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Palisades Park NJ, in recent years, a growing trend has emerged among local governments: hiring professional public relations firms to manage municipal communications. Towns like Palisades Park and Clifton are among the latest to join this movement, which aims to streamline how information reaches residents.
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Clifton NJ, the Catholic Diocese of Paterson is investigating the disappearance of cash, checks, and credit card information from approximately 500 North Jersey donors. The missing contributions, intended for the annual Diocesan Ministries Appeal, were last seen at the diocese office in Clifton in late October before being dropped off for shipping.
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Clifton NJ, Passaic County Sheriff Richard Berdnik, a prominent law enforcement figure with strong connections to North Jersey, tragically took his own life on Tuesday afternoon at the renowned Turkish restaurant Toros in Clifton, as confirmed by multiple sources.
Continue reading Passaic County Sheriff Dies of Self Inflicted Wounds
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Clifton NJ, on Christmas Day evening, a driver fatally struck a 31-year-old Passaic man on Route 3 in Clifton, as confirmed by authorities.
Continue reading Pedestrian Killed on Route 3 in Clifton on Christmas Day
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Paramus NJ, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs (“the Division”) announced today that a now-defunct New Jersey cosmetology school and its related entities have agreed to pay nearly $640,000 – a majority of which will be used for consumer restitution – to resolve the State’s lawsuit alleging they defrauded students and engaged in substandard business practices that financially harmed students. In a separate settlement with the State Board of Cosmetology and Hairstyling (“the Board”), the school also agreed to surrender its licenses to operate in New Jersey.
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Clifton NJ, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced a bias intimidation charge against a Passaic County man in connection with vandalism targeting the Dr. Hani Awadallah public school in Paterson, NJ in the early morning hours of April 10, 2023.
Continue reading Suspect Who Tried to Run Down Clifton Police Officers Still at Large
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Continue reading Passaic County Sheriff’s Office S.W.A.T. Team Intervenes In Clifton Standoff
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Clifton NJ, early Wednesday afternoon the Clifton Fire Department and the New Jersey State Police received a call for a vehicle that drove off the Garden State Parkway. E6, T2 and NJ State Police arrived and found a vehicle that drove well off the road and down an embankment at Cambridge Crossing townhouses. The driver was taken to an area hospital with non life threatening injuries.
Continue reading Car drives off Garden State Parkway and crashes into Clifton townhouse
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Clifton NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of CHRISTOPHER J. GRIEG (DOB: 4/20/1982; single; unemployed) of Clifton, New Jersey on charges of stalking, contempt of a stalking restraining order and cyber-harassment. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Jason Love.
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Clifton NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that the State Board of Medical Examiners (“the Board”) has permanently revoked the license of a Passaic County orthopedic surgeon who allegedly prescribed high dosages of addictive opioid painkillers to his patients for years without a legitimate medical purpose, often while turning a blind eye to signs that patients may have been abusing the controlled dangerous substances (“CDS”) or diverting them for illegal purposes.
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Clifton NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today announced that a state grand jury has returned an indictment charging a man with attempted murder and bias intimidation in connection with the attempted stabbing of a grocery store clerk in Clifton in March.
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Clifton NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that a Bronx, N.Y., man was sentenced to state prison today for stealing a total of $142,900 from eight older adults in New Jersey using a “grandparent scam.”
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Clifton NJ, a New Jersey-based securities trader was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for orchestrating a massive, long-running market manipulation scheme and tax fraud that netted more than $17 million in illegal profits between 2014 and 2016, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.