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New Jersey Rolls Out Annual "Click It or Ticket” Campaign
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.”
N.J. hospital leads list for highest billing rates
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 Celeb Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker Arrested for Murder of NJ Man
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 Unemployment Drpos To 8.7% Despit Weak Job Growth And Continued Public Sector Cuts
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.
Lodi police shave heads to support breast cancer victim
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 [...]
NJ STATE SENATE APPROVES GUN SAFETY BILLS
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.
WORKERS INSTALL FINAL SECTION OF SPIRE ATOP ONE WTC
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.
Christie Vetos Early Voting Bill
“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.
Judge's deadline for Valley Hospital creeps up
Hearing process for Valley Hospital expansion plan is slowly moving forward.
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US urges Egypt government to defend political speech
The Obama administration is calling on the Egyptian government to rein in prosecutions of political expression amid what it called a ""growing trend"" of efforts to punish and deter people from speaking their mind.
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Bogota man with 34 arrests among the 33 suspects caught in Paterson burglary crackdown
Over the past six weeks, Paterson police have charged 33 suspects with burglary and related crimes, most of them repeat offenders, including one 37-year Bergen County man who has been arrested 34 other times, according to law enforcement records.
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Bogota man with 35 arrests among the 33 suspects caught in Paterson burglary crackdown
Over the past six weeks, Paterson police have charged 33 suspects with burglary and related crimes, most of them repeat offenders, including one 37-year Bergen County man who has been arrested 34 other times, according to law enforcement records.
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Russia claims to have foiled possible terror act
Russia's counterterrorism agency said Monday that its special forces killed two militants and detained a third believed to have been planning a terrorist act in Moscow.
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Sinkhole in East Rutherford warehouse swallows forklift operator
Witnesses told The Record the man was moving what appeared to be bags of cement when the 10-foot deep hole opened up and the man and the machine fell in. The man managed to get out without serious injury, officials said.
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N.J. Senate leaders take jabs at one another
The two most powerful men in the New Jersey Senate are locking horns.
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US says Pakistan curbing explosive fertilizers
Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday.
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Kerry to Mideast to advance struggling Syria plan
Secretary of State John Kerry headed back to the Middle East on Monday to press his case for peace talks between Syrian rebels and President Bashar Assad's regime amid increasing signs the new U.S. strategy to halt the war is being undermined by Russia.
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State Dept Reports of anti-Semitism increase
The State Department appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism Monday as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.
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Crossroads named agent for Lyndhurst shopping center
LYNDHURST — Crossroads Cos. has been named leasing agent and property manager for Veterans Square Shopping Center on New York Avenue in Lyndhurst, the firm said Monday.
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Sowing the seeds of love in Glen Ridge
Ridgewood Avenue School did a seed paper project for Earth Day - and the finished products were sent as gifts to Newtown, Conn.
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East Rutherford sinkhole allegedly swallows worker and his forklift
Worker hurt due to sinkhole inside an East Rutherford warehouse.
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U.S. Supreme Court upholds FCC power in cell tower disputes
The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone towers.
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Atheists to put books next to Bibles in Ga. parks
A national atheist group says it will place its literature in cabins and lodges in Georgia's state parks after the governor's recent decision to allow Bibles in them.
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