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Murphy Signs Laws To Investigate Why NJ Electric Bills Are So High Murphy Signs Laws To Investigate Why NJ Electric Bills Are So High
Murphy Signs Laws To Investigate Why NJ Electric Bills Are So High As New Jersey families brace for higher energy costs, Gov. Phil Murphy has signed two new laws aimed at holding regional grid operator PJM Interconnection accountable for what officials call opaque practices that have driven up electricity prices. The new laws — AJR216/SJR154 and A5463/S4363 — direct the state Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to investigate whether PJM’s pricing system is helping customers by ensuring reliable resources at the lowest possible cost.  The BPU will report back to the Governor and the Legislature within one year. “These bills complement our long-term plan …

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From Rare Treat In Pakistan To 30 Years In Englewood: Ice Cream On Grand Marks Sweet Milestone From Rare Treat In Pakistan To 30 Years In Englewood: Ice Cream On Grand Marks Sweet Milestone
From Rare Treat In Pakistan To 30 Years In Englewood: Ice Cream On Grand Marks Sweet Milestone As a boy growing up in Pakistan, Syed Rizvi almost never got ice cream. He only tasted it when his grandmother picked him up from school and bought it for him, maybe once a month. Back then, he dreamed of one day owning an ice cream truck. Three decades later, his reality is beyond anything he could have imagined as a child. Rizvi, 63, now runs one of Bergen County’s most popular ice cream shops — Ice Cream on Grand in Englewood — which this summer celebrated its 30th year and was crowned winner of Daily Voice’s Ice Cream Showdown. Rizvi bought the shop in 1995 when it was still a Carvel. F…

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Alleged Abuse Probe At NJ Catholic School Shines Spotlight On Bishop Eyed As Next Cardinal Alleged Abuse Probe At NJ Catholic School Shines Spotlight On Bishop Eyed As Next Cardinal
Alleged Abuse Probe At NJ Catholic School Shines Spotlight On Bishop Eyed As Next Cardinal Long-buried secrets of clergy abuse at Delbarton, one of New Jersey’s most prestigious all-boys Catholic schools, may finally spill into public view, the New York Post reports — and a Newark bishop now being considered for cardinal is at the center of it. The Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) is demanding that Church leaders block Auxiliary Bishop Elias R. Lorenzo, O.S.B., from becoming the next Archbishop of Newark, citing his decades of leadership at Delbarton School and St. Mary’s Abbey in Morristown during alleged abuse at the hands of more than a dozen monks and a lay …

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Attorney General Releases 911 Calls, Bodycam In Fatal Pemberton Police Shooting Attorney General Releases 911 Calls, Bodycam In Fatal Pemberton Police Shooting
Attorney General Releases 911 Calls, Bodycam In Fatal Pemberton Police Shooting The Attorney General’s Office of Public Integrity and Accountability (OPIA) released three 911 calls and body-worn camera footage from a fatal police-involved shooting in Pemberton Township last October. The civilian who died during the Oct. 19, 2024 encounter was identified as Marvin Taylor, 57, of Browns Mills, the office said. According to the investigation, a 911 call reporting smoke coming from a residence was received at 3:22 p.m. The Pemberton Township Volunteer Fire Department and township police officers responded to a home on Woodland Avenue. Responding officers were told that a …

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Man Groped 12-Year-Old At Pool, Explicitly Messaged 13-Year-Old: Hudson Prosecutor Man Groped 12-Year-Old At Pool, Explicitly Messaged 13-Year-Old: Hudson Prosecutor
Man Groped 12-Year-Old At Pool, Explicitly Messaged 13-Year-Old: Hudson Prosecutor A 26-year-old man has been arrested on accusations he groped a 12-year-old girl a a public pool and then sent explicit messages to a 13-year-old girl, authorities in Hudson County said. Malik Pardo, of Union City, groped the first victim in June 2024 at a city pool, Acting Hudson County Prosecutor Wayne Mello said. It was not immediately clear when he sent the messages to his alleged second victim. Pardo was arrested following an investigation and was charged with sexual assault by contact and three counts of endangering the welfare of a child, Mello said. He was arrested in the area …

