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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood ‘s new Mayor Paul Vagianos immediately acted with the council’s support to reintroduce outdoor dining corrals and pedestrian plazas to the central business district. While the details are still a bit fuzzy the outdoor dining corrals and weekend plazas that closed part of Ridgewood Avenue will resume in May through September with the idea of extending the plaza’s through Friday.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Asian American and Pacific Islander Alliance* invites you to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit. Enjoy delicious Asian foods, the lion dance, the fan dance, k-pop, and other wonderful live performances, plus fun activities and prizes for the entire family!
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Twp of Washington NJ, township residents are still trying to stop the rezoning of an area just north of Washington Avenue ,on Pascack Road targeted to be a strip mall . In a post on the Facebook page Stop Re-Zoning Washington Township is the following call to action:
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Paramus NJ, Bed Bath & Beyond said it might not be able to continue as a going concern, bringing another US retail chain to the precipice of bankruptcy and potentially placing tens of thousands of employees at risk. The news comes less than a day after Amazon said it was firing more than 18,000 employees—8,000 more than expected—the biggest wave of terminations in its history.
Continue reading Bed Bath & Beyond on the Precipice of Bankruptcy
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Washington DC, as the House of Representatives prepares for another day of voting on who will wield the Speaker’s gavel, voters are divided over whether Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy should get the job.
Continue reading Less Than Half of GOP Voters Want McCarthy as House Speaker
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Newark NJ, fans of the hit TV show the “The Sopranos” now have the opportunity to live every day like one of their favorite mob bosses. The Newark home that was used as the set location for the residence of “Uncle Junior” is back on the market .For a mere $585,000 you could live like a kingpin . The four-bedroom home located at 380 Highland Avenue was last purchased in 2019 for $420,000.
Continue reading “Uncle Junior’s” Home featured on ‘The Sopranos’ up for sale in Newark
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Trenton NJ, despite Governor Murphy’s happy talk, the teachers’ pension fund (TPAF) is not healthy.
Continue reading Even After Massive Taxpayer Contributions NJ Teachers Pension is in Trouble Again
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Ridgewood NJ, Chip City Cookies is planning a New Jersey expansion with 5 new locations including one in Ridgewood , Born in Astoria, Queens in July 2017, Chip City began as a hobby between two childhood friends as they sought to recreate the simple taste of their childhood. What began as a fun challenge to see who could create the best cookie turned into the Chip City we know and love today.
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Ridgewood NJ, the APP has unveiled the 2023 APP Pickleball Participation Report, a study conducted by YouGov on behalf of the APP that shows that pickleball, America’s fastest growing sport, has enjoyed even higher growth than previously thought in the 12 months from August 2021 to August 2022. The headline numbers include 14% of adult Americans (36.5 million people) playing pickleball at least once in that 12-month period; and 8.5 million people playing pickleball eight times or more in 2022. The rapid rise of pickleball also looks set to continue, with 45% of the 36.5 million total players saying they plan to play pickleball more often in the next six months than the previous six-month period.
Continue reading 36.5 MILLION ADULT AMERICANS PLAYED PICKLEBALL IN 2022 , EVEN SOME IN RIDGEWOOD
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Trenton NJ, The former manager of the New Jersey Traumatic Brain Injury Fund (TBI Fund) and one of his conspirators today admitted their roles in a long-running scheme to defraud the fund, a publicly funded health care benefit program, of more than $4.5 million, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
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Ridgewood NJ, While Amazon, Salesforce and other giants across technology and finance have combined to fire tens of thousands of workers, small and medium-size US businesses have been on a hiring spree. So much so that, according to new data, overall hiring far exceeded expectations in December while applications for jobless benefits fell to a three-month low.
Continue reading Layoffs make Headlines but Companies have Been on a Hiring Spree
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Tenafly NJ, the Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Office of the Attorney General has released new information on the fatal I-95 crash that killed a New Jersey woman driving erratically on I-95 in Cecil County who was pursued by Maryland State Police troopers for miles. Julie Clark was killed on I-95 in Maryland after crashing into a tree near an exit ramp.
Continue reading Tenafly Women Killed in Crash Attempting to Elude Maryland State Police
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Continue reading Fire Fighters Rescue Occupant in Teaneck Apartment Fire
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Ridgewood NJ, after another challenging year, this time with high food and gas prices and a summer of travel chaos, it’s not surprising that many people want to pack it all in, and live somewhere completely different. But if we had the choice, where would we go?
