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From The Garage To The Incubator: Engineers Have What It Takes To Be Entrepreneurs
The world is hungry for innovation. Existing systems and “ways in which things are done” have become stale, are inefficient, or non-inclusive of those who need the service. In short, they need fixing. Healthcare, the environment, housing, accessibility and many other areas of our lives would benefit from new ways to solve an old problem.
Enter the engineer. Driven by an urge to “build a better mousetrap,” engineers should, and often do, see problems everywhere. They don’t take existing systems for granted. Instead, they see opportunities for improvement. Engineers, by definition, are entrep…
Stop & Shop Hiring For More Than 5,000 Positions
Stop & Shop is looking to fill more than 5,000 regional positions.
The available positions across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island are permanent and include store roles in bakery, deli, grocery, seafood, produce, front end, night crew and online pickup.
Stop & Shop is also hiring home delivery drivers and shoppers, as well as selectors at its distribution centers.
These 5,000 new positions are in addition to the 5,000 Stop & Shop sought to fill at the start of the pandemic in March.
In total, Stop & Shop has invested more than …
Covid-19: More Than Dozen NJ Hospitals, Nursing Homes Cited For Violations
More than a dozen New Jersey hospitals and nursing homes were issued citations from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) for violations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 14 New Jersey facilities are among 37 ticketed nationwide, resulting in proposed penalties totaling $484,069.
New Jersey had more hospitals cited than any other state, totaling $252,150.
Hospitals and nursing homes issued violations and their penalties include:
Valley Hospital Inc., Ridgewood, $8,675
Valley Physician Services Inc., Waldwick, $…
Doctors On Netflix Show 'Lenox Hill' Rid NJ Grandmother, 89, Of Massive Head Tumor
For 25 years, Lorenza De La Villa of Teaneck barely noticed the small tumor in the back of her head.
She found it in 1995, when she was 64 years old.
It was benign. It didn't hurt. It never grew.
"She did what doctors told her to do," said one of De La Villa's 22 grandchildren, Michelle Tavares, of Weehawken. "She went for MRIs every year and saw a neurologist every six months.
"Since it wasn't growing, causing pain or neurological impairment, doctors didn't have her do anything about it."
For 25 years, that's the way things were. De La Villa's "little egg" rarely crossed her …
