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Paramus NJ, N.J. Air and Army National Guardsmen sanitize rooms and high touch areas at the N.J. Veterans Home in Paramus . Paramus Veterans Memorial Home recorded at last count 27 deaths, according to the state Department of Military and Veterans Affairs.
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Paramus NJ, Paramus Police Department did not let the pandemic interfere with a rescue operation at Garden State Plaza, on Thursday April 23, 2020 patrol and ESU officers responded to the Garden State Plaza to assist with removing 7 ducklings trapped within a sewer drain. Officer Gil Maynard lowered himself into the sewer, assisted by officers Jon Henderson, Nicole Capone and Sgt. Robert Gleason.
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Paramus NJ, The membership of the Veterans of Foreign Wars is closely monitoring the COVID 19 situation at the Paramus and Menlo Park Memorial Homes and its effects on the veterans, spouses and Gold Star families residing in the homes. We all mourn the deaths and promise to every family member that we will use every resource available to ensure adequate staffing, funding, and procedures to care for those ill and prevent future infections. We owe a huge thank you to the 25 additional nurses who volunteered to assist the residents along with the 90 Veterans Affairs nurses and National Guard troops deployed to the homes.
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Paramus NJ, the Paramus Police Department is aware that today is 420. Be aware that we will have numerous traps set up throughout the Borough.
420: It started as the police code for Marijuana Smoking in Progress. After local heads heard of the police call, they started using the expression 420 when referring to herb – Let’s Go 420, dude!” … (Pot is still, after all, illegal.)
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Paramus NJ, U.S. retail giant Neiman Marcus is filing for bankruptcy after having to close its stores over the coronavirus pandemic, according to Reuters. The Dallas-based company temporarily closed its 43 flagship Neiman Marcus stores, two dozen Last Call stores and its two Bergdorf Goodman stores in New York over nation-wide shelter-in-place regulations, rendering the company unable to pay its billions in debts. It has also furloughed most of its 14,000 employees. Reuters reports that the bankruptcy filing could come within days. The debt-laden retailer, which carries about $4.8 billion in loans, skipped millions of dollars in debt payments last week. Neiman Marcus is the first major retailer to reach this level, but Reuters reports that Macy’s and Nordstrom have also been working on new financing and that J.C. Penney is contemplating a bankruptcy filing. Neiman Marcus has a store in the Garden State Plaza in Paramus .
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Paramus NJ, Paramus Police Department reports ,”We are very surprised to find out that car theft crews are not following the stay at home regulations. We had a vehicle stolen last night in the Alpine Drive area. With that being said, please keep your vehicles locked and take your key fob inside with you!”
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PARMAUS NJ, The National Guard is sending help to the New Jersey Veterans’ Home at Paramus where 10 residents have died from the coronavirus. The National Guard is sending combat medics and EMTs are among the 40 Guard members who were sent to help. Currently over 20 residents are battling the virus, and nearly 20 staff have also been infected.
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Paramus NJ, Bergen County COVID-19 Drive-Thru Test Site at BERGEN NEW BRIDGE MEDICAL CENTER , New Bergen Bridge Medical Center is located at 230 East Ridgewood Avenue, Paramus, NJ. This is an APPOINTMENT ONLY site. Please note that this is a County operated site and is separate from the FEMA site located at Bergen Community College in Paramus.
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Paramus NJ, according to a new release from the Traders Joe’s website a member of the Paramus store crew tested positive for coronavirus and the store is temporarily closed for a precautionary cleaning and sanitization .
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Paramus NJ, as the Ridgewood blog previously reported a court-supervised asset auction, Fairway Market awarded bids for two store leases in New Jersey to Amazon and six locations in New York City to ShopRite operator Village Super Market Inc. and Key Food Cooperative member Seven Seas Georgetowne LLC.
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Paramus NJ, The NJ EMS Task Force has been providing logistics and administrative at the COVID-19 testing site at Bergen Community College in Paramus as well as the PNC Arts Center in Holmdel since they began operations. The NJEMSTF has been deploying tent structures at medical facilities in the region as part of its work during the Covid-19 crisis. Members of the NJ EMS Task Force are on hand to support local, state and national partners for the fight against the COVID-19 virus.
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Paramus NJ, In partnership with FEMA, New Jersey has opened two community-based testing sites for individuals who are experiencing symptoms of respiratory illness.
In order to be eligible for testing, individuals must be current New Jersey residents and experiencing symptoms of respiratory illness. Priority will be given to symptomatic individuals experiencing cough, fever (99.6F or above) and shortness of breath.
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Paramus NJ, Route 17 was closed in both direction on Wednesday after a tractor trailer caught fire in front of Pier 1 across from the Fireplace at the Ridgewood Avenue exit. There may have been interruption in telephone, cable and electrical service. Wires were down causing heavy delays . It appears the truck careened off the highway hitting a utility pole.
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