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Long Branch NJ, Less than 48 hours after a large party deteriorated into mayhem on Saturday night in Long Branch, Senator Joe Pennacchio and Senator Robert Singer have introduced legislation that would strengthen laws preventing similar violent outbreaks.
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Ridgewood NJ, Nearly half of Americans expect to take a vacation this summer, after the COVID-19 pandemic ruined vacation plans last year.
Continue reading After COVID-19, More Americans Plan Summer Vacation This Year
Continue reading NJ State Police Locate Missing Golden Retriever in Barnegat Bay
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Atlantic City NJ, in March researchers tagged a great white shark caught off the Outer Banks . The shark is nearly 12 feet long and weighed in at a whopping 883 pounds.
Given the name Freya, the Great White put on quite a show before she was tagged.
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Barnegat Bay NJ, the NJDEP Division of Fish and Wildlife and its partners offer teenage students exciting summer programs based at the Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center, located within NJ’s first Marine Conservation Zone. The facility is located just off Island Beach State Park in Barnegat Bay and provides a beautiful location for these unique, educational, fun and exciting experiences.
Continue reading Student Summer Programs Sedge Island Natural Resource Education Center
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Continue reading Off-Duty NJ State Trooper and Good Samaritan Save Two Distressed Kayakers
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Woodbridge Township NJ, the Attorney General’s Office is investigating the death of a motorcycle operator who was fatally injured in a motor vehicle accident yesterday morning, June 16, after a Woodbridge Township police officer attempted to stop him on Route 1. The identity of the male decedent is not being released at this time.
Continue reading Motorcycle Operator Attempting to Evade Stop by Police Killed in Crash
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Egg Harbor Township NJ, an Atlantic County, New Jersey, man today admitted sending a false distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard and submitting fraudulent information on a loan application, Acting U.S. Attorney Rachael A. Honig announced.
Continue reading To Avoid Prosecution Egg Harbor Township Man Hatched Scheme to Fake Disappearance
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Continue reading Off-Duty NJ State Trooper Subdues Knife-Wielding Man
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Ocean Township NJ, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced that on June 4, 2021, the Ocean Township Police Department received a report of an unresponsive female located in a wooded area of the Barnegat Branch Trail near Country Line Road in Waretown. Responding officers found the body of a deceased female.
Continue reading Women’s Body Discovered Near Barnegat Branch Trail, Deemed Suspicious
photos courtesy of NJ State Troopers and University Hospital Medical
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Ridgewood NJ, Top producing agent Christina Gibbons from Christie’s International Real Estate Northern New Jersey is excited to announce the expansion of her team, Christina Gibbons Group, into southern New Jersey with a distinctive new listing at 151 D Long Beach Boulevard in Long Beach, New Jersey.
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LONG BRANCH NJ, NJ TRANSIT is restoring nearly 60 trains just in time for the summer season and increased ridership for customers returning to the office due to the continued economic reopening. New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner and NJ TRANSIT Board Chair Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti was joined at Long Branch station by Congressman Frank Pallone, state Senator Vin Gopal, NJ TRANSIT President & CEO Kevin S. Corbett and Long Branch Mayor John Pallone to announce the milestone.
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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy today signed Executive Order No. 242, lifting major COVID-19 restrictions and moving forward with the state’s most significant reopening steps to date. Effective on Friday, May 28, the indoor mask mandate in public spaces will be lifted, as well as the six-foot social distancing requirement in both indoor and outdoor spaces, the prohibition on dance floors at bars and restaurants, and the prohibition on ordering and eating/drinking while standing at bars and restaurants. Additionally, effective Friday, June 4, indoor gathering and capacity limits will be lifted.
Continue reading Governor Murphy Says Toss the Mask, Hit the Dance Floor !
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Trenton NJ, New Jersey Business and Industry Association today urged state officials to take a more measured approach than the overreaching proposals contained in New Jersey’s 2021 Draft Climate Change Resilience Strategy because the sea-level rise scenarios it uses to guide coastal management decisions are not based on the latest science.
