New Jersey
NewsWorks blogger Jen A. Miller hits the road to talk books
Did you know that Cape May is the third largest place in the U.S. for weddings? Or that the Wildwood boardwalk has more rides than Disney ...
13 years ago
New Jersey still a long way from recovery, report shows
The jump in New Jersey’s unemployment rate last month to 9.6 percent — the farthest the state has been above the national ave ...
13 years ago
Christie dismisses talk of gun control as ‘grandstanding’
Just days after the shootings at a movie theater in Colorado, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says it’s not the time to be discussin ...
13 years ago
N.J. aims to reinvigorate solar energy development
Gov. Chris Christie has signed legislation to encourage continued growth of New Jersey’s solar energy industry. The measure ...
13 years ago
NJ Transit gets more than $75M for bus upgrades
NJ Transit is getting a boost from the federal government to upgrade and expand its bus service in New Jersey. Transportation Secr ...
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The misery of the greenhead fly
On Tuesday, a greenhead fly bit my shin. This is a common hazard of spending time on the beach. The Tabanus nigrovittatus lives ...
13 years ago
Morality: What do the Boy Scouts know that military, majority of Americans are missing?
I am an Eagle Scout. I consider the time I spent as a Boy Scout among the most influential and positive experiences of my life. ...
13 years ago
Success for N.J. Olympic wrestler didn’t come easy
When Winslow Township wrestling coach Bruce Stowell saw 98 pound freshman Jordan Burroughs walk into the first practice of the 2002 seaso ...
13 years ago
$2.7M Grant to Cooper University Hospital could help ‘bend cost curve’ of medical treatment
Hopes are high at Cooper University Hospital that a $2.7 million grant from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation will help Cam ...
13 years ago
Video: Through music, N.J. man raises awareness for fatal condition
Eric Miller of Pennington, New Jersey is on a mission to spread awareness of what is known as Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) ...
13 years ago
Enjoying summer in New Jersey with a blueberry salad
A nice blueberry salad just screams Summer in New Jersey. Now, if you’ve never tried corn and blueberries together before, it may s ...
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N.J. halfway house operators deny reports of violence, escapes
Operators of New Jersey’s privately run halfway houses are denying published reports of rampant violence and inmate escapes. ...
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N.J. begins ‘noble experiment’ in drug treatment for nonviolent offenders
New Jersey’s criminal justice system is taking a new approach to nonviolent drug offenders. Gov. Chris Christie signed a bil ...
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N.J. jobless rate jumps to 9.6 percent despite gains
The New Jersey Labor Department says the unemployment rate jumped nearly a half-percentage point to 9.6 percent in June even though the s ...
13 years ago
The famous international scholar and the N.J. Education Commissioner
On Tuesday morning, NJ Spotlight published an editorial by Education Commissioner Chris Cerf’s on charter schools. That afternoon, ...
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