Bancorp of New Jersey, Inc. Declares Quarterly Dividend

FORT LEE, N.J. -- Bancorp of New Jersey, Inc. (NYSE-AMEX:BKJ), the holding company of Bank of New Jersey, announced that its board of directors, on May 23, 2012, declared a second quarter cash dividend ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/bancorp-jersey-inc-declares-quarterly-190728198.html

Published: Wed, 23 May 2012 12:07:28 -0700

New Jersey town bans texting while walking [updated]

The statewide ban on texting while driving wasn’t enough for one New Jersey town, according to The Huffington Post. After 74 crashes involving pedestrians in 2011, three of which were fatal, Fort Lee, New Jersey passed a new law earlier this year that fines walkers $85 who do not stop prior to texting. “It’s a big distraction,” Fort Lee Police Chief Thomas Ripoli said. “Pedestrians aren’t ...
http://news.yahoo.com/jersey-town-bans-texting-while-walking-updated-114047217.html

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 04:40:47 -0700

How The Media Created a (Fake) Ban on Texting While Walking

There were plenty of headlines on the Internet this morning like "War On Texting While Walking" (Gothamist) and "Stupid Laws: Text And Walk In Fort Lee, New Jersey, “Win” $85 Fine" (Gadgetsteria). But after a couple of phone calls were made by MSNBC.com's Rosa Golijan, it turns out there's no ban—and there never was. So, how did a harmless local story go from an exaggeration to a ...
http://news.yahoo.com/media-created-fake-ban-texting-while-walking-204337738.html

Published: Mon, 14 May 2012 13:43:37 -0700

My 2 Cents: Texting While Walking In New Jersey

City fathers in Fort Lee, New Jersey have decided their citizens aren't smart enough to know that you should look up occasionally when they're texting on their cell phones and walking on the sidewalk.
http://www.news9.com/story/18407641/my-2-cents-texting-and-walking-in-new-jersey

Published: Mon, 14 May 2012 21:13:46 -0700

New Jersey town bans texting while walking

The statewide ban on texting while driving wasn’t enough for one New Jersey town, according to The Huffington Post. After 74 crashes involving pedestrians in 2011, three of which were fatal, Fort Lee, New Jersey passed a new law earlier this year that fines walkers $85 who do not stop prior to texting. “It’s a big distraction,” Fort Lee Police Chief Thomas Ripoli said. “Pedestrians aren’t ...
http://news.yahoo.com/jersey-town-bans-texting-while-walking-114047261.html

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 04:40:47 -0700

The 404 1,053: Where we'll never pay for that (podcast)

Leaked from today's podcast episode: Fort Lee, New Jersey bans texting while walking, Facebooks flirts with fees, and the new batch of Macbooks lost a lot of weight. [Read more]
http://www.cnet.com/8301-13952_1-57433905-81/the-404-1053-where-well-never-pay-for-that-podcast/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=title

Published: Mon, 14 May 2012 11:36:56 -0700

New Jersey town bans texting! Actually not

Police in the New Jersey Town of Fort Lee spent Monday trying to explain how they didn't ban texting while walking.
http://news.yahoo.com/jersey-town-bans-texting-actually-not-194635039.html

Published: Mon, 14 May 2012 12:46:35 -0700

Texting While Walking Legal in NJ, Jaywalking Is Not

By Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. on May 16, 2012 5:05 AM | No TrackBacks Texting while walking is illegal! Or at least the news media recently implied it was in the town of Fort Lee, New Jersey. But that isn't so, according to Police Chief Thomas Ripoli.
http://blogs.findlaw.com/law_and_life/2012/05/texting-while-walking-legal-in-nj-jaywalking-is-not.html

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 06:30:19 -0700

New Jersey City Cracks Down on Texting and Walking

FORT LEE, New Jersey (KTLA) -- We've all seen distracted walkers using their phones instead of paying attention to the road. Now residents in one New Jersey town can be fined if they text and walk at the same time.
http://www.wgntv.com/news/ktla-new-jersey-texting-and-walking,0,3011587.story?track=rss

Published: Mon, 14 May 2012 03:49:53 -0700

City Bans Texting While Walking: Good or Bad Idea? [Texting]

# texting I've been bumped on the streets by people who were texting while walking. A thousand times. It's annoying. I guess I should be happy that the town of Fort Lee, New Jersey, have started issuing $85 tickets to any pedestrians caught texting and walking. More »
http://gizmodo.com/5909943/city-bans-texting-while-walking-good-or-bad

Published: Sun, 13 May 2012 17:31:17 -0700