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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.
AS FDA reviews triclosan, a key ingrediant in hand sanitizers, some parents switch to natural soaps. Siblings of special needs brothers and sisters must sift through many, sometimes contradictory or upsetting, emotions. There is joy, love and pride, but also frustration, anger and sometimes jealousy and embarrassment.
O’Rourke’s unique viewpoint as special needs sibling and special needs parent "(and parent to a sibling of a special needs child") led her to want to help siblings through these demotions. With the help of the Wayne school district, she and counselor Jamie LaRusso ?” also of Wayne and the mother of three including a special needs child ?” started It’s All Relative, a therapy group for siblings. This weekend, The Children’s Place erected a 42-foot wide and 25-foot high, blue-and-white, LED-lit sign with its logo on the top of its headquarters building at 500 Plaza Drive in the Harmon Meadow complex in Secaucus. Ringwood police charge a local man with disorderly conduct and two northern New Jersey residents with marijuana possession. Ringwood children who will turn 5 years old on or before Oct. 1 of this year are eligible to register for kindergarten in the district. Borough officials would like residents to mark their calendars for Monday, May 27 and come out in full force for the commemoration of Memorial Day, which promises to be a special event. According to Superintendent of Schools James McLaughlin, the district-run West Milford Community School could soon be shed of its adult enrichment courses in an effort to direct more resources to the district’s principal cause. In his June 2008 column, Howard Ball remembers when a horse tilled the soil for his dad's garden and the veggies grown helped get he and his family through ""The Great Depression."" The Borough Council has introduced an ordinance to provide over $400,000 for various municipal improvements and purchases. The Bloomingdale Senior Citizen Center recently kicked off the 10th annual “Seniors on the Move” program, where local seniors meet every week for a one-mile walk, followed by a breakfast, a blood-pressure reading, and a talk from a health professional. Golfers can continue to practice their game at their leisure in Pompton Lakes' Hershfield Park. Pompton Lakes residents will see an increase of $115.41 in their municipal taxes for 2013. A gentleman who recently became Medicare eligible posed that question to me, and succinctly stated as it was, I thought it would be a good base for today’s column. Students at the Peter Cooper School in Ringwood enjoy participating in the Chess Club during their lunch break. With the June 4 primary election close at hand,a West Milford reader seeks voters' support for Row B.
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