HOWELL — A Howell woman badly injured when her car was rear-ended while she dropped her daughter off at school three years ago has settled her lawsuit for $2.5 million, her attorney said. The New Jersey Law Journal, which was the first to report the Sept. 11 settlement, identified the woman as Gina Peraza, now 50.…
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Mom gets $2.5M settlement from crash while dropping daughter at school
Did this NJ Township Try to Ban Orthodox Jews?
A New Jersey town discriminated against Orthodox Jews when it barred them from a specific religious practice as part of an “archaic, fear-driven and discriminatory mindset,” a lawsuit charges. The State of New Jersey is suing the Township of Mahwah, which passed an ordinance this summer forbidding Jews from using markers to show the boundaries of…
3 New Jersey towns sued for laws banning eruv construction
Three New Jersey towns are being sued for legislating against the construction of an eruv in their borders. The frontrunner in the state”s gubernatorial race also criticized the towns” actions in an op-ed in a local Jewish newspaper. A few New Jersey towns on the border with New York have been trying for months to prevent…
These 3 things are stressing Jersey out the most, poll says
NEW BRUNSWICK — What frays New Jerseyans’ nerves the most? Parkway traffic? Trenton politics? Family woes? No, it’s money. A new poll by the Rutgers Center for State Health Policy found 27 percent of New Jersey residents say they have a “great deal” of stress in their lives. Another 44 percent reported “some stress” in the…