CDC Warns of Record-Breaking Dengue Cases, 41 Identified in NJ

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 […]

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County Municipalities Awarded Small Cities Grants

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

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Dunkin’ Awards 20 High School Seniors and College Students

Liana Paulson of Vineland is one of the recipients of a Dunkin’ Philadelphia Regional Scholarship. Dunkin’ and its greater Philadelphia-area franchises award $100,000 annually to high school and college students in the area. The program helps local students in southeastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Kent and New Castle counties in Delaware pursue a part-time

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NJ Starts Retirement Savings Program for Workers Not Covered by Company Plans

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

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Salem Student Selected Among First-Ever ‘America’s Field Trip’ Awardees

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

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Common Ground

As this issue was coming together, it spoke to me of the diverse communities we have here in Cumberland County—and how we celebrate so many of them at this time of year. The Puerto Rican Festival is being celebrated in Vineland, Millville and Bridgeton this week with flag-raisings, a church service, a parade, and more.

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