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This Former NFL Quarterback Is Raising Opioid Awareness At New Jersey High Schools
According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, there were 107,941 drug overdose deaths from 2019 to 2022. Their research found that Synthetic Opioids (other than Methadone) accounted for 68.4 percent of those drug overdose deaths. Since 2015, there has been a significant increase in what the NIDA classifies as...
New Warning About Deli Meat Sold in NJ
Several weeks ago, we reported that The Centers for Disease Control had warned people who buy sliced deli meat of a Listeria outbreak tied to deli meat sold in several states, including New Jersey. There were two confirmed deaths and over two dozen illnesses reported. Since that report, authorities have...
EHT’s Taco el Tio Video Goes Super Viral on TikTok
A TikTok video filmed at an Egg Harbor Township restaurant is breaking the internet right now. The Mexican restaurant Taco el Tio (one of my favorite places!) has a video blowing up TikTok this week. To date, the video has been seen over 14.8 million times. . The video is...
Member (Close Ties To Mayor) Resigns from Atlantic City School Bd.
There has been no public report about this until now. On July 8, 2024, an Atlantic City Board of Education Member, with close political ties to Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small resigned her position. The Atlantic City Board of Education formally accepted the resignation of long-time Board Member Patricia Bailey...
‘Disheartening and frustrating’: Del. education secretary pleads with Christina school board to focus on students amid controversies
From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know!. This story was supported by a statehouse coverage grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Christina School District’s board approved an interim superintendent Tuesday night during a meeting...
A year after making reservations, Dover hotel cancels on Phish fans days before Mondegreen
It almost seems like diehard Phish fans know what the band is going to do before they do it. That was the case around this time last year when rumors started to swirl that the four-piece rock act with a longtime cult following was going to launch its 11th music festival and that...
We ask Delaware high school football players to dream up their perfect NIL deal
As high school football players and coaches cycled through the halls of Odessa High at the Delaware Online High School Football Media Day last week, among the fresh topics posed to them was the specter of NIL deals in high school sports. Over the last year, the DIAA has laid the groundwork to...
Popular Jersey Shore restaurant badly damaged in blaze
UPDATE: Roof caves in at popular Jersey Shore restaurant after large fire, owner says. A popular Mexican restaurant in Sea Isle City caught was badly damaged in a fire Wednesday evening. The posts show flames shooting from the roof of Casa Taco at 4210 Park Road in the beachfront city....
NJ homeowner’s electricity-savings DIY project sets house on fire
EDISON — A homeowner's attempt to save some money on his electric bill backfired Tuesday afternoon when the lithium ion phosphate batteries in his garage caught fire. Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan said it took firefighters over an hour to put out the flames after the batteries being used as the power source for his a home on Hill Road caught fire in the garage attached to a home.
Hazy skies possible for NYC due to Canada wildfire smoke
If you notice the sky looking a little hazy in parts of New Jersey and New York City this week, it might have nothing to do with summer storm clouds. Instead, the haze may be caused by smoke drifting south from wildfires that are burning up north in Canada. Light...
Feds investigate demo site after NJ worker is killed by backhoe
SCOTCH PLAINS — A man was killed in a heavy machinery incident during a home demolition this week, police said. On Monday afternoon, a crew was working at a site on the 2000 block of Mountain Avenue, News 12 reported. One worker was struck by the bucket of a...
New Jersey governor signs bills to mandate literacy screenings for K-3 students starting in 2025
Sign up for Chalkbeat Newark’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system.New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a set of bills Tuesday aimed at improving student reading proficiency, which dwindled after the COVID pandemic, by mandating literacy screenings for K-3 students and implementing new educator training on reading instruction next school year, among other initiatives.“When it comes to overcoming barriers to literacy, we do not have time to waste,” Murphy said to a group of education advocates, educators, and lawmakers in the library of Park Elementary School, a pre-K-8 school in Newark’s North Ward where roughly...
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