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USR Mayor Blasts NJ Lawmaker For Probing Pumping Of Muddy Water Into Stream USR Mayor Blasts NJ Lawmaker For Probing Pumping Of Muddy Water Into Stream
USR Mayor Blasts NJ Lawmaker For Probing Pumping Of Muddy Water Into Stream UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- Upper Saddle River Mayor Joanne Minichetti responded Monday to a Daily Voice story about an investigation into the pumping of muddy water into a stream from a luxury-housing construction site at the former Apple Ridge Country Club by accusing a state assemblywoman of a conflict of interest. The Sunday story centered on an investigation by state authorities -- prompted by state Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi -- into what residents fear is a toxic discharge into Pleasant Brook. In a 9:45 a.m. email to Daily Voice on Monday, Minichetti wrote: "You do know that t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Dumont, Englewood Rape Case Convictions Overturned By Immigrant Status Dumont, Englewood Rape Case Convictions Overturned By Immigrant Status
Dumont, Englewood Rape Case Convictions Overturned By Immigrant Status HACKENSACK, N.J. -- New Jersey's highest court overturned an undocumented day laborer's conviction of sexually assaulting three women on the streets of Dumont and Englewood -- in part because prosecutors revealed during his trial that he was in the country illegally. The judge in the case also should have instructed jurors on how to consider testimony from the one eyewitness who prosecutors put on the stand during the fall 2013 trial of Alexis Sanchez-Medina. Taken together, both flaws prevented the Honduran immigrant from getting fair trial and "raise serious questions about whether t…

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by Jerry DeMarco