the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Hackensack NJ, the Bergen County Sheriff’s Office administered its first series of covid-19 vaccine shots to inmates and detainees. The sheriff’s office correctional facility received 100 vials of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, which was administered by the medical staff within the jail.
Continue reading Bergen County Jail Prisoners’ Get Priority For COVID Vaccinations
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Elizabeth NJ, during the early morning hours of 3/19/21, NJTPD officers responded to a report of a conductor assaulted at North Elizabeth Station. The officers apprehended a subject who allegedly struck a conductor in the face with a closed fist. This subject now faces multiple charges including Aggravated Assault, Hindering, and Theft of Service.
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
New York NY, A team led by Columbia University ’s Harris Wang has been working on doing just this for the last couple of years. Most recently, the team managed to electrically encode 72 bits of data to write the string of letters “Hello world!” into a population of bacterial cells.
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Coventry UK, Urban Air Port will build its first Air-One transport hub for autonomous delivery drones and electric flying cars in Coventry, UK. The facility will launch later this year and support delivery drone and air taxi technology, and it will eventually transport cargo and people across cities. Urban Air Port aims to install over 200 similar sites worldwide by 2025.
Continue reading UK to Build World’s First Airport For Flying Cars And Drones
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, The AstraZeneca US Phase III trial of AZD1222 demonstrated statistically significant vaccine efficacy of 79% at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 and 100% efficacy at preventing severe disease and hospitalisation.
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, all New! Live Virtual Format! Friends of the Ridgewood Library 31st Author Luncheon will look a little different this year and will happen online via Zoom. We look forward to resuming our in-person Author Luncheon in the spring of 2022.
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Continue reading NJ TRANSIT Police locate Missing Autistic Boy Ending Multi-agency Search
Continue reading Former Township of Washington Councilman Arthur Cumming Has Died
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Twp of Washington NJ, the Township of Washington Police Department would like to remind all residents that the Washington Township Baseball and Softball Association will NOT solicit sponsorships by calling residents requesting money for the Washington Township Baseball and Softball Program. Please do not give any money or any personal information to anyone over the phone unless you know who they are. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the Washington Township Police at 201-664-1140.
Continue reading Township of Washington Police Department Warn of Baseball/softball Call Scammers
photo courtesy of Valley Hospital
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, It’s a milestone day for Valley Hospital! Valley has administered 50,000 doses of the Moderna, Pfizer, and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines! They will continue to open up appointments as the vaccine becomes available. You can check appointment availability here: https://www.valleyhealth.com/vaccine.
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, according to the US Census Bureau the COVID-19 pandemic caused a record job losses and transformed the nation’s employment landscape but recently released historical data tables put the magnitude of the economic disruption in clear context.
To get some prospective in 2017, for example, roughly 30 million adults experienced either an end of employment or a reduction in work hours, including both involuntary and voluntary job terminations. But only about 3.8 million collected Unemployment Insurance (UI), which is contingent on involuntary job termination, according to the Census Bureau’s Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).
Continue reading COVID-19 Pandemic : Magnitude of the Economic Disruption Unparalleled
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, hackers continue to target vulnerable Exchange servers, with a ten-fold increase in the number of attempted attacks from March 11 and March 15, 2021 alone. In addition to the nation-state hackers that first exploited several zero-day vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange, ransomware threat actors and cryptocurrency miners are also targeting vulnerable servers. According to Microsoft, a new ransomware family known as DearCry is infecting networks after initial Exchange server compromises.
Continue reading Microsoft Exchange Servers Targeted by Hackers and Cryptocurrency miners
photo by Boyd Loving
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, two surveys from home listing provider Redfin, found that of their more than 1 million users, 27% searched for homes outside densely populated urban areas between April and May of 2020, the highest since they had begun recording migration data. This shift is being driven by several ongoing factors, the most recent being the pandemic, which eliminated many benefits of working in a global financial hub.(1) Additionally, 50% of Redfin’s users living in New York, Seattle, Boston, and San Francisco would be willing to relocate if they had the option of working from home permanently.(2) Especially attractive is Florida for its warmer weather, greater array of outdoor activities such as golf, and the lower taxes.(3) With the sudden surge in demand for these properties, even buyers who are acting quickly are getting into bidding wars.
Continue reading Four States Out of Seven State in the Northeast Have the Highest Outbound Migration
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife will open catch and release Trout fishing beginning April 1st.
Continue reading Catch and Release Trout Fishing Begins April 1st
