No fare hikes: 4 highlights of NJ Transit budget
Tragedy at Disney World; Justice for Parker Drake; Lakewood's graduate walk Buy PhotoNJ Transit has banned alcohol on trains and buses this weekend.(Photo: File photo)Buy PhotoNEWARK - NJ Transit's 2017 budget won't include any fare hikes or service cuts and includes a sizeable increase in state funding.Transit officials on Wednesday presented the budget to the agency's board of directors, who will be asked to approve the $2.1 billion spending plan next month.Here are the top four thing..>> view originalFree counseling, workshops among new campaign to stop domestic ...
Ras Baraka at his swearing-in as Newark's mayor in this file photo (Photo: John O'Boyle | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) NEWARK — City officials on Wednesday announced an effort to prevent domestic violence and help victims through a host of services, including a 24-hour counseling hotline, legal referrals, help with relocating people who are being abused and educational programs. "In the City of Newark, this year, eight women have already lost their lives to domestic violence," Mayor Ras Bar..>> view originalNewark man arrested with heroin, loaded gun, sheriff says
Hakeem Telfair, 22 (Photo: Essex County jail) NEWARK — Essex County Sheriff's Office narcotics detectives seized heroin and a loaded gun from a man they arrested during a surveillance operation in the city, authorities said Wednesday. Hakeem Telfair, 22, of Newark, was accused of a host of drug and weapons offenses, including possession with the intent to distribute drugs within 1,000 feet of the Sussex Avenue School, unlawful possession of a handgun and other charges. Essex County Sheriff..>> view original'Miracle' as school athlete critically hurt in hit-and-run walks to get ...
PENNSVILLE TWP. — "A miracle." That's how Crystal Parks described being able to watch her son, 18-year-old Kyle Pszenny, join his classmates at Pennsville Memorial High School's annual commencement Tuesday night. A year ago, Pszenny, a high school athlete, lay in a coma after being struck and critically injured by a hit-and-run driver. At that time, Parks said, the outlook for her son was grim. Pszenny was so badly injured it wasn't clear whether he would ever come out of a coma. But through P..>> view originalChristie told about office's political activity in early 2013, report says
StepienPic.jpg Bill Stepien, who ran the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, before leaving to run Gov. Chris Christie's re-election campaign. (Tim Casey | Photo courtesy of NJGOP) NEWARK—New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was informed about campaign activity by a taxpayer-paid section of his office in the spring of 2013, a report in Politico says. Emails attached to federal filings in the Bridgegate case this week show that former..>> view originalPRINCETON: Mayor Lempert makes case for paid sick leave ...
Mayor Liz Lempert on Wednesday sought to make the case for a paid sick leave ordinance before an area business group, with her town looking to become the latest New Jersey community to require that private-sector employers provide the benefit to their employees.“I think it’s important that we treat everybody who works in town fairly,” she said at a breakfast event hosted by the MidJersey Chamber of Commerce in the Nassau Inn. She repeated her support for such a requirement, one that exists, in ..>> view originalJudge cuts bail for accused Rutgers-Newark killer
NEWARK — A Superior Court judge Tuesday reduced the bail for a suspect in the fatal shooting a Rutgers University student in Newark, but not as much as a defense attorney wanted, in part because of the defendant's prior record. Judge Ronald Wigler reduced bail for Marcus Feliz from $750,000 to $600,000 after hearing a request from Feliz' lawyer, Joseph Rotella. The attorney had asked that the bail be dropped to $400,000, saying that amount would be within reach of Feliz's family to afford. ..>> view originalJune 13 Superintendent's Update
CRANFORD, NJ - Superintendent's update for June 13 STUDENTS: Daniel Allen, Rebekah De Melo, Coor Fitch, Cameron Hay, and Grace Mc Lear were inducted into the Rho Kappa National Social Studies Honor Society on June 7, 2016. The following students were inducted into the World Language National Honors Society on May 19, 2016:Sign Up for E-News 2015-2016 Société Honoraire de Français Inductees: Alison Balkan, Hunter Brogan, Ailina Caminos, Ryan Faraone, Anna Kalafatis, Peter Leonardis, Gabrielle..>> view originalA century in the making: New school building opens in Newark's ...
Students at the school's official opening. (Courtesy Newark Public Schools) NEWARK — For the first time in 104 years, there is a new school building in the city's East Ward. School and city officials gathered Tuesday to open the new Oliver Street School, the second new school building the district opened this year. "The new Oliver Street School building represents a new chapter for the East Ward community's families, one in which our future workforce will be educated in a modern, state-of-t..>> view originalCamden youths team up with disabled students
From left: Dasyonia Fields, Jennifer Sickels, Andrew Pope, Nicole Weber, Elizabeth Mikotowitz, Kiomara Cruz, Danielle Koehler, Shanaya Panday, Viviana Lopez, Melissa Friedman, Bryana Bonfanti, Angel Lanuza, Alexa Braddock, Daniel Homan, Mercedes Cox, Michelle Purri, Gabe Slimm, Zachary Stroik(Photo: Provided)PENNSAUKEN - The only things Danielle Koehler knew about places like Camden were what she learned on the evening news.Koehler, 22, saw crime, poverty, and a city that has experienced 24 homi..>> view original
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