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NJ State Trooper Prevents Suicide Talks Down Overpass Jumper

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Hillside NJ, Last week, a New Jersey State Trooper rescued a suicidal man attempting to jump from an overpass in Hillside, Union County.

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Cardinal Tobin Distributes Ashes During Two Newark Masses

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Cardinal Tobin and Father Camilo E. Cruz-Bahamon, pastor of St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral, distribute ashes to long lines of Catholics during an Ash Wednesday Mass at the Pro-Cathedral on March 2, 2022. (Photo by the Archdiocese of Newark/Jai Agnish)

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Newark NJ,  Many Catholics attended two Ash Wednesday Masses celebrated by Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, at St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral in Newark on March 2. 

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Setting the Record Straight About Lukoil Gas Stations

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Newark NJ, Sal Risalvato, Executive Director of the New Jersey Gasoline, C-Store, Automotive Association, a nonprofit trade association representing motor fuel retailers and associated small businesses, released the following comments:

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Ex-Payroll Clerk for Jersey City Department of Recreation Sentenced to Prison for Stealing $80,000 by Falsely Inflating Payroll Hours for Friends and Relatives

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Jersey City NJ,  Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that a former payroll clerk for the Jersey City Department of Recreation was sentenced to prison today for stealing approximately $80,000 by fraudulently inflating payroll hours for certain relatives and associates.

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New Indictment Against Auto Theft Ring That Burglarized Car Dealerships in Essex, Hudson, Bergen, and Union and Stole High-End Vehicles Worth $787,000

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Trenton NJ, Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced a new indictment in an investigation by the New Jersey State Police Auto Theft Task Force and Division of Criminal Justice that targeted members of an auto theft ring that burglarized car dealerships in four New Jersey counties—Essex, Hudson, Bergen, and Union—taking key fobs they used to steal high-end vehicles from dealership lots.

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Virtue Signaling Newark City Council puts jobs and Small Businesses at Risk

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Newark NJ, the hashtag “Boycott Lukoil” has been popping up online, and Wednesday, the Newark City Council voted to suspend Lukoil licenses in New Jersey’s largest city. Unfortunately the resolution does little to stand with Ukraine and punish Russia . The suspension may actually cost jobs and put small business owners out of business.

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Hudson County Republicans Field Bold New Choices for Leadership

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Hoboken NJ, In a county where Republican support is fast-growing after decades of Democratic dominance, Hudson County Republicans are unveiling bold, conservative candidates that will finally end the Biden-Pelosi-Murphy malaise that is stifling us.

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Democrat Rep Mikie Sherrill Challenged to Return Russian Pipeline Hush Money Donation

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U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, Rep Mikie Sherrill and Rep. Andy Kim  all took Russian Pipeline Hush Money

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Montville NJ, Congressional candidate Paul DeGroot of Montville is calling of Rep Mikie Sherrill to give back the $2,700 campaign donation she received from lobbyists working to gain support in Congress for the Russian natural gas pipeline knows as Nord Stream 2.

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New Jersey Transit Police Officers apprehend driver of stolen vehicle following home invasion

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Clifton NJ, on Tuesday February 22nd, New Jersey Transit Police Officers were investigating the theft of catalytic converters and license plates that recently occurred at Clifton Station. The investigation led officers to Paterson NJ and the area around Paterson Train Station. There, officers observed a stolen vehicle with the stolen license plates affixed.

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Cardinal Tobin to Celebrate Two Ash Wednesday Masses at St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral

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Cardinal Tobin sprinkles ashes onto a parishioner’s head during the Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral in Newark on February 17, 2021. (Photo by the Archdiocese of Newark)

Cardinal Tobin will celebrate two Ash Wednesday Masses at St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral in Newark on Wednesday, March 2. The first Mass will be in English at 12 p.m., while the second Mass will be in Spanish at 7:30 p.m

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Newark NJ,  Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, will celebrate Ash Wednesday with two Masses — one in English and one in Spanish — on Wednesday, March 2, at St. Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral in Newark.

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NJ State Police Seeking Public’s Assistance with Identifying Human Remains

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Carteret NJ, the New Jersey State Police Missing Persons & Human Trafficking Unit and the Carteret Police Department are seeking the public’s assistance with identifying the body of a woman that was found at a waterfront park in Carteret, N.J.

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Cardinal Tobin on Ukraine: “We Must Always Reject War as a Political Solution”

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Newark NJ,  Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, is calling on all parishioners within the Archdiocese of Newark and everyone who longs for peace to join him in praying for the people of Ukraine during the ongoing conflict there.

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29th Annual Business & Labor Reception to Be Held March 1st

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Thomas Calimano, Senior Vice President Institutional Asset Management for PNC Bank, is the business honoree at the 29th Annual Business & Labor Recognition Reception on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Mayfair Farms in West Orange, NJ

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Newark NJ,  Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, C.Ss.R., Archbishop of Newark, will honor Thomas Calimano, Senior Vice President Institutional Asset Management for PNC Bank, and John F. Capo, Director of the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Administrative District Council, at the Cardinal’s 29th Annual Business & Labor Recognition Reception on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, at Mayfair Farms in West Orange, NJ.

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