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$7.5M In Back Wages Paid To 865 Utility Workers Who Restored Power In NJ After Tropical Storm $7.5M In Back Wages Paid To 865 Utility Workers Who Restored Power In NJ After Tropical Storm
$7.5M In Back Wages Paid To 865 Utility Workers Who Restored Power In NJ After Tropical Storm The 865 utility workers who restored outages in New Jersey following Tropical Storm Isaias in August 2020 will be getting $7.5 million in back wages, state officials said. NJDOL Division of Wage and Hour Compliance investigators found that workers deployed by Pike Electric Inc. of Mount Airy, N.C., were paid less than the rate required by the New Jersey Prevailing Wage Act during the recovery efforts. According to NJ Advance Media, the storm left 25% of New Jersey residents without power and a wind gust of 109 mph was recorded off Long Beach Island. Click here for Daily Voice's Isaias…
Passaic County Mom Makes History At Port Authority Police Department Passaic County Mom Makes History At Port Authority Police Department
Passaic County Mom Makes History At Port Authority Police Department His name is Bingo, and he's so much more than a toy puppy. The stuffed animal was gifted to Priscilla Sanchez when she was 10 by her older brother gifted her the stuffed toy as he prepared for deployment to Iraq. “I held onto that puppy every night," said Sanchez, 33, adding that the puppy became a symbol of her brother's sacrifice. “I knew I wanted to follow the same path.” This year, days before welcoming her third son, Sanchez was promoted to the Port Authority Police Department's first female captain of Hispanic heritage. And this time, Sanchez's sons wer…
Motorcyclist, 30, Dies Days Before Birthday In NJ Crash Motorcyclist, 30, Dies Days Before Birthday In NJ Crash
Motorcyclist, 30, Dies Days Before Birthday In NJ Crash A 30-year-old motorcyclist has died following a New Jersey crash earlier this month, according to his obituary. Wilson Gonzalez Jr., of Bound Brook, died at RWJ Hospital in New Brunswick on Friday, Aug. 16, his obituary on the Hagan-Chamberlin Funeral Home website says. Happy birthday mi amor. I miss you so much and your babies do to. I promise to keep going on and raising our babies.I love you ❤️ Wilson Gonzalez Posted by Alyssa Warren on Friday, August 23, 2024 Gonzalez was identified as the motorcyclist airlifted in the Thursday, Aug. 15 crash on the Manville Causeway near …