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Oakland NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of RANDY S. McMASTER (DOB: 6/17/1981; single; unemployed) of 21 Waterfall Court, Bloomingdale, NJ. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Jason Love and the Oakland Police Department under the direction of Chief Keith Sanzari.
Continue reading Man Charged with Arson of Two Optimum Service Vans in Oakland
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Ridgewood NJ, a large, privately owned shade tree located in the 300 block of Grandview Circle, Ridgewood fell across a 3-way intersection during a heavy rainstorm on Monday afternoon, 08/07 causing electric service and communications outages in nearby neighborhoods. No injuries were reported in the calamity. Ridgewood Police, Ridgewood Fire Department, and Ridgewood Emergency Services personnel responded to the incident along with repair crews from PSE&G’s Electric Division, Verizon, and Optimum.
Continue reading Falling Tree Leads to Intermittent Power Outages in Ridgewood
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Ridgewod NJ, concerns have been raised over poor Optimum phone and internet ‘service’ with frequent outages in the area from North Monroe to Heights Road . Many neighbors have the same issues, and nothing is being done. This appears to be limited to a particular ”node”. We are not sure how many subscribers are on each ‘node” whether its 100 or 1000 .
While many including this blog have become very dependent on the internet to function , the real issue is if you can not call 911, Police, Fire Department or an ambulance .Most people have a cell phones, but many older residents do not so if someone falls on the floor, and is incapacitated bad service could delay help and perhaps lead to a tragedy.
If you are in the area calling the Optimum ,Retention Department when they open up at 9am. 877-936-4778 might help.
