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Moderna in dispute Over Patent Rights to the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine

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Ridgewood NJ, Moderna and the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) are currently in a dispute over which entity should receive patent rights to the SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine the company and the agency developed in partnership. The collaboration to develop the vaccine was widely hailed as a shining example of successful interaction between public and private entities for the benefit of the global population. However, Moderna’s patent paperwork noticeably does not include the government scientists involved in the vaccine development process as co-inventors. Moderna’s stance on this dispute is that they “reached the good-faith determination that these individuals did not co-invent” the vaccine. The NIH and consumer advocacy group Public Citizen disagree with this assessment, believing that federal scientists were core to the invention of the vaccine and should be included on the patent. The NIH and Moderna currently are engaged in talks to resolve the dispute, but if left unresolved, the issue could be taken into the court system for resolution.

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Admits Benefitting From COVID with a $5.1 million book deal

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Albany NY , New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s book American Crisis, written with the help of his taxpayer-funded aides, netted him a $5.1 million book deal. The New York Governor  said in a speech to the nation’s  governors,

“Very few people were going through what we went through (with the pandemic) and we went through it together. And speaking for myself, it was a tremendous personal benefit.”

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COVID Outbreak : George Washington Middle School Goes Full Remote

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Ridgewood NJ, upon completion of the investigation pertaining to recent positive COVID cases, George Washington Middle School will transition to all remote learning effective Monday, February 8, 2021 through Thursday,
February 11, 2021.

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Any resident who wishes to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine must register on the State of NJ site

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Ridgewood NJ, Any resident who wishes to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine must register on the State of NJ site, which is: covid19.nj.gov/vaccine.  Once registered, an email will let you know if you are eligible at the present time or if you will have to wait for a future date, based on the current guidelines (the current guidelines are attached to this email).  If you are eligible for a vaccine at this time, a list of sites where the vaccine is being given will be provided.  Choose the location where you wish to go, and register for that site. Continue reading Any resident who wishes to obtain a COVID-19 vaccine must register on the State of NJ site

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George Washington Middle School will transition to all remote learning tomorrow, Friday, December 11, 2020.

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Ridgewood NJ, Due to two recent separate positive COVID-19 cases of unknown origin, George Washington Middle School will transition to all remote learning tomorrow, Friday, December 11, 2020. In-person instruction will resume on Thursday, December 17, 2020. Please make sure that George Washington Middle School students do not participate in out of school activities during this time of remote learning.

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CDC: When You Can be Around Others After You Had or Likely Had COVID-19

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Ridgewood NJ, the CDC answers questions on when you can safely resume contact with others if you think or know you had COVID-19, and you had symptoms :

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MASSIVE NEW PROPERTY AND SALES TAX INCREASES COMING FOR NEW JERSEY TAXPAYERS TAXPAYERS

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River Vale NJ, As of the end of 2019, New Jersey owed $44.4 billion in bonded debt obligations and combined with nonbonded long-term obligations — such as all the money owed to retired public workers who’ve been promised a pension in New Jersey — well over $200 billion, roughly five times the size of the state’s annual budget.

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Murphy Administration continues to struggle with fulfilling the unemployment claims

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Trenton NJ,  According to reports over the weekend, the Murphy Administration continues to struggle with fulfilling the unemployment claims of suffering New Jersey residents. Legislators continue to grow frustrated with the lack of communication with Murphy’s staff at the Department of Labor.

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Mayor Knudsen Gives Village of Ridgewood COVID19 Update

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Hello everyone,
First, thank you for welcoming me back as Ridgewood’s Mayor! I am honored, once again, to serve as Mayor of our beautiful Village and I am grateful for your continued support!
Daily Covid-19 updates have been informative and helpful in navigating us through the coronavirus pandemic. Information undoubtedly highlights the importance of following health and safety protocols including proper social distancing along with the use of PPE. Several months ago, I worked with Dylan Hansen (VoR IT Director) on the Village COVID19 reporting system with the purpose of gathering information to better understand the impact of COVID19 on our Village community.

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Proposed Constitutional Amendment To Require Legislative Approval Every 15 days for Governors Emergency Powers

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Trenton NJ, Senator Declan O’Scanlon issued the following statement on the need to curtail Governor Phil Murphy’s emergency powers:

“Today, I signed onto a resolution that just strike me as peculiar. Peculiar in the sense that I never would have imagined the need for this to exist in a democracy. SCR-117 is intended to curtail the Governor’s power to issue emergency executive orders without reapproval by the legislature every 15 days. It’s a proposed constitutional amendment that if passed, would create a ballot question potentially altering our State’s constitution and let the public decide whether a Governor needs to have their power more frequently checked by the Legislature.

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Congressional Candidate John McCann Discusses the problems Facing Small businesses in New Jersey

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Trenton NJ, Governor Murphy saved Home Depot, Target and other Wall Street sponsored companies and he destroyed businesses earning 60K per year. The economists and historians will be writing about this for next hundred years to come.

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Pastors Sue Governor Murphy for Not Deeming Churches Essential and Preventing Them from Immediately Reopening

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TRENTON NJ, , 27 churches sued New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, in District Court, over his failure to deem churches as essential, which prohibits them from reopening, even under CDC guidelines. The complaint argues Governor Murphy is unconstitutionally preventing the free exercise of faith of hundreds of thousands of New Jersey citizens by keeping church doors forcibly closed.

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‘Unlock New Jersey’ Launches Today

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Morristown NJ,  “Unlock New Jersey” was launched today by an expanding group of business owners, civic leaders, elected officials and concerned citizens who presented Governor Phil Murphy with a proposal to responsibly and decisively unlock his COVID19 shut-down of Garden State businesses.  The plan was the result of a town hall meeting of more than 30 small business owners from Morris County along with Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce, Assemblyman Brian Bergen, Morris County Freeholder Stephen Shaw, 11th District Congressional Candidate Rosemary Becchi, Rose City Jewelers Owner Joseph Falco, Jr., Carmen DePasquale, owner of DePasquale the Spa, and Robyn Acceturo, owner of West Orange Jewelers.

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NJ TRANSIT has been awarded $1.4 billion in federal aid

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Ridgewood NJ, in what President Trump called the The LARGEST single Federal transit grant to New Jersey Transit ever, NJ TRANSIT has been awarded $1.4 billion in federal aid through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. This critical emergency relief funding will enable NJ TRANSIT to continue to provide service to essential workers who are on the front lines of the Coronavirus response.

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