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FBI: Unpaid Road Toll SMiShing Scams Hits Tri-state Area

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NJ Turnpike Authority: Text message scam targets New Jersey tollpayers

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Ridgewood NJ, the FBI released a public service announcement warning of an uptick in unpaid road toll SMiShing scams. Since the scams started in early March 2024, over 2,000 complaints have been made to the FBI from at least three states, and it appears to be moving from state to state, including New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. On April 12, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority issued a statement alerting drivers that the scam had begun to target drivers throughout the state.

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Tolls on NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway Rise

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Ridgewood NJ, Starting from Friday, March 1st, commuters traveling on the New Jersey Turnpike and Garden State Parkway will experience an increase in toll rates, with fares for passenger cars going up by 3%.

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NJ State Agencies Launch ‘See Something, Say Something’ Highway Messaging Campaign

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Hamilton NJ, the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Transportation and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, announced today the launch of its “See Something, Say Something” public safety campaign in addition to Variable Message Signs around the state to remind drivers along the state’s major interstates to remain vigilant and report potential threats and suspicious activity related to terrorism or other criminal activity.

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New Jersey Turnpike Authority Settles Lawsuit of Trooper Who Used Traffic Stops to Pick Up Women and download intimate videos

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Neptune NJ, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority will pay $250,000 to settle a driver’s lawsuit that was filed after a former State Trooper downloaded an intimate video from her cellphone during a 2016 traffic stop on the Garden State Parkway.

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Garden State Drivers Blindsided by Turnpike and Garden State Parkway Toll Increase

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New Brunswick NJ, Senator Jim Holzapfel and Assemblymen Greg McGuckin and John Catalano today moved to slam the brakes on automatic toll increases like the ones sprung on Garden State drivers last week.

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NJ TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES AND THE PORT AUTHORITY TEAM UP WITH WALGREENS TO HOST EMPLOYEE COVID-19 VACCINE CLINIC

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Clinic Vaccinates Nearly 1,000 NJ TRANSIT, NJDOT, Port Authority and New Jersey Turnpike Authority Employees in Single Day

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Ridgewood NJ,  NJ TRANSIT, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) and the New Jersey Turnpike Authority teamed up with Walgreens today to expedite the effort to vaccinate employees during a large-scale vaccine clinic in Newark. The clinic had capacity to vaccinate nearly 1,000 employees of the agencies in a single day.

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Garden State Parkway Fails to Police their Sidewalks After Snow Storm

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Paramus NJ, they say a picture is worth a thousand words.  Spotted this in Paramus on Linwood Avenue on Tuesday , the home owner neatly cleaned their sidewalk  ,while the Garden State Parkway failed to do so .The Borough of Paramus  would issue a  fine to the home owner if they failed to shovel off the sidewalk, but the Garden State Parkway suffers no consequence ?

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New Jersey Turnpike Authority Removes American Flags From Overpasses on the Eve of September 11th

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Trenton NJ, the New Jersey Turnpike Authority acknowledged last week it has removed flags from highway overpasses,The move has upset veterans groups and at least one police union in the days before the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Senator Declan O’Scanlon and Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (both R-Monmouth) today condemned the misguided removal of American flags by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) from highway overpasses and moved forward with legislation to unequivocally allow them to be flown.

We have heard that the Governor has intervened and reversed the decision but we can not confirm.

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Coronavirus Pandemic No Excuse Not to Raise Tolls 

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Toll Hike Vote Called “Unconscionable”

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Trenton NJ, New Jersey Turnpike Authority voted to increase tolls on the Garden State Parkway and the New jersey Turn Pike .The Parkway and Turnpike increases were both approved by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, which manages the highways, in a 7-0 vote during a remotely-held Wednesday meeting. It followed three hours of public comment from many who oppose the increase.

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New Jersey Turnpike Authority holding public hearings on toll increase despite the COVID-19 public health emergency

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In New Jersey and Raising Taxes is Far More Important than  a National Pandemic  

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WOODBRIDGE NJ,  The New Jersey Turnpike Authority is holding two public hearings about a proposed toll increase today, despite the COVID-19 public health emergency. The Sierra Club has asked them to postpone hearings and extend the public comment period because of Governor Murphy’s Executive Order 103. Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Sierra Club staff members are barred from attending public meetings or asking our members to attend public meetings. This is true for many environmental organizations and NGOs as well. We are being more responsible than the NJ Turnpike Authority to protect public health and safety.

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