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A for sale sign hangs from a post outside of a vacant business building, Thursday, May 3, 2018, in Belleville, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
New Jersey is allocating more than $19 million to the creation of affordable housing and efforts to protect residents from eviction.
The money will go to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, which has been financially starved for almost a decade. The funds will then be distributed to various housing organizations in the state.
When real estate is sold in New Jersey, the seller pays what’s called a “realty transfer fee.” The money collected then goes to fund beach protection and affordable housing. But for the better part of the past decade, housing advocates say funds that should have gone to affordable housing served as a revenue source for the state budget. Former Gov. Chris Christie even proposed eliminating the transfer fee during his second term.
Cumberland County holds groundbreaking for veterans burial pavilion
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
Posted Dec 19, 2020
Posing at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Cumberland County veterans burial pavilion are, from left, Cumberland County commissioners George Castellini and Carol Musso, United Veterans Council semper marine dean and commander Ed Alicia, county department of veterans affairs director Diana Pitman, Matt Jordan of the veterans commission and former freeholder Joseph Sparacio.Cumberland County Board of Commissioners
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The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners last month broke ground for the construction of a veterans burial pavilion at Cumberland County Veterans Cemetery in Hopewell Township.
The cemetery was consecrated in 1999 and had its first burial in 2000 but, to date, lacks a public space for services.
TRENTON â He s hoping to bridge the disconnect.
Wesley Bridges must rely on his roots and relationships in Trenton if he is to restore peace in the capital city. He is being tapped as acting law director, pending state approval, to replace the deposed John Morelli.
Bridges, a local talent and founder of the Trenton-based Bridges Law Group, has developed a reputation over more than a decade in practice as a bulldog litigator.
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He told
The Trentonian in a phone interview Friday that he hopes to become a trusted advisor to council and the administration, knowing he s stepping into a political snake pit.
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Today, H.E. Amira Elfadil Mohamed Elfadil, Commissioner for Social Affairs and H.E. Ambassador Yuxi Liu, Head of the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to Ethiopia, on behalf of the African Union Commission and the Government of China attended the ground breaking and unveiling ceremony for the China aided Project of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Headquarters building. The event took place in the presence of representatives from the AU Commission, the Government of China, and the Government of Ethiopia.
Speaking on behalf of the African Union Commission Chairperson, H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Commissioner Amira Elfadil thanked the Government of China for offering to construct the building and for their continuous support to the AU. She said the Department of Social Affairs worked with other AU departments and units to ensu