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In Woodland Park on Saturday, it was measured in shoes. Some 277 pairs, along 300 feet of walkway in Dowling Gardens, bore witness to unfathomable pain: of young people who are no longer there to fill those boots, sandals and sneakers. Teen suicide— suicide and mental trauma in general — was the subject of a sobering exhibit brought to the town by the Stigma Free Task Force, a group that since 2016 has been raising awareness of a growing problem. On each pair of shoes, a tag with a quote. Actual words from a young person who died by suicide. "I can't understand why I can't be happy." "...

Leaders urge N.J. to divest pension from fossil fuels, battling climate change Updated May 06, 2021; Posted May 05, 2021 Real estate photo of City Hall in Jersey City, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. (REENA ROSE SIBAYAN JOURNAL PHOTO) Facebook Share Leaders from New Jersey’s second-largest city sent a clear message to Gov. Phil Murphy last week: Get public workers’ pensions out of the fossil fuel business. The Jersey City city council passed a resolution urging the Murphy administration to fully divest the state pension plan from fossil fuel positions, and for the city’s municipal pension bo...

N.J. announces new measures to protect tenants from illegal lockouts during eviction moratorium Updated Apr 05, 2021; Hundreds of New Jersey tenants have been illegally locked out of their home during the coronavirus pandemic, despite the eviction moratorium that remains in place through mid-June. Now, more than a year after Gov. Phil Murphy signed the executive order enacting the moratorium, the Attorney General’s office has released new guidelines for law enforcement agencies to help restore tenants to their homes. “The directive outlines clear and easy steps for law enforcement office...

Credit: (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File) File photo On the eve of the one-year anniversary of New Jersey’s first COVID-19 death, legislators moved to provide $20 million to help needy people with unreimbursed burial expenses for those who died from the novel coronavirus. “Almost everyone in New Jersey knows at least one person that has passed away due to COVID-19,” said Sen. Ron Rice (D-Essex), sponsor of the legislation creating a state COVID-19 burial assistance program. “These unexpected deaths have not only brought sadness to loved ones but have added on to the economic hardships u...

NorthJersey.com County and state prosecutors — including state Attorney General Gurbir Grewal — could be barred from holding elected office for three years after their term ends if a new bill clears the state Legislature. Introduced in December by state Sen. Richard Codey, an Essex County Democrat, the legislation aims to stop high-profile prosecutors from using their position to vault into politics, Codey said Thursday. But it has also been seen as a shot across the bow for Grewal, who has never held elected office or expressed a desire to run but is widely viewed as a potential future...