TRENTON, NJ — Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin recently announced the creation of a new office within the Division of Criminal Justice that will focus on pursuing major financial crimes, including securities fraud, and holding white-collar criminals accountable for their wrongdoing. The newly created Office of Securities Fraud and Financial Crimes Prosecutions will enhance existing […]
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Shawn M. LaTourette announced Jan. 18 the award of $24.3 million in Natural Climate Solutions Grant program grants to local governments and nonprofit organizations to create, restore and enhance New Jersey’s green spaces and tree canopies in urban areas, salt marshes and forests. “With Gov. […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Elizabeth I. Kellogg Building, one of the buildings on Union College’s Elizabeth campus, reopened for the fall semester. The Kellogg Building sustained significant water damage after the remnants of Hurricane Ida flooded the lower level of the building with more than 4 feet of water. Damages were repaired throughout the […]
CLINTON, NJ — Unity Bank and its employees have donated $30,400 to 19 food pantries in New Jersey and Lehigh Valley, Pa. Funds contributed by Unity Bank employees were matched by the bank as part of an annual holiday community service project that was started more than 10 years ago. “Food banks are vitally important […]
TRENTON, NJ — Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin announced Jan. 11 that New Jersey has joined nationwide settlement agreements with pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, and drugmakers Teva Pharmaceuticals and Allergan, to resolve claims involving their alleged roles in fomenting the country’s opioid crisis. In settlement agreements finalized over the past several weeks, the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released on Dec. 19 its 2022 annual Homeless Assessment Report Part 1 to Congress. The report found that there were 582,462 people experiencing homelessness in the United States on a single night in January 2022. The report can be read at tinyurl.com/2tde7vje. In New […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Even after 38 years of service, Dan Mondelli is an inspiration to the Union County baseball community. “Danny has put in 38 years of service and, in all of those years, he’s impacted many players and coaches,” Governor Livingston High School head baseball coach Chris Roof said. “For me, I’ve known […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — RWJBarnabas Health continues its urgent appeal for blood and platelet donations, especially Type O blood, this January during National Blood Donor Month in response to a severe blood and platelet shortage among hospitals throughout the state. The surge in respiratory illnesses and recent winter weather has exacerbated the already acute nationwide […]
NEWARK, NJ — The U.S. attorney’s office has reached a comprehensive settlement with New Jersey Transit Corp. to resolve allegations that NJ Transit violated the civil rights of people with disabilities by failing to operate a paratransit service that complied with the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced Dec. […]
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Front & Center for Performing Arts will stage “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” on Friday, Jan. 13, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Jan. 14, at 2 and 7 p.m. at Saint Elizabeth University’s Dolan Performance Hall, 2 Convent Road in Morristown. Join Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts […]