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Hawthorne NJ, at least two (2) individuals were taken into custody, and two (2) others transported by ambulances to a hospital, in connection with a late afternoon, Mother’s Day, 05/12, physical brawl at a strip mall on Wagaraw Road in Hawthorne.
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Ridgewood NJ, Mother’s Day is a holiday honoring motherhood that is observed in different forms throughout the world. The American incarnation of Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. Jarvis would later denounce the holiday’s commercialization and spent the latter part of her life trying to remove it from the calendar. While dates and celebrations vary, Mother’s Day most commonly falls on the second Sunday in May and traditionally involves presenting mothers with flowers, cards and other gifts.
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Ridgewood NJ , the Ridgewood blog would like to wish all the Village mothers and beyond a very happy and healthy mothers day . For those wondering how this who thing got started :
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Ridgewood NJ, today is Mother’s Day and more than 70 percent of moms with young children working today, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Best & Worst States for Working Moms as well as accompanying videos.
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Ridgewood NJ, A large tree toppled into a single family home located at 381 Hamilton Road, Ridgewood during a brief but intense storm on Sunday afternoon, 05/14. No injuries were reported in the incident. Ridgewood FD, PD and a Village of Ridgewood building sub-code official responded to the scene. Fire department personnel disconnected all utility service to the home as a precaution.
Ridgewood Nj , Happy Mothers day to all the moms . before the all the flowers , chocolate and brunch ;Mother’s Day as it’s known today in the United States dates back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It started in 1868 to allow mothers of Union and Confederate soldiers to get together .
1. Mother’s Day probably started as a way for mourning women to honor fallen soldiers. “Mother’s Friendship Day” was organized in 1868 to allow mothers of Union and Confederate soldiers to get together.
2. The earliest iterations of Mother’s Day in the U.S. were organized for several reasons, but celebrating mothers wasn’t among them. U.S. women’s groups in the late 1800s came together in West Virginia to tackle everything from infant mortality to disease and milk contamination. In 1870, a composer by the name of Julia Ward Howe issued a “Mother’s Day Proclamation,” urging women to become politically active and to promote peace following the U.S. Civil War, according to National Geographic.
3. The official holiday’s founder Anna Jarvis boycotted the holiday. Jarvis, a native of West Virginia, organized the first Mother’s Day celebration at a church in Grafton, West Virginia, in 1908 in memory of her own mother, who died three years earlier. She successfully campaigned to have the day adopted nationally, but by the time of her death in 1948, Jarvis had spent most of her personal wealth fighting the holiday she helped conceive. She apparently found the commercialization of Mother’s Day deplorable and sued groups that used the name “Mother’s Day” name to promote consumerism. She even lobbied the government to remove it from the U.S.’ official calendar.
4. Jarvis never married and was childless. In many ways, Jarvis’ unwavering devotion to preserving what she thought was the true origin of the holiday was more about her ego than anything else. “Everything she signed was Anna Jarvis, Founder of Mother’s Day. It was who she was,” historian Katharine Antolini, author of “Memorializing Motherhood: Anna Jarvis and the Struggle for Control of Mother’s Day,” told National Geographic.
5. The carnation was the original Mother’s Day flower. Some groups sold carnations every year to fundraise for their causes, something Jarvis vehemently opposed.
Sat, May 09, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Location: Graydon Pool Parking Lot, Lindwood Ave and Northern Pky., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
CRPL Plant Sale
Saturday, May 9, 2015,10am-2pm
Graydon Pool Parking Lot, Ridgewood
Annuals and Perennials~~Perfect Gifts for Mother’s Day!
To order: www.cfrpl.org. P.O. Box 123, Ridgewood, NJ 07451
On Sunday, September 28, 2014 our Nation honors our Gold Star Mothers and families.
The Presidential Proclamation in 2011 commemorating this day pronounces, “As members of a grateful Nation, we owe a debt we can never repay, but hold this sacred obligation forever in our hearts, minds, and actions. We honor their sacrifice, and stand with our service members, military families, and Gold Star families as they have stood for us.” The
American Legion Post 53 and Ridgewood NJ’s Blue Star Families are committed to bringing awareness to our community and to commemorate the sacrifices these mothers and their families have made for our Country.
In the aftermath of World War I, Washington D.C. resident Grace Darling Seibold
formed an organization called Gold Star Mothers to support the moms who had lost sons and daughters to the war. Grace’s son, First Lieutenant George Vaughn Seibold, was an aviator killed in combat over France in 1918. In 1928, the small D.C.-based group decided to nationalize its efforts. In 1936, a joint congressional resolution established the last Sunday in September as
Gold Star Mother’s Day. The Gold Star Mothers grew from a support group of 60 women to today’s extensive nationwide network with tens of thousands of members and hundreds of local chapters.
