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Pray For Vegas: Schepisi Bill Bans Bump Stocks
BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. – After the shooter in Las Vegas used bump stocks to fire his rifle automatically, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi (R-Bergen) quickly responded with a bill requiring all bump stocks to be returned to police, banning them for sale or possession in New Jersey. Bump stocks were approved by the Obama administration in 2010 as a way to help people with disabilities fire semi-automatic rifles. While the intent to make bump stocks legal to ensure parity for those with disabilities, these items have instead resulted in weapons being illegally converted. “No civilian should ever h…
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New Trump Policy Puts 22,000 New Jersey Immigrants At Risk Of Deportation
President Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he will be phasing out the Obama Administration's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy with an expiration date of March 5, 2018. Under Trump's new Dreamer program, nearly 22,000 unauthorized immigrants in New Jersey who were brought to the U.S. as children would lose their protected status and face deportation, NJ.com says. Obama's program allowed certain illegal immigrants who entered the country as minors to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and eligibility for a work permit. In a letter to …
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NJ Assemblyman Doesn't Care What You Think About His Confederate Flag
Parker Space might be a New Jersey assemblyman, but that doesn't mean he's politically correct, he told the New York Post. The Republican gained national attention last week after posting a photo on Facbeook of himself and his wife with a Confederate flag, superimposed with a country singer's face and lyrics: "If the South would’ve won, we would’ve had it made." According The Post, Space has not removed the photo from his Facebook page, but did remove the "Lol" he wrote in the original caption: "Tailgating waiting for Hank. Hope no one is offended! Lol." CLICK…
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Elmwood Park Clerk Explores Congressional Run
WOODLAND PARK, N.J. – Woodland Park Mayor Keith Kazmark is considering a run for Congress. Kazmark -- a Democrat who also serves as municipal clerk in Elmwood Park – announced this week that he is forming a congressional exploratory committee. He would try to unseat incumbent Rodney Frelinghuysen in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District in 2018. “I love my job as Mayor and will continue to work every day to get things done in our town, but we can't ignore what is happening - or isn't happening - in Washington, DC.,” Kazmark said. Kazmark's committee has already launched a website at Ka…
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Christie Just Changed The Game For Smokers In New Jersey
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie this week signed a law that leaves it up to the municipality to establish civil penalty for smoking in public places. It's still illegal — but A-2368 means you might not get jail time for it. The law takes effect immediately and without it, violators will be charged with a criminal offense that comes with a fine of up to $200, 30 days in jail or both.
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Harrington Park's Booker Makes Epic Clapback Defending NJ In Globe Article
New Jerseyans including Harrington Park's Cory Booker are not happy about an article in the Boston Globe that they say made a mockery of New Jersey The article is about Trump's 17-day working vacation in Bedminister and takes a whack at New Jersey, citing "spray tans, Snooki, muscle shirts, 'The Sopranos,' traffic jams and toll plazas," wrote Matt Viser and Annie Linskey. Cory Booker told The Globe: "This is something that needs no defense. Unlike the Patriots. Unlike the Celtics. Unlike the Red Sox. Which need a lot of defending.” Rutgers alum Katie Leach was among the many…
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White House Air Conditioning Upgrades Force Trump To New Jersey ... Again
Get ready, New Jersey — U.S. President Donald Trump will be at his Bedminster golf club cooling off for 17 days while the West Wing's heating and air conditioning systems are updated this month. This will be Trump's 16th visit as the president to the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster since his inauguration, according to a report from NBC. Of his 196 days in office, 59 were spent at Trump properties and 44 at golf properties, the report says — that's a whopping total of 93 days at the White House, and 103 away.
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Christie Has Ballpark Meltdown With Nachos In Fan's Face
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was seen getting in a fan's face — holding a bowl of nachos — at a baseball game in Milwaukee Sunday. In a video posted to Twitter, Christie leaned over into a fan's face calling him a "big shot" before storming off. The man who got the whole spat on tape was local news reporter Ben Hutchinson, who said he was a relative of the man — Brad Joseph — who Christie confronted, the Huffington Post reports. Joseph said he yelled Christie's name and told him "that he sucked," which is when things escalated, the article says. CLICK HERE FOR MORE F…
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Wyckoff PD: DWI Driver, 21, Crashes Car Into Pole
WYCKOFF, N.J. – A 21-year-old Wyckoff woman was drunk when she crashed her car into a utility pole, authorities said. Susan Springer also didn’t have registration or an insurance card when an officer found the wreckage on Mountain Avenue just after 11 p.m. last Sunday, Police Chief David Murphy said Friday. She was charged with DWI, failure to exhibit proper documents, failing to maintain a lane and reckless driving. Springer was issued court summonses and released to a responsible adult pending a hearing.
Politics
Woodcliff Lake Mayor Named Guadagno's Gubernatorial Running Mate
WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. — Republican nominee for governor Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno officially announced Woodcliff Lake Mayor Carlos Rendo as her running mate. The mayor emigrated to the U.S. in 1960s and became the first Latino to hold his position since becoming mayor in 2015. Rendo is a Cuban-American attorney who campaigned and fundraised for Marco Rubio (R-Fla), one of Christie's opponents in the presidential primary.
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Christie Names Closter Politician To State Board Of Pharmacy
CLOSTER, N.J. — Former Bergen County Freeholder candidate and Closter Council President Robert Di Dio was recently appointed to the New Jersey Board of Pharmacy by Governor Christie. Di Dio previously taught pharmacy management at a local university and was a pharmaceutical consultant assisting and advising pharmacies and hospitals throughout New Jersey and New York. The Board of Pharmacy is the oldest professional licensing board in New Jersey, and was established in 1877 to protect the public by regulating the dispensing of prescription medications. The purpose of the Board is to pro…
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8th Person ID'd In Trump Jr. Meeting Linked To Englewood Cliffs
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. — The man who this week was identified as the eighth person in the room at Trump Jr.'s 2016 meeting between the Trump Campaign and Russian operatives has ties to Englewood Cliffs, NorthJersey.com reports. Irakly "Ike" Kaveladze founded International Business Creations, located in the Palestroni building on Sylvan Avenue, the article says. In the 1990s, the business was subject to a federal investigation into Russian money laundering through U.S. banks, the story says. CLICK HERE FOR MORE.
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