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Hidden Camera In Martial Arts Studio Leads To Child Porn Charges For Oakland Man: Prosecutor Hidden Camera In Martial Arts Studio Leads To Child Porn Charges For Oakland Man: Prosecutor
Hidden Camera In Martial Arts Studio Leads To Child Porn Charges For Oakland Man: Prosecutor A 25-year-old man is facing serious charges after investigators say he planted a hidden camera in the bathroom of a Bergen County martial arts school, where it recorded multiple victims, including children. Ryan J. Curtin, of Oakland, was arrested Wednesday, Aug. 13 in Paramus and charged with production of child sexual abuse material, possession of child sexual abuse material, and invasion of privacy, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said in a release. The case began in April, when Ramsey police responded to Tiger Schulman’s Martial Arts on Route 17 South after a hidden camera was dis…

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Sex Assault Suspect Wanted After Skipping Court On 1991 Hillsdale, Wash Twp Case: Officials Sex Assault Suspect Wanted After Skipping Court On 1991 Hillsdale, Wash Twp Case: Officials
Sex Assault Suspect Wanted After Skipping Court On 1991 Hillsdale, Wash Twp Case: Officials Authorities are searching for a 59-year-old former Bergen County man accused of sexually assaulting a child decades ago after he failed to show up for a court hearing, prosecutors said Thursday, Aug. 14. Jed D. Phykitt, of Dalton, MN, and formerly of Washington Township, NJ, was indicted on five counts of second-degree sexual assault related to allegations from the early 1990s, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said this week. Phykitt was first arrested in February 2025 in Minnesota after a nearly year-long investigation by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit, wit…

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NJ Residents To Get $100 Back On Electric Bills — Here’s When You’ll See It NJ Residents To Get $100 Back On Electric Bills — Here’s When You’ll See It
NJ Residents To Get $100 Back On Electric Bills — Here’s When You’ll See It Shocking electric bills have New Jersey families sweating — but help is on the way. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) voted Wednesday, Aug. 13, to give every residential customer a total of $100 in bill credits this fall. The Residential Universal Bill Credit (RUBC) program will knock $50 off September bills and another $50 off October bills, the board said. The relief comes after electric rates spiked 17% to 20% on June 1 — hikes triggered by last year’s sky-high capacity auction. For many households, that meant hundreds more each month just to keep the lights, and air conditi…

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Tree Branch Crushes Pedestrians, Smashes Tesla Roof In Teaneck: Police Tree Branch Crushes Pedestrians, Smashes Tesla Roof In Teaneck: Police
Tree Branch Crushes Pedestrians, Smashes Tesla Roof In Teaneck: Police A morning walk turned into a nightmare when a massive tree branch came crashing down in Teaneck, trapping two women, hitting a third, and striking a passing car with a father and his young daughter inside, authorities said. The branch fell near Sussex Road and Churchill Road around 8:03 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, according to a release from the Teaneck Police Department. Two Bergenfield women, ages 44 and 45, were pinned under the tree as they walked along the sidewalk. A 50-year-old Ridgefield Park woman was also hit, though she was not trapped, police said. At the same time, a Tesla driven …

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DUI Driver Crashes Outside Rochelle Park Police HQ, 27-Year-Old Hospitalized: PD DUI Driver Crashes Outside Rochelle Park Police HQ, 27-Year-Old Hospitalized: PD
DUI Driver Crashes Outside Rochelle Park Police HQ, 27-Year-Old Hospitalized: PD A 40-year-old man was arrested after a DUI crash outside police headquarters in Rochelle Park that sent a 27-year-old woman to the hospital, authorities said. The collision happened Friday, Aug. 8, at 12:51 p.m. on West Passaic Street in front of police headquarters, according to Rochelle Park Police Capt. James DePreta. Officers arrived to find a rear-end crash involving two disabled vehicles, police said. The second driver, a 27-year-old woman, was taken to a local hospital with neck pain, according to police. The first driver, identified as Christopher Boccio, of Butler, showed signs of…

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