Oakland NJ, Borough of Oakland Police Department report that on February 21, 2018 at approximately 9:44 a.m., the Oakland Police Department received a 9-1-1 call reporting that a pedestrian had been struck by a motor vehicle on Thackeray Road. Officers were dispatched to the scene along with members of the Oakland First Aid Squad, the Oakland Volunteer Fire Department and a Paramedic Unit from Valley Hospital. Upon arrival of emergency services, the victim, a 38 year old resident of Oakland, was located beneath the vehicle, 1 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee. After initiating rescue efforts, it was determined that the victim succumbed to her injuries.
Further investigation revealed the victim and a acquaintance of hers were walking on the sidewalk in front of 18 Thackeray Road when they were struck by a vehicle backing out of a driveway. The initial impact knocked the victim to the ground. The driver subsequently pulled the vehicle forward and back into the driveway. The vehicle then rolled backwards out of the driveway and stuck the victim again, this time pinning her beneath the vehicle.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene by members of the responding Paramedic Unit. Lt. Christian Eldridge, Lt. Keith Sanzari, Detective Mark Piercy, PO Michael Catenacci, PO Michael Griffin and PO Robert Hintzen investigated along with members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Fatal Accident Investigation Unit and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Department, BCI Unit.
Identities of those involved are not being released at this time, pending notification to next of kin.
The matter is currently still under investigation and no further information is available for release, at this time.
University of Chicago faculty tell Obama to move ‘socially regressive’ library
Letter from Faculty Concerning the Obama Center
We members of the University of Chicago faculty who sign this letter support the idea of establishing the Obama Center in our neighborhood, in the South Side. However, as details of the plans have become public we share concerns expressed by neighborhood groups throughout the South Side. The neighborhood groups are diverse. They include the Community Benefits Agreement Coalition whose active members include the Black Youth Project 100, the Bronzeville Regional Collective — which itself includes Blacks in Green — the Kenwood Oakland Community Organization, the Poor People’s Campaign, the Southside Together Organizing for Power, UChicago for a CBA, the Westside Health Authority and Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights; and whose allied members include the Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Women in Trades, Friends of the Park, Metropolitan Tenants Association, Woodlawn East Community and Neighbors, Chicago Jobs Council, Chicago Rehab Council, Brighton Park Neighborhood Council and many others. Other groups opposed to the current plans include the Midway Plaisance Park Advisory Committee, Save the Midway, Jackson Park Watch, and South Shore Nature Sanctuary. The concerns of these groups are different. But taken together they form an intelligible whole.
First, there are concerns that the Obama Center as currently planned will not provide the promised development or economic benefits to the neighborhoods. Because the current plans place the Center next to the Museum of Science and Industry and across the street from the University of Chicago campus, there is no available adjacent land in which to start a new business, set up a new café or restaurant, bring another cultural center to the neighborhood. It looks to many neighbors that the only new jobs created will be as staff to the Obama Center, hence the widespread support for a Community Benefits Agreement.
Second, the current plan calls for taking a large section of an historic public park and giving it to a private entity for development. Jackson Park, designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, is on the National Register of Historic Places and is one of the most important urban parks in the nation. Construction of a permanent architectural monument violates Olmsted’s vision of a democratic urban park. On the current plans the intrusion into the park is huge: twenty-one acres, the size of two large city blocks. At a time of increasing complexity and pressure in urban life, Chicago should be dedicated to preserving our public parks as open areas for relaxation and play for all its citizens. We also note that the Obama Center has abandoned its original plans to be a Presidential Library. It will be a private entity with no official connection to the National Archives.
Third, because of the planned location of the Obama Center, the Obama Foundation plans to take over a section of another historic, public park — Midway Plaisance, also designed by Olmsted — and turn it into an above-ground parking garage. They have to date rejected many pleas of neighborhood groups to place the garage underground. The planners say they need the parking lot there so that visitors can walk directly across the street to the Obama Center, but that raises problems of its own. (1) The planners also intend to close Cornell Avenue to traffic, thus making Stony Island Avenue the only major north-south thoroughfare on the South Side, other than the Interstate Highway. So every visitor who comes by car or by Metra will have to cross the busiest street on the South Side. And those of our neighbors who depend on driving north or south for their livelihoods will inevitably be significantly held up. This is a traffic-jam in the making. (2) Those who can walk straight across the street to the Obama Center can also walk straight back to their cars and go home. Given the location, if they do any visiting at all it is overwhelmingly likely they will visit those areas that are already well developed, the Museum of Science and Industry and the University of Chicago campus. (3) A parking lot, of course, privileges cars and those who can afford them. Parking is expensive, and though public lands are being given away, all the profits from this parking lot will go to the Obama Foundation. None of the funds will go back to the City to improve train lines and public transportation infrastructure. Overall, this is a socially regressive plan (4) Again, this is a precious, historic urban park that ought to be preserved for future generations not given to a private entity for development into a parking lot.
