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Giant Joro Spiders With 4-Inch-Long Legs Headed To NJ, Pest Control Company Previously Warned Giant Joro Spiders With 4-Inch-Long Legs Headed To NJ, Pest Control Company Previously Warned
Giant Joro Spiders With 4-Inch-Long Legs Headed To NJ, Pest Control Company Previously Warned Large yellow-and-gray spiders with 4-inch-long legs that can fly through the air are heading to the Northeast and could show up this summer, according to multiple reports. Sightings of the Trichonephila clavata species known as "Joro spiders" have already been reported in 10 Eastern states, CBS News says. A New Jersey pest control company in January had warned that this might happen. 4NJ Pest, based in Flanders, said the spiders act as "pest controllers" in their natural habitats, however, their introduction to not-native species could be detrimental to the balance of local ecosystems.…

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by Joe Lombardi
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NJ Physicians Have State Licenses Pulled For Sexual Misconduct NJ Physicians Have State Licenses Pulled For Sexual Misconduct
NJ Physicians Have State Licenses Pulled For Sexual Misconduct A psychiatrist accused of sexually assaulting patients and two doctors who admitted doing so were permanently barred from practicing in New Jersey, authorities said Wednesday. Dr. Carl J. Renner, 66, of Glen Rock had previously pleaded guilty to charges that he intentionally touched six female patients “inappropriately and without legitimate medical purpose or their consent” during exams and procedures at his Hasbrouck Heights practice, state Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal said. Another doctor, Michael Tyshkov, 67, of Livingston, pleaded guilty to charges that he did the same to two fema…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Obituaries
Community Mourns Hillsdale Native, Clemson Student Ryan Shoop, 20 Community Mourns Hillsdale Native, Clemson Student Ryan Shoop, 20
Community Mourns Hillsdale Native, Clemson Student Ryan Shoop, 20 Hillsdale native Ryan C. Shoop died on Oct. 31. He was 20 years old. Ryan was a 2016 graduate of Bergen Catholic, where he played lacrosse. He had been studying management at Clemson University in South Carolina. "Coming to grips with the death of a student is always difficult," said L. Christopher Miller, interim vice president of student affairs and dean of students.  "The Clemson Family extends our deepest condolences to Ryan’s family and friends as they make sense of his untimely passing." Condolences poured in. "Heart of gold man," Ricky Schmidt wrote on Facebook. "[…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
NJ Temporarily Suspends License Of Hasbrouck Heights Internist, 67, Charged In Two Sex Assaults NJ Temporarily Suspends License Of Hasbrouck Heights Internist, 67, Charged In Two Sex Assaults
NJ Temporarily Suspends License Of Hasbrouck Heights Internist, 67, Charged In Two Sex Assaults UPDATE: A veteran Hasbrouck Heights internist who's charged with sexually assaulting two female patients during office visits had his license temporarily suspended, authorities announced Thursday. Carl J. Renner, 67, a North Bergen native who lives in Glen Rock, was taken into custody by Hasbrouck Heights police at Heights Medical, 288 Boulevard, on June 6. He was at first charged with sexually assaulting a patient at his office three days earlier. Authorities later added additional charges stemming from what they said were reported sexual assaults on another patient during two separa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Hasbrouck Heights Internist From Glen Rock, 67, Sexually Assaulted Patient, Authorities Charge Hasbrouck Heights Internist From Glen Rock, 67, Sexually Assaulted Patient, Authorities Charge
Hasbrouck Heights Internist From Glen Rock, 67, Sexually Assaulted Patient, Authorities Charge UPDATE: A veteran internist from Glen Rock who was arrested at his Hasbrouck Heights office sexually assaulted a patient, authorities charged. One of the last of the “house call” doctors, 67-year-old Dr. Carl J. Renner was taken into custody by Hasbrouck Heights police at Heights Medical, 288 Boulevard, early Thursday evening, Daily Voice reported last week. The North Bergen native remained held Tuesday in the Bergen County Jail after a judge denied his release during a detention hearing on Friday. Renner "sexually assaulted a patient at his medical practice during a routine doctor visit,"…

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by Jerry DeMarco