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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.
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. At least 13 people who say they were sexually abused while attending Bergen Catholic High School years ago have filed claims in federal court to be part of a $16.5 million settlement agreement reached with the order that runs the school, an attorney said Friday. Montclair Township will hold its Memorial Day Tribute on Monday, May 27, featuring honor guards, music, and a keynote speaker who created a documentary about her father, a veteran of World War II. A trial date has been set in a high-profile animal cruelty case in New Jersey that captured headlines worldwide. A borough man has been arrested, accused of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl, authorities said Friday. U.S. Representative Bill Pascrell, Jr. (D-NJ-09), co-founder and co-chair of the Congressional Brain Injury Task Force, imtroduced bipartisan legislation aimed at protecting youth athletes from the dangers of sports-related traumatic brain injuries. The Youth Sports Concussion Act of 2013 would ensure that helmets for high school and younger players meet safety standards A high-ranking official in the Newark Archdiocese who signed an agreement with law enforcement barring a former Wyckoff associate pastor from working with children — which the priest has been charged with violating — has resigned, church officials said Friday. A homeless man was arrested Friday after he allegedly beat and robbed another man in a fast-food restaurant, authorities said. A Wayne woman who worked as a home health aide was sentenced to three years’ probation Friday in state Superior Court in Morristown for stealing nearly $300,000 from an elderly woman she was caring for at an assisted living facility in Pequannock. Sichang Gao will leave Montclair High School.
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