“I’m antsy to get to work, but I don’t want to go back to the retail jobs I’ve done,” said Leighann McPartland, 24, of Pine Bush, N.Y. An art and art history major, McPartland graduated from SUNY Oswe.
Bergen Republicans endorse suspended N.J. police chief accused of corruption
Updated Apr 03, 2021;
A Bergen County police chief currently suspended over corruption and misconduct charges has been endorsed by the county GOP as their nominee to vie for the County Sheriff’s race.
The Bergen County Republican Organization endorsed Saddle Brook Police Chief Robert Kugler as the Republican candidate for the Bergen County Sheriff’s Race, despite allegations that he ordered officers under his command to provide escorts while on-duty for the funeral home he owns.
At the organization’s convention Tuesday night, Kugler received nearly three times as many votes as challenger Harry Shortway, the Midland Park mayor, reported NorthJersey.com. The vote means Kugler will get the “party line,” the first position on the ballot as an endorsed candidate.
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It’s been a rough week for the Democratic establishment-backed ticket in District 37. First Palisades Park Mayor Christopher Chung dropped out of the Assembly after a scathing Comptroller’s Office report on his town’s governance. Then Assembly candidate Alexandra Soriano-Taveras dropped out over her comments about boycotting businesses on Teaneck’s Cedar Lane.
Vernon OKs resolution against violent protest but doesn t mention Trump
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VERNON With former President Trump s second impeachment trial underway, Vernon s governing body is taking what officials say is a necessary stand against violent protest, insurrection, hate crimes and discrimination.
The resolution acknowledges Americans right to peaceful protest and assembly, but states a number of peaceful demonstrations across the country have been exploited by violent extremists and spilled over into looting, destruction of business and personal property, and loss of life, including the deliberate targeting of law enforcement officers.
Five people including a police officer died in last month s breach of the Capitol building by rioters who hoped to derail Congress certification of President Joe Biden s election victory.
New Jersey Herald
VERNON A settlement to facilitate the redevelopment of the boarded up former Playboy Club, now known as Legends, was rejected by the Township Council on a 3-2 vote after several members objected to terms they said were too lenient to the current owner.
The proposed agreement would have given Hillie Meyers, a Florida-based timeshare executive whose Metairie Corp. acquired the facility in 1998, until the end of June 2021 to pay $388,000 in overdue 2020 taxes following his payment of $472,000 in overdue 2019 taxes earlier this month.
Vernon, in turn, would have dropped its opposition to a one-year renewal of the facility s liquor license as well as a lawsuit seeking $60,000 in building and fire safety violations in hopes of making it easier for the owner to entice an investor. If no investor came forward by June, the agreement would have required that an auctioneer solicit bids, though the owner still could have turned down any final offer.