I just can’t stay quiet any longer. Ah, there’s nothing more to promote the truth than “the power of the pen” (or word processor). With 46 years involved in education serving students, staff and communities as a teacher, principal, athletic director and superintendent, I feel I have a responsibility to respond to recent comments expressed […]

This story is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement related to COVID-19 coverage. Link to story: tapinto.net/towns/new-brunswick/articles/rutgers-announces-15-reduction-in-student-fees Rutgers will be reducing its campus fees charged to all full-time and part-time students on its New Brunswick, Newark and Camden campuses, according to a letter sent to students from President Jonathan Holloway on

Acting on a commitment to strengthen and sustain Atlantic City’s revitalization efforts, Gov. Phil Murphy and Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver convened the first meeting of the Atlantic City Restart and Recovery Working Group. The group, comprised of members of the existing Atlantic City Executive Council and other regional stakeholders, will examine the post-COVID-19 recovery of

Gov. Phil Murphy signed Executive Order No. 165, which lifts 50 percent capacity limits on NJ TRANSIT and private-carrier buses, trains, light rail vehicles and Access Link vehicles, and now requires that NJ TRANSIT and private-carriers limit vehicles to the maximum seated capacity, effective at 8:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 15. “As we continue on

Gov. Murphy advised individuals traveling to New Jersey from additional states with significant community spread of COVID-19 to quarantine for a 14-day period from the time of last contact within the identified state. The updated advisory includes four additional states—Minnesota, New Mexico, Ohio, and Wisconsin—with Delaware removed from the list. The travel advisory applies to

Gov. Phil Murphy has signed into law the “New Jersey COVID-19 Emergency Bond Act,” which authorizes the state to borrow up to $9.9 billion to address the unprecedented fiscal crisis that has arisen as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. “The passage of this legislation is an important step in New Jersey’s recovery from the

According to some, it feels like New Jersey is in somewhat of a lull as far as the Covid-19 public health crisis but according to Bridgeton Mayor Albert Kelly, that doesn’t mean we should let down our guard. That is why Kelly and other Bridgeton officials were pleased with Rite Aid’s decision to provide Covid-19

This story is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement related to COVID-19 coverage. Link to story: nj.com/coronavirus/2020/07/nj-has-started-paying-the-extended-20-weeks-of-unemployment-benefits-state-says.html Due to the high unemployment rate from the coronavirus crisis, New Jersey announced earlier this month that many workers will be eligible for an additional 20 weeks of unemployment benefits. The Labor Department said