Thursday, March 28, 2013
Donovan will undergo several weeks of rehabilitation at a Rockland County facility after being transferred from Hackensack University Medical Center.
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Thursday, March 28
Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan suffered a stroke caused by pain related to multiple stress fractures, according to a news report Thursday. Donovan is "doing very well" according to county officials, and suffered no permanent damage. She was transferred to a rehabilitation program based out of Helen Hayes Hospital in West Haverstraw, N.Y, on Thursday, northjersey.com reported. County officials told the news site that the stroke occurred on March 22 and was triggered by a spike in blood pressure. The stroke symptoms were initially masked by pain medication prescribed to the 60-year-old county boss and later discovered by doctors. Donovan would be undergoing therapy for the stress fractures in her back for two weeks, staffers said…
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan will be out of the office for the next several weeks while she rehabs from multiple stress fractures in her back.
Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan was hospitalized Friday with multiple stress fractures in her back and will cede her day-to-day governance duties to County Administrator Ed Trawinski for the next few weeks while recovering, according to a statement released Tuesday by Chief of Staff Jeanne Baratta. For some time, Donovan has been undergoing treatment for chronic back pain, but her condition worsened last week and she was admitted to Hackensack University Medical Center for additional testing, Baratta said. Trawinski, who also serves as a deputy mayor in Fair Lawn, will handle the office's day-to-day duties for the next several weeks while Donovan recovers at a rehabilitation facility, Baratta said. A 2011 Donovan appointee, …
Thursday, March 14, 2013
County Executive Kathleen Donovan stressed the importance of the county working with municipalities to share costs in her state of the county address Thursday.
County Executive Kathleen Donovan outlined her vision to cut spending by pushing for greater cooperation between county and municipal government Thursday in her state of the county address. From exploring cooperative electric and gas purchases to sharing county police services, Donovan touted her administration's record of working with local government to trim costs at both levels. "In 2013, I want Bergen County to be the laboratory for innovation in partnerships with local municipalities to deliver essential services for less money," she said, declaring a "new era of intergovernmental cooperation." Donovan's primary shared service pitch involved encouraging more towns to consolidate emergency dispatch services and embrace use of the …
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Millions slated for Bergen Community College, Overpeck Park and new juvenile detention center.
Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan on Wednesday introduced a $505 million budget that would raise taxes by $29 annually for the average assessed homeowner. The proposed 2013 budget includes a $1.8 million contribution to Bergen Community College and $1.4 million to the Bergen County Improvement Authority for one of eight payments to cover 2005 debt from upgrades at Overpeck County Park, northjersey.com reported. Donovan's budget calls for $2.7 million in fringe benefits and salaries for a new juvenile detention center in Teterboro started under the past county administration. The Republican county executive has said she would not have OK'ed the project. “There is no fluff in this budget and no gimmicky one shot revenue items. It …
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Inspectors to spread out across Bergen County and authorities will have “zero tolerance” for fraudulent home repair companies and contractors, the Bergen County Executive said.
Officials will inspect contractors working on repairs in areas slammed by Superstorm Sandy as part of a new county police-led task force designed to protect homeowners from storm-related scams, the county executive announced Tuesday. “My administration will have zero tolerance for fraudulent home improvement companies or any contractor or company that seeks to take advantage of vulnerable people suffering from the terrible tragedy that hit our county,” Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan said in a statement. Led by County Police Capt. Victor F. Cuttitta Jr., the task force will include officials from the Consumer Affairs and Consumer Protections offices. Inspectors will fan out across Bergen County, with special attention given to …
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Sunday shopping restrictions set to return to Bergen County following a request by the Bergen County Executive.
Gov. Chris Christie will reinstate Bergen County's Blue Laws, ending a temporary suspension of the restrictions designed to help residents recover from Hurricane Sandy. The Blue Laws will be reinstated Sunday at the request of Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan, said Sean Conner, a governor's office spokesman. "At this time, the unprecedented weather events that impacted the residents of Bergen County so greatly have abated and I am respectfully requesting that you rescind [the executive order], effective immediately, thereby allowing the Bergen County Blue Laws to once again be in full force and effect," Donovan said in a letter to Christie sent Tuesday. Donovan had first asked Christie to suspend the retail restrictions, saying …
Friday, November 9, 2012
Paramus Mayor Richard LaBarbiera states that although he and borough residents disagree with the ruling the borough will abide it and hopes this will be the final weekend for Blue Law suspension.
A Bergen County Superior Court Judge ruled in favor of suspending Blue Laws —meaning Paramus stores will be open Sunday —despite the mayor's efforts to protect the law, claiming it favors the quality of life of borough residents. Mayor Richard LaBarbiera stated Friday that "although the residents of Paramus and I strongly disagree with this ruling we will of course abide it." "The County Executive says that this will be the last Sunday without the Blue Laws and I intend to hold her to that," said LaBarbiera in a statement. "The Blue Laws are absolutely essential to keeping Paramus livable and I will never stop fighting to make sure they are always here to protect our quality of life. I thank the many Paramus residents who expressed their …
Friday, October 26, 2012
Shelters could be opened around Bergen County, officials say.
From preparing to open shelters to warning against storm-related price gougers, Bergen County officials said Friday they are ready if Hurricane Sandy pummels the region with high winds and heavy rains. “Our planning assumptions now have been that we are going to be receiving a minimum of 4-5 inches of rain with 30-40 mile per hour winds,” Bergen County Emergency Management Director Lt. Dwane Razzetti said in an afternoon briefing. “It's definitely going to be uncomfortable and most likely going to be enough damage for a disaster declaration.” Still, officials are preparing for a far worse scenario with 10 inches of rain and stronger winds, leading to major power outages, he added. “We’re not going to know until much closer to the storm,” …
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Effort to eliminate county police department is defeated in 3-2 vote.
The Bergen County Freeholders on Wednesday voted against an ordinance to disband the county’s 89-member police department and merge it with the sheriff’s office, northjersey.com reported. The vote came after more than a year of debate, two studies and legal action. In a 3-2 vote with two abstentions, the board nixed the ordinance after initially approving it on first reading in August with a 4-2 vote. County Executive Kathleen Donovan, a strong supporter of the county police, had vowed to veto a vote to disband the department and called the idea “idiotic” at a freeholder work session. Freeholders Maura DeNicola and Robert Hermansen voted against the merger, along with Freeholder David Ganz, who first voted for the measure in August. …
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
At the final Bergen County Freeholders Listening Tour, residents expressed frustration with the governing body's lack of information
Over the past week, residents from across Bergen County have been flocking to the Freeholders Listening Tour dates seeking additional information about a proposed referendum and ordinance to combine the County Police and Sheriff's Department. While a judge blocked the referendum from moving forward on Friday afternoon, Paramus residents recently turned out to call on the Board of Freeholders to begin working together and actually provide the public with information. "All we have access to is what we read in the paper as John Q Public," former Paramus Police officer Steve Sullivan said. "We pay the salaries of the county police and sheriff's department and we don't know what's going on. Is there a plan because no one has ever come out and …
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