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These NJ Communities Violated LGBTQ+ Marriage License Rules: AG These NJ Communities Violated LGBTQ+ Marriage License Rules: AG
These NJ Communities Violated LGBTQ+ Marriage License Rules: AG Twenty-eight municipalities statewide have been cited by New Jersey officials for excluding the LGBTQIA+ community in their online marriage license applications. The municipalities face fines of up to $10,000 if they don't fix the problem, the state said. Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division on Civil Rights said DCR has issued Notices of Violation to the municipalities for allegedly violating the Law Against Discrimination by publishing marriage license application forms on their websites that exclude certain LGBTQIA+ individuals seeking to obtain marriage licenses. Th…

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by Jon Craig
Police & Fire
NJ Bridge Jumper, 29, Rescued From River With 2 Broken Legs NJ Bridge Jumper, 29, Rescued From River With 2 Broken Legs
NJ Bridge Jumper, 29, Rescued From River With 2 Broken Legs A 29-year-old Pennsylvania man was rescued nearly 200 yards down the Delaware River from where he jumped off of a New Jersey bridge, and hospitalized with both legs broken over the weekend, authorities said. The Furlong, PA man had parked his vehicle on a Stockton, NJ bridge around 11:15 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, then jumped into the water, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. The Bridge Commission reported the vehicle stopped on the bridge, bringing authorities to the scene. The man was conscious and alert when he was rescued by PA State Troopers from the water, and hospitalized…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
NJ Man Charged With Voter Fraud NJ Man Charged With Voter Fraud
NJ Man Charged With Voter Fraud A Hunterdon County man was arrested for pretending to be someone else on a mail-in ballot, authorities said Saturday. Brian C. Shilling, 53, of Stockton, "falsely completed the ballot, forging the signature of another certifying the ballot and sending in the fraudulent ballot to the Hunterdon County Board of Elections purporting that it was cast by another," Acting Hunterdon County Prosecutor Michael J. Williams said alongside Chief of Detectives Frank R. Crisologo. Shilling was arrested Nov. 5 and charged with third degree fraud in casting a mail-in vote, third degree tamper…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
NJ Birthday Boy Buys Lunch For Troopers Who Cared For Him In Bike Wreck NJ Birthday Boy Buys Lunch For Troopers Who Cared For Him In Bike Wreck
NJ Birthday Boy Buys Lunch For Troopers Who Cared For Him In Bike Wreck When Rowdy Meys of Stockton was in a bad bicycle accident last year, New Jersey State Police took care of him. This year, in return, Rowdy is taking care of the troopers on the frontlines of coronavirus Rowdy used the money he got on his 11th birthday to buy lunch for the troopers at the nearby Kingwood Barracks. He was personally thanked personally by Col. Pat Callahan, who visited his family's farm to show his gratitude. "To you Rowdy," Gov. Phil Murphy said during Thursday's COVID-19 briefing, "thank you." "And to all of the brave troopers beginning with the colonel, and through the e…

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by Cecilia Levine