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School Shooting Threats Sweep New Jersey, Fueled by National Social Media Trend

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Ridgewood NJ, in recent weeks, New Jersey schools and law enforcement have been grappling with a wave of school shooting threats circulating on social media platforms like TikTok, Snapchat, and Facebook. This alarming trend, which mirrors incidents nationwide, has led to police investigations, lockdowns, and multiple student arrests, including that of a 10-year-old in South Jersey. The Ridgewood blog has reported lockdowns in Westwood , Bloomfield and Waldwick.

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Westwood Regional High School Locked Down Over Alert System Malfunction

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Westwood NJ, at approximately 11:07 AM The Washington Township Police Department responded to the Westwood High School for a reported lockdown.  Township Police arrived and entered the structure.  Within moments, surrounding agencies arrived on scene to assist.

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Review of New Jersey’s COVID-19 response could begin within days

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Trenton NJ, Governor Murphy says that the state’s long delayed review of the state’s COVID-19 pandemic response could begin within days. The governor first announced in April 2020 that the state would have a full examination of how it handled the pandemic and said repeatedly since that he was “committed” to an investigation.

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Four of Ten Young Adults Nervous to Return to Social Interaction

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Ridgewood NJ, this chart caught our eye, primarily because it underscores the extent to which stress, anxiety, isolation, and other mental health aspects of lock down have hit young people hard, despite the fact severe disease and death form the virus has been overwhelmingly among seniors.

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New Jersey has Gained back only 58% of the jobs lost due to the Coronavirus Pandemic

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Trenton NJ, New Jersey’s lackluster recovery private sector employers added to their payrolls in November for the seventh consecutive month while employment in the public sector moved lower. Estimates produced by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that total nonfarm wage and salary employment in New Jersey increased by 7,100 in November to reach a seasonally adjusted level of 3,896,300. The gains were recorded in the private sector (+9,700) of the state’s economy while employment in the public sector fell by 2,600.

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Glen Rock Inn Temporally shuts its doors

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Glen Rock NJ, the Glen Rock Inn located at 222 Rock Rd, Glen Rock, NJ 07452, has temporally shut its doors due to COVID19,. The Glen Rock Inn is a Bergen County institution offering friendly service and good food.

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March For Your Rights Rally to Support Small Business

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Morristown NJ, on Sunday morning at 10am to 12pm the March For Your Rights peaceful protest was held.  The protests was held for the right  to run your business, go to work and go to school . The message is one of personal responsibility. Organizers asked attendees to please wear your mask and in the Gathering areas as well as along the March route, please wear your masks and practice social distancing to demonstrate that mandates are not required for people to act responsibly.

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Golds Gym in Paramus Closes After 28 Years

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To our Gold’s Gym Paramus Family,

It is with tremendous sadness to announce that after 28 years we will be closing our doors at Gold’s Gym Paramus on Tuesday, November 3rd at 8pm. We are heartbroken to have to make this decision as we worked very hard to get back open after an unprecedented 6 month shutdown. It was great to be able to open back up and help people again for the past 2 months but at this time we are regrettably unable to continue operating any longer.
While we are filled with a wide range of many emotions we choose to celebrate what was an amazing 28 years with the greatest staff, members and community anyone could ever ask for! We look back with pride and gratitude at the thousands of lives we have touched, the results our members have achieved and the many friendships that were made at the gym. We are especially proud of the community service and charity work we were able to perform as giving back to our community was always one of our top priorities from the day we opened our doors. We have always wanted to be known as a gym that makes a difference and we certainly hope that we were able to accomplish that goal and make a difference in your life.

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Governor Murphy Signs Executive Order Extending Public Health Emergency Dictatorship in New Jersey

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Red bank NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 191. The Order extends the Public Health Emergency that was declared on March 9, 2020 through Executive Order No. 103, which was previously extended on April 7, May 6, June 4, July 2, August 1, August 27, and September 25. Under the Emergency Health Powers Act, a declared public health emergency expires after 30 days unless renewed.

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Rutgers Employment Recovery Report Raises Red Flag on New Jersey’s Outmigration Problem

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New Brunswick NJ, New Jersey gained back half of the jobs lost due to the coronavirus pandemic but a wide disparity remains between higher-income professionals working at home and lower-wage support workers still bearing the brunt of the economic downturn that has gripped the nation, according to a new Rutgers report.

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Murphy Lock Down Continues to Crimp New Jersey Tax Collections

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Trenton NJ,  The Department of the Treasury today reported that September revenue collections for the major taxes totaled $3.467 billion, down $161.0 million, or 4.4 percent below last September. Fiscal year-to-date, total collections of $5.607 billion are down $535.7 million, or 8.7 percent below the same three months last year.

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Top Renovations For Those Adapting to Their New COVID Working Environment

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If you are considering a renovation to create a more comfortable and spacious at home work space, you aren’t alone.  Home renovations have been on the rise for over six months according to 76% of agents surveyed and are showing little sign of slowing.  Since March of 2020 there has been a drastic rise in home improvement and renovations, totalling $328 billion during the 2nd quarter of this year, a massive $8 billion over the same time period in 2019.  

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New Jersey has the 5th Most Coronavirus Restrictions

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Trenton NJ, With some states choosing to delay further reopening or even bring back some previously lifted restrictions due to surges in COVID-19, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released updated rankings for the States with the Fewest Coronavirus Restrictions .

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Regal Cinemas May Close all US Theaters

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North Brunswick NJ, Cineworld Group, the owner of Regal Cinemas, said it is considering temporarily closing its theaters “but a final decision has not yet been reached.”

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