Business & Finance

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez announced last week that he has cosponsored the Restaurants Act, legislation that would provide $120 billion in federal relief for local food service, drinking establishments, and caterers that have suffered financial losses due to COVID-19.  

Funding through the grant program will be calculated based on revenue losses between 2019 and 2020 ...

HAMILTON, NJ -- Get your coffee cups and lunch orders ready. On Wednesday, the Hamilