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Wildwood boardwalk getting a $4M fix. Take a look at its 120-year history. Updated 1:15 PM; Today 11:30 AM Wildwood Mayor Pete Byron, left, and Rich Harron, Wildwood Superintendent of Public Works, look at damage underneath a section of the boardwalk, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Gov. Phil Murphy allotted $4 million from the 2021 state budget to go toward repairing damaged portions of the boardwalk.Tim Hawk | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Facebook Share Every summer millions of people slide into t...

The 25 N.J. towns with the lowest tax bills for schools Updated 9:05 AM; Garden State residents paid more than $16 billion in school taxes in 2020, with the average bill checking in at $4,798. But not everybody is feeling the pain. New Jersey had more than 50 municipalities last year where the average school tax bill lower was less than $2,000. It helps to live in a shore town with few children. But if you want the lowest school taxes possible, you’ll need to look to the far corners of New J...

J&J blood clot risk is less than 1 in a million. Don’t be skeptical about the vaccine, docs say. Updated Apr 13, 2021; Posted Apr 13, 2021 FILE - In this March 25, 2021 file photo, a box of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is shown in a refrigerator at a clinic in Washington state. AP Facebook Share If someone said you had a one in a million chance of winning the lottery, you wouldn’t quit your job as soon as you bought your ticket, right? Doctors and public health experts in New Je...

2021 will soon start to feel more normal, like before the COVID-19 pandemic. Can we handle it? Updated Mar 11, 2021; Posted Mar 11, 2021 Dining on the sidewalk at Aroogas Downtown on Second Street in Harrisburg. People enjoy a March day with temperatures in the mid to upper 60-degree range, March 10, 2021. Dan Gleiter | dgleiter@pennlive.com Facebook Share There’s no flick-of-the-switch moment for when the pandemic will be over, they say. And there’s obvious truth to that line of thinkin...

COVID’s impact on county, local budgets in N.J. may not be as bad as we feared. Here’s why. Updated Mar 10, 2021; Posted Mar 09, 2021 The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on local finances has not been as severe as originally feared, county and municipal officials say. People waited in line for the COVID-19 vaccine in Paterson on Jan. 21. AP Facebook Share It’s budget season in New Jersey, when county and municipal officials incorporate aid figures based on the state budget unveiled l...

N.J. weather: Don’t declare winter over yet. March can pack a big snow punch. Updated Mar 01, 2021; Posted Mar 01, 2021 This copy photo shows the scene outside TP Howell & Company in Newark during the Great Blizzard of 1888. It was one of New Jerseys biggest snowstorms on record during the month of March.The Star-Ledger Facebook Share Just because it rained this weekend and weather experts say March is shaping up to be a bit warmer than usual, it’s too early to declare the winter of 2020-...

Star-Ledger wins general excellence award, numerous other top honors from state press association Updated Feb 21, 2021; It was the eighth time in the past 11 years The Star-Ledger won the award. Journalists at NJ Advance Media provide the majority of the locally produced content for The Star-Ledger, NJ.com and other affiliated papers. In addition to the general excellence award, The Star-Ledger also took home top honors in various editorial, advertising and photography awards with much of the ...

A joke, then a dream, now a reality as Black-owned distillery opens in small N.J. city Updated Feb 21, 2021; Posted Feb 20, 2021 Erin Wright, co-owner of Striped Lion Distilling in Woodbury, sits by their logo in the tasting room, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. Tim Hawk | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Facebook Share Erin Wright and her husband Kevin love rum. They love rum so much that they have more than 300 bottles of the spirit in their personal collection tucked away in their Mantua home. So what...

Trump Plaza in Atlantic City was imploded Wednesday morning.

The shuttered hotel and casino — the first to bear the Trump name in Atlantic City — came crumbling down on Wednesday.