New Jersey Transit is significantly increasing its annual spending on capital projects after getting big cash infusions from the state and federal governments. Under an updated plan approved by NJ Transit’s board earlier this month, the agency is now budgeting more...
Bill Butler, who is homeless, was awake at 7 a.m. on Monday when he and about 20 others were abruptly visited by city officials and told to vacate an encampment they had set up under Caesars’ Playground Pier. Butler and about 20 to 25 squatters were escorted...
Last year, the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority negotiated a deal to sell a building for about a 10th of its assessed value of more than $1 million. On Thursday, authority board members unanimously agreed to cut that price in half, after someone stole the...
Plans to build an Amazon delivery facility in the township appear to have been shelved, dampening hopes of bringing the online retail giant to the area — but there is a chance another project at that same location is en route. The township Planning Board announced in...
On most days you can find Bilal Walker tending to one of two small community farms he manages under the Al-Munir Farms banner in his native Newark. He’s a proud urban farmer who believes his work can heal marginalized communities, like many neighborhoods in Brick...
