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July 11, 2024

JERSEY CITY, NJ - Surviving family members and fellow law enforcement officers will join together on Saturday, July 13, to mark the tenth anniversary of the shooting death of Detective Melvin Santigo. The memorial walk will begin at 11:00 a.m. near the 13 Flags section of Liberty State ...

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CAMDEN – La ciudad está tomando medidas enérgicas contra las personas que acumulan basura en la calle, esperando ser recolectada, en lugar de usar botes de basura, según una enmienda de la ley de basura de Camden ante el Concejo Municipal. Los miembros del Concejo votaron unánimemente el martes ...

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Leer en español CAMDEN – The city is cracking down on those who pile trash on the street, expecting collection, rather than using trash cans, according to an amendment of Camden’s garbage, rubbish and refuse law before City Council. Council members voted unanimously on Tuesday evening to pass ...

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SAYREVILLE - Carol Bongiovi, the mother of rock star Jon Bon Jovi and a former Sayreville resident, died at age 83 on Tuesday, July 9, just three days short of her 84th birthday, at Monmouth Medical Center in Long Branch, according to PEOPLE magazine.  A native of Erie, Pennsylvania, Carol ...

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Leer en español CAMDEN – Many in Camden’s Rosedale neighborhood will participate in a pilot program starting this September that city leaders said partially automates the trash pickup process and potentially reduces its cost. City Public Works Director Keith Walker told TAPinto Camden at a ...

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CAMDEN – Parecía que nada impediría que el preadolescente Mason Johnson asistiera al Campamento de Verano del Centro Kroc el martes. Fue entonces cuando, además de las habilidades musicales y artísticas que él y otros 80 jóvenes de la zona aprenderán durante el campamento de siete semanas, recibió ...

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WOODLAND PARK - The NJ Challenge Coin Museum, located inside Gun For Hire at 1267 McBride Ave., recently celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. "Challenge coins, steeped in tradition and symbolism, have long been cherished as part of military and organizational culture," ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD - Rob Fessock grew up in South Plainfield, graduated from South Plainfield High School and attended Towson University, where he joined ROTC. That began a journey that saw him assigned to Afghanistan, where the sight of so much death took a toll. Fessock now suffers from PTSD. "I ...

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Leer en español CAMDEN – It appeared nothing would stop preteen Mason Johnson from attending the Kroc Center Summer Day Camp on Tuesday. That is when, in addition to the music and art skills he and about 80 other area youth will learn during the seven-week camp, he got a few tips in basketball ...

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CAMDEN – George E. Norcross III, pleading not guilty on Tuesday to a grand jury indictment by the New Jersey Attorney General, did what he did for the good of Camden and Cooper University Health Care, his attorney claimed in court. The South Jersey Democratic kingpin and several others were the ...

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CAMDEN – Una compañía de energía solar de Voorhees está programada para presentarse ante la Junta de Planificación de Camden el jueves con un plan para cubrir la mayor parte de un estacionamiento en las calles North Front y Penn con paneles solares. National Energy Partners LLC instalaría la ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK – El estudiante universitario típico de Rutgers enfrentará un aumento de matrícula del 4% para el año académico 2024-25, y las tarifas estudiantiles obligatorias también aumentarán en un 4%. Además, las tarifas de las habitaciones de alojamiento y las tarifas de educación de los ...

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CAMDEN – La empresaria de relaciones públicas Liz Thomas ha sido nombrada por el Centro Camden Kroc del Ejército de Salvación como la ganadora de su Premio "Otros", que es uno de los más altos honores de la organización. Thomas, cofundadora y directora ejecutiva de Thomas/Boyd Communications, ...

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Leer en español CAMDEN – Public relations entrepreneur Liz Thomas has been named by the Salvation Army Camden Kroc Center as the recipient of its “Others” Award, which is one of the organization’s highest honors. Thomas, co-founder and CEO of Moorestown-based Thomas/Boyd Communications, was ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK – The typical Rutgers undergraduate student will face a 4% tuition increase for the 2024-25 academic year, and mandatory student fees will also rise by 4%. Additionally, housing room rates and residents’ education fees will go up 6% and dining plan rates will increase by 8% for ...

