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Today, April 1, is 2020 Census Day in Ridgewood

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Ridgewood NJ, Today, April 1, is Census Day. Ridgewood is already at a 49.7% self-response rate – well done! Please remind relatives, friends and neighbors who are not on social media to go to www.my2020census.gov or call (844) 330-2020 to fill it out. Ridgewood had a total response rate of under 80% in 2010, and we are trying to get a lot closer to 100% this time around, so we can get our full share of the $675 billion federal dollars at stake.

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BREAKING: The New Jersey state tax filing deadline WILL BE EXTENDED from April 15th to July 15th.

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Trenton NJ,  The New Jersey state tax filing deadline WILL BE EXTENDED from April 15th to July 15th.Additionally, the state fiscal year will be extended to September 30th to allow us to focus on leading our state out of this crisis.

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The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants strongly urges Governor Murphy to extend filing deadlines for New Jersey’s state income tax and corporate business tax to June 30

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ROSELAND NJ, The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJCPA) strongly urges Governor Murphy to sign A-3841/S-2300, which would extend filing deadlines for New Jersey’s state income tax and corporate business tax to June 30.

Forty-five states have extended their various tax deadlines; 37 have extended to July 15 and eight have extended to other dates. New Jersey is the only state with a personal income tax that has not announced a tax filing extension.

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The Village Council’s Work Session and Special Public Meeting on 4/1/2020 will be held on Zoom

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Ridgewood  NJ, The Village Council’s Work Session and Special Public Meeting on 4/1/2020 will be held on Zoom.  The public may attend on Zoom audio/video or audio only or may watch the meeting live on television or from their electronic device by live streaming it.  Those attending from the public will be muted during the meeting, except for the time set aside from Comments from the Public, at which time they will be unmuted.  The Village Council meeting will be broadcast live on Channel 77 (Optimum) and Channel 34 (Verizon Fios) and streamed live on YouTube or the Village website, www.ridgewoodnj.net.

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Village of Ridgewood COVID-19 CASES UPDATE

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Ridgewood NJ, according to Village of Ridgewood Mayor Ramon Hache  this is the latest update on coronavirus cases in Ridgewood  is as follows :

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Ridgewood School Home School Day 12 ,Due to COVID 19

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Dear Ridgewood School Community,

 

Good afternoon! I hope this update finds you and your families doing well. Although we are not together in school, we are continuing to find creative ways to maintain some of our traditions. This week is Spirit Week! For me, I have celebrated our Elementary School Spirit Week as follows:

Maroon Monday: Ridgewood gear! As Superintendent of the Ridgewood Public Schools, I have plenty. Back in the good old days when my wife, Sue (she asked me not to only refer to her as my wife…. done) and I cleaned out some closets, we found 17 Ridgewood sweatshirts, dozens of t-shirts, and much more. We did not donate any. My kids participated in sports at RHS, so we had plenty of gear to go around.

Team up Tuesday: I am a Dallas Cowboys fan. Ok, stop rolling your eyes and muttering under your breath. For all of you Giants fans, Jason Garret is your problem now.

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Bergen County Chosen as First Testing Site for Abbott Laboratories New Rapid COVID 19 Test

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Paramus NJ, Gov. Phil Murphy announced at his daily COVID-19 briefing on Tuesday afternoon that Bergen County will be the site for a new rapid test from Abbott Laboratories. The Ridgewood previously reported about the on the The Abbott ID NOW™ COVID-19 https://theridgewoodblog.net/abbott-launches-molecular-point-of-care-test-to-detect-novel-coronavirus-in-as-little-as-five-minutes/

Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use to Abbott Laboratories for the point-of-care COVID-19 test. The Illinois-based company said the test can give positive results in as little as five minutes, and negative results in about 13 minutes.

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US FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System, which is designed to decontaminate N95 respirators allowing healthcare workers to safely reuse them

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Ridgewood NJ, according to Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security the US FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the Battelle Critical Care Decontamination System, which is designed to decontaminate N95 respirators in order to allow healthcare workers to safely reuse them (as many as 20 times) and extend existing inventory in health systems across the country. The system utilizes hydrogen peroxide vapor to “destroy bacteria, viruses and other contaminants, including…SARS-CoV-2,” and it can process up to 80,000 masks per day. The FDA initially limited the throughput to 10,000 masks per day, but the system is now permitted to operate at full capacity. The system is currently in use in Ohio, and Battelle intends to deploy units to New York, Washington state, and Washington, DC.

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STUDY : New Jersey’s Economy Is the 8th Most Exposed to Coronavirus

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Ridgewood NJ, With the U.S. stock market having lost over 20 percent of its value and the U.S. government passing a historic $2 trillion stimulus package, WalletHub today released a report on the State Economies Most Exposed to Coronavirus, as well as accompanying videos.

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Social Security Benefits Will be Paid On Time Don’t Be Fooled by Scammers

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Ridgewood NJ, Andrew Saul, Commissioner of Social Security, reminds the public that Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit payments will continue to be paid on time during the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency also reminds everyone to be aware of scammers who try to take advantage of the pandemic to trick people into providing personal information or payment via retail gift cards, wire transfers, internet currency, or by mailing cash, to maintain Social Security benefit payments or receive economic impact payments from the Department of the Treasury.

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Bergen County: 2,607 COVID-19 Cases, 41 Fatalities as of Monday

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Hackensack NJ, As of 6:30 PM Monday, March 30, 2020, Bergen County has 2,607 total “presumptive positive” cases of COVID-19 identified; impacting 69 municipalities.

As of today, we have sadly lost 41 residents and the County of Bergen mourns their loss and offers condolences to their loved ones. Please keep them in your thoughts.

The county had 2,281 COVID-19 cases on Sunday.

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Gannett Owner of North Jersey Media Announced its cutting pay and furloughing ” journalists” at its newspapers across the country

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Hackensack NJ, Gannett announced Monday it is cutting pay and furloughing ” journalists” at its newspapers across the country as ad revenue plunges during the coronavirus pandemic.

Gannett  is the publisher of more than 100 newspapers, including ,North Jersey Media Group, USA Today, the Detroit Free Press, The Columbus Dispatch and The Arizona Republic, is reportedly furloughing workers who make more than $38,000. Those employees will be subject to furloughs of one week per month in April, May and June, according to a tweet from investigative reporter Gregory Holman of the Springfield News-Leader in Missouri, a Gannett-owned paper.

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Improving Workflow: Management Tips for Law Firms

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Modern companies, especially law firms are consistently looking for new ways to increase their work efficiency and employee productivity. However, only less than 30% have enabled technological innovation for their employees. The rest still follows traditional means of running a law firm and thus, face many challenges in today’s world of technological advancement. Nevertheless, those companies that have implemented innovative software for workflow management in their firms are now delivering good efficiency and workflow.

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U.S. Attorney Carpenito, AG Grewal, Acting Comptroller Walsh, Announce Federal-State COVID-19 Fraud Task Force

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Ridgewood NJ,  U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito, New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal, and New Jersey Acting State Comptroller Kevin D. Walsh today announced the formation of a joint federal-state task force to investigate and prosecute a wide range of misconduct arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, including the unlawful hoarding of medical supplies, price gouging, charity scams, procurement fraud, insurance fraud, phishing schemes, and false and misleading investment opportunities.

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Murphy Rights a Wrong and Reopens Gun Stores

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Trenton NJ, NJ State Senator Michael Testa (R-1) released the following statement:

“I am pleased that Gov. Murphy is finally recognizing and honoring our constitutional right to bear arms, especially amid this State of Emergency.

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