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Trenton NJ, Landmark legislation signed into law by Governor Phil Murphy, the law, S-3170, makes New Jersey the first state in the country to guarantee severance pay in the wake of mass layoffs.
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Paramus NJ, Bed Bath & Beyond has announced plans to close dozens of stores.
Forty stores in 20 states are shutting their doors, including three in our area:
Exterior Street in Concourse Village, the Bronx
Palisades Center Drive in West Nyack, New York
Route 46 in Parsippany, New Jersey
Another 20 locations are slated to close later this year.
The retail chain still has nearly 1,000 stores across the United States and Canada.
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Paramus NJ, we received in initial reported that Fairway the iconic New York City grocery chain is planning to file for a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which means the grocery chain does not currently have a plan to continue to exist unlike when it filed what’s known as a Chapter 11 reorganization plan in 2016.
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Paramus NJ, The borough will soon install its first-ever bike lanes, aimed at improving safety for cyclists using the busy Midland Avenue thoroughfare. The bike lanes will run from Paramus Road to Country Club Road on Midland Avenue. Striped lanes will be added on both the eastbound and westbound sides of the road. The stretch of Midland Avenue,which has a speed limit of 35 mph, is home to the public library, Midland Elementary School, the municipal swimming pool and an access road to Bergen Community College.
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Paramus NJ, early Wednesday evening, 01/15 Paramus Fire Companies 3 & 1 responded to a working fire in a green house at a local nursery. A quick knockdown saved the adjacent structures and all went home safe. The Fire within a greenhouse was at the Denny Wiggers Garden Center, located in the 300 block of Paramus Road. Paramus Police, Paramus EMS, and the Paramus Rescue Squad also responded.
The Bergen County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division assisted with traffic control. Paramus Road was shut down northbound & southbound between Midland Ave & Century because of the fire .No injuries were reported; damage to the greenhouse involved was extensive. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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Paramus NJ, Macy’s said Wednesday that it will close 28 of its namesake department stores and one Bloomingdales location as part of its annual review process.
The company operates about 680 department stores and 190 specialty stores. Many industry watchers expect department store operators will need to shutter more locations in order to become more profitable.
Macy’s has already been through several rounds of store closures in recent years. In November, Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette said Macy’s was seeing weaker-than-expected performance at “lower-tier malls.”
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Paramus NJ, Pier 1 Imports is closing nearly half its 942 stores as consumers increasingly shop online for home goods. Pier 1′s losses have been mounting, as its sales decline. This latest quarter was no exception. Its third-quarter loss widened from a year ago, as same-store sales declined 11.4%.
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Paramus NJ, the NY Post is reporting that Fairway Market, the famous New York grocer that has been a staple on the Upper West Side for nearly a century, is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy once again again, The Post has learned that Fairway is now preparing to seek bankruptcy protection this month after failing to find a buyer for its 14 stores.
Fairway has been quietly closing stores with the most recent shuttering in Nanuet, New York, a 65,000-square-foot store that closed in September. Sources say another two stores in New Jersey one in Paramus and one in Woodland Park are likely next on the chopping block.
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Paramus NJ, Paramus Fire Companies #1 & #3 were dispatched to the 700 block of Chimes Road, Paramus on Sunday afternoon, 12/29, to extinguish a fire confined to a roll off container located in a residential driveway.. No injuries were reported as a result of the blaze, and there was no fire extension to either of the two (2) nearby homes. Paramus Police and the Paramus Rescue Squad also responded.
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Paramus NJ, Beginning January 2020, The Borough of Paramus will be banning single use plastic carry-out bags. This ordinance, 19-16 passed by the Mayor and Council will be enforced by the Health Department and Quality of Life department come January. The ordinance in its entirety can be found here: Ordinance 19-16. & Amended Ordinance & Resolution 19-11-687. For further information, please feel free to contact the Board of Health. 201-265-2100 Ext: 2300
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Paramus Nj,Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrests of JAIRO ECHEVERRY (DOB: 04/07/1999; unemployed) of 84 New Street, 2nd Floor, Hackensack, NJ on a charge of Murder; and BRIAN GUERRERO (DOB: 11/03/1992; unemployed) of 34 West Midland Avenue, Paramus, NJ on a charge of Hindering Apprehension. The arrest is the result of a joint investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti and the Hackensack Police Department under the direction of Officer in Charge Captain Peter Busciglio.
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Twp of Washington NJ, Twp of Washington Police, Paramus Police and Bergen Sheriffs Department spent Christmas morning protecting PSE&G crews looking for an alleged gas leak, on Linwood Avenue near Charlie Browns . Linwood was blocked off the entire day along with Highland Avenue near the intersection of the two.
Paramus Police 12/24/19 4:16 : East Linwood ave from Godwin to Highland is closed in both direction until further notice due to emergency PSEG work.
Following later in the day Paramus Police also reported “PSE&G is aware of natural gas odor in the area of Forest and Howland.”
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Paramus NJ, Four (4) individuals were transported by ambulances to Hackensack University Medical Center’s main campus following a Monday morning, 12/23, MVA with rollover at the intersection of Forest Avenue and Spring Valley Road, Paramus. Paramus Fire, Paramus Police, Paramus EMS, and Paramus Rescue Squad personnel responded to aid crash victims. Two (2) wrecks were removed by tow trucks. Paramus PD Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg reported that the victims’ Injuries were non life threatening in nature.
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Paramus NJ, an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness among its patients, CareOne at Ridgewood Avenue, with 110 beds for long-term care, rehabilitation and respite care facilitates. According to a patient at the facility the outbreak began on Sunday, with patients experiencing vomiting and diarrhea.
CareOne on Ridgewood Avenue and its related assisted living facility, CareOne at the Cupola, are both owned by Millennium Healthcare Centers, LLC of Fort Lee. The facility received an overall rating of five stars, “much above average” on Medicare’s NursingHomeCompare website. That was based on ratings of “average” for quality measures, “above average” for staffing, and “much above average” for health inspections.
Donna Leusner, a spokeswoman for the Paramus Board of Health told North jersey media the facility is taking steps to address it.
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Paramus NJ, the Paramus Police report that at 1:16 PM there was a small fire at Paramus High School that was contained to a lighting fixture in a hallway behind the auditorium. The fire alarm was activated and students were evacuated. The fire was quickly extinguished by High School staff members. The Paramus Fire Department and Paramus Police Department quickly responded. Students were returned to their classrooms a short time later. There were no injuries or issues.