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BRIDGEWATER - He has always been attracted to books and television shows that put different, sometimes unrelated, topics together – and now 28-year Bridgewater resident Geoffrey Engelstein has written his own book, “The Universe Explained with a Cookie,” in that same vein. About 15 years ago, ...

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CARTERET — Drag race celebrity-driver Elizabeth “Lizzy” Musi – who grew up in this Middlesex County community – has lost her toughest challenge against breast cancer at age 33. Elizabeth Patricia Musi was born and raised here, and was a 2009 Carteret High School graduate. She went on to become a ...

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CAMDEN – Una compañía de energía solar de Voorhees está programada para presentarse ante la Junta de Planificación de Camden el jueves con un plan para cubrir la mayor parte de un estacionamiento en las calles North Front y Penn con paneles solares. National Energy Partners LLC instalaría los ...

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CAMDEN – A Voorhees solar energy company is scheduled to go before the Camden Planning Board on Thursday with a plan to cover most of a parking lot at North Front and Penn Streets with solar panels. National Energy Partners LLC would install the detached carport over the parking lot of EMR ...

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NEWARK — Newark’s Keith “Tsunami” Colon was doing so much damage to his opponent by the second round of his professional boxing debut on Saturday night that the referee stopped the fight. Colon, 21, won his match against Tennessee’s Hunter Turbyfill, 29, with a technical knockout, according to ...

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NEW BRUNSWICK – Life-saving blood donations slow to a trickle during the summer months, when people are off traipsing on the beach or living the highlife in the mountains. Plus, public schools and colleges – which are often hosts to blood drives during the fall and winter months – are closed for ...

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NEWARK – Newark’s Ironbound was filled with fans who watched two important soccer games of the UEFA European Championship Tournament (Euros) on Friday, July 5. The Spanish population was happy to see Spain knock out Germany, but the Portuguese population was despondent after their loss to France.

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CAMDEN – LaRodge Johnson-Miller, quien se especializa en marketing y fotografía en la Universidad de Rutgers-Camden, será honrada por el Concejo Municipal el martes por su selección para la Fellowship Cívica Newman 2024-25. La Fellowship de un año de duración patrocinada por Campus Compact ...

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CAMDEN – LaRodge Johnson-Miller, who is majoring in both marketing and photography at Rutgers University-Camden, will be honored by City Council on Tuesday for her selection for the 2024-25 Newman Civic Fellowship. The year-long fellowship sponsored by Campus Compact recognizes students at ...

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SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – Music students from Grant School recently performed in what will, for some, be the largest concert of their lives. On the evening of June 5, close to 100 South Plainfield students in fifth and sixth grade took part in the American Young Voices Concert held at the ...

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Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea. CAMDEN – Aquellos que se inscriban en un programa del Centro de Alcance Juvenil LUCY probablemente saldrán de su zona de confort, dijo Kristin Prinn, directora ejecutiva del centro.  "Es muy importante que ...

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Este artículo fue traducido con Microsoft Word y servicios de traducción en línea. CAMDEN — Janean Gooden dice que el Centro Comunitario Malandra Hall y sus alrededores le traen buenos recuerdos de la infancia. "Recuerdo venir aquí y jugar cuando era niña", le dijo a TAPinto Camden. "Mi mejor ...

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Leer en español CAMDEN — Janean Gooden says Malandra Hall Community Center and its surrounding area bring back fond childhood memories.   “I remember coming here and playing as a little kid,” she told TAPinto Camden. “My best friend used to live here. We used to walk (here) every day when ...

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White House officials hosted advocates and allies last month for a panel discussion to commemorate the 25thanniversary of the Olmstead Act – a Supreme Court decision stating that people with disabilities have a qualified right to receive state-funded support and services in the community and ...

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Leer en español CAMDEN – Those who enroll in a LUCY Youth Outreach Center program will likely step out of their comfort zone, said Kristin Prinn, the center’s executive director.   “It is so important for all children and teens to have experiences (like that) where they are stepping out of ...

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