23.9.12

In an explosive lawsuit filed in Hudson County Superior Court, a Jersey City Medical Center EMT who is Arab claims that over the past four years he's been bombarded with ethnic slurs and taunts from coworkers.

"You have no idea how hard I tried to show them I was working hard, educated, intelligent, willing to help," Nader Mousa, 45, of Jersey City.t was nice and fine until Sept. 11. I mean, I don't blame people, but I'm working with you. I'm your partner. We are saving people. Are you going to treat me like Bin Laden?" added Mousa, who was hired as an emergency medical technician at the hospital in August 2006.

According the 23-page lawsuit originally filed in July 2010, but amended three weeks ago, "upper management" of the Medical Center "failed to respond to the plaintiff's email and failed to prevent continuing discriminatory conduct against plaintiff
An Oradell 17-year-old died after being struck by a vehicle on Route 4 Saturday night, Teaneck Patch reported.
The boy was pronounced dead at the scene after he was found at about 11 p.m. Witnesses reported that he was hit on the westbound lanes of the highway near Hackensack Avenue.
1st Annual "Run for the Hoses" 5K Run and Walk
November 3, 2012
Proceeds to Benefit Bernardsville Fire Company #1 and First Aid Squad
Schedule: Head Start Check-in Thursday, November 1, 2012 from 7:30 - 9:00pm at Bernardsville Fire House (118 Mine Brook Road - Route 202)