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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. A monstrous tornado killed at least 24 people Monday as it roared through Moore and south Oklahoma City — leaving rescue workers frantically searching into the night for missing children at the devastated Plaza Towers Elementary School in the Moore School District.
 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.
As part of the Port Authority’s continued commitment to ensuring the safety of the traveling public, the Port Authority Police Department will conduct driving-while-intoxicated checkpoints beginning tonight, May 24, and during the Memorial Holiday weekend.
Emily Jaffe enters the Board of Education race. Two suspects remain at large after an attempted armed robbery of a City gas station early Friday morning was foiled by its employees. Guinness World Records confirms that a ribbon-cutting to mark the reopening of the Jersey shore following Superstorm Sandy has set a new world record. An earthquake in far northeastern California was felt by thousands of people as far away as San Francisco and in two other states, but there have been no reports of injury or serious damage. A federal judge has rescheduled a probable cause hearing for surviving Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev US orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rebounded in April, buoyed by more demand for aircraft and stronger business investment. Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street, putting the market on track for its first weekly loss after four weeks of gains. A report of a man carrying an assault rifle onto a light rail train briefly caused delays on the Hudson-Bergen line this morning until NJ Transit police discovered he had an umbrella. An NJ Transit spokesman said agency police received the report involving a train leaving Liberty State Park around 8 a.m. So they stopped [...]  “Our main concern is the safety of our students and staff,” explained Dr. Tomko, Elmwood Park’s Superintendent of Schools,. “The police are continuing their investigation and our administrative team is tending to the needs of our students and colleagues, making sure that everyone is fed, water is available, and those students with medical conditions are being continuously monitored.” Police are investigating an attempted armed robbery at a gas station early Friday. YOU READ IT HERE FIRST Using video from not one but several surveillance cameras, Moonachie police followed a suspected car thief street by street, then arrested him when he showed up for work nearby, Police Chief Michael Maguire said. A local business owner on Willow Street alerted officers to a stolen 1994 Honda Accord left [...] Forecasting the changing nature of threats against the U.S. for years to come, President Barack Obama says ""America is at a crossroads."" And so, too, is his presidency's counterterrorism policy, which has long struggled to balance protecting the nation from terror attacks while upholding Americans' rights. Pinnacle Foods Inc. , of Parsippany, on Thursday announced it hired Mary Beth DeNooyer as executive vice president and chief human resources officer. Jersey City-based Datapipe, a provider of services and infrastructure for outsourced IT and cloud computing, announced Thursday it has entered into a strategic partnership with Project Objects to provide U. S. -based data center hosting services and secure cloud-based infrastructure. Terms were not disclosed.
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