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Bogus Bean Counter Admits Pilfering $1.5M From Non-Profits In Englewood, JC, Elsewhere In NJ Bogus Bean Counter Admits Pilfering $1.5M From Non-Profits In Englewood, JC, Elsewhere In NJ
Bogus Bean Counter Admits Pilfering $1.5M From Non-Profits In Englewood, JC, Elsewhere In NJ A Hudson County woman admitted posing as a certified public accountant to con more than 100 private schools, religious institutions and other non-profit organizations in New Jersey out of $1.5 million, federal authorities said. Among those scammed by Yezenia Castillo, 46, of Hoboken, were a non-profit corporation dedicated to providing affordable housing to Englewood residents and a private elementary and intermediate school in Jersey City, a complaint on file in U.S. District Court in Newark says. Posing as a CPA, Castillo got hired “to provide various financial and accounting services" th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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$8 Million Check Will Bring North Jersey State-Of-The-Art Ice Skating Rink To Life $8 Million Check Will Bring North Jersey State-Of-The-Art Ice Skating Rink To Life
$8 Million Check Will Bring North Jersey State-Of-The-Art Ice Skating Rink To Life Union County officials are expected to be presented with a check made out for $8 million in state funding that will go toward renovations to an indoor ice skating rink at the Warinanco Sports Center in Roselle. The check will be presented by State Senate President Nicholas Scutari on behalf of the State of New Jersey. “Right now, we have a great facility in use, but it can only be used seasonally," Commissioner Chair Rebecca Williams said. "With the construction of a new state-of-the-art indoor skating rink, we will be able to offer year-round use of the building, attracting even …

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by Cecilia Levine
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Ex-AC Mayor Who Spent $86,000 In Youth Sports Donations On Himself Gets 30 Days In Fed Pen Ex-AC Mayor Who Spent $86,000 In Youth Sports Donations On Himself Gets 30 Days In Fed Pen
Ex-AC Mayor Who Spent $86,000 In Youth Sports Donations On Himself Gets 30 Days In Fed Pen UPDATE: Former Atlantic City Mayor Frank Gilliam was sentenced Thursday to a plea-bargained 30 days in federal prison, 11 months of house arrest and 200 hours of community for scamming donors out of $86,000 that he told them was going to a youth basketball team. Frank Gilliam, 49, used the money on fancy clothes, expensive meals, and trips that were “completely unrelated to the operation of a youth basketball team,” Acting U.S. Attorney Rachel A. Honig said. “I stand before this court a fractured human being,” Gilliam told U.S. District Judge Joseph H. Rodriguez via videoconference in Camde…

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Police & Fire
Cause Of Death Revealed For Newark Education Advocate, 1 Charged With Murder Cause Of Death Revealed For Newark Education Advocate, 1 Charged With Murder
Cause Of Death Revealed For Newark Education Advocate, 1 Charged With Murder A Newark man has been charged with murder after a Newark education activist was found dead in his home last month, authorities said. Johnnie Lattner, 55 -- the co-founder of PULSE (Parents Unified for Local School Education) -- was found unresponsive at a Mount Pleasant Avenue home Aug. 17,  Acting Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II, and Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose said. The death was considered suspicious and ruled a homicide following an autopsy, Ambrose and Stephens said. The cause of death was sharp force injuries, an ECPO spokeswoman said. …

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by Cecilia Levine
Lifestyle
Mom Wins Jeep Wrangler In Mahwah Raffle Mom Wins Jeep Wrangler In Mahwah Raffle
Mom Wins Jeep Wrangler In Mahwah Raffle A New York mom was the winner of this year's Mahwah Day Jeep Raffle. The Mahwah Municipal Alliance announced Traci Myhal of Suffern, N.Y. was lucky number ticket #461, drawn Saturday during Mahwah Day. Myhal had a choice between the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited or the 2018 Jeep Wrangler JL 4-door, each worth more $40,000.  The Rockland County mom chose the Wrangler, which she picked up from from Ramsey Chrysler Jeep Dodge on Route 17 Monday evening. Proceeds from the raffle went toward the Mahwah Municipal Alliance, a non-profit organization with a mission to "inspire youth of Ma…

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by Cecilia Levine
Schools
Northern 'Valley's Got Talent': Come See, Hear, Enjoy Northern 'Valley's Got Talent': Come See, Hear, Enjoy
Northern 'Valley's Got Talent': Come See, Hear, Enjoy NORTHERN VALLEY, N.J. -- The Northern Valley Coalition and the parent organizations from all seven valley school districts are hosting their second annual "Valley's Got Talent" on April 27. The special event runs from 7-9 p.m. Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, 140 Central Avenue. The winners from each town's elementary, middle and high school talent contests will be competing against one another in each age category in the Valley finals. Judges include mayors from all seven towns: Closter Mayor John Glidden; Demarest Mayor Ray Cywinski; Haworth Mayor John Sma…

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by Jerry DeMarco