Finally, it is the taxpayers of Chicago who are going to be forced to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for this project, according to estimates by the Chicago Department of Transportation. The required widening of Lake Shore Drive alone is estimated to be over $100 million. Not only are public lands being given to a private entity but the public will pay to have Cornell Drive closed and Stony Island Avenue and Lake Shore Drive widened. We are concerned that these are not the best ways to use public funds to invest in the future of Chicago.
We University of Chicago faculty who sign this letter are ourselves a diverse group and different issues will matter more to some of us than to others. But we share with so many of our neighbors the belief that the current plans need significant revision. We are concerned that rather than becoming a bold vision for urban living in the future it will soon become an object-lesson in the mistakes of the past. We urge the Obama Foundation to explore alternative sites on the South Side that could be developed with more economic benefits, better public transportation, and less cost to taxpayers. We would be pleased to support the Obama Center if the plan genuinely promoted economic development in our neighborhoods and respected our precious public urban parks.
(Please sign below. The list of signatures will be updated each day.)
Jonathan Lear, Professor, Social Thought and Philosophy W. J. T. Mitchell, Professor, English, Art History, and Visual Arts Tara Zahra, Professor, History Richard Strier, Sulzberger Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, English Martha Feldman, Professor, Music and Romance Languages Mark Siegler, Professor, Medicine William Mazzarella, Professor, Anthropology Bruce Lincoln, Caroline E. Haskell Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Divinity School Michael Geyer, Samuel N. Harper Professor Emeritus, History Jessica Stockholder, Professor, Visual Arts Rosanna Warren, Professor, Social Thought Matthew Jesse Jackson, Associate Professor, Art History and Visual Arts Emilio Kourí, Professor, History Marshall Sahlins, Charles F. Grey Distinguished Professor of Anthropology Emeritus Frances Ferguson, Professor, English Linda Zerilli, Charles E. Merriam Distinguished Professor, Political Science Elizabeth Helsinger, John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, English Gabriel Lear, Professor, Philosophy and Social Thought Robert Pippin, Evelyn Steffanson Nef Distinguished Service Professor, Social Thought Susan Gal, Professor, Anthropology and Linguistics Susan Goldin-Meadow, Beardsley Ruml Distinguished Service Professor, Psychology Jonathan Levy, Professor, History Dipesh Chakrabarty, Professor, History Daniel Brudney, Professor, Philosophy Robert Richards, Morris Fishbein Distinguished Service Professor, History Catherine Sullivan, Associate Professor, Visual Arts David Wellbery, LeRoy T. and Margaret Deffenbaugh Carlson University Professor, Germanic Studies and Social Thought Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religions, Divinity School David Levin, Professor, Theater & Performance Studies and Germanic Studies Haun Saussy, University Professor, Comparative Literature Eric Santner, Philip and Ida Romberg Distinguished Service Professor, Germanic Studies Nathan Tarcov, Professor, Social Thought Elaine Hadley, Professor, English Annie Dorsen, Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice, Theater and Performing Studies John Muse, Assistant Professor, English and Theater & Performance Studies Steven Rings, Associate Professor, Music Heidi Coleman, Senior Lecturer, Theater and Performance Studies Thomas Pavel, Professor, Romance Languages Florian Klinger, Associate Professor, Germanic Studies Anne Robertson, Claire Dux Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Music; Dean, Division of the Humanities Françoise Meltzer, Professor, Comparative Literature (Chair) and Divinity School Philip Bohlman, Ludwig Rosenberger Distinguished Service Professor in Jewish History, Music Danielle Roper, Provost’s Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholar, Romance Languages Nicholas Rudall, Professor Emeritus, Classics Richard Neer, William B. Ogden Distinguished Service Professor, Art History James Conant, Chester D. Tripp Professor of Humanities, Philosophy Catherine Baumann, Director, Chicago Language Center Margareta Christian, Assistant Professor, Germanic Studies Andrew Abbott, Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor, Sociology Kimberly Kenny, Senior Lecturer, Norwegian Studies Michael LaBarbera, Emeritus Professor, Organismal Biology & Anatomy Andrei Pop, Associate