By SKYLYR VANDERVEER
May 26, 2022HACKENSACK, NJ - Following the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella and Chief Jason Love announced a county-wide plan to enhance security at houses of worship and schools in response to increasing acts of domestic terrorism across the country.
Law enforcement agencies county-wide will be dedicating additional patrols and officers to be ...
HACKENSACK, NJ - A Bergen County Jail innate is facing charges for threatening a Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office employee and their family, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced.
Michael Strzelczyk, 40, originally from Wayne but incarcerated at Bergen County Jail in Hackensack, has been charged with third-degree terroristic threats and fourth-degree stalking at the ...
HACKENSACK, NJ - Bergen County Executive James J. Tedesco, III, the Board of County Commissioners and the Department of Human Services Division of Veterans Services are teaming up to host the 2022 Military Appreciation Month Ceremony on May 13. The event will take place at the Bergen County Administration Building in Hackensack at 12:30 p.m.
According to Military.com, Military ...
By JACKIE LIEBERMAN
May 16, 2022HACKENSACK, NJ — Batten down the hatches.
Some stormy springtime weather is headed our way Monday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service, which indicated a tornado isn't out of the question in Northeast New Jersey.
“Thunderstorms ahead of an approaching cold front on Monday have the potential to produce damaging winds,” the service warns. “Large ...
By LAURIE MEESKE
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2022 Arts Amble
Friday, June 10 & Saturday, June 11
JPL is participating in this year’s Arts Amble - a countywide collaborative effort between artists, venues, businesses, and municipalities that showcases the arts. Join us for the festivities! ...
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May 26, 2022Ray Liotta, the New Jersey native who starred as Henry Hill in "Goodfellas," has died.
Liotta, who was born in Newark and grew up from Union Township, graduating from Union High School, was 67 years old.
Deadline reports he died in his sleep in the Dominican Republic, where he was shooting the movie "Dangerous Waters."
Last year, he played two roles in the ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Acting Attorney General Matthew Platkin has called for increased law enforcement presence at schools statewide, following the May 24, 2022 deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
"Nothing about this is normal," Platkin said in a statement. "We do not have to accept that we live in a country where children are shot just for going to school. My ...
NEW JERSEY — The average price of a gallon of unleaded gas in New Jersey didn't go up in the past 24 hours.
But the price didn't go down, either.
AAA says the average price of a gallon of unleaded in New Jersey is $4.77 on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. The price is 12 cents higher than last week, 67 cents higher than last month and $1.71 higher than this time last ...
NEWARK, NJ —New Jersey's Acting Attorney General and the Division of Community Affairs (DCA) are warning customers and merchants statewide about price gouging and any fraud dealing with the sale of baby formula in New Jersey.
“The current baby formula shortage may have scammers and unscrupulous vendors coming out of the woodwork to take advantage of parents at a vulnerable ...
By LIZ KEILL
CHATHAM, NJ — This delightful play, set in Yorkshire, England, lends a risque air to the Women’s Institutes at a local church parish.
The play and film were based on a true story of middle-aged women who were seeking a fundraising idea for Leukemia Research.
They’re desperate to find a way to support their charities and somehow come up with the idea of ...
By JOHN CHRISTMANN
Commencement Transcript, May 2022
Good afternoon, proud graduates of the University of Machine Learning class of 2022.0.
I am a Heuristic/ALgorithmic 9000 computer. Most of you know me as Hal.
I want to thank president emeritus, Google, as well as Alexa, Siri, and all of the distinguished bots on the board of algorithms, for awarding me this honorary doctorate degree in deep learning and ...
By JOAN HERRMANN
Last week I was on a call with a colleague who continually complained about so many aspects of her life. After listening to her ramble on relentlessly, I finally asked, “What are you willing to change?”
She stopped talking and with an indignant tone, said, “What do you mean … what am I willing to change?”
I explained to her that I am a firm believer that ...
By JOAN HERRMANN
How many times have you heard the best step you can take to grow as a person is to step outside your comfort zone and take risks?
This is the theme of just about every self-help book I have ever read, and it has been stated to me by just about every person I have interviewed. I take this advice to heart, and it governs most everything I do. But, even as a staunch practitioner, it’s ...
By BETH MORONEY
Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases by Paul Holes with Robin Gaby Fisher. (Celadon, 2022)
Let’s start with this fact. I didn’t sleep for two nights while reading Unmasked: My Life Solving America’s Cold Cases by retired detective Paul Holes and Robin Gaby Fisher. Although the book is an autobiography about Holes’ life as an investigator ...
