ATLANTIC CITY — An appeals court Thursday upheld a lower court ruling allowing the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa to mandate weight limits for servers known as “Borgata Babes,” the New Jersey Law Journal reported. More than 20 of the servers, who are required to wear revealing uniforms, objected to the policy, arguing it only affected… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — Nearly all New Jersey residents age 35 and older say they hope to retire one day, but two-thirds are anxious about saving enough money so they could afford it, according to a poll released Thursday by AARP. AARP, the influential lobby for people 50 and older, is championing a solution for the roughly 1.7… Read the rest of this entry »
By Jack Ciattarelli For decades, Trenton politicians from both parties have shied away from providing real long-term solutions. We can’t afford to wait any longer. Why are pension systems for municipal and county employees, as well as the Police and Firemen’s Retirement System, all solvent? Because the employer pension contributions to these systems are funded by… Read the rest of this entry »
TRENTON — A New Jersey judge on Tuesday approved a controversial settlement between the Christie administration and ExxonMobil over contamination at its old industrial sites in North Jersey. Superior Court Judge Michael Hogan, in an 81-page decision, called the deal “fair, reasonable, in the public interest, and consistent with the goals of the Spill Compensation and… Read the rest of this entry »
In the two-and-a-half years since Superstorm Sandy, while the Garden State has struggled to recover, many people have puzzled over the question of why New Jersey has received substantially less federal aid than New York, even though both states suffered roughly the same amount of damage — close to $37 billion. Much of the focus has… Read the rest of this entry »
A patient who was taken overnight to a local hospital because of Ebola-like symptoms has a conventional travel-related illness, not the deadly virus, a spokeswoman for the N.J. Department of Health said. While the patient had recently traveled to Africa, “this person had not even traveled to an Ebola-affected country,” said Donna Leusner, the spokeswoman. Nor… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 8th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Ebola, New Jersey | Tags: Ebola, Lakewood, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, Ocean County | Comments Off on Lakewood patient doesn’t have Ebola, state saysLAKEWOOD – A person who recently returned from Africa has been hospitalized with Ebola-like symptoms, according to multiple reports. State and local police responded overnight, Tuesday into Wednesday, to what was classified as a “hazmat situation” in the area of Squankum Road and East Kennedy Boulevard, NBC reported. Sources told The Lakewood Scoop that the patient,… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 8th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: Ebola, New Jersey | Tags: Ebola, Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever, Lakewood, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, Ocean County | Comments Off on Possible Ebola case being investigated in Lakewood, reports sayIf you missed it … well, where were you? Carli Lloyd had a performance for the ages in the Women’s World Cup Final as the U.S. Women’s National Team defeated Japan, 5-2, for its first title since 1999. The Delran native had three goals in the first 16 minutes, including a ridiculous shot from midfield, to… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 6th, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: News, Sports | Tags: Carli Lloyd, Christie Rampone, New Jersey, U.S. Woman's National Soccer Team, World Cup | Comments Off on Carli Lloyd leads USA to World Cup title: Everything you need to knowTRENTON — John Whitman, the husband of former Gov. Christie Whitman who also had a successful career in finance and was a decorated Vietnam veteran, died Thursday. Whitman suffered a catastrophic brain injury on June 19, Christie Whitman announced in a statement. He was 71. “He passed away peacefully today, surrounded by his family,” Gov. Whitman,… Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: July 2nd, 2015 | Author: admin | Filed under: New Jersey | Tags: Governor Christine Todd Whitman, John Whitman, New Jersey | Comments Off on John Whitman, husband of former N.J. Gov. Christie Whitman, diesNearly half of the homes sold in New Jersey in May went to buyers who paid all cash, according to a new report, giving the state the largest share of those types of purchases in the country. The report released on Thursday morning by the Irvine, Calif-based housing research firm RealtyTrac shows 48 percent of single-family… Read the rest of this entry »
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