Professor, Social Thought Salikoko Mufwene, Frank J. McLoraine Distinguished Service Professor, Linguistics Agnes Lugo-Ortiz, Associate Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures, HLBS Ben Laurence, Lecturer, Philosophy David Finkelstein, Associate Professor, Philosophy Itamar Francez, Assistant Professor, Linguistics James Wilson, Assistant Professor, Political Science Daisy Delogu, Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures Lauren Berlant, George M. Pullman Distinguished Service Professor, English Patrick Jagoda, Associate Professor, English and Cinema & Media Studies Charles Lipson, Peter B. Ritzma Professor, Political Science Loren Kruger, Professor, English James Chandler, Barbara E. and Richard J. Franke Professor, English Aaron Turkewitz, Professor, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology Mark Berger, Collegiate Assistant Professor, Humanities Adom Getachew, Assistant Professor, Political Science Amy Dru Stanley, Associate Professor, History Mario Santana, Associate Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures Kristen Schilt, Associate Professor, Sociology Spencer Bloch, R.M. Hutchins D.S. Professor Emeritus, Mathematics Adrian Johns, Maclear Professor, History Bozena Shallcross, Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures Francois Richard, Associate Professor, Anthropology Petra Goedegebuure, Associate Professor, Oriental Institute Norma Field, Robert Ingersoll Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, East Asian Languages and Civilizations Elena Bashir, Senior Lecturer, South Asian Languages & Civilizations Veronica Vegna, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Romance Languages and Literatures Lucia B. Rothman-Denes, A. J. Carlson Professor, Molecular Genetics and Cell Biology Choudhri Naim, Professor Emeritus, South Asian Languages & Civilizations Christopher Skelly, Associate Professor, Surgery William Sites, Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration Joel Isaac, Associate Professor, Social Thought Na’ama Rokem, Associate Professor, Comparative Literature and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Howard Stein, Professor Emeritus, Philosophy Daniel Yohanna, Associate Professor and Interim Chair, Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience William Sewell, Frank P. Hixon Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, Political Science and History Laura Letinsky, Professor, Visual Arts Leora Auslander, Arthur and Joann Rasmussen Professor of Western Civilization, History Paola Iovene, Associate Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations David Orlinsky, Professor Emeritus, Comparative Human Development Moishe Postone, Professor, History Michael Bourdaghs, Robert S. Ingersoll Professor, East Asian Languages and Civilizations William Tait, Professor Emeritus, Philosophy Anna Mueller, Assistant Professor, Comparative Human Development Hans Schreiber, Professor, Pathology Michael Silverstein, C. F. Grey Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology, Linguistics, and Psychology Fred Donner, Peter B. Ritzma Professor, Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and Oriental Institute Matthew Boyle, Professor, Philosophy James Hopson, Emeritus Professor, Organismal Biology & Anatomy Allan Rechtschaffen, Professor Emeritus, Psychiatry and Psychology Jim Lastra, Associate Professor, Cinema and Media Studies Joshua Scodel, Helen A. Regenstein Professor, English Janet Johnson, Hull Professor of Egyptology, Oriental Institute and Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations Jennifer Cole, Professor, Comparative Human Development Godfrey Getz, Emeritus Professor, Pathology Seth Brodsky, Associate Professor, Music Elizabeth Asmis, Professor, Classics Nicole Marwell, Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration Salomé Aguilera Skvirsky, Assistant Professor, Cinema and Media Studies Daniel Morgan, Associate Professor, Cinema and Media Studies Robert L. Kendrick, Professor, Music Jason Grunebaum, Senior Lecturer, South Asian Languages and Civilizations Janel Mueller, Dean of Humanities Emerita, William Rainey Harper Distinguished Service Professor Emerita, College Daniel Johnson, Professor, Pediatics John Woods, Professor, History Rachel DeWoskin, Lecturer, Creative Writing George S. Tolley, Professor Emeritus, Economics, and former Director of the Center for Urban Studies Anna Di Rienzo, Professor, Human Genetics Michael I. Allen, Associate Professor, Classics John McCormick, Professor, Political Science Ralph Austen, Emeritus Professor, History Neil Harris, Preston and Sterling Morton Professor Emeritus, History