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Ras Baraka backs Kamala Harris for president
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has become the second delegate from New Jersey to announce his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for president. “I do not celebrate this. Joe Biden, flawed as we all are, is a much better candidate and much better person than Donald Trump,” said Baraka. “Kamala Harris, in that same sense, is a far better human and will make an infinitely better President. I look forward to supporting her candidacy and doing everything I can to make sure Kamala Harris, once again, makes history. “
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For $22.5 million, you could buy Nascar legend Tony Stewart's 415-acre Hidden Hollow Ranch in Indiana, completed with a 8,700-gallon, two-story freshwater aquarium; a 1,500-gallon stream filled with a koi fish; a waterfall; and two separate buildings on the property for a guest house and a workshop. Or, for the...
To cut down on immigrant kids selling candy on the subway, try child care, advocates say
It seems an inextricable problem: Scores of candy sellers with children in the depths of New York City’s serpentine subway system, on sweltering platforms and between moving cars. The adults, commonly moms from South American countries, in need of work. The kids — some strapped onto their parents’ chests, others trying to make a sale themselves — tagging along. “We’ve really seen the need of ...
Story Walk Returns to Ridgewood for Reading of “Keep Your Ear on the Ball”
RIDGEWOOD, NJ — The Ridgewood Parks and Recreation Department is pleased to present a Story Walk® of “Keep Your Ear on the Ball” by author Genevieve Petrillo a retired elementary school teacher from Belleville, New Jersey. A Story Walk® is a live reading of a children’s book combined with a walking route through nature, and is entirely free of charge. It will be hosted in a local park located at 259 N. Maple Avenue, and will include a playground and restrooms. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER This is an outdoor event, so dress accordingly. For more information, please contact the Ridgewood Parks and Recreation Department at 201- 670-5560, www.ridgewoodnj.net or visit the office at 259 N. Maple Avenue. Read more Arts & Entertainment news from around Ridgewood here: Ridgewood Public Library to Host Workshop Exploring the Future of Artificial Intelligence on Thursday, July 18 Local Ridgewood Artists Showcase Their Talent at Art Institute's 2024 Members' Invitational Summer Show Ridgewood Guild's Barbie Screening Draws Pink-Clad Crowds to Van Neste Square Memorial Park For more local news, visit TAPinto.net
NYC Mayor Adams’ administration asks for ‘peaceful political process’ in solidarity with Trump
Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is asking City Council members to sign a letter calling for a “peaceful political process” in the wake of the assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump, The Post has learned. “We cannot allow the single, horrifying act of political violence against former President Trump this past weekend to escalate into greater strife and disunity,” the message, obtained by The Post Friday, says. “We must say enough. Enough violent political rhetoric. Enough pitting one group of Americans against another. And enough spreading this kind of hate online and in real life.” The letter was attached in an email sent by...
Former NYC Rite Aid is now overrun by booze-swilling vagrants, zonked-out junkies: ‘F–king preposterous’
A former Rite Aid in Queens has been transformed into a nightmare out of “Mad Max,” overrun by booze-swilling hobos, zonked-out junkies and migrants who have transformed the forlorn spot into their own dystopian social club. The mostly middle-aged derelicts laid claim to the 25,058-square-foot Astoria plot seven months ago, neighbors say — planting Mexican, American and Puerto Rican flags atop the vacant building’s roof and furnishing it with sofas, tables, chairs and foam mattresses. They’ve since turned the site into a blight, dangling bizarre items from the roof’s edges. Everything from bras and bicycles, to pool noodles and a Power Wheels...
3 hot dog joints voted among NYC’s best are actually in NJ
As Bruce Springsteen sang in “Jack Of All Trades,” it’s all happened before and it’ll happen again. It isn’t the first time the most amazing New York City food establishments of a certain category wound up being named as a place across the river in New Jersey.
2 New Jersey residents plead guilty to helping physician distribute opioids
Two residents in Paterson, N.J., admitted to conspiring with a physician to distribute opioids without a legitimate medical reason. Jasmine McGregor, 32, and Jhenelle Lewis, 35, pleaded guilty to conspiring with Lisa Ferraro, MD, to prescribe oxycodone to people who were not actually Dr. Ferraro’s patients and whom she never examined or questioned, according to a July 18 news release from the Justice Department.
North Jersey teen's legacy lives on with opening of 'Khameryn's Kloset' at high school
PASSAIC − From a young age, Khameryn Oliver was always searching for ways to make a difference in her community as a member of the Girl Scouts. Sadly, she did not get to complete her latest, most ambitious project after a March car crash that claimed her life two months later.
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