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NJ beach weather and waves: Jersey Shore Report for Tue 7/16
EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING in effect until 8 p.m. Wednesday. Dangerously hot conditions with heat index values up to 106. Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. At the Shore. Current conditions and forecast as of Tue...
New Jersey launches mentorship program for blind, visually impaired residents
New Jersey's Department of Human Services launched its annual mentorship program aimed at fostering connections between younger and older New Jerseyans with vision loss. It’s the second year for the program, which pairs people ages 18 to 21 with those 55 and older to share knowledge and experiences about being blind, visually impaired...
Why an unheralded horse carries the hopes of NJ racing in Monmouth Park's $1 million Haskell
Vincent Annarella was pragmatic as he pondered Sea Streak running in Saturday’s $1 million NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park, a byproduct of six decades spent breeding and racing Jersey-breds. “There’s only one way to win and there’s a hundred ways to lose,” he said. ...
Former NFL QB Predicts When Raiders Would Trade Davante Adams to Jets
Davante Adams could be reunited with quarterback Aaron Rodgers in the coming weeks, former NFL quarterback turned commentator Boomer Esiason predicted. Speaking on "Boomer & Gio" on July 15, Esiason said he has heard that the Las Vegas Raiders could ship the unhappy star receiver ...
A guide for voters in 10th District special primary election
Primary day is here for 18 northeastern New Jersey municipalities deciding who will fill out the term for the 10th Congressional District seat of the late Rep. Donald Payne Jr. Eleven Democrats and one Republican are seeking their respective parties’ nominations to run in a special general election Sept. 18....
Is new NJ program to address youth mental health missing those most in need?
State officials say NJ4S is ‘extremely effective.’ Not everyone agrees. Last fall, public school students throughout the state were offered workshops and assemblies that addressed bullying prevention and safe practices for social media. These were part of the state’s rollout of a new program to provide more mental health services to more students statewide.
2024 Fargo results: N.J. champs, All-Americans from Cadet & Junior nationals
Many of the nation’s top wrestlers are spending the third week in July at the Fargodome in Fargo, N.D. for the 2024 U.S. Marine Corps Junior and 16U Nationals, better known colloquially as Fargo. One of the preeminent national high school tournaments, New Jersey sent some of its best...
Big box store shopping in New Jersey just got smaller
In an ever ugly and sad trend another big box store announced that they are closing a chunk of their stores and trying to reorganize to stay above drowning in debt. National discount retailer Big Lots, with close to 1,400 stores nationally including twenty-seven in Monmouth and Ocean counties here in New Jersey, has announced that they are closing up to forty stores nationally and opening three more. Big Lots closed fifty-two stores in 2023 due to inferior performance.
Nadine Menendez's trial postponed indefinitely
Washington — A judge postponed the trial of Nadine Menendez, the wife of New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez, indefinitely. "The trial of this matter is adjourned sine die," Judge Sidney Stein wrote in an order Monday. Her lawyer, Marc Eisenstein, declined to comment. Originally scheduled to be tried with her husband, Nadine Menendez's trial had been postponed until August because she's recovering from breast cancer surgery. The diagnosis was revealed in a statement by the senator a day after his attorneys pinned the blame on her during opening statements of his bribery trial. The jury has not been told of her health issues in court. "Nadine is suffering from Grade...
Grocery store jobs in NY, NJ: ShopRite, Fairway Market hiring
NEW JERSEY (PIX11) – Looking for work? A slew of supermarkets are hiring across New York and New Jersey this month. On July 27, ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Gourmet Garage and Fairway Market locations will host job fairs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Select locations across a few states will offer […]
NJ taking on severe form of pneumonia … through public water systems
⚫ People can fall ill by breathing in droplets of water containing the bacteria. ⚫ The threat is greater for people with weaker immune systems. ⚫ First-in-the-nation legislation has been sent to Gov. Murphy. It's up to Gov. Phil Murphy whether New Jersey will step up prevention and control efforts...
Walk-up job fair coming to a NJ grocery store near you
You go to the grocery store to stock up on food, but come July 27, it’ll be the site of a job fair. New Jersey will be one of six states participating in walk-up job fairs at most Price Rite Marketplace, ShopRite and The Fresh Grocer locations. Interviews will...
Community Hope Receives Grant from Bank of America to Support Mental Health and Veterans Programs
PARSIPPANY — Community Hope, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals with severe mental health diagnoses and homeless veterans and their families, has been awarded a $50,000 grant from Bank of America. This grant will enable Community Hope to continue providing essential services such as shelter, food, clothing, and medicine to those in need while promoting economic mobility in New Jersey.
‘Still’ is historically significant but stagnant on N.J. stage | Review
William Still is an unsung hero of American history. A Philadelphia-based conductor on the Underground Railroad, Still helped hundreds of enslaved people escape to freedom. The process of helping one of those men, Peter Friedman, turned out to be an amazing and improbable story that sounds too fantastical to be true. Yet it is.
Fugitive NJ truck driver arrested after Route 1 crash killed 3
⬜ Van driver and 2 passengers died in fiery wreck. A New Jersey truck driver was captured in Georgia on charges of a horrific wreck that killed three people in a van along Route 1 in Middlesex County. The April 12 crash claimed the lives of 24-year-old van driver Charisse...
Amazons Big Change That Will Affect New Jersey Residents
There is a change with Amazon shipping today and will impact the upcoming Prime Day next week. We've all ordered stuff from Amazon and we've seen what I'm going to write about. Those plastic air pillows that we receive from packages in New Jersey and North America. But, Amazon recently...
Costco change to a popular food item upsets customers in NJ
Costco has made a big change to its rotisserie chickens and customers are not thrilled about it. The change is not about the taste of the $4.99 chickens but the way they are packaged. As of March, the membership-only warehouse store began replacing its hard-plastic packaging with flexible plastic bags,...
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