Joel Snyder, Professor, Art History Kenneth Warren, Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor, English Eve Ewing, Provost’s Postdoctoral Scholar & Assistant Professor, School of Social Service Administration Catherine Kearns, Assistant Professor, Classics James Shapiro, Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Travis A. Jackson, Associate Professor, Music Mark Bradley, Bernadotte E. Schmitt Distinguished Service Professor, History Douglas Bishop, Professor, Radiation and Cellular Oncology Jessica Baker, Assistant Professor, Music Christian Wedemeyer, Associate Professor, Divinity School Patchen Markell, Associate Professor, Political Science Hussein Ali Agrama, Associate Professor, Anthropology Andreas Glaeser, Professor, Sociology Alida Bouris, Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration Joseph Masco, Professor, Anthropology Wadad Kadi, The Avalon Foundation Distinguished Service Professor Emerita, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Miguel Martinez, Assistant Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures Julie Orlemanski, Assistant Professor, English Darryl Li, Assistant Professor, Anthropology Cornell Fleischer, Kanuni Süleyman Professor of Ottoman and Modern Turkish Studies, History and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations Yali Amit, Professor, Statistics Maria Anna Mariani, Assistant Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures Jennifer Scappettone, Associate Professor, English, Creative Writing, Romance Languages and Literatures Elissa Weaver, Professor Emerita, Romance Languages & Literatures Gary Herrigel, Paul Klapper Professor, Political Science Larissa Brewer-García, Assistant Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures Colm O’Muircheartaigh, Professor, Harris School of Public Policy Jenny Trinitapoli, Associate Professor, Sociology Chad Broughton, Senior Lecturer, College George Tolley, Emeritus Professor, Economics, and Former Director, Center for Urban Studies Ross Stolzenberg, Professor, Sociology Kaushik Sunder Rajan, Professor, Anthropology
Paramus NJ , Surrounded by his family and hundreds of supporters at VFW Post 6699 in Paramus, John McCann announced his candidacy for Congress in New Jersey’s 5th District.
John J. McCann is a conservative leader who has successfully fought for conservative principles at every level of government. A resident of Oakland, McCann is General Counsel to the New Jersey Sheriffs Association and former Cresskill Councilman. In addition, John served as Counsel to the Bergen County Sheriff and he was involved in the effort to defeat HillaryCare in the United States Senate.
“I am working to protect the American Dream for people who work hard and play by the rules to help create jobs and opportunity for all Americans, and to safeguard the freedoms that are under attack by liberal politicians in Washington,” said McCann.
A practicing attorney, John McCann advises Sheriffs across the state on both legal and policy issues as General Counsel to the New Jersey Sheriffs Association. During his career, McCann has been a legal advisor for many Chiefs of Police, as well as serving as General Counsel for the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation in New York City. In 2010, McCann helped elect the first Bergen County Republican Sheriff in nine years and then he served as General Counsel for the Sheriff of Bergen County, where he played an integral role keeping the office’s budget below the rate of inflation. John was credited with saving taxpayers over a million dollars in inmate medical spending, while at the same time drafting and implementing a new family leave policy that dramatically reduced overtime costs. Most significantly, he is recognized for shepherding through a legal strategy that eliminated a redundant law enforcement agency in Bergen County, saving taxpayers millions of dollars.
“Voters are tired of words without action. We need to elect people who have a track record of actual success,” said McCann. “Throughout my career, I’ve worked to protect taxpayers, keep our community safe and defend the Constitution.”
As a candidate for office in 1995, McCann first proposed a 2% property tax cap for New Jersey and, while serving on the town council in Cresskill, John fought against 10% municipal pay increases. On the town council, John worked to build a recreation center without any taxpayer money, which continues to operate solely through the fees it generates. As a Fellow working in the United States Senate in 1993-94, John McCann created the chart that helped shift public opinion in opposition to President Clinton’s proposed HillaryCare legislation.
