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Upper Saddle River NJ, Sarah Renee Bakal of Upper Saddle River has become Bergen County’s first female Eagle Scout during ceremonies at Temple Israel in Ridgewood on Sunday.
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Upper Saddle River NJ, a Bergen County man was sentenced today to 51 months in prison for defrauding lenders and corporations of $4.9 million by impersonating two bank executives interested in funding syndicated loans for global companies, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
Jeff Tittel in Upper Saddle River
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Upper Saddle River NJ, Jeff Tittel, Director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, announced his retirement today. Jeff will have served as the NJSC Director for 23 years when he retires on May 1, 2021. He has been involved in every major environmental legislation passing in New Jersey for close to two decades. Just some of his legislative and regulatory lobbying achievements include passage of the California Car Law, the Highlands Act, New Jersey’s Global Warming Response Act, New Jersey’s Fertilizer Law, and NJ’s Electronic Waste Recycling Law. He also worked to pass New Jersey’s Plastic Bag Ban last year, which is one of the most comprehensive in the country, and helped get the Delaware River Basin Commission to pass a fracking ban. Jeff Tittel, Director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, released the following statement:
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Upper Saddle River NJ, a short sparsely attended 40-minute hearing was all the borough needed to be declared in compliance with its six-year-old affordable housing agreement. The ruling on Friday by Superior Court Judge Christine Farrington provides the Borough of Upper Saddle River with protection through 2025 against lawsuits arising from challenges to its affordable housing plan, part of a statewide initiative dating back to the 1980s requiring that each municipality provide its “fair share” of affordable housing.
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Upper Saddle River NJ, The Otteau Group, a real estate consulting firm, which specializes in the complex field of real estate market analysis. With broad based experience in real estate valuation and consultation, our firm engages in a diversified practice encompassing all property types. The firm identified for New Jersey Monthly ten municipalities that showed particularly strong home sales (they are listed alphabetically):
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Upper Saddle River NJ, A New Year, but the same old problems for Upper Saddle and Saddle River communities. Apparently brown Wonka water is good for home values in one of the richest zip codes in the United States 07458. Of course I am being facetious. All kidding aside have you checked your home value lately?
Continue reading New Year But Same Old Runoff Problem for Upper Saddle and Saddle River Communities
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Upper Saddle River NJ, earlier on Saturday the New Jersey State Police and the Upper Saddle River Police Department were seeking the public’s assistance with locating Erin Mitchell, 83, from Upper Saddle River, N.J. Erin was last seen on Thursday, December 24, in Upper Saddle River driving a green 2004 Honda Accord with New Jersey plates V40LAZ. The vehicle was last seen on Tuesday, December 29, at 3:14 p.m., traveling westbound on Interstate 78 in Lebanon, N.J.
Continue reading Missing Upper Saddle Women Quickly Found As the Result of Social Media Posts
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Upper Saddle River NJ, a Bergen County, man today admitted that he defrauded lenders and corporations of $4.9 million by impersonating two bank executives interested in funding syndicated loans for global companies, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
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Upper Saddle River NJ, Governor Phil Murphy announced that Catherine R. McCabe, Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, will be retiring as of January 15, 2021.
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Upper Saddle River NJ, This is an important crime alert from the Upper Saddle River Police Department:
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Upper Saddle River NJ, the Upper Saddle River Police urge everyone to build an emergency kit containing basic household items. Following a disaster, people may find themselves without outside assistance for several days. Constructing and maintaining a kit stocked with needed supplies will allow for the care of family members and pets in case of an emergency.
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Upper Saddle River NJ, Republican candidate for Congress, Frank Pallotta, called on the Freeholder Boards of Bergen, Passaic, Sussex, and Warren Counties to pass resolutions opposing Governor Murphy and Senator Smith’s Farmland and Forest Destruction Act (S-2605). Pallotta asked incumbent Democrat Josh Gottheimer to stand up for the environment and join him in calling for bipartisan united opposition to replacing farmland and forests with solar power plants of 800 or more acres.
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