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Upper Saddle River NJ, Bergen residents express serious concerns over brown water that’s originating from nearby development construction site.
According to CBS News ,”Some Bergen County residents say they a water emergency on their hands.”
Continue reading CBS News Revisits Apple Ridge Development Site
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PEARL RIVER NY ,The busy end-of-summer season is now in full swing and crooks are counting on an unsuspecting public letting down its guard – distracted with summer vacations ending, adults returning to work, students returning to school.
As a result, Orange and Rockland customers are being hounded by a new round of persistent predatory phone calls from phony bill collectors trying to steal their money.
The scheme goes this way: individuals posing as O&R employees call unsuspecting customers and threaten them with the immediate shut off of their electric service if they don’t pay phony O&R bills with Green Dot or other prepaid debit cards.
Continue reading ORANGE & ROCKLAND WARNS: CROOKS MAKE SUMMER’S END PUSH IN BILL PAYMENT FRAUD
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Mahwah NJ, As per Mahwah Police Captain of Patrol – Executive Officer Stuart Blank, one (1) summons for Careless Driving was issued in connection with incident in which a dump truck’s body became dislodged from its chassis and smashed into the overpass of MacArthur Boulevard at Route 17 northbound in Mahwah.
Continue reading No injuries were reported after dump truck’s body dislodged and jammed into Overpass in Mahwah
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Mahwah NJ, congressional candidate Frank Pollotta was interviewed by CBS New York this afternoon in a follow-up to a story about elevated levels of arsenic at the former Apple Ridge Golf and Country Club in Mahwah.
Pollotta stated ,”As many of you know, my own testing revealed elevated arsenic levels in the soil late last year—a key ingredient in the pesticides used on the property decades ago.
Continue reading Congressional Candidate Frank Pollotta Spells Out the Environmental Impact of the Apple Ridge Site
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Mahwah NJ, Mahwah Police report that a resident was bitten several times by a coyote Friday evening. Around 6:15 p.m., a woman was walking on Grenadier Drive when she encountered the coyote, which attacked her.
She was able to force the coyote off by striking it with a baseball bat she picked up in a nearby driveway. She was transported to a nearby hospital, where she was treated for bite injuries. The women remained in the hospital Till Saturday afternoon.
Continue reading Coyote Attacks Women in Mahwah
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Mahwah NJ, Mahwah Fire Department report a busy week .
Sunday all 5 companies were dispatched to a structure fire at a commercial restaurant on Franklin Turnpike. Crews worked quickly to control the spread of the fire on the roof and confirm the extension into the building. Multiple mutual aid departments were requested due to the heat.
Continue reading Mahwah Fire Reports Very Busy Week
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Mahwah NJ, yesterday the Pallotta for Congress Campaign continued to build its momentum releasing a string of key endorsements .
Continue reading Pallotta for Congress Picks Up Steam to Unseat Josh Gottheimer
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MAHWAH NJ , Special Properties Real Estate Services, LLC, an exclusive affiliate of Christie’s International Real Estate, voted Christie’s Affiliate of the Year in 2017 and 2018, and the fastest growing real estate brokerage in northern New Jersey, announced that Bart Merola, Michelline Saliba, and Wayne Chappel have joined its Mahwah, NJ brokerage office as Realtor Associates. The agents are part of Special Properties’ continued expansion throughout the northern New Jersey region.
Continue reading Trio of Real Estate Experts Join Special Properties’ Mahwah Office
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Mahwah NJ, Congressional candidate Frank Pallotta had a great Father’s Day weekend starting with a kickoff campaign gathering at the Blauvelt Museum in Oradell on Friday evening for a great team of 2019 Candidates. Dr. Yeun then asked me to speak at an event in Paramus explaining the positive impact of teamwork and working together – both in life and in politics. Lastly, my youngest son surprised me with an unexpected visit, and a round of golf!
pictured Pleasant Brook
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Upper Saddle River NJ, perhaps the Boroughs of Saddle River ,Upper Saddle River and Mahwah could have a talk to the New Jersey AG about Apple Ridge .
Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal announced that the licensed operator of the South River Water Department, the public drinking water system for South River Borough in Middlesex County, was arrested today and charged with submitting false water samples and records to a lab that tests such samples for coliform bacteria for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
Robert Baker, 56, of Mine Hill, N.J., was arrested early this morning and charged with a violation of the Safe Drinking Water Act, a third-degree crime. He was charged in an investigation by the Division of Criminal Justice Specialized Crimes Bureau, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, and the South River Police Department.
Continue reading AG GOES AFTER SOUTH RIVER WATER DEPARTMENT FOR FALSIFYING WATER PURITY TESTING
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Ramsey NJ, In a letter hand-delivered to the Board of Public Utilities meeting today, Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips blasts Rockland Electric’s request for a rate hike despite their inadequate storm responses and poor customer service record.
“Rockland Electric’s initial reason for the increase is higher customer satisfaction. I believe customers would be more satisfied by simply receiving higher quality service without a rate increase,” wrote DePhillips (R-Bergen).
Continue reading Burned by Rockland Electric? Now they want to increase your rates
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Mahwah NJ, After weeks of delays Mahwah has a new police chief . Captain Jaffe was finally appointed Police Chief by a 5-2 Vote . After weeks of tabling the vote on the mayoral appointment for police chief, Mahwah can now officially call Stephen Jaffe, Chief of Police.
The town council has approved the mayoral appointment by a 5-2 vote at tonight’s special council meeting with Ferguson, Ariemma, Paz, Wong and May voting yes and Wysocki and Ervin voting no.
According to the group Mahwah Strong on February 24th, Mayor John Roth appointed Captain Stephen Jaffe to replace retiring Chief James Batelli. The appointment requires approval by the town council.
Continue reading Mahwah Finally Has A New Police Chief
Public policy in New Jersey and elsewhere is being influenced by poorly informed politicians
by Frank Pallotta
Frank Pallotta, Mahwah resident, is a former Wall Street executive and owner of a specialty finance company Steel Curtain Capital LLC. He also works with American Corporate Partners (ACP), a nonprofit group that helps military veterans transfer back into the workforce.
What passes for basic economic knowledge in American politics today is shocking. There is an alarming and increasing rate of economic ignorance (and deceit) among elected officials, activists and many in the media and it is negatively impacting public policy.
Continue reading AMERICA NEEDS TO UPGRADE ITS ECONOMIC IQ
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Mahwah NJ, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo announced the indictments of MOLLY R. CAMPBELL (DOB 3/21/1989; Single; and employed as First Year Medical Resident/Expired) of 10 Saint Paul Place, Brooklyn, NY and ANTHONY M. KOPIECKI (DOB 6/2/1989, Single, First Year Medical Resident/Suspended) also of 10 Saint Paul Place, Brooklyn, NY on charges of Strict Liability for Drug Induced Death. The indictments are the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti, the Mahwah Police Department under the direction of Officer in Charge Captain Stephen Jaffe, the Jersey City Police Department under the direction of Chief Michael Kelly, and the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office under the direction of Sheriff Anthony Cureton.
Continue reading 2 BROOKLYN MED STUDENTS CHARGED WITH LIABILITY FOR DRUG INDUCED DEATH IN MAHWAH
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Mahwah NJ, Acting Bergen County Prosecutor Dennis Calo announced the arrest of CHARLES J. JANDRIS (DOB: 5/20/1965; married; and employed as a children’s daycare finance director) of 59 Youngs Road, Mahwah, New Jersey on a charge of Possession Of Child Pornography. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti.
In September 2018, members of the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Cyber Crimes Unit received information that Charles J. JANDRIS viewed and/or possessed child pornography. A months-long investigation revealed JANDRIS used the Internet to view and possess digital files depicting nude and sexually explicit prepubescent children.
Continue reading Children’s Daycare Finance Director Arrested on Child Porn Charges