“My campaign is to create a more affordable future for families in New Jersey,” McCann said. “The liberal agenda pushed by lifelong bureaucrat Josh Gottheimer isn’t right for New Jersey, and isn’t right for the people of the 5th congressional district.”
“John McCann is the right candidate to bring the republicans back in control of the 5th district,” said Ginnie Littell, Former Republican State Chairman.
John and his wife, Sharon, have been married for 27 years. They raised their two daughters in Cresskill and now reside in Oakland. Sharon is a high-risk obstetrician who has delivered thousands of babies who may not have made it to term. She has repeatedly received New York Magazine’s “New York’s Best Doctors” award in Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Their daughters currently attend Georgetown University and Fordham University. In 1981, while on duty working for Brinks, John’s father was shot in a holdup perpetrated by people associated with domestic terrorism.
Photo Tamara Baldesweiler, R.N., a member of the Specialty Care Transport Unit team, demonstrates the Twiage app.
November 29,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, The Valley Hospital, an acute care, not-for-profit hospital in Ridgewood, New Jersey expanded its use of Twiage, a mobile app that lets first responders instantly communicate with the emergency room.
After an initial pilot phase, Valley has expanded the use of Twiage to 12 local EMS services in Bergen County, NJ, and Rockland County, NY.
The 451-bed hospital, which serves the northern New Jersey area, began using Twiage last year. During the initial phase, hospital teams found that Twiage helps emergency department providers better prepare for incoming patients by having advanced notice of their care needs and estimated time of arrival. It also helps reduce ambulance turnover time, getting them back on the road faster.
“Using Twiage, we have been able to get better notification from our EMS providers about who they are bringing in, what those patients likely need, and when a patient will arrive,” says Caitlin Burke, Emergency Department Clinical Supervisor at The Valley Hospital. “It puts us one step ahead in terms of preparedness and patient care.”
Twiage, a HIPAA-compliant prehospital communication platform that has received innovation awards from the American Medical Association and American Heart Association, can be used to share information such as patient vital signs, symptoms and demographic information via secured photos, videos, voice memo and texts between EMTs, doctors, and nurses. The platform offers emergency department staff real-time situational awareness with live patient data and updates, and GPS-tracking of incoming ambulances.
“Twiage offers us an operational advantage,” says Lafe Bush, EMS Director, Valley EMS. “We started small when we launched it, but the technology is working so well that we are expanding its use to all EMS providers who serve this hospital.”
“We are really excited to be using the Twiage app,” says Milton Kohlmann, Chief of Paramus EMS. “It helps us give some advanced notice to the hospital about what we are dealing with out in the field and when we’ll get that patient to them. If it saves them time and helps them prepare for incoming patients, it’s going to lead to better patient care and make our jobs easier!”
Initially designed to help hospitals more efficiently manage resources for patients who have experienced a stroke, heart attack, sepsis, or trauma, Twiage allows EMS and hospital-based providers to better communicate and share data about all patients, which means a more timely response and better use of resources.
“I believe this program can be of great benefit to achieve our duties as Emergency Medical Technicians,” commented Murray Yang, Captain, Ridgewood EMS previously. “Every second matters in achieving a positive outcome for a patient who’s in need of emergency medical care.”
The current participating EMS agencies include Fair Lawn VAC, Franklin Lakes VAC, Hatzolah EMS, Mahwah EMS, Midland Park Ambulance, NJ Mobile HealthCare, Oakland FAS, Paramus EMS, Pearl River Ambulance, Ramsey Ambulance, Ridgewood Emergency Services, Valley EMS and Wyckoff VAC.
About Twiage
Twiage is an advanced cloud-based platform that uses best-in-class security technology to put telemedicine at the fingertips of emergency first responders and physicians to accelerate live-saving patient care. By giving hospitals a complete picture of all incoming ambulances, Twiage helps hospitals efficiently manage resources and save time, save money, and save lives.
Glen Rock NJ, the campaign seemed to finally heat up this weekend with America’s Mayor Rudy Giuliani endorsing the GOP District 39 ticket, Senator Cardinale, Assemblyman Auth and Holly Schepisi and helping us raise additional money last night.
