photos courtesy of Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco
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Paramus NJ, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco met with Governor Murphy at Bergen New Bridge Medical Center to discuss the progress of vaccine administration .
photo courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook page
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Paramus NJ, Firefighters from Paramus FD Engine Company #1 extinguished a Thursday evening, 01/07, motor vehicle accident related car fire on Route 17 northbound near Linwood Avenue, Paramus. An SUV traveling on Route 17 northbound careened off the highway and caught fire after mounting a pedestrian bridge’s concrete staircase before coming to a halt. The vehicle’s adult male driver was transported by ambulance to Hackensack University Center’s main campus with non life threatening injuries. A tow truck removed the charred vehicle from it’s predicament. Ridgewood Fire Department, Ridgewood Police, Ridgewood EMS, and Ridgewood Emergency Services personnel responded to assist their Paramus Fire Department, Paramus Police, Paramus Rescue Squad, and Paramus EMS counterparts. Traffic on Route 17 northbound at the crash scene was limited to a single lane as emergency and vehicle recovery responders worked.
Continue reading SUV Careens Off Route 17 onto a Pedestrian Bridge at Linwood Ave in Paramus
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Paramus NJ, according to North Jersey media the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office has convened a grand jury in its investigation of state-run veterans homes, NJ Veterans homes reported 202 people have died from COVID-19.
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Totowa NJ, Senator Kristin Corrado said deaths in New Jersey’s nursing homes tripled last month while the Murphy administration fumbled the distribution of the new COVID-19 vaccines.
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Paramus NJ, GOP Senator Michael Testa today joined Brian Wiener, the state commander of the New Jersey VFW in calling for an investigation into the tragic mishandling of the COVID-19 virus inside the state’s veterans homes.
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Partnership between the County of Bergen and Bergen New Bridge Medical Center offers drive-thru COVID-19 nasal swab rapid testing at Bergen Community College
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Paramus NJ, The County of Bergen, in collaboration with Bergen New Bridge Medical Center announce January 2021 dates for drive-thru COVID-19 rapid testing at Bergen Community College, 400 Paramus Rd, Paramus, N.J.
Continue reading JANUARY DRIVE-THRU COVID TESTING DATES FOR BERGEN COUNTY
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Paramus NJ, more news breaks over the Murphy administration bungling of the COVID response at New Jersey long term care facilities especially New Jersey’s Veterans homes. According to North jersey media managers at New Jersey’s where more than 190 residents have died from COVID-19 not only barred employees from wearing protective masks during the first weeks of the outbreak, Norther Jersey goes on to say that ,”they devised a series of penalties with the help of Gov. Phil Murphy’s office against nurses who wore the homes’ masks without permission”.
Continue reading Emails Show Murphy Administration Penalized Nurses at Veterans homes Who Wore Masks
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Paramus NJ, on December 6th , the Ridgewood blog shared, “NJ Veterans Home at Paramus Amazon Wish List” . We can now report from a Facebook post Theresa J and Christine O, “your generosity helped to fill up over 200 gift bags for the residents and bring them some much needed holiday love and cheer!” https://theridgewoodblog.net/nj-veterans-home-at-paramus-amazon-wish-list/
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Paramus NJ, As the COVID outbreak began spreading, workers at veterans’ homes operated by the State were prohibited from wearing masks and risked punishment for protecting themselves and residents, according to an investigation by The Record newspaper.
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Paramus NJ, Senator Declan O’Scanlon (R-Monmouth) issued a statement following news that New Jersey had missed a federal deadline to begin long-term care vaccinations yesterday.
“While one of the lead stories on most New York news stations over the last two days was celebrating the life-saving commencement of their long term care facility vaccination program – at 10 AM sharp yesterday morning, at 618 facilities – not a word was mentioned about New Jersey. Why? Because New Jersey missed a filing deadline, resulting in a full 7-day delay in the commencement of this unquestionably life-saving program. That shocking and unfathomable reality should make every New Jerseyan sick to their stomach.”
Continue reading Tragic Failure In Long-Term Care Vaccine Program Needs to Be Investigated
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Paramus NJ, they say a picture is worth a thousand words. Spotted this in Paramus on Linwood Avenue on Tuesday , the home owner neatly cleaned their sidewalk ,while the Garden State Parkway failed to do so .The Borough of Paramus would issue a fine to the home owner if they failed to shovel off the sidewalk, but the Garden State Parkway suffers no consequence ?
Continue reading Garden State Parkway Fails to Police their Sidewalks After Snow Storm
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Paramus NJ, the State’s plan was to start administering COVID-19 vaccinations to residents of nursing homes today, but bungled paperwork and a missed deadline means the first doses are delayed until Dec. 28 at the earliest. The embarrassing detail is the latest blemish for New Jersey’s trouble-plagued Department of Health, Senator Jim Holzapfel, Assemblyman Greg McGuckin and Assemblyman John Catalano said today.
Paramus NJ, Home Depot is a do it yourselfers paradise with over 2,200 locations. It is the largest home improvement store in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. There is always a Home Depot location near you. In the greater Ridgewood Area there is one in Paramus on Route 17 north, one in Mahwah also on Route 17 north and there is one on Mclean Blvd in Paterson.
