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A request for federal funding for the project to connect the Fort Dix and Lakehurst sections of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has gone before a new committee.  U.S. Rep. Andy Kim (D-03) recently submitted an $8 million request to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the Route 539 overpass project.  The committee request, Kim said, is potentially a new path toward funding the critical infrastructure project. “The trouble we’ve had before, there’s conti...

Press Releases Murphy Administration to Highlight Infrastructure Investments Aimed at Addressing Climate Change and Economic Development During National Infrastructure Week May 12, 2021, 5:56 pm | in Murphy Administration to Highlight Infrastructure Investments Aimed at Addressing Climate Change and Economic Development During National Infrastructure Week 05/12/2021 TRENTON – The Murphy Administration will host a series of events tomorrow, Thursday, May 13, highlighti...

Fighting tax pirates from New York State: A Q&A with Sen. Steve Oroho Updated May 12, 2021; About 400,000 New Jerseyans typically commute to New York, but an estimated 90 percent of them worked from home after the pandemic slammed the door on interstate travel last year. New York taxed them anyway, because their employers are in New York. Our truculent neighbor applies a “convenience of the employer” rule to tax all non-residents who work for a New York company unless “necessity, as dist...

By GEORGE WOOLSTON | Burlington County Times | Published: May 12, 2021 WILLINGBORO, N.J. (Tribune News Service) — A request for federal funding for the project to connect the Fort Dix and Lakehurst sections of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has gone before a new committee. U.S. Rep. Andy Kim (D-03) recently submitted an $8 million request to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the Route 539 overpass project. The committee request, Kim said, is potentially a new p...

Credit: (Ryan Parker on Unsplash) File photo A Senate committee on Thursday unexpectedly rejected a bill that would have weakened local power over warehouse development, and given a greater say to other municipalities and state and county planning authorities. The bill (S-3688) sought to control a current surge in warehouse construction by requiring towns facing warehouse applications to tell adjoining municipalities about the plans and seek their approval. It also proposed that disputes should...

Credit: andrew mead via unsplash New homeowners A new assistance program for needy first-time homebuyers and a new tax incentive to encourage saving for a first home are the latest legislative efforts to help people purchase a house in one of the most expensive states for housing in the nation. The Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee on Thursday approved two bills to expand financial assistance to help people buy or rehab a first home. It also endorsed a measure that would provide a pe...

Credit: (Michael Mancuso, NJ.com) State Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli has pushed for greater access to COVID-19 vaccines for vulnerable and disadvantaged populations. State officials have taken proactive steps to support New Jersey’s nearly 1.9 million Medicaid members during the pandemic, including a recent push to expand COVID-19 immunization that involves phone calls to almost 260,000 individuals most at risk for infection. Much of the work — which also involved mailings in Englis...

On the hierarchy of basic needs, books are not quite as important as food, but close, according to Food Bank of South Jersey officials.  Thats why the regional Food Bank is partnering with another local nonprofit, BookSmiles, to collect and distribute childrens books to families in need. Now, when parents and children go to distribution events for food, they can walk away with a few titles, too.   The partnership started in February and is the first of its kind in the 36-year history of the...

Press Releases April 29, 2021, 5:24 pm | in Burlington County Commissioners partnering with Senators Singleton and Addiego to collect items for domestic violence victims MOUNT HOLLY – The Burlington County Board of Commissioners is teaming with New Jersey Senators Troy Singleton and Dawn Marie Addiego to collect items for Catholic Charities Providence House Domestic Violence Services and the women and children the nonprofit helps shelter and support. Burlington County ...

By TAPINTO BORDENTOWN STAFF Credits: Kristin Antonello April 30, 2021 at 9:50 AM BORDENTOWN CITY, NJ  – The Burlington County Board of Commissioners is teaming with New Jersey Senators Troy Singleton and Dawn Marie Addiego to collect items for Catholic Charities Providence House Domestic Violence Services and the women and children the nonprofit helps shelter and support. Items are being collected at the Burlington County Library branches, including the Bordentown branch on E. Union Street ...