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 More than 100 investigators from the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control simultaneously entered the establishments around the state at 11 a.m., among them TGI Fridays in Clifton, The Brick House in Wyckoff and The Railroad Café in Rutherford, the state Attorney General’s Office said of the year-long probe it has dubbed “Operation Swill.”  Calling it a celebration of everyone working together to restore the community, U.S. Senator Robert Menendez joined New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Mayor Matt Doherty for the ribbon cutting of the new boardwalk just days before Memorial Day weekend. Beginning on May 20, law enforcement officials will be out in full force, taking part in the 2013 national Click It or Ticket seat belt enforcement mobilization and cracking down on motorists who are not belted.
“Officers throughout New Jersey are prepared to ticket anyone who is not wearing their seat belt.”  The most expensive hospital in America is not in Beverly Hills or New York's Upper East Side. Based on its bills to Medicare, the Bayonne Medical Center charged the highest amounts in the country for nearly one-quarter of the most common hospital treatments, according to a New York Times analysis of 2011 data
 New Jersey added only 3,300 jobs in April, and the unemployment rate declined to 8.7 percent.
Compared to April of last year, the unadjusted workweek decreased by 1.0 hour, average hourly earnings decreased by $0.42, and weekly earnings were lower by $36.43.  SHOUT OUT Members of the Lodi Police Department shaved their heads to raise breast cancer awareness and show support for Alicia Veri-Rodriguez, who is battling the disease. As soon as Veri-Rodriguez’s cousin, Lodi Police Officer Dominic Miller, offered to shave his head, brother officers took up the cause, as well. Handling the clippers was Alicia’s [...]  The Senate on Monday approved a number of bills that are part of a comprehensive package on gun safety. Approved today were 10 bills that will help keep weapons out of the hands of criminals and the mentally ill, crack down on gun trafficking, improve reporting and tracing of illegal firearms by law enforcement and find ways to reduce violence and improve school safety, among other actions.  One World Trade Center now stands a symbolic 1,776 feet high, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere and third tallest in the world
With the final section of spire now in place, One World Trade Center stands as the Western Hemisphere’s tallest icon of freedom, resilience and the indomitable American spirit,” said Port Authority Vice Chairman Scott Rechler.
Shareholder and FDIC complaints increase risks for officers and directors and raise insurance costs for banks Delta Air Lines Inc. sharpened the jockeying for the highest-paying passengers in New York, the biggest U.S. aviation market, as it opened a $1.4 billion international terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Most U.S. stocks fell after paring early losses for a second day, as investors weighed prospects of economic growth with concern the Federal Reserve will reduce stimulus efforts. Physical activity should be a core educational concern, not a dispensable option. New York City rightly prohibits the use of public schools for regular religious services. The City Council wants to change that. Republicans are trying to restrict vital information with bills that would curtail and ban surveys by the Census Bureau. Many senators who opposed better scrutiny for weapons buyers try to pretend the opposite. Governor Chris Christie ushered in the unofficial start of summer by attempting to break a Guinness World Record for cutting the longest ribbon to open the Seaside Heights Boardwalk. Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, Okla., hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the doorstep, then announced on the intercom, “It’s here.” The second-highest-ranking official in the Newark Archdiocese has resigned in the wake of a scandal involving a former Wyckoff associate pastor who allegedly violated an agreement with law enforcement barring him from working with children, church officials confirmed Friday. A 19-year-old West Milford man was in critical condition Friday night after his car struck a pickup truck on Route 23, authorities said. The second-highest-ranking official in the Newark Archdiocese has resigned in the wake of a scandal involving a former Wyckoff associate pastor who allegedly violated an agreement with law enforcement barring him from working with children, church officials confirmed Friday. New Jersey opened the application process Friday for $780 million in housing recovery grants, the first major tranche of federal funds dedicated to homeowners hurt by Superstorm Sandy. The threat led to a lockdown of the school on Thursday and kept it closed Friday as police investigated the matter. A local teenager is in critical condition following a ""serious motor vehicle collision"" on Friday afternoon, according to the West Milford Police Department.
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