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So Much For Snow: Expert Expects Rain, Rain And More Rain So Much For Snow: Expert Expects Rain, Rain And More Rain
So Much For Snow: Expert Expects Rain, Rain And More Rain Snow lovers “were likely looking out the window and counting the flakes" Monday morning, meteorologist Joe Cioffi. All melted quickly in most areas, except in higher elevations to the northwest, he said. From here, most of New Jersey can expert a raw, cold day, with temperatures holding mostly in the mid-30s and, in some spots, the lower 40s, Cioffi said in his latest forecast. Winter storm warnings remained in place for the Catskills and Berkshires, northeastern Pennsylvania, Vermont and New Hampshire. Even in areas that get some snow, “it will be changing to rain, anyway,” Cioffi said. …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Ringwood Police: Missing Ex-Sparta Mayor Left Suicide Note For Family Ringwood Police: Missing Ex-Sparta Mayor Left Suicide Note For Family
Ringwood Police: Missing Ex-Sparta Mayor Left Suicide Note For Family The 57-year-old former Sparta mayor who police are searching for sent a package to his brother containing a suicide note and some of his personal belongings days before he went missing in Vermont, police in Ringwood said. Although foul play wasn't suspected, Brian Brady's family members expressed concerns for his welfare after he was last seen last Tuesday in the vicinity of the Champlain Bridge between Addison, VT and Crown Point, N.Y. The Ringwood resident shipped his keys, cell phone, legal documents and suicide note to his brother from Vermont on May 24, VTDigger reports. Tro…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ex-Sparta Mayor From Ringwood Missing In Vermont Ex-Sparta Mayor From Ringwood Missing In Vermont
Ex-Sparta Mayor From Ringwood Missing In Vermont Authorities in Vermont were searching for Brian Brady of Ringwood, a former Sparta mayor and onetime police captain with the New Jersey Department of Human Services who resigned in disgrace. Although foul play wasn't suspected, family members expressed concerns for Brady's welfare after he was last seen last Tuesday in the vicinity of the Champlain Bridge between Addison, VT and Crown Point, N.Y. Brady, 57, apparently sent his brother a package containing a suicide note and personal belongings on May 24. Two days earlier, he rented a car and drove to Vermont from New Jersey, …

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by Cecilia Levine
Events
WATCH: Spectacular Meteor Lights Up The Skies Over The East Coast WATCH: Spectacular Meteor Lights Up The Skies Over The East Coast
Watch: Spectacular Meteor Lights Up The Skies Over The East Coast A brilliant meteor bright as the moon lit up the sky for a few moments Tuesday night over several East Coast states, including New Jersey.  The American Meteor Society said calls reporting the fireball came in from as far north as Vermont and as far south as South Carolina.  Tuesday night was the start of the Lyrid meteor shower. Meteor showers are periodic events happening annually at roughly the same time of the year. Unfortunately for residents of North Jersey, the weather wasn't exactly conducive to (shooting)-star gazing last night.  It was cloudy in the northern e…

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by Paul Milo
Politics
Booker Introduces Bill To Study Slavery Reparations Booker Introduces Bill To Study Slavery Reparations
Booker Introduces Bill To Study Slavery Reparations Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has introduced legislation calling for a study of reparations, the policy of compensating the descendants of American slaves first proposed at the end of the Civil War.  "I’ve been unapologetic in my belief that this can’t just be about acknowledging the past. It needs to be about actually confronting racist policy that persists right now in the present. Because if we don’t, we cannot guarantee that our future will be any different than our past," said Booker, one of several candidates seeking the Democratic nomination for president in 2020.  Some form of…

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by Paul Milo
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Buh-Bye! More Residents Left New Jersey Than Any Other State In 2018, Study Says Buh-Bye! More Residents Left New Jersey Than Any Other State In 2018, Study Says
Buh-Bye! More Residents Left New Jersey Than Any Other State In 2018, Study Says Maybe it was the traffic. Or the property taxes. Or that smell the seeps through your windows on the Turnpike. A new study found that more residents left New Jersey than any other U.S. state in 2018. United Van Lines, a St. Louis-based moving company, found that  66.8 percent of New Jersey moves were outbound. Connecticut (62 percent) and New York (65 percent) were among the top 10 outbound states for the fourth consecutive year. The state with the highest percentage of inbound migration, however, was Vermont (72.6 percent), with 234 total moves. Oregon had 3,346 total moves -- the …

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by Cecilia Levine
Politics
Democratic Voters Want Fresh Face In 2020, Poll Reveals Democratic Voters Want Fresh Face In 2020, Poll Reveals
Democratic Voters Want Fresh Face In 2020, Poll Reveals Out with the old, in with the new. That's what voters are telling political pollsters in the latest public opinion surveys. While Westchester County's Hillary Clinton, Vermont's Bernie Sanders and Delaware's Joe Biden are considered presidential contenders in 2020, three-out-of-four Democratic voters think their party needs to back someone new. Some top media pundits are touting former Vice President Biden as a likely frontrunner, as seen in this Tweet.  However, a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 73 percent of likely Democratic voters believe their pa…

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by Jon Craig
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New Jersey AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question New Jersey AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question
New Jersey AG To Sue Trump Administration Over Citizenship Census Question New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is leading a multi-state coalition of elected officials who are intending to challenge President Donald Trump and the federal government’s decision to bring back a question asking about citizen status in the 2020 United States Census. On Monday night, the Commerce Department announced it would indeed reintroduce the question, which had been asked until 1960. The lawsuit was filed by Attorneys General in New York, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, New…

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by Zak Failla