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Ridgewood NJ, no surprise here New Jersey, is the last place where people want to spend their golden years.
Almost 67% of all New Jersey moves were outbound last year, according to a survey from United Van Lines.
United Van lines polled 26,998 of its customers who moved last year, through Nov. 30.
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After 31 years Patrolman Paul Dinice is Retiring
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Patrolman Paul Dinice reports for his last tour of duty. Paul has been serving the Village since 1984 completing 31 years of service and is a past president of PBA local 20.
Ridgewood PD Patrol Officer Paul Dinice recently saved a local resident from becoming a victim of the increasingly pervasive “IRS Scam.” https://theridgewoodblog.net/quick-thinking-ridgewood-police-officer-stops-irs-scam/
His father Patrolman Anthony Dinice served the Village from 1957 to 1981. Between the two, there has been an Officer Dinice on the Ridgewood Police Department for 57 years. Paul’s son Anthony currently serves as a Ridgewood Firefighter. We wish Paul well in his retirement.
(Bloomberg) — Everyone runs into death and taxes. New Jerseyans trundle on toward an afterlife in tax hell.
“I can afford to retire here,” said Susan Barbey, a 60-year-old resident of Ridgewood, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Manhattan. “I can’t afford to die here.” (Young/Bloomberg)