District 39 – (Bergen and Passaic) Bloomingdale, Closter, Demarest, Dumont, Emerson, Harrington Park, Haworth, Hillsdale, Mahwah, Montvale, Norwood, Oakland, Old Tappan, Park Ridge, Ramsey, Ringwood, River Vale, Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, Wanaque, Washington (Bergen), Westwood, Woodcliff Lake.
Giuliani also endorsed and campaigned with Kelly Greco Langschultz for NJ Senate. Kelly Landschultz of New Milford is the Republican candidate for Senate, with William Leonard of Glen Rock and Christopher B. Wolf of Saddle Brook the GOP Assembly candidates
District 38 – (Bergen and Passaic) Bergenfield, Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, Hasbrouck Heights, Hawthorne, Lodi, Maywood, New Milford, Oradell, Paramus, River Edge, Rochelle Park, Saddle Brook .
River Vale, NJ , Assemblywomen Holly Schepisi has had enough ,on Facebook she says , “Sometimes you have to fight back. When you have no platform, positions or plans, you lie about pretty much everything. This isn’t “politics” as usual. It’s intentionally and maliciously defaming someone in an effort to destroy a person’s reputation.”
Schepisi Attorney Gibbons PC Director Thomas J. Cafferty fired off a letter on behalf of the incumbent Republican Assemblywoman to the Committee to Elect Linda Schwager, Jannie Chung and Annie Hausmann.
Cafferty stated in the letter that the Democrats have published, or have caused to be published, various political advertisements containing false and defamatory statements about Schepisi, including: (1) an advertisement dated October 13, 2017, which contains fictitious quotes regarding the Sandy Hook shooting that are falsely attributed to his client; and (2) an advertisement dated October 27, 2017, which depicts images of men with machine guns and includes the statement “Auth and Schepisi have headlined events hosted by the head of a domestic terrorist militia.”
“On behalf of Ms. Schepisi, I hereby demand that you and any and all of your employees, representatives and/or agents, immediately cease and desist the publication of the above-referenced advertisements and any and all other false and defamatory statements about Ms. Schepisi,” Cafferty wrote. “I also insist that you retract the above-referenced advertisements and any and all other false and defamatory statements that you have published about Ms. Schepisi in at least as prominent a location and in the same manner as the original advertisements were published, with a copy to me.”
The attorney also warned about the sanctioning of an unprivileged, false and a defamatory statement concerning his plaintiff, communicated to a third party with the requisite level of fault and which causes damage. See Govito v. W. Jersey Health System, Inc., 332 N.J. Super. 293, 305-06 (App. Div. 2000).
“he level of fault when the statement concerns a public official or public figure, like Ms. Schepisi, is actual malice, which is the knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for the truth,” Cafferty said. “Durando v. Nutley Sun, 209 N.J. 235, 249 (2012). In other words, the actual malice standard is satisfied when the publisher of the statement entertained serious doubts as to the truth of that statement. St. Amant v. Thompson, 390 U.S. 727, 731 (1968).”
The attorney noted that Schepisi advised the Democrats on multiple occasions that the statements contained in their advertisements are false.
“You have, however, ignored Ms. Schepisi. Consequently, you have published these advertisements with reckless disregard for the truth of the statements contained therein and with the requisite knowledge of falsity,” Cafferty wrote. “If you do not cease publication of any and all false and defamatory statements about Ms. Schepisi, I will have no choice but to advise my client of all legal remedies available to her including, without limitation, instituting a lawsuit against you.”
District 39 is Bergen and Passaic counties; Bloomingdale, Closter, Demarest, Dumont, Emerson, Harrington Park, Haworth, Hillsdale, Mahwah, Montvale, Norwood, Oakland, Old Tappan, Park Ridge, Ramsey, Ringwood, River Vale, Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, Wanaque, Washington (Bergen), Westwood, Woodcliff Lake .
River Vale NJ, assemblywomen Holly Schepisi reiterates our thoughts on tax reform and the poor position New Jersey is in being one of the highest taxed states in the nation. ” Thinking about property taxes, New Jersey and the federal property tax deduction. New Jersey residents pretty much get hosed in every way possible when it comes to taxes. Residents in the communities I represent and the other residents of Bergen County currently pay about 30 percent of the entire NJ State Budget and receive back less than 3 percent of that money. At the federal level New Jersey only gets back 74 cents for each $1 it sends to Washington, making it the lowes…t reimbursement in the country.”