In Ridgewood, NJ the Gold Star Mother’s Day Committee will sponsor our fourth annual event commemorating Gold Star Mother’s Day on Sunday, September 28, at Van Neste Park.
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NBA MVP Kevin Durant‘s very emotional, heartfelt MVP acceptance speech — he thanked his mother.
Kevin Durant‘s very emotional, heartfelt MVP acceptance speech — he thanked his mother, Wanda Pratt. A woman who both nurtured and pushed him to be what he has become.
Bethlehem Lutheran has Special Plans to Honor Mom
Ridgewood, NJ—May 2, 2014—Bethlehem Lutheran Church Ridgewood announced its special plan for Mother’s Day. The services are designed to help local families experience fellowship, fun and community. Please join us as we celebrate the 100th
Our plans include honoring and thanking God for women and families. The worship enhancements include instrumental music, special children’s message, a song by the ladies as well as a gift of a plant to all women attending. We offer 2 Sunday services: Contemporary
Praise Service at 8:45am and Traditional Worship at 11am with Sunday School and Bible Class at 10am. Please join us at 155 Linwood Avenue, Ridgewood.
“This will be a wonderful time for young families,” said Rev. Andy Nelson. “Photos from the morning will no doubt appear on hundreds of social media pages by the parents and their children attending. Our members are excited to share the joy and wonder of families with
everyone who attends.”
We truly hope to see you and wish everyone a very Happy Mother’s Day. The members of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Ridgewood want you to know that God has a plan for you and He loves you. Our faith is in Christ. Our guide is in the Bible. Our love is for all. Come celebrate with us. Bethlehem has active ministries in music, education, community
outreach and sports.
The mission of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church is to Trust God and care for His people by sharing the Good News of Jesus Christ in our world, community, work, church, and home.
Please visit our website www.bethlehemchurch.com anniversary of Mother’s Day !
Bridgeaplooza Winding Down
NYT: Woman Says Bridgegate Closings Didn’t Cause Her Mother’s Death
January 10, 2014 – 8:43 am
FORT LEE, N.J. — The daughter of a 91-year-old woman from Fort Lee, N.J., who died on the day of a major traffic jam precipitated by top aides to Gov. Chris Christie said on Thursday that she did not believe the inability of an ambulance to reach her mother’s house was a factor in her death.
“I honestly believe it was just her time,” said Vilma Oleri, whose mother, Florence Genova, died on the morning of Sept. 9, the first day that the closing of local lanes leading to the George Washington Bridge set off the snarls.
A Fort Lee emergency official has said that the traffic jam prevented an ambulance from Englewood Hospital from reaching Ms. Genova’s home.
Christie’s critics have seized on Genova’s death, even calling the traffic jam scandal “Bridgeghazi” in an accidental acknowledgement that Benghazi is a legitimate scandal — now that it can somehow be aimed at a Republican. Some have even suggested that manslaughter charges should be on the table. In the bridge scandal, not Benghazi, of course.
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DWI legislation would replace drunken driving suspensions with ignition locks
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2014 LAST UPDATED: WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1, 2014, 10:49 PM
BY KIBRET MARKOS
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
Most convicted drunken drivers in New Jersey could avoid mandatory license suspensions under a new bill making its way through the Legislature — a proposal that constitutes a major shift in how the state deals with the offense.
The bill would require all drivers convicted of DWI to install an ignition interlock device on their cars that would prevent them from starting the engine unless they are sober. More than 35,000 drivers are convicted of DWI in New Jersey every year, including more than 3,200 in Bergen County and more than 1,500 in Passaic County, according to state court figures.
But the proposal to eliminate license suspensions — a sanction which has long been a fixture in the state’s drunken-driving laws — has provoked debate among lawmakers, anti-drunken driving advocates and defense attorneys. Among the bill’s staunch supporters is Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, which said the bill is its top legislative priority in New Jersey.
“Taking away the license of a driver is not the best approach,” said Frank Harris, state legislative affairs director for MADD. “This is about a change in behavior and saving lives. It’s more of an effective approach to stopping drunk driving.”
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/news/DWI_legislation_would_use_ignition_locks_instead_of_license_suspensions.html#sthash.Ag21nlt3.dpuf
Sandy babies flood local hospitals
Posted: Thursday, July 25, 2013 6:45 am | Updated: 3:28 pm, Thu Jul 25, 2013.
By Peg Quann Staff writer
Bonnie Prince George isn’t the only newborn in the news these days.
Sandy’s babies are arriving.
They’re filling hospitals along the Jersey coast, nine months after the superstorm struck last fall.
Those candlelit nights in late October and November, when many couples found themselves without lights or television, have led to a bumper crop of births now at some area hospitals, particularly in areas hit hard by the storm.
