New Jersey
New Jersey, you need to stop doing this at your polling places (Opinion)
Let’s be trustworthy, election season sucks.
We’re bombarded with pamphlets that we’re not going to learn. There are obnoxious indicators in every single place. To not point out, it seems like each 10 seconds you’re listening to or seeing a political advert that does nothing to tell you of the candidate, it simply bashes the opponent.
It’s extremely irritating.
That mentioned, the folks to take out your frustration on are undoubtedly NOT the individuals who gave up their day that will help you do your civic responsibility.
This previous Tuesday at my Monmouth County polling place I heard a number of folks get vocally pissed off on the harmless ballot employees.
I used to be standing in line once I noticed two totally different guys berate the girls behind the desk about how they didn’t ask for his or her driver’s licenses earlier than giving their signatures.
The kindly volunteer defined that whereas they’ll’t request to see their ID, if you wish to present it to them, that’s positive.
*Cue the loudest scoffs I’ve ever heard adopted by what appeared like a painful eye roll from these guys.*
“Nicely THAT’S bizarre!” they growled on the ballot employee.
No it’s not.
Even when you don’t agree with New Jersey’s coverage that you just don’t have to indicate ID to vote (which, by the best way, is nothing new), there’s no must take it out on the individuals who volunteered to handle the voting machines.
If I witnessed this twice within the lower than 10 minutes that I used to be in there, I can not think about what number of occasions the ballot employees needed to cope with this.
Significantly, please cease doing this to your native volunteers. They don’t seem to be the supply of your frustration.
Do you assume these persons are those who made that call? What do you assume you’ll obtain by giving them perspective for this?
When the following Election Day comes round, let’s be higher, New Jersey. Go away the ballot employees alone. These volunteers are giving up their time for us and so they don’t should be met with such vitriol.
Election season is tough sufficient, we needn’t take out our frustration on others.
Ballot employees, we thanks!
The put up above displays the ideas and observations of New Jersey 101.5’s Kylie Moore. Any opinions expressed are Kylie’s personal. You possibly can observe Kylie on Instagram.
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Detectives are investigating after a woman was killed in a hit-and-run crash on Wednesday afternoon in Camden, New Jersey, Camden County Prosecutors said.
According to prosecutors, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, around 3:21 p.m., officers were dispatched to 7th St. and Tulip St. for a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle.
The victim — now identified as Carla Mahan, 41, of Camden — was transported to the hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 4:06 p.m., prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said this investigation is active and ongoing at this time.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Daniel Crawford of the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit at 856-580-2223 and Detective Andrew Mogck of the Camden County Police Department at 609-519 8588.
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NJ man caught with massive cache of illegal guns, knives and explosives thanks to his own shameless Facebook posts
A New Jersey man’s shameless posts on Facebook led police to uncover a massive cache of illegal guns, knives, and explosives stashed inside the suspect’s home on a quiet suburban block this week.
Kyle Arena, 35, of Totowa, NJ, is facing multiple firearms and weapons charges stemming from a home raid Tuesday that yielded rifles, handguns, dozens of knives, ninja stars, brass knuckles, 129 fully loaded illegal high-capacity magazines, thousands of rounds of ammunition and even four explosives, Totowa police said.
An anonymous tipster alerted cops to Arena’s concerning social media posts and alleged arsenal of guns and investigators had to look no further than his Facebook page for probable cause.
Arena made a habit of flashing his guns online and “posting questionable content in various Facebook groups,” according to authorities.
In one post, he pointed a gun at people while driving by in his car. In other posts, he shared pics of illegal items such as silencers, police said.
In another photo, Arena can be seen holding up a rifle to his square black-rimmed glasses, pretending to take aim at an unseen target.
The emailed tip included screengrabs of Arena’s Facebook posts to a group called “Meal Team 6.1 Mid-Tier Main Group,” according to authorities. That private group of gun-enthusiasts boasts 14,500 members.
“Meal Team 6.1 Mid-Tier Main Group” has a number of rules posted to their homepage, including “DO NOT USE FB REPORTING OPTIONS” or face removal. The rule encourages members to eschew Facebook content moderators for fear that any intervention into the private group would result in it being shut down entirely.
With the multitude of evidence from his social posts, Totowa police were granted a search and seize warrant called a “Temporary Extreme Risk Protection Order” by a judge to search through the Lincoln Avenue home where Arena lives with his parents.
Investigators found the huge arsenal of weapons hidden inside a crawl space inside the home and bomb-sniffing dogs discovered four explosive devices, police said.
Nearby residents told ABC7 they couldn’t believe one of their neighbors was hoarding the stockpile of deadly weapons.
“I was in shock,” Ciro Abdondanza told the station. “I never would have expected anything of that magnitude would happen in Totowa.”
“I couldn’t believe it,” Carmine Cifalvi added. “That’s just crazy. What’s he starting his own army or something?”
Officers seized all the items and arrested Arena without incident. He is being held by the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office and faces multiple illegal firearms-related charges. He is due in court on Monday.
The suspect’s 66-year-old father, Felix Arena was also taken into custody during the search. He was charged with disorderly conduct, terroristic threats, and resisting arrest.
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The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities granted Leading Light Wind a pause on its project through Dec. 20 while its developers seek a source for the crucial components.
The project, from Chicago-based Invenergy and New York-based energyRE, would be built 40 miles (65 kilometers) off Long Beach Island and would consist of up to 100 turbines, enough to power 1 million homes.
Leading Light was one of two projects that the state utilities board chose in January. But just three weeks after that approval, one of three major turbine manufacturers, GE Vernova, said it would not announce the kind of turbine Invenergy planned to use in the Leading Light Project, according to the filing with the utilities board.
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“The stay enables continued discussions with the BPU and supply chain partners regarding the industry-wide market shifts,” Invenergy said in a statement. “We will continue to advance project development activities during this time.”
Christine Guhl-Sadovy, president of the utilities board, said the delay will help the project move forward.
“We are committed in New Jersey to our offshore wind goals,” she said. “This action will allow Invenergy to find a suitable wind turbine supplier. We look forward to delivering on the project that will help grow our clean energy workforce and contribute to clean energy generation for the state.”
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