“As a result of ridiculously unfair school funding formulas, our residents pay the highest property taxes in the nation. The ONLY tax relief our residents have had is the ability to deduct our property taxes from our federal tax returns. Now the US Senate has voted to eliminate this deduction. I wholeheartedly disagree with the Senate Republicans on this issue. However I also put blame at the feet of the NJ Democrats who have controlled the New Jersey legislature for 16 years and our US Senators who have been controlled by the Democrats since 1982 (other than a short several month stint by Jeff Chiesa). How and why do we have the highest property taxes in the nation? Why do we receive the least amount of funding back from the federal government? Why won’t my Bergen County colleagues on the other side of the aisle fight alongside me for fairer funding of OUR residents? We cannot continue doing things the same way in this State. It is reaching a breaking point for our working middle class and our seniors. I hear campaign slogans about suburbs having to “pay their fair share.” We pay well beyond our “fair share” and we all must stand up together and fight back while we still can.”
District 39 – (Bergen and Passaic) Bloomingdale, Closter, Demarest, Dumont, Emerson, Harrington Park, Haworth, Hillsdale, Mahwah, Montvale, Norwood, Oakland, Old Tappan, Park Ridge, Ramsey, Ringwood, River Vale, Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, Wanaque, Washington (Bergen), Westwood, Woodcliff Lake .
Old Tappan NJ, Bob is an old friend of the Ridgewood blog and he is running for Assembly in District 39. Bob never forgets he is a small business owner . Bob is somone who can fight to set the balance right against ANTI-Business , ANTI-jobs Trenton.
District 39 is (Bergen and Passaic Conties) Bloomingdale, Closter, Demarest, Dumont, Emerson, Harrington Park, Haworth, Hillsdale, Mahwah, Montvale, Norwood, Oakland, Old Tappan, Park Ridge, Ramsey, Ringwood, River Vale, Saddle River, Upper Saddle River, Wanaque, Washington (Bergen), Westwood, Woodcliff
Unlike most modern day politicians Bob entered into politics to help the everyday people of New Jersey, like himself. After graduating from New York University, Bob opened a small insurance company with my wife, Elsa. While it was prosperous at first, the state of New Jersey began to pass heavy regulations that placed a burden on insurance companies like his. After all but six of my competitors went out of business because of these new laws I realized that it was very possible that I might also lose everything I had worked so hard for. It was at that point that I decided to reach out to my friend Senator Cardinale to see if there was any way that he could help me. With a little negotiation Senator Cardinale was able to get Allstate Insurance to work with me which stopped me from having to go out of business. Through this experience, I witnessed firsthand the power of the government to both destroy and to aid.
After Senator Cardinale had helped him Bob decided to try and return the favor. Little by little, Bob started to do additional work for him until finally he became an unpaid volunteer aide for him in Trenton. After working for Senator Cardinale for 25 years a seat in the Assembly opened up; and while Bob was hesitant at first to run for office, he realized that this was my opportunity to help people, just as Senator Cardinale had helped him.
So in 2014, against all odds and very tough competition, I won a seat in the assembly. Even after all his time in the New Jersey Legislature I have kept one rule; before Bob votes on anything he must ask himself how would I feel as a taxpayer seeing my own vote? Bob is an Assemblyman because he has witnessed firsthand the power of the government to both impede and to aid, and Bob wants to ensure it will not impede again.
Ridgewood NJ, with the ongoing political protests surrounding some players’ decision to take a knee during the national anthem didn’t help the NFL’s “Sunday Night Football” ratings.Viewership for the primetime game between the Washington Redskins and the Oakland Raiders was down on NBC by a whooping 11 percent from the same night one year ago and 9 percent from the previous week, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The media outlet reports the game averaged an 11.6 household rating and Fox saw a 16 percent decrease in ratings for the NFL afternoon game, according to Forbes.
