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Missing Children Fast Facts Here is a look at missing children in the United States. There are several different types of missing children: runaways, family abductions, lost or “thrown away” and non-family abductions. Advances in technology, communications through public alerts and greater cooperation from law enforcement have facilitated the recovery process. Statistics AMBER Alert “AMBER (America’s Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response) Alerts are emergency messages broadcast when a law enforcement agency determines that a child has been abducted and is in imminent danger. The broad...

On Feb. 22, Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation granting hospitals, emergency care, and similar facilities permanent property tax exemptions. The legislation, sought by the state hospital association, included for-profit emergency care facilities. The law does obligate hospitals and nonprofits to make annual payments to their host towns. Pending state Tax Court cases, some as old as 2014 and involving millions of dollars, also were dismissed by the law. On April 8, the cities of Vineland and Elizabeth and townships of Livingston and Plainsboro jointly filed a challenge in Mercer County Superi...

The 9,100-square-foot building is on a 2.56-acre lot that is accessible off N.W. Boulevard. An adjacent corner lot that holds the former JAMAR Market is not part of the development. A board hearing was postponed until May on a second proposed store. That store, with 10,813 square feet, would go on a portion of a vacant 9.94-acre property on the northeastern corner of East Wheat and North Main roads. The development also requires board approval of a linked subdivision, city Principal Engineer Ryan Headley said. In other business, the board approved a second and final phase for a residential d...

How much money is too much money is the question for anyone eying a new home or renovations to their current home. The crunch comes at a time when the number of homes for sale can’t come close to meeting demand. South Jersey builder Michael Canuso, the current president of the New Jersey Builders Association, says lumber prices deserve all the attention they are getting. Inflation there is the worst among essential building commodities right now, he said. “We’ve seen probably a 300 percent increase in some of the materials,” said Canuso, a third-generation builder. “The OSB boards, ...

It's been one year since COVID-19 disrupted our lives, dramatically changing the way we live, work and play. This article is one in a series of stories detailing South Jersey's adjustment to the pandemic. New Jersey is giving local and county governments one to two months extra in fiscal year 2021 to hit statutory budget deadlines, including introducing budgets in a nod to the continuing uncertainties and obstacles thrown up by the COVID-19 pandemic. And they'll need every bit of it. The City of Millville, a community of about 27,000 people, has frozen hiring unless there is a critical ne...