36th Annual Red, White & Blueberry Festival
The Greater Hammonton Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with AMI/AtlantiCare, has announced that the 36th Annual Red, White, & Blueberry Festival will be held on Sunday, June 26, 2022 at the Hammonton High School Grounds in Hammonton, New Jersey- The Blueberry Capital of the World. Learn more.
Next Wave of Pandemic is Mental Health Crisis: Casino Reinvestment Development Authority Awards JFS Grant for Outpatient Counseling Program
The past two years have been challenging for everyone in their own way. In today’s environment, the demand for therapy has surged as healthcare workers have been traumatized from caring for COVID-19 patients, political disagreements have people on edge, and families and marriages are in greater distress. Children out of school or learning virtually for […]
AC Beer and Music Festival takes over the city
Ready to day drink, listen to live music and enjoy themselves, herds of thousands of people walked through Bader Field to where the tents, giant stage and innerworkings of the festival were taking place. Hosted by Good Time Tricycle Productions, the Atlantic City Beer and Music Festival was held outside at Bader Field for the […]
Photos from Atlantic City Mayor Marty Small Sr.’s inaugural gala
Mayor Marty Small Sr. Inaugural Gala at Harrah’s Atlantic City Casino Saturday June 4, 2022. Read More from Press of Atlantic City.
As summer heats up, hospitals continue to stress the importance of masking
With summer unofficially underway, New Jersey residents are taking advantage of lifted pandemic restrictions — but in health care settings, steps to prevent coronavirus spread remain crucial. New Jersey lifted its mask mandates in most settings almost three months ago. While most area businesses and many schools have jettisoned their masking requirements, New Jersey hospitals […]
Change of plans: South Jersey Industries is repositioning itself for clean energy world. CEO Renna explains how
Finding your footing in conversations about renewable energy as a utility that’s largely in the business of fossil fuels isn’t easy. But South Jersey Industries manages to make it look like it is. SJI’s CEO, Mike Renna, doesn’t require much encouragement to chat your ear off about the natural gas utility’s place in the clean energy […]
Environmental-justice rule offers chance for transformation, DEP chief says
A new rule to prevent already stressed communities from seeing increased pollution is the most transformative environmental measure in 30 years, the head of the Department of Environmental Protection says. In a briefing with reporters on Thursday, DEP officials described how the proposed rule will be used to protect communities, mostly urban areas with low-income […]
Acting AG Platkin Issues Policy to Address Negative Consequences of Large Number of Outstanding Bench Warrants for Low-Level Offenses
Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin today announced a directive instructing law enforcement agencies to no longer, in most instances, subject individuals encountered with municipal court bench warrants with bail amounts of $500 or less to custodial arrest. Instead, those individuals—who are already generally released after arrest—will now be given notice of a new court […]
Welcome to tepid vax summer
Entering our third pandemic summer, it’s easy to get frustrated with the vaccines. They aren’t as effective against variants and subvariants that keep taunting us. They aren’t preventing ongoing transmission of infection — and reinfection. They didn’t restore our pre-pandemic normal (partly because too many people refused a vaccine, often for ideological reasons). And we […]
Budget’s pandemic recovery is setting records
New Jersey needed seven years to make up deep revenue losses sustained during the Great Recession, when everything from school aid to public-worker pension funding was slashed to keep the budget in balance. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, which also brought on an economic downturn and budget shortfall in early 2020, New Jersey’s fiscal recovery […]