Will Chase Wall Street Data Centers Out of New Jersey

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Mahwah NJ, On Monday a hearing will be taking place in Trenton to consider another tax, the Financial Transaction Tax which would impose a financial transaction tax on any persons or entities that process 10,000 or more financial transactions through electronic infrastructure located in New Jersey during the year.

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NASDAQ May Follow the NYSE lead and relocate its electronic-trading systems from data centers out of New Jersey

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Mahwah NJ, Nasdaq has joined the New York Stock Exchange in looking to potentially relocate its electronic-trading systems from data centers in New Jersey over a potential new tax.

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Battle of the Mayors Continues

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Mahwah NJ, they are at it again , John F. Roth the current Mahwah mayor and an ex-mayor Mayor William Laforet battle over business banners. Both have seen their share of  trouble in the past. Laforet, was recalled from office  and Roth famously passed out drunk and pant-less in a township employees bed.

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Fair Lawn Personal Trainer Charged With Assault by Auto in Multi Vehicle Accident Involving a Motorcycle

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Mahwah NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of RYAN M. McMULLEN (DOB: 3/23/1983; single; personal trainer) of 3 Ramapo Terrace, Fair Lawn, NJ on a charge of Assault By Auto. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti and the Mahwah Police Department under the direction of Chief Stephen Jaffe.

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