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Contaminant found in Moorestown's water again
A chemical contaminant that led to the shutdown of two of the municipality’s wells last fall has been detected in the water again.
Learn About Water Safety at the Camden County Boys and Girls Club
More than 200 children, ages 6 to 9 years old, will learn the importance of water safety through swimming classes, classroom curriculum, and various hands-on activities, during the ZAC Camp at the Boys & Girls Club of Camden County.
Upbeat spirit, friendly atmosphere at Willingboro Jazz Festival
The 32nd annual Willingboro Jazz Festival came to Mill Creek Park on Sunday, bringing an upbeat spirit that even the midday heat could not suppress. Families and friends unfolded chairs and gathered under trees, tents and umbrellas for shade while waiting for the start of the festival’s performances.
N.J. has highest rate of distressed mortgages in nation, study shows
A greater share of residential mortgages in New Jersey were distressed at the end of the second quarter of this year than any other state in the nation, new data shows.
SJ residents hope ‘little bridge’ reopens
The fate of the Centerton Road Bridge is still up in the air, but residents hope officials finally reopen it to cars and trucks.
Lawmakers applaud state rescue of Vets4Warriors hotline
Federal funding for a Rutgers University-run hotline for troubled military members and their families will officially end Saturday, but the veterans who man the phones will still be working.
Christie vetoes two pension bills, signs 29 others
Gov. Chris Christie signed nearly 30 pieces of legislation into law Monday, but a bill to force the administration to apply $300 million of budget surplus to the state's public employee pension systems did not make the cut.
Singleton Disappointed over Christie Veto of Pension Payment Measure
Assemblyman Troy Singleton expressed his disappointment Monday over Gov. Christies’ veto of legislation he sponsored that would have required the state to apply a $300 million surplus towards a supplemental state appropriation for additional employer contributions to the state pension systems.
SPONSORS OF BILL TO STOP SURPRISE OUT-OF-NETWORK MEDICAL COSTS PUSH ON
Legislators involved in effort ask advocates and opponents to submit changes, plan stakeholder meeting at summer’s end
New Jersey bill would mount traffic cameras on school buses
Since New Jersey’s controversial red light camera program ended seven months ago, the cameras have stopped issuing tickets but have not been removed. Instead, like the Eye of Sauron, they are defeated but are still watching, waiting for their opportunity to regain power.