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Governor Murphy, Attorney General Platkin Announce Grant Recipients for Community Crisis Response Teams
Governor Phil Murphy and Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced today that organizations in Camden City, Newark, Paterson, and Trenton have been selected to receive grant funds to support the creation of local Community Crisis Response Team (CCRT) Pilot Programs. Eligible municipalities and community-based organizations participated in a competitive grant process that made up to $2 million available per municipality. The Center for Family Services in Camden, the Newark Community Street Team, the Reimagining Justice Inc./Paterson Healing Collective’s Paterson Compassionate Care Collaborative Project, and Salvation and Social Justice in Trenton were selected to receive funds and establish CCRT pilots in their respective cities.
2024 MLB Draft: Full coverage after 13 selections of N.J. HS players & alums
The 2024 MLB Draft wrapped up on Tuesday, and it proved to be a memorable one of the Garden State. A total of 615 picks were made over the course of 20 rounds, and New Jersey had three high schoolers and 10 alums taken during the three-day event. Morris Knolls...
Drinking buddies: Matthew McConaughey and NJ Gov. Phil Murphy
I thought it was weird when Snoop Dogg started becoming besties with Martha Stewart. That now seems normal compared to this. If you were going to pick a drinking partner for the guy who made “alright, alright, alright!” a catchphrase from “Dazed and Confused,” doesn’t Phil Murphy seem “all wrong all wrong all wrong?”
Sold in 30 days. N.J. homes are among the fastest-selling in the country.
New Jersey homes sold in less than a month, making it fifth in the nation for fastest- selling homes, according to Realtor.com. The data showed that homes sold in about 30 days in June, about two days slower than in May. Only Rhode Island, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Ohio had...
EHT Family Needs Help for Adopted Son Born Drug-Addicted
There is a charity ice hockey game this Sunday to support Cameron Walterson, a 13-year-old Egg Harbor Township boy who is undergoing mental health treatment for traumas he suffered as a child in foster care. The game featuring Atlantic County Police & Fire vs. New Jersey's Strongest is at 1:30...
Mystery noise heard around New Jersey on Tuesday morning
What was the loud noise people across New Jersey are posting about on their social media they heard on Tuesday morning?. The noise was heard around 11:15 a.m. and described by callers to New Jersey 101.5 as sounding like thunder or a truck that went over a large bump. Comments...
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Issued For Much Of NJ, PA: Here's The Timing
The watch is in effect through 10 p.m. Tuesday, July 16 and applies to all of New Jersey. In Pennsylvania, the watch covers Adams, Berks, Bucks, Carbon, Chester, Dauphin, Delaware, Lackawanna, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Luzerne, Monroe, Montgomery, Northampton, Philadelphia, Pike, Schuylkill, Wayne, Wyoming, and York in Pennsylvania. Temps are expected...
The Shores staff helped with logistics, props for Shirley MacLaine movie filmed in part in Ocean City
OCEAN CITY – Building services director Michele Fabiano and her staff were pressed into service – once 24 hours straight – during the filming of a Shirley MacLaine movie at The Shores, a UMC Community on Bay Avenue. MacLaine and Hollywood stars including Mercedes Ruehl and Stephen...
Summer Show House ‘Pond of Hope’ in Linwood a stunning Cape Cod
LINWOOD — Linwood’s premier waterfront Gold Coast neighborhood provides the setting for the 2024 Surfside Casual Furniture Summer Show House, open for public tours on weekends from Friday, July 19, through Sunday, Aug. 11. The stunning Cape Cod, named “Pond of Hope Mansion,” is located at 121 Edgewood...
Beaches Closed Due to Wind Turbine Debris, and It Can Happen in New Jersey Too
Beach Closures in Nantucket Amid Wind Turbine Concerns – Sharp Fiberglass Shards in the Ocean Nantucket, MA — Wind turbine debris forced the closure of beaches in Massachusetts today, and…
11 N.J. neighborhoods that will be completely underwater by the end of the century
Thinking about the future ramifications of sea level rise in New Jersey might first bring to mind what rising oceans could mean for coastal and inland homes. Plenty of other infrastructure — from transportation hubs to schools to public utilities — also exist in places climate scientists tell us are likely to be overcome by water in the years and decades to come. Water that comes from the surrounding ocean, and smaller waterways — but also water from more intense rainfall.
New study: NJ has more lottery winners than 90% of the U.S.
Who knew that there was a National Lottery Day? We never should have even doubted it since there’s a national day for everything. But National Lottery Day is July 17. And I believe the day is important to us because the lottery plays a big part in the lives of many New Jerseyans.
For mother’s love of Strathmere, family donates a lifeboat to Upper Township Beach Patrol
STRATHMERE — Strathmere resident Brian McIlhenny and his family recently donated a new surfboat to the Upper Township Beach Patrol in memory of his mother, Rita McIlhenny, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 90. “We couldn’t really celebrate her life (amid the COVID pandemic), so we...
Worst national anthem sung in NJ and it wasn’t Ingrid Andress
There was an incident that happened before Monday night's MLB Home Run Derby that wasn’t serious but boy was it ugly. Country music artist Ingrid Andress was chosen to perform the national anthem. It didn’t go well. Now, she’s a performer. And a Grammy nominated artist. How could...
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