Richard Cowen
Journalist and Staff Writer at The Record (Bergen County)
Reporter at NorthJersey.com
Fact-based reporter covering New Jersey and its environs for the Star-Ledger and https://t.co/nGc5YPph1A. Humanist, I hope. Tweet or email me tips to [email protected]
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3 days ago |
nj.com | Richard Cowen
A bouquet of flowers, a painting of butterflies and walls that are painted a soft, pastel blue isn’t the kind of decor one expects to see at the local police station. A new room at the Freehold Township Police Department isn’t the typical, cold government space. It’s been redesigned as a warm and inviting, a sanctuary where victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse can take refuge.
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1 week ago |
masstransitmag.com | Richard Cowen
Passaic County has started an on-demand ride service in the densely populated cities of Clifton and Passaic, where a significant number of residents don’t own a car. A pilot program, Passaic County MOVE, last week launched a fleet of 12 passenger vans to make pickups and drop offs all over Clifton and Passaic. The vans are operated and maintained by Via, a micro transit company that has a one-year, $1.6 million contract with Passaic County.
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1 week ago |
nj.com | Richard Cowen
Passaic County has started an on-demand ride service in the densely populated cities of Clifton and Passaic, where a significant number of residents don’t own a car. A pilot program, Passaic County MOVE, last week launched a fleet of 12 passenger vans to make pickups and drop offs all over Clifton and Passaic. The vans are operated and maintained by Via, a micro transit company that has a one-year, $1.6 million contract with Passaic County.
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2 weeks ago |
nj.com | Richard Cowen
The man who admitted in court to the 2018 fatal stabbing of Long Branch teenager Madison Wells has lost another bid to withdraw his guilty plea. Bryan Cordero-Castro, 26, will continue serving a combined 35-year sentence after a Law Division judge in Monmouth County rejected his latest petition for post conviction relief. In a May 14 ruling, Judge Michael A.
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2 weeks ago |
nj.com | Richard Cowen
The dinosaur park in Leonia at Overpeck Park appears to be headed for extinction. Field Station: Dinosaurs reopens on Saturday for what management says will be its final season. Attendance has dropped in recent years, so Field Station’s executive producer Guy Gsell said the company won’t be renewing its lease with Bergen County when it expires in November. “We lost a year to COVID [during a state-mandated shutdown] and the business really never came back,” Gsell said.
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