Gov. Phil Murphy will soon receive his first truly awful bill from the Legislature, a rush job that provides for a subsidy of $300 million a year to support PSEG’s nuclear power plants in South Jersey. Unfortunately, the new governor is likely to sign it, in part because it is the pet project of Senate President…
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Controversial nuclear bailout is headed to Murphy’s desk. Rates could go up
After months of debate, the legislature passed a controversial bill to give the state’s largest utility company hundreds of millions of dollars through a new subsidy that will be paid by Garden State utility customers. The bill, A3724, has come under fire from environmental groups and consumer advocates. It provides a $300 million per year subsidy…
Shore Sheriff Stands Firm: ‘We Will Not Voluntarily Become a Sanctuary County’
Sheriff Bob Nolan of Cape May County, New Jersey, has been on the job for fewer than 80 days — but as a seasoned law enforcement professional of , he hit the ground running. Nolan and the Cape May County freeholders have united in their opposition to becoming a sanctuary state, as New Jersey’s Democrat Gov.…
Only in Jersey: family accidentally sent kid to wrong school, now they owe over $10K
Confusion over their address is costing a New Jersey family over $10,000. A woman who lives in Brick, but has a Howell mailing address, has to pay the Howell Board of Education after she mistakenly enrolled her child in the neighboring district. In New Jersey, mailing addresses often do not follow municipal boundaries. The student actually…
Jersey Shore councilman charged with drug paraphernalia: It wasn’t Mine
A municipal official in a New Jersey shore town who said he would resign after police found a hypodermic needle in his vehicle has changed his mind. Spring Lake Heights Councilman Robert Merriken is charged with possessing drug paraphernalia. But he’s maintaining his innocence, telling APP.com that the charge was “ridiculous” and that the needle did…
Pro-Trump N.J. congressman is loaded with $10M to crash voter wave against president
WASHINGTON — Can William Bruck cancel out Donald Trump? Rep. Tom MacArthur is counting on it. MacArthur, R-3rd Dist., is New Jersey’s most pro-Trump federal lawmaker, backing the president in such high-profile votes for legislation curbing the federal deduction for state and local taxes and ending New Jersey’s Medicaid expansion. That will be used against him…
Beloved dog dies during PetSmart grooming and grief-stricken owner wants answers
The call was cold, abrupt and confusing. A PetSmart employee told Chuck Crawford his beloved dog Abby was dead and gave him info on where to pick up the carcass. “It was a 20-second phone call. It was so crude and beyond comprehension,” Crawford said. “To take your pet for a grooming, and then have them…
The state is giving away thousands of trees. Here’s how to get yours.
Get your green thumbs ready: Spring is here and New Jersey is giving 90,000 young trees away for free. The state forest service’s New Jersey Tree Recovery Campaign is handing out seedlings in communities around the state as part of a continuing effort to replace trees that were lost in Superstorm Sandy. “Trees provide habitat for…
Baseball: Attanasi’s single gives No. 12 Washington Township an extra-innings win over No. 14 Toms River North
Austin Attanasi’s first two at-bats weren’t pretty. “I was very bad; I don’t know what I was doing,” he said, striking out twice – the first on three pitches. But in the top of the 10th inning, the sophomore made the most of his opportunity and would go home a hero. Attanasi’s RBI single to right-center…