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Fair Lawn NJ on February 11, 2002 Columbia Bank hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the grand opening of its second branch in Newark, New Jersey. Deputy Mayor of Newark Ligia DeFretias, Carmen Mosca Chief of Staff for Council President Luis A. Quintana, bank executives and others, gathered to mark the occasion which was held on-site at 260 Chestnut Street in the Ironbound section of the city.
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Newark NJ, The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children (SFIC) recently launched the Torch of Learning campaign, a new three-year initiative that aims to annually match the $150,000 the Archdiocese of Newark provides each year to fund its “We Are Living Stones” Catholic Tuition Assistance Program offered through SFIC.
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Hudson County NJ , The Hispanic Republicans of North Jersey announced their Lincoln Dinner for Saturday, March 6th from 5-9pm at The Factory (451 Communipaw Avenue, Jersey City, 07304). The dinner will include guest speakers, great conversation, celebrating Lincoln, and terrific food. Tickets for the dinner are 75$ and can be purchased here. Due to Covid-19 space is limited. For early sign-up use discount code “2024” before they run out.
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North Haledon NJ, Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced that an unregistered investment adviser was sentenced to 3 years in state prison for stealing over $471,000 from 24 investors he recruited to invest in an unregulated commodities trading group he founded called Think Big Institute, LLC (“Think Big”).
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Clifton NJ, the 88-year-old dilapidated Route 3 Bridge will finally be renovated to the tune of $143 million, the Department of Transportation announced last week.
Construction begins in two years…forty years after one of our local celebrities, Thomas “The King of Con” Giacomaro, busted up the guardrails during a mysterious, high-speed chase that made the newspapers.
The businessman tells the tale in his memoir, The King of Con, which is in pre-production for a docuseries to be filmed in North Jersey this year.
New Jersey has more space dedicated to parks and nature than any other state. While green areas already account for over 20 percent of land in the state, more than $100 million is to be invested in protecting natural areas, improving existing parks and adding new urban green spaces. From sprawling passive parks to revamped outdoor spaces with facilities for recreational activities, several projects in Northeast Jersey aim to create and preserve more green space despite continued development throughout the region. Even in built up areas, walking trails, parks and landscaped communal gardens will connect communities and enhance local neighborhoods.
Continue reading Northeast Jersey Sees More Investment in Parks and Natural Green Spaces
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Newark NJ, The Archdiocese of Newark will honor women and men who are committed to consecrated or religious life during its 25th annual Consecrated Life Mass on Saturday, February 5, at 11 a.m. in Newark’s Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart.
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Totowa NJ, the Passaic County Regular Republican Organization voted overwhelmingly to nominate businessman Frank Pallotta in his upcoming rematch with Democrat Josh Gottheimer.
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Parsippany NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of AMIT BHATT (DOB: 7/05/1979; married; employed as an accountant) of Morris Plains, NJ on sexual assault and child endangerment charges. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Jason Love and the Lyndhurst Police Department under the direction of Chief Richard Jarvis.
Continue reading Morris Plains Account Charged with Sexual Assault and Child Endangerment Charges
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Hoboken NJ, in a display of what is right with our system, a high turnout of Hoboken voters overwhelmingly rejected a tax and spend boondoggle in the dead of winter. A broad coalition realized that spending $250 million on a new high school was simply not in the interest of education or fiscal health for the City. A leading member of the successful group was the renewed Hoboken Republican Party led by Chairman Joseph Branco and augmented by Young Republican Chair Pavel Sokolov.
Continue reading Hoboken Voters Overwhelmingly Reject $250 Million School Referendum
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Trenton NJ, Assemblyman Christopher P. DePhillips, who is starting his third term serving New Jersey’s 40th Legislative District, has been appointed to sit on the Assembly Transportation and Independent Authorities Committee. Senator Kristin Corrado, who also serves the same district, was named to the Senate Transportation Committee.
