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Englewood NJ, former New Jersey resident was sentenced today to 29 months in prison for his role in an investment scheme through which he fraudulently obtained more than $1.52 million from at least three families from 2017 through 2019, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.
photos courtesy of Boyd Loving’s Facebook page
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Ridgewood Nj, electric power outages in sections of the Village’s west side may have been related to a downed tree in the 300 block of Godwin Avenue that took out two (2) utility poles when it fell early Saturday afternoon, 03/12. No motor vehicles were hit when the tree fell, nor were any personal injuries reported. Godwin Avenue was closed in both directions from Melrose Place to West End/South Murray Avenues as of 1300 hours. Ridgewood Police, Ridgewood Fire Department, and Ridgewood Emergency Services personnel and vehicles responded to the incident.
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Ridgewood NJ, daylight saving time, also known as daylight savings time or daylight time, and summer time, is the practice of advancing clocks during warmer months so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The typical implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in the spring and set clocks back by one hour in autumn to return to standard time.
Continue reading Spring Ahead : Daylight Saving Time Begins on Sunday, March 13, 2022, at 2:00:00 am
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Ridgewood NJ, the ride share company Uber is adding a surcharge on fares and deliveries in the U.S. and Canada in response to surging gas prices, the company said on Friday.
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Paterson NJ, Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced that Democrat Joey Torres, the former mayor of Paterson, N.J., was charged today with criminal contempt for launching a new mayoral campaign in violation of a court order stemming from his 2017 conviction for conspiracy to commit official misconduct.
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Call on Governor Murphy to Reverse Department of Education’s Charter School Denials and #LetMyChildLearn
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TRENTON NJ, Following February’s denials of high-performing public charter schools, hundreds of parents and students, primarily families of color, from New Jersey’s public charter schools took to the state’s capitol, urging Governor Phil Murphy to direct Acting Department of Education Commissioner Angelica Allen-McMillan to reverse these harmful decisions and support the growth of high-quality charter schools in New Jersey. Hundreds of parents and students took to the Statehouse Annex, traveling from all across the state, to express their concerns of being uprooted from the schools that best fit their educational needs.
DormlyBox co-founders Jaelen Hymes of Woodbridge, (l), and Jared Shiffman of Wayne, (r), pack DormlyBoxes. (Photo Credit: Kean University)
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Union NJ, Kean University juniors Jared Shiffman and Jaelen Hymes came up with the idea in November: What if there were a cheaper, quicker way for students to get toiletries delivered to their residence hall rooms?
Continue reading Kean University Students Launch Campus Delivery Service
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Ridgewood NJ, the Valley Hospital has been named one of the world’s best hospitals by Newsweek in its World’s Best Hospitals 2022 list for a fourth consecutive year.
Continue reading NJ State Trooper Prevents Suicide Talks Down Overpass Jumper
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Ridgewood NJ, in a press release PSE&G says they are prepared for the high winds, heavy rain and light snow forecast to begin after midnight through Sunday morning, particularly in northern areas of New Jersey. Sustained winds of 30 to 35 mph are expected with possible gusts up to 50 mph. These conditions may cause tree limbs to break and pull down wires, causing outages.
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Ridgewood NJ, WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. Snow expected, along with the refreezing of wet surfaces. Rain, snow, and sleet, becoming all snow after 11am. The rain, snow, and sleet could be heavy at times. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches.
Continue reading Rain, Snow, and Sleet, becoming all Snow after 11am Saturday
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Glen Rock NJ, miraculously, not a single person was injured when a 4-door Subaru Legacy sedan jumped a curb, crossed over a typically busy local central business district sidewalk, and slammed head-on into an occupied storefront in Glen Rock on Friday morning, 03/11. Glen Rock Police, Glen Rock Fire Department, and Hawthorne Fire Department personnel and equipment responded to the incident. The vehicle was disengaged from its predicament and removed from the scene by a flatbed tow truck. Damage to the storefront was extensive. A Borough of Glen Rock Building Department official was summoned to the scene to assess the structure’s integrity. The Subaru’s driver, an adult female, may have experienced a mild medical episode just prior to the crash.
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