“We have seen an increase about 25 percent over what we expected, and some mothers have said their babies were conceived during Superstorm Sandy or during the power and cable outages afterwards,” said Jennifer Tornetta, a spokeswoman for AtlantiCare, the health system that oversees AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center’s two campuses in Atlantic City and Galloway, Atlantic County.
Maternity wards at hospitals in Monmouth and Ocean counties apparently are bulging. The Asbury Park Press reported that Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch had a 34 percent increase in births, and there was a 20 percent increase at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Brick over last year.
https://www.phillyburbs.com/news/local/burlington_county_times_news/sandy-babies-flood-local-hospitals/article_d0539195-3098-5c34-b612-1f17146da77c.html
Bill making medical marijuana program more accessible to sick kids wins final passage
As the mothers of two chronically sick children cried tears of relief, the Assembly approved a bill today that would remove some of the legal barriers that have prevented kids from benefiting from New Jersey’s medicinal marijuana program.
The 55-13 vote with nine abstentions in the Assembly was the bill’s last stop before going to Gov. Chris Christie, who has reluctantly implemented the medical marijuana law and has said he is “not inclined to allow” children to participate in the program, even though state law allows it. (Livio/Star-Ledger)
Serving Justice to Gosnell
05/14/2013
Justice has been served for a few infants and one mother whose lives were taken within the filthy walls of 3801 Lancaster Avenue.
Late-term abortionist Kermit Gosnell was convicted yesterday of first-degree murder in the deaths of three infants who were born alive after botched abortions performed in his run-down West Philadelphia clinic. He was also found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Karnamaya Mongar, a 41-year-old woman who died from an overdose of anesthetic drugs during an abortion procedure.
The jury’s deliberations came after six weeks of harrowing testimony detailing the brutal deaths of newborns and unthinkable mistreatment of women. The gruesome murder of moving, breathing infants after botched abortions allegedly became a regular occurrence at the filthy West Philadelphia facility, with one clinic worker estimating nearly 100 living babies were killed shortly after birth.
Many of those murders followed failed abortions performed after Pennsylvania’s 24-week limit. In addition to the four murder charges, Gosnell was also convicted of more than 200 other criminal counts including violating Pennsylvania’s informed consent law and performing illegal late-term abortions.
In wake of the trial’s disturbing revelations, many are left questioning how the oft-repeated slogan of “safe, legal, and rare” abortions can continue to encompass late-term procedures—especially of the kind that can produce live births.
There is broad consensus that abortions like those Gosnell performed should not take place, whether in a run-down Philadelphia clinic or the sterile facilities of other abortion providers. Nearly two-thirds of Americans generally oppose abortions in the second trimester of pregnancy, while 80 percent oppose abortions in the third trimester.
“The first degree murder conviction of Kermit Gosnell brings some closure to this horrific case, but we must act to address the broader problems highlighted by this tragedy,” remarked Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL). “Congress should conduct a thorough investigation into the practices of late-term abortions in America with the goal of ensuring that these atrocities are never repeated in the future.…Life is precious at every stage, and America’s policies must reflect this fact at every turn.”
That policy work got underway last week, when the House Energy and Commerce Committee began investigations into current state efforts to monitor clinics and protect the rights of born-alive infants and their mothers.
Yet much more needs to be done, especially as current policy entangles taxpayer dollars in the abortion industry.
The leader in that industry, Planned Parenthood, performs roughly one out of every four abortions in the United States. The organization that holds the title of the nation’s largest abortion provider also allegedly turned a blind eye to the safety of women in Pennsylvania and Delaware, opposes legal protections for infants born after botched abortions, and faces repeated accusations of fraud.
This is the organization that President Obama vowed to support at its recent annual fundraising gala. This is the multibillion-dollar industry to which the government sends hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars every year. And the abortion subsidization through taxpayer funding will only increase under Obamacare.
In light of the brutality that became commonplace at 3801 Lancaster Avenue and has appeared elsewhere, policymakers should rethink continued financial support for an industry that creates and supports the likes of Gosnell.
Americans must likewise reexamine the prevailing ethic of abortion-on-demand for any reason—even in late-term abortions.
“[I]n our justice system premeditating and exacting the demise of babies is only a crime if a child is fully outside the womb,” stated Representative Virginia Foxx (R-NC). “We would do well as a society to consider what deciding murder based upon geographic technicalities reveals about our collective conscious.”
For over four decades since the Roe v. Wade decision, American medical practice, politics, and laws have separated the health of mothers from the well-being of the children they carry. Gosnell’s “house of horrors” should demonstrate that the severing of that connection does a disservice and risks the health and lives of both child and mother.
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