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Sentencing Scheduled for Former NJ Wrestling Coach Accused of Child Sex Crimes
John Denuto, a former NJ wrestling coach and teacher arrested for child sex crimes, is scheduled for sentencing next week. He pleaded guilty to several charges, including endangering the welfare of a child and invasion of privacy. Denuto’s misconduct involved multiple victims and numerous schools and wrestling clubs. Sentencing...
New Jersey’s $56.6 Billion Budget for FY 2025: Tax Hikes, Property Tax Relief, and Investments
Governor Phil Murphy signed the new $56.6 billion state budget for New Jersey, which includes a significant tax increase on large corporations and substantial funding for property tax relief, public schools, pensions, and community projects. Key Takeaways:. The budget introduces a 2.5% tax on large companies to fund NJ Transit,...
AG Investigating Suspect’s Suicide During Woodbridge Police Vehicle Stop
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is investigating the apparent suicide of a man during a police stop by Woodbridge Township officers. The incident occurred on Friday, June 14th, outside a Route 9 gas station. Key Takeaways:. A man wanted on a Nassau County warrant died from a self-inflicted...
Shane Bowen’s New Defensive Strategy for the Giants in 2024 – Re-Defining Fast and Aggressive
Shane Bowen is introducing the New York Giants’ new defensive strategy for the 2024 season. This approach will feature less blitzing, more controlled aggression, and a focus on player performance and adaptation. Key Takeaways:. Shane Bowen will use fewer blitzes than Wink Martindale, choosing a more controlled approach. Bowen’s...
Inside the Bribery Trial of Sen. Bob Menendez – Prosecutors Highlight His Wife’s Finances
Sen. Bob Menendez is facing a bribery trial, accused of accepting gold bars, cash, and a luxury car in exchange for political favors. Key testimonies and defense strategies are shaping the case, along with Menendez’s defense shifting the blame to his wife. Key Takeaways:. Key witnesses, including former advisers...
New York Giants – Top Trade Targets, Rumors, and News [NFL Draft 2024]
The New York Giants have made major changes this offseason, letting go of Saquon Barkley and Xavier McKinney, trading for Brian Burns and drafting Malik Nabers. Even so, there are still major roster gaps to fill. Here are the two key players the Giants should trade for and four additional...
Hit the ‘trail’ and learn about New Jersey’s Black history
James Still always wanted to become a doctor, but as a Black child in the 1800s, never had the opportunity to go to medical school. Undeterred, he learned to make botanical extracts from native plants, and studied books on anatomy, physiology, botany and medicine. Still became a skilled healer with an office in Medford, and earned fame as “the Black doctor of the Pines.”
Saving money, helping the climate, aiding justice
Interested in saving money on home energy bills? How about helping to fight climate change by reducing your carbon footprint? Or ensuring that the New Jersey communities most affected by environmental pollution get justice and help?. If so, the federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 may have something to...
Somerset County adopts ‘fiscally responsible’ budget
The Somerset County Board of County Commissioners adopted its 2024 budget, which Commissioner Director Shanel Y. Robinson described as “fiscally responsible and consistent with our duty to support the needs of our residents and promote economic growth.”. The $270.82 million budget increases the surplus, or “fund balance,” by 9%,...
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 24
Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties. New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or...
Migrating birds from the tropics returning to New Jersey
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” according to a Chinese proverb. But in the avian world, journeys can last well over a thousand miles – and begin with a flap rather than a step!. Each spring, birds known as “neotropical migrants” make incredible...
‘We need both natural lands and playgrounds, sports fields’
In calling for the “preservation” of “half” of New Jersey’s land (https://centraljersey.com/2024/05/06/an-urgent-call-to-preserve-half-of-new-jerseys-land/), Jay Watson and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation are misleading your readers. What they’re including as “preserved land” includes a high portion of playgrounds and sports fields. These are well and good, indeed excellent and much needed, but the article would lead the reader to believe that all the preserved land will be natural: it tells us that the “1.4 million acres remaining that are neither developed nor preserved…are not just sitting around doing nothing! They’re quietly providing priceless ‘ecosystem services’: preventing flooding by absorbing rainwater from storms, holding soils in place, filtering impurities from the air and water, sequestering carbon to fight climate change, providing habitat for a diversity of wildlife, and improving our food security.” We need both natural lands AND playgrounds, sports fields, and so on. Let’s be accurate about what “preserving half of New Jersey’s land” means.
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 17
Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties. New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or...
Hillsborough Township creating a Community Equity and Diversity Profile
Hillsborough Township officials are taking a “deep dive” to create a Community Equity and Diversity Profile. Township Planning director David Kois and Samantha Ball, office administrator for the township’s Economic and Business Development and Sustainability Office presented the profile project at a Township Committee meeting on May 14.
An ‘ode’ to New Jersey’s dragonflies and damselflies
If you’re near a pond, stream, or marsh on a warm day, you may notice quick-flying insects skimming across the water or swooping and darting through the air. When they alight, you may be dazzled by their brightly-colored bodies and double sets of lacy wings. They’re dragonflies and damselflies,...
Depression and suicide risk can intensify in spring and summer
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Intense symptoms for individuals with depression are commonly associated with the winter and holiday season, depression and suicidal thoughts are actually more common in the spring and summer. For example, pressure to socialize when warmer weather makes it more possible may be particularly stressful for individuals with depression, as well as those with anxiety. Physical elements in the environment in the warmer seasons are also possible triggers of mental health struggles.
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 10
Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties. New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or...
Hillsborough school board approves ‘doomsday’ budget ahead of state senate hearing
To be clear, with everything the Hillsborough Township School District has been through, there are no “good cuts to make. Everything hurts.”. That is what Schools Superintendent Michael Volpe emphasized as he presented the 2024-25 – worst “doomsday” case scenario – budget due to $2.7 million in state aid cuts.
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