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 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
 Internet celebrity "Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker" has been arrested in the murder of a Clark, New Jersey man.
Investigators said Kai met Joseph Galfy, Jr., an attorney near Times Square, where a surveillance camera captured images of them. The men later went back to the victim's house, officials said.  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.
 “The governor’s rejection of this legislation is out of step with the majority of states in the nation and out of touch with New Jersey’s hardworking families. Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia provide for early in-person voting, and as a result of the veto our residents’ access to the polls will be restricted to only one day.
Following a three-year FBI investigation dubbed Operation Hook Shot, eight people—including former University of San Diego (USD) basketball star Brandon Johnson, the school’s all-time point and assist leader—were convicted and sentenced to federal prison terms for taking part in a sports bribery conspiracy. The projected revenue shortfall in Governor Christie’s budget has grown to $444 million with only weeks left in the fiscal year, according to a non-partisan legislative budget analyst. Vacancies and impending retirements in the police department may compel the borough to hire a new officer during the summer. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST A 35-year-old Wyckoff man sent a borough police sergeant to the hospital following a domestic incident. Christopher C. Frawley was drunk and combative when Sgt. Dale Winters and Patrolman Kevin Kasak and two officers from Midland Park were summoned by his 67-year-old mother Friday night, Police Chief Benjamin Fox said [...] Fair Lawn - The council capped off a tumultuous budget season in passing the $46 million municipal budget on May 14, but not before parties traded their final jabs over surplus spending and tax increases. The Fair Lawn Police Department was one of 29 state, county and local law enforcement agencies awarded accreditation by the New Jersey Association of Chiefs of Police "(NJSACOP") on May 9 in Princeton. It's been seven months since Police Capt. Mark McGrath helped save the life of his best friend Officer Bob Franco who was trapped in a patrol car when a tree fell upon it during super storm Sandy. And his heroics were recently honored during a Rose Garden ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C. Stocks are opening slightly lower on Wall Street as the stock market comes off of four straight weeks of gains. Jodi Arias returns to court Monday for the continuation of the penalty phase of her trial after being convicted of first-degree murder in the killing of her one-time lover as jurors consider a sentence of life in prison or execution. Nutley Public Works Commissioner Joseph Scarpelli introduced ""Outdoor Landscape Water Conservation Guidelines"" and ""Prohibition of Certain Uses of Water during Emergency Conditions."" A New Jersey Senate panel is poised to consider a plan that calls for funding open space preservation purchases with sales tax revenue for the next 30 years. Authorities were searching for at least two gunmen who walked up to the door of a Northern California home and opened fire, killing a 10-year-old girl and injuring her parents. Ridgewood bans smoking in all parks, playgrounds and sports fields. Ridgewood to embark on various beautification and improvement projects using state grants. Recent police activity in the Village of Ridgewood.
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