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Matawan NJ, A Monmouth County, New Jersey, man was charged today with tax evasion, corrupt interference with the administration of the Internal Revenue laws, and failure to file a federal tax return, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
Continue reading Hudson County Democrat Operative Charged with Tax Evasion
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Newark NJ, Saturday ,in the shadow of the 1967 riots that devastated the city , thousands of protesters filled Market Street on Saturday to protest police brutality. Signs listing the names of black men and women who died at the hands of police lined posters and T-shirts. George Floyd’s name was shouted alongside the chant “I can’t breathe.”
Continue reading Newark Protests Keep the Peace and Make the Point
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New Brunswick NJ, Paul Danielczyk, President of the NJ Conservative GOP has called on Rutgers University’s President Jonathan Holloway and Governor Murphy to call for the resignation of professor Brittney Cooper, for her repugnant hateful racist remarks on social media regarding ALL of President Trump’s supporters!
Dr. Cooper is an associate professor from the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Department of the state university.
Continue reading Flagrant Racism and Hatred Has NO Place at Rutgers University!
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Old Bridger Township NJ, Mayor Henry stated that “The Township and the Local Business Owners recognize that small businesses are the not only the backbone of our community and drive the local economy, but they are equally important to the nation’s economy.”
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Newark NJ, The Archdiocese of Newark has announced the consolidation of its school community and the closure of nine archdiocesan-operated elementary schools at the end of this school year, the result of archdiocesan strategic planning efforts to strengthen the overall school program and ensure a sustainable future for Catholic education in the Archdiocese. Cristo Rey Newark High School, a member of the Cristo Rey Network®, also will close due to lack of operational viability, as per a resolution adopted by the school’s Board.
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Jersey City NJ, Mayor Steven M. Fulop announced today the latest step toward carefully reopening the municipality after a nearly two-month lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic with a new policy that allows farmers’ markets to reopen, providing healthy, organic produce to residents in all parts of the city. Maybe other municipalities will follow his lead .
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Wayne NJ, The Attorney General’s Office is conducting an investigation of a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred yesterday, April 26, in Wayne, N.J. One male civilian sustained fatal injuries.
The decedent has been identified as Bradley G. Pullman, 48, of Beacon, N.Y.
In his April 21 op-ed, published in Spotlight NJ, Jack Ciattarelli aptly points out that after the health crisis is defeated, New Jersey will be left with an economic crisis unless a non-partisan approach to rebuilding the New Jersey state economy is adopted. The status quo proposal coming out of the Trenton goof troop – State Senate leader Sweeney and his super partisans, as well as failed Governor Phil Murphy, offer the already economically suffering residents of our state higher increased cost of living and greater unaffordability. This leads New Jersey residents to ask, why is there no non or bi-partisan commission to identify cuts to state spending when all across the state New Jerseyans are in danger of a depression? Why has none in Trenton proposed a pay cut for politicians and the politically connected when the regular Jane and Joe who support them are facing a potentially tough economic time? Why is the lessening of the tax burden on working and middle-class families not on the agenda for after the health crisis ends but before the financial one ramps up?
Continue reading The Health Crisis Defeated, but New Jersey is left with an economic crisis
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Lincoln Park NJ, on April 24th ,the Lincoln Park Police Department responded to a lone occupant single car motor vehicle crash yesterday. The crash is believed to have resulted from the driver wearing an N95 mask for several hours and subsequently passing out behind the wheel due to insufficient oxygen intake/excessive carbon dioxide intake. Motorists and the public alike are reminded that while masks should be used in public settings to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, they are not necessary outdoors when social distancing can be maintained, and especially not necessary when driving a vehicle with no additional occupants.
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Wayne NJ, the Attorney General’s Office is conducting an investigation of a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred yesterday, April 26, in Wayne, N.J. One male civilian sustained fatal injuries.
Continue reading ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE INVESTIGATING FATAL POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING IN WAYNE
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Roxbury NJ, New Jersey is called the diner capital, mostly because of the sheer number of diners in the state. New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the diner capital of the world. The state didn’t invent the diner, but New Jersey did popularize it. New Jersey had all the right ingredients for diners to flourish and proliferate.
Continue reading SAVE TOM’S DINER! A NJ AND NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK!
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Andover NJ, an anonymous tip led to the New York Times let to the discovery of 17 bodies crowded into a four-person morgue at one of New Jersey’s largest nursing homes. Andover Police found the bodies this week at the Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center I and II in Sussex County, in northern New Jersey.
Continue reading NJ Continues to Fail to Protect High Risk Nursing Home Populations From COVID-19
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Wayne NJ, from the staff of the Passaic County’s Preakness Healthcare Center on the impact of COVID 19 on the facility , “the impact of the Pandemic continues to affect our residents and staff. We are devastated to report the following update since the April 4th update:
Continue reading Passaic County’s Preakness Healthcare Center Update
Lessons never learned for COVID 19 Pandemic
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Wanaque NJ, The virus swept through the nursing home, taking the most vulnerable. Some of the residents on ventilators to help them breathe began spiking fevers and were rushed to the hospital in irreversible shock. And with a lack of rigorous infection controls, it spread like wildfire, leaving dozens of patients critically ill and sickening at least one staff member.By the time it was all over, 11 children were dead and another 36 had been infected.
The residents of our state are smart and sophisticated enough to applaud success and criticize failure at the same time. New Jerseyans are glad when Governor Phil Murphy directs supplies to help hospitals and first responders during the Wuhan virus crisis. Simultaneously, hundreds of thousands (if not millions) of New Jerseyans are also rightfully enraged when he pursues progressive pet policies under its guise, while failing to propose any meaningful help for middle- and working-class residents from the coming economic pain it has caused. To argue as Carl Golden, a columnist at Insidernj.com has that criticism of Governor Murphy’s policies are “an unforced error,” or as Jose Arango, the do-little chair of the Hudson County Republican Organization, has that doing so is “political grand standards [sic]”, is a pathetic attempt at muzzling the millions of New Jerseyan’s anxious not only about the viral epidemic but whether they will still have a job and be able to afford their bills after it ends.
