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Carlstadt NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announces the following information:
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Justice Department Warns About Fake Post-Vaccine Survey Scams
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Washington DC, The Department of Justice has received reports that fraudsters are creating fraudulent COVID-19 vaccine surveys for consumers to fill out with the promise of a prize or cash at the conclusion of the survey. In reality, the surveys are used to steal money from consumers and unlawfully capture consumers’ personal information.
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Many New Jersey State Government Websites are Down
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Trenton NJ, searches this morning revealed many New Jersey Government state site are down or offline this morning . The Ridgewood blog ran a check and found some functions on NJMVC offline , the Office of New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, NJDEP, NJDOL and NJDOH all offline at 7:20 am this morning(04/03/21) . Currently there is no information available as to the nature of the problem.
TODAY: Ridgewood Chamber Of Commerce Annual Bunny Hop Celebration
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Ridgewood NJ, Please join the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce for our annual event. Join the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce to welcome Spring, the Easter Bunny and view Peter Rabbit’s garden in the store windows in downtown Ridgewood. See if you can locate Flopsy, Mopsy and Peter Cottontail in the windows. Sure to be a fun event
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RIDGEWOOD GRAYDON POOL 2021 SEASON MEMBERSHIPS
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Ridgewood NJ, no parkway traffic, no sharks and free parking ! Village discounted early bird memberships ( Adult $117 and Child $108 ) are available April 1st-April 30th to Ridgewood residents, non-residents who pay local property taxes to the Village of Ridgewood, and employees of the Village of Ridgewood and Board of Education. Proof is required.
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Four of Ten Young Adults Nervous to Return to Social Interaction
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Ridgewood NJ, this chart caught our eye, primarily because it underscores the extent to which stress, anxiety, isolation, and other mental health aspects of lock down have hit young people hard, despite the fact severe disease and death form the virus has been overwhelmingly among seniors.
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Space the Final Frontier
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Ridgewood NJ, Virgin Galactic unveiled the VSS Imagine on Tuesday, the first of its next-generation SpaceShip III class of vehicles. It is the third spacecraft the company has built to date. The VSS Imagine was designed with lessons taken from flight testing on VSS Unity in mind. SpaceShip III class spacecraft can be manufactured faster and take less time to maintain between each flight compared to SpaceShipTwo class spacecraft due to their modular design. Virgin Galactic is on track for a test flight in May, after a delay in December.
Energy-mining Card Treats 5G networks as Wireless Power Grids
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Ridgewood NJ, A team from Georgia Tech has unveiled a 3D-printed rectifying antenna that can harvest electromagnetic energy from 5G signals and use it to power devices. The playing card-sized device could turn 5G networks into wireless power grids. It is flexible and works well even when bent. Millimeter-wave energy harvesting has been possible for some time, but it hasn’t been practical due to the large size of previous antennas. The device can harvest more than enough energy to power a range of small sensors and devices by using energy that would otherwise have been wasted.
U.S. Chamber of Commerce Calls Democrat Tax Plan “Dangerously Misguided”
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WASHINGTON DC, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been vocal in urging the President and Congress to address infrastructure as their first priority after pandemic relief, even building a diverse coalition of over 300 organizations unified in calling for action by the Fourth of July. The following statement can be attributed to Neil Bradley, executive vice president and chief policy officer, U.S. Chamber of Commerce:
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Ridgewood Public Library : It all about books
photo courtesy of the Ridgewood Public Library
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Public Library had an interesting post on its Facebook page the other day , the post said ,”You never know what you’re going to find when you browse the shelves. Sometimes it’s a James Patterson novel, sometimes it’s a French Sculptor/Painter dictionary from 1966.”
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Glen Rock Library has been closed until further notice
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Glen Rock NJ, as of March 30th the Glen Rock Library has been closed . On there Facebook page they issued the following statement:
“Out of an abundance of caution and care and concern for our community, the Glen Rock Library will be closed until further notice. Our blue return bins are closed as well. You may return your items to another BCCLS library or wait until we reopen. Your valid Glen Rock Library card can be used electronically or at another BCCLS library.”
A Big Money and Betting in an Old British Snooker Game
Introduction
Snooker is a widespread sport. It’s a sport that is played with a cue and a ball. It began when British Army officers, keen British snooker players, were stationed in India many years ago and started playing the game. The British snooker table resembles a “pool” or billiards table, and the competition aims to sink twenty-one other balls.
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Bollywood Dance Workshop
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Apple to Add Two New Siri Voices
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Ridgewood NJ, Apple is adding two brand new Siri voices and will no longer default to a female or male voice in iOS . We we were looking forward to Apple would introducing the voice of Mr. T from the 1980s television series The A-Team, but no luck.
BERGEN COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE TAKES CONTROL OF ENGLEWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT
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Englewood NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announces that effective April 2, 2021, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office will take charge of the Englewood Police Department. On December 15, 2021, the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office and the City of Englewood entered into a Memorandum of Agreement under which the Prosecutor’s Office assumed direction and control of the Englewood Police Department’s Internal Affairs functions. The present action under which the Prosecutor’s Office will assume full direction and control of the police department is occasioned by the unanticipated retirement of Englewood Chief of Police Lawrence Suffern on April 1, 2021.
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