Plastic bags will no longer be distributed at stores in NJ and similar environmentally unfriendly items are sure to follow suit ( Photo by Laurie Gordon) Plastic bag ban goes into effect “Might sound crazy, but it ain’t no lie, baby bye, bye bye.” – N’Sync That lyric from the boy band’s late ‘90s popular hit... Business 03 May 2022 | 12:08
NJ weighs easing property tax bills for 1.8M owners, renters (AP) The number of New Jersey residents getting property tax relief would nearly quadruple to almost 2 million people under... Local News 04 Mar 2022 | 05:22
Ambulance crews are parked outside Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Andover on April 16, 2020. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) State blocks admissions to Andover nursing home after damning new report No new residents will be admitted to Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center, after a damning report that cited dangerous... Local News 18 Feb 2022 | 11:30
Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center, formerly Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation II (Photo by Vera Olinski) Commissioner encouraged by agencies working together on hard-hit nursing home Commissioners’ director Anthony Fasano was upbeat about the way agencies were working together at a press conference on Friday... Local News 11 Jan 2022 | 12:05
A photo of Andover Subacute II, before it was rebranded to Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center. The nursing home is still under the same ownership. (File photo) National Guard coming: NJ’s worst Covid-19 outbreak strikes Andover nursing home, scene of 2020 disaster The nursing home that captured nationwide attention for its catastrophic number of Covid-19 deaths is amid an active outbreak,... Local News 05 Jan 2022 | 11:38
New Jersey to pay $53M over Covid deaths at veteran’s homes Covid deaths. (AP) New Jersey will pay about $53 million to settle claims that the state’s negligence contributed to the... Local News 30 Dec 2021 | 11:35
Ambulance crews are parked outside Andover Subacute and Rehabilitation Center in Andover, N.J., on April 16, 2020. Police responding to an anonymous tip found more than a dozen bodies at the nursing home that day. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey) ( Ted Shaffrey / AP) Commissioners: Murphy administration’s settlement with families of Covid nursing home victims demonstrates need for answers PRESS RELEASE... Letters to the Editor 27 Dec 2021 | 09:54
‘Dirty dirt’ can cost a homeowner hundreds of thousands, Byram warns Four property owners in Byram have trucked in large amounts of dirt without showing that the soil is clean or where it came... Business 07 Dec 2021 | 08:37
With Supreme Court poised to gut gun laws, New Jersey defends ‘common-sense limits’ New Jersey residents should be able to go to a shopping mall or sporting event “without having to worry about whether the... Police & Fire 01 Nov 2021 | 04:42
School mask mandate debated in testy meeting One of Sugeny Guzman’s children begged to go back to school this year. But Guzman said she hesitated because she wasn’t comfortable... Local News 01 Oct 2021 | 03:38
NJ day care workers will have to get vaccine or be tested Covid vaccine. (AP) Workers at New Jersey child care centers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or undergo regular weekly... Local News 27 Sep 2021 | 05:51
Murphy promises expansion to universal pre-K in New Jersey Early childhood education. (AP) New Jersey will institute universal pre-kindergarten across the state for all 3- and 4-year-olds,... Local News 19 Sep 2021 | 04:04
Mail-in ballots going out in campaign for NJ governor Voting. (AP) The first ballots in this year’s contest for governor started to go out to voters on Saturday. The return of... Local News 19 Sep 2021 | 03:57
High Point Regional High School (Photo by Vera Olinski) High Point reopens with new safety plan The High Point Regional High School Board of Education on Aug. 31 unanimously passed the school’s comprehensive Return to... Local News 17 Sep 2021 | 04:04
Mask skeptics vent at school board meeting Several parents spoke out against New Jersey’s school mask mandate at last Thursday’s Vernon Township School District meeting.... Local News 02 Sep 2021 | 04:16
