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Anti-Gay Candidate Whose Brother Was Fired From NJ Job For Supporting Her Loses Big Anti-Gay Candidate Whose Brother Was Fired From NJ Job For Supporting Her Loses Big
Anti-Gay Candidate Whose Brother Was Fired From NJ Job For Supporting Her Loses Big It has not been a good week for the Gomez family. Valentina Gomez, who had been running in the Republican primary for Missouri Secretary of State, finished in sixth place on Tuesday, Aug. 6, receiving just 7.4% of  the vote, after a campaign filled with anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric.  Her brother, Jonathan Gomez-Noriega was fired from his job as an aide to Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop after donating $1,250 to Valentina's campaign. He apparently shared a recording of his phone call with the mayor with his sister, who promptly posted it on social media. Gomez-Noriega also resigned fr…

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by Sam Barron
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Disgruntled Employee Admits Torching Jersey Shore Business After Being Fired: Police Disgruntled Employee Admits Torching Jersey Shore Business After Being Fired: Police
Disgruntled Employee Admits Torching Jersey Shore Business After Being Fired: Police A 26-year-old Toms River man admitted to setting a Lakewood business on fire after being terminated, authorities aid. Jorge Euxaque-Ballesteros pleaded guilty on Friday, March 31, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. On Jan. 19, 2022, at approximately 2 a.m., Lakewood Township police and firefighters were dispatched to a business on Cross Street in reference to a sprinkler system alarm. Firefighters were able to extinguish a fire in the basement of the business.  Investigators determined that the cause of the fire was incendiary by an unknown …

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by Jon Craig
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Plow Employee Who Splashed Lakewood Orthodox Jews With Snow Fired: Report Plow Employee Who Splashed Lakewood Orthodox Jews With Snow Fired: Report
Plow Employee Who Splashed Lakewood Orthodox Jews With Snow Fired: Report A snowplow worker slammed on social media for tossing snow onto a pair of unsuspecting Orthodox Jewish men has been fired from his job, NJ Advance Media reports. Donny Klarmann posted then deleted the video, which shows the plow driver dumping a load of snow onto the men walking to Saturday services then driving away. One of the workers can be heard chuckling. The man's employer, Waste Management, issued a statement on Tuesday, Feb. 1:  “While the incident did not involve a company vehicle or company equipment, the employee associated with this social media post is no longer employed with W…

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by Jon Craig & Cecilia Levine
Politics
CNN Fires Chris Cuomo CNN Fires Chris Cuomo
CNN Fires Chris Cuomo Just days after he was indefinitely suspended, CNN has now fired its highest-rated anchor, Chris Cuomo, after new details emerged about the measures he took while advising his brother, disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, amid the sexual harassment allegations that led to his resignation. CNN made the announcement late Saturday, Dec. 4, saying Cuomo had been "terminated," "effective immediately." "Chris Cuomo was suspended earlier this week pending further evaluation of new information that came to light about his involvement with his brother's defense," CNN said in a statement.&nbs…

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by Joe Lombardi
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LAWSUIT: Montclair Hair Salon Manager Says Owner Sexually Assaulted Then Fired Her LAWSUIT: Montclair Hair Salon Manager Says Owner Sexually Assaulted Then Fired Her
Lawsuit: Montclair Hair Salon Manager Says Owner Sexually Assaulted Then Fired Her The former employee of a popular Montclair salon has filed a lawsuit alleging that the owner sexually assaulted her and then fired her after she complained about it. The woman -- identified only as "Jane Doe" -- says she was hired as a secretary at Bangz Salon and Wellness Spa on S. Fullerton Avenue in January 2018, then promoted to manager the following year. The suit accuses salon co-owner Richard Cronk of exposing himself and placing the woman's hand on his genitals on Oct. 16, 2020.  What ensued were months of sexual harassment and workplace banter, that made the woman "uncomforta…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Maywood Council Fires Business Administrator Maywood Council Fires Business Administrator
Maywood Council Fires Business Administrator Maywood’s Borough Council unanimously dismissed Borough Administrator Roberta Stern during a brief Zoom meeting Tuesday night, Daily Voice has learned. Stern, 75, of Englewood Cliffs, has had a lengthy career in local government. She was first appointed as Maywood’s first female borough administrator in January 2012. At the time, she’d been an Englewood Cliffs councilwoman, a Ridgefield borough administrator, the director of the Bergen County Department of Human Services and a one time aide to former Sen. Robert Torricelli. A resolution was read at Tuesday night's virtual Mayor & Coun…

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by Jerry DeMarco