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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood residents are raising serious concerns after discovering that a formerly public Village Shade Tree social media page has been switched to private, making all past posts hidden and unsearchable. This sudden change has sparked questions:
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Ridgewood NJ, the results are in for , “go woke, go broke” , reality has caught up with the narrative . And now it’s clear that even Disney C.E.O. Bob Iger himself believes that the company’s progressive “messaging” has become a problem.
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Ridgewood NJ, not sure why so many Wall Street economic geniuses predicted that the GDP report would show a positive number, given that inflation is running at 9%. “Stuck on Stupid” seems to be a growing pandemic.
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Trenton NJ, after a whole summer of social unrest over police and community relations the NJ Senate Law and Public Safety Committee voted on legislation to loosen training requirements for new police officers. S4208 would allow municipal and county police departments to establish a nine-month probationary period for new officers, during which they could assume police duties without completing basic training. In response to this legislation advancing, New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP), a far left social justice group released the following statement.
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Washington DC, the Interior Department recommends taking steps to increase fees for drilling on public lands, arguing that taxpayers are currently being shortchanged. The department says that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) should carry out several policies that increase these rates. Drilling on public lands represents 7 percent of domestically produced oil and 8 percent of domestically produced natural gas.
Editorial: PA has nothing to do with Trump order
NorthJersey4:31 p.m. ET Feb. 2, 2017
People can blame the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for many things, but President Donald Trump’s executive order banning refugees and nationals from seven Muslim-majority nations is not one of them.
On Wednesday, Democratic legislators from New Jersey and New York, with the Statue of Liberty as a backdrop, announced bistate legislation that would prevent the Port Authority from using its resources to uphold the president’s executive order. This was shameless grandstanding.
Ridgewood NJ, If politicians have their way changes in the state’s helmet laws for teens could be coming soon to New Jersey.
Ice skaters and scooter riders 17 or younger would join cyclist and be required for the first time to wear helmets under legislation being considered in the state Senate. The bill also increases the helmet requirement age for riding a bike, roller skates and skateboards from 16 to 17.
The Senate Law and Public Safety Committee is considering the legislation Thursday. Under current law parents or guardians of a minor who fails to wear a helmet when biking, roller skating or skateboarding face a $25 fine for the first offense. This legislation expands that provision to parents of ice skaters or scooter riders.