Meanwhile in baseball news ,New York Mets outfielder Tim Tebow, who was heavily criticized by ESPN and NFL executives for taking a moment of silent prayer during games has helped attendance increased by 12.4 percent this year in the Florida State League and by 2.1 percent in the South Atlantic League.The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues said Monday that the presence of the former NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner led to an increase of over 225,000 fans in the two Class A leagues. Minor league baseball attendance rose by about 500,000 this year, but still below 2015’s level and its fifth-highest total.
photos courtesy of Boyd Loving Blessing of the Animals at Christ Episcopal Church, Ridgewood
September 21,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, On Saturday, October 14, 2017 at 10:00 AM, there will be a Blessing of the Animals celebrating the Feast of St. Francis at Christ Episcopal Church, 105 Cottage Place in Ridgewood. Everyone is invited to bring their favorite pets: dogs, cats, rabbits, goldfish, stuffed animals . . .any beloved “creatures," great or small. A short service celebrating all animals will be followed by individual blessings of each animal. Some orphaned dogs and cats who are eligible for adoption from the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge in Oakland will also be present. Refreshments will be served. The service will be held inside the church, rain or shine.
For more information, call the church office at 201-652- 2350 or visit the website at https://www.christridgewood.org
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“For the naysayers who don’t believe court-forced overdevelopment in New Jersey impacts environmentally sensitive areas please read this article.” , Assemblywomen Holly Schepisi
APPEALS COURT APPROVES HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN HIGHLANDS
TOM JOHNSON | AUGUST 7, 2017
Court defers to DEP’s expertise regarding wetlands, endangered species, and impact of proposed sewer connection on water quality
A state appeals court approved a much-contested plan to build a housing development in the Highlands, setting aside concerns by opponents that it would adversely impact environmentally sensitive land and habitat at the 85-acre site.
The court found the state Department of Environmental Protection acted properly in approving a scaled-down 204-unit housing development in Oakland on High Mountain, a scenic vista in the heart of the Highlands.
The project initially goes all the way back to 1987, when the Bi-County Developers brought suit against the borough to build the development as part of a builder’s remedy to erect some low- and moderate-income housing.
The court’s ruling on Friday is the latest twist in a dispute that predates the 2004 enactment of the Highlands Act, which sought to more closely monitor development within the region. The New Jersey Highlands Coalition and New Jersey Sierra Club, which brought the suit, argued the project should not have been exempted from the act due to being grandfathered in.
The environmental groups also argued that permits for the project should not have been granted because of concerns about wetlands, endangered species, and a proposed sewer connection’s impact on water quality.
In siding with the DEP and the developer, the court deferred to the agency’s expertise on those issues in reaching an agreement in 2014 to grant permits for the project. That decision reversed a ruling by the Corzine administration, which had blocked the project, until contested by the developer.
I represent many communities in Bergen and Passaic counties that had significant flooding this week because of the torrential rains. The flooding episodes have become frequent and severe over the past two decades, primarily because there is no place left for groundwater from storms to be absorbed. Guess what isn’t taken into account in current mandated overdevelopment in NJ? Flooding. So towns like Westwood and Hillsdale, Wanaque and Ringwood and Mahwah and Oakland are being forced to build significantly more units of housing under “affordable housing” lawsuits as these same communities are spending millions of dollars to acquire flood prone properties and return them to their natural state to prevent flooding. We need to stop this insanity. Call every Bergen and Passaic County legislator and demand they take action to preserve our communities. #saveourenvironment
Ridgewood NJ,Ridgewood Police, Fire department, EMS, OEM, Parking Enforcement and Emergency Services personnel all participated in the search for an adult female dementia patient who went missing while on foot in Ridgewood’s Central Business District on Wednesday afternoon, 03/29. The missing woman was located safe & sound at her home in Oakland, two (2) hours after having last been seen by her spouse on Franklin Avenue in Ridgewood.
Ridgewood NJ, After PSE&G upgrades the gas lines in your neighborhood, we first wait for the ground to settle and then return to restore roads with permanent paving in accordance with each town’s ordinance and paving requirements. Our goal is to complete this work with minimal impact to customers. Police will be directing traffic, and residents will be able to drive on the roads once paving is complete. You will have access to your driveway throughout the work.
If you have any questions about the restoration process, you may call and leave a voicemail (Oakland Gas District 201-337-2519)
We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we work to complete these important upgrades to your gas service – ensuring the safety and reliability of your gas service now, and for many years to come.
The streets below are scheduled to be paved, with an approximate start date of March 28th and completion date of April 4th. Please remember that this work is weather dependent and the schedule may be adjusted if necessary.
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