MAYS LANDING – The Atlantic County Prosecutor’s Office has announced that the NJ Department of Community Affairs will be launching the Daniel’s law portal on July 12 offering protections for active and retired prosecutors and law enforcement. The law provides certain officials with the ability to have certain personal information Read more…
TRENTNON – Police and firefighters who were forced to leave their professions due to service-related injury or illness would get help learning a new career under legislation introduced by NJ Sen. Vince Polistina (R-2). “An individual who chooses a career in emergency services typically does so with the intent of Read more…
In the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a new poll commissioned by Newark-based nonprofit Project Ready finds that a majority of New Jersey parents are worried about a mass shooting at their children’s school and support additional gun safety measures. “When it comes Read more…
TRENTON– As New Jersey law enforcement agencies start the state’s annual “U Drive. U Text. U Pay” distracted driving enforcement campaign, which runs through April 30, the NJ Acting Attorney General and the Division of Highway Traffic Safety announced the results of a 2021 study that found that one in Read more…
By NANETTE LoBIONDO GALLOWAY TRENTON – Two men were indicted Monday and charged with stealing a 2020 Range Rover Sport from an unidentified Margate restaurant parking lot where it was left with the key fob inside. Quamir Hodges, 24, of Montclair and Dion Wiggins, 21 of Newark, along with three Read more…
TRENTON – NJ Gov. Phil Murphy held his final COVID-19 press briefing Friday, March 4 announcing he would lift the Public Health Emergency and statewide school and daycare mask mandates, effective March 7. “With COVID-19 moving into an endemic, the time has come to move toward normalcy,” Murphy said. “In Read more…
Sen. Vince Polistina, Assemblyman Don Guardian and Assemblywoman Claire Swift will introduce a mobile legislative office in partnership with Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson and other county officials to bring government services directly to the people of Atlantic County. The mobile office will have staff from the 2nd Legislative District office Read more…
BATSTO – A trek through Batsto Village in Wharton State Forest in search of trees for Stockton University’s maple syrup project ended in the discovery of a champion tree, now recorded as the largest of its kind in New Jersey. Matthew Olson, assistant professor of Environmental Science at Stockton, stumbled Read more…
TRENTON –Noting the significant decline of statewide COVID-19 metrics, Gov. Phil Murphy Monday announced that masks and facial coverings will no longer be mandated for students, staff, or visitors in schools and childcare centers effective March 7. “I must thank the overwhelming majority of students, parents, administrators, educators, and support Read more…
TRENTON – New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette Thursday, Jan. 20 announced the launch of the state’s Water Infrastructure Investment Plan. This innovative effort aims to better understand and resolve water infrastructure challenges plaguing New Jersey communities and utilities through short- and long-term investments that will Read more…