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Asbury Park is 2023’s 6th Favorite Affordable Vacation Destination by National Poll of Families

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  • Poll identifies the top 175 affordable family vacation destinations this summer. 
  • NJ has 5 destinations that made the list.
  • Infographic showing the most popular budget-friendly destinations for 2023.

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Ridgewood NJ, as gas prices and the cost of living remain stubbornly high, many families will be forced to tighten their belts when it comes to their upcoming summer vacations. An increasing number of families are opting for budget-friendly alternatives, trading the glitz and glamor of expensive resorts for the simple pleasures offered by more cost-effective destinations.

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Do Your Neighbors Seem More “Liberal” Than Ever ?

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Ridgewood NJ, is the polarization of America due to Republicans moving more to the right or Democrats moving left? The latter.

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Ridgewood Crew Sends Nine Athletes to the US Rowing Youth National Championship

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Crew (RC) has just returned from the US Rowing Youth National Championship Regatta in Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, FL. Two hundred twenty-five clubs from across the country entered eight hundred thirty-four events. Ridgewood Crew raced five pre-qualified boats. 

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The Weekend jam for Ridgewood! Here’s what’s goin’ on around the Wood !

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Ridgewood NJ, I know you’ve been waiting & here it is! The Weekend jam for Ridgewood! Here’s what’s goin’ on around the Wood. Look for individual posts for more info! Please comment if there’s anything I missed. See below for more on upcoming events!!

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State Offices Closed for Juneteenth Holiday

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Ridgewood NJ, Democrat enslavers withheld the information of the emancipation from the enslaved .In the spring of 1865, Union General Granger’s arrival in Galveston that June signaled freedom for Texas’s 250,000 enslaved people from the Democrats .

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Nine Charged With Conspiracy To Steal Major Artworks And Sports Memorabilia Including Nine World Series Rings Stolen in 2014 from the Yogi Berra Museum

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SCRANTON PA,  The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Nicholas Dombek, age 53, of Thornhurst, Pennsylvania, Damien Boland, age 47, of Moscow, Pennsylvania, Alfred Atsus, age 47, of Covington Township, Pennsylvania, and Joseph Atsus, age 48, of Roaring Brook, Pennsylvania were indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy to commit theft of major artwork, concealment or disposal of objects of cultural heritage, and interstate transportation of stolen property.  All four men were also charged with substantive counts of theft of major artwork and the concealment or disposal of objects of cultural heritage. Dombek was further charged with a substantive count of interstate transportation of stolen property.

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Solar Leases or Solar Loans: Which Is the Brighter Idea?

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Do you want to save on your electricity costs while helping the planet? Or, are you wondering whether you should get solar panels with solar leases or solar loans?

Solar panels are a great way to cut your electricity costs and green your home. You can even get a tax credit for your upfront costs. You can also see an immediate return on investment with the lower electricity bill.

Solar leases and loans have made it much easier for homeowners to install solar panels. But which one is the better option? Keep reading as we compare them to help you decide.

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AAA: Drivers’ Education Classes Reduces Teen Crash Rates by 4.3% and Lowers the Number of Traffic Tickets Received by Nearly 40%

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Ridgewood NJ, our friends at SmartFinancial compiled statistics to see who takes drivers education classes and if they prevent accidents. “You can you expect a 5 to 20% discount on car insurance for taking a drivers ed course,” says Michael Orefice, SVP of Operations at SmartFinancial. “You will also be less likely to be involved in a car accident.”

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Starting Father’s Day, Sunday, June 18th, NJ TRANSIT’s “Summer Vibes” goes into Full Swing

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Ridgewood NJ, the “Summer Vibes” continue to roll for NJ TRANSIT with enhanced rail and bus service heading down the Shore!  Additional weekend shuttle trains between Long Branch and Bay Head and express bus service from Philadelphia to Wildwood and Cape May join a great assortment of deals and discounts for customers to enjoy fun in the sun.  Details for all summer promotions can be found at www.njtransit.com/summer.

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New Jersey Attorney General Continues to Target Legal Gun Owners Over Criminals

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Trenton NJ, Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today issued two firearms-related directives to law enforcement. The first is a directive aimed at collecting anonymous information on processed permit to carry handgun applications in order to guide data-driven policymaking and resource allocation, as well as publicly provide information that is in the public’s interest, following the U.S. Supreme Court’s year-old decision expanding the right to carry a firearm in public. The second is an amendment to a 2008 Attorney General directive to expedite the submission of ballistics evidence gathered at crime scenes to forensic labs in order to increase the probability of solving gun crimes. 

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Suspended Chief of Manville Police Department Indicted by State Grand Jury on Official Misconduct, Sexual Assault and Related Charges

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Manville NJ, A state grand jury voted to file criminal charges Monday, June 12, against suspended Manville Police Chief Thomas Herbst, who allegedly engaged in sexually inappropriate, criminal acts targeting multiple women against their will for years.

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Ridgewood Crew Wins GOLD At the SRAA National Championship

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Nate Harris Wins GOLD for the Boys Varsity Single with Assistant Coach Bob O’Connor and Head Coach Boris Roque Alvarez. Photo by Alison Harris

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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Crew has just returned from the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) National Championship Regatta on Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, TN. One hundred thirty-seven clubs from across the country participated, with Ridgewood Crew racing five pre-qualified boats. 

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Inflation Rose at a 4% annual rate, the Lowest in 2 years

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Washington DC,(837am) the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) rose 0.1 percent in May on a seasonally adjusted basis, after increasing 0.4 percent in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

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ChatGPT Ready for Late Night TV

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Ridgewood NJ, looks like OpenAI’s ChatGPT-3.5 is ready to host late night TV  . Two German researchers, Sophie Jentzsch and Kristian Kersting, released a paper that examines the ability of OpenAI’s ChatGPT-3.5 to understand and generate humor. They discovered that ChatGPT’s knowledge of jokes is fairly limited: During a test run, 90 percent of 1,008 generations were the same 25 jokes.

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Time to Make New Jersey Corporate Taxes More Competitive

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Trenton NJ, NJBIA today is testifying in support of legislation that would make New Jersey’s corporate tax policies more competitive with other states by changing the way global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI) and net operating losses (NOLs) are treated under state law.

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