This story is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement. Link to story: app.com/story/news/health/2024/07/10/new-mosquito-virus-2024-dengue-new-jersey/74354651007 Dengue cases continue to break records globally with more cases reported this year than ever. In the U.S., stemming from travelers, the CDC has reported 794 cases in 2024. The CDC issued an alert to health care providers […]

The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA) recently announced the award of $6,552,869 in Small Cities Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) to non-entitlement municipalities and counties in New Jersey. Municipalities in Cumberland and other southern New Jersey counties got the bulk of the awards. The county itself received $400,000 to provide ADA-compliant improvements at

This story is being republished under a special NJ News Commons content-sharing agreement. Link to story: northjersey.com/story/news/business/2024/07/11/nj-retirement-savings-program-uncovered-workers/74356110007 New Jersey officials has formally opened a state-run retirement savings plan that proponents say will benefit over 800,000 workers in the state. The state’s Secure Choice Savings Program will make IRA-type retirement funds available to state residents e

RevolutionNJ, New Jersey’s official 250th partnership between the New Jersey Historical Commission and the nonprofit Crossroads of the American Revolution, together with America250, the nonpartisan entity charged by Congress with planning the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, has announced that five students from New Jersey were selected as inaugural “America’s

Saturday, June 20, 2024 Free Admission • 4–9 p.m. Seabrook Buddhist Temple, 9 Northville Rd., Seabrook: Obon is a Buddhist holiday celebrated in the summer. There is a long tradition of Obon that has origins in the Ullambana Sutra about the “jumping with joy” (dancing) when the selfless acts of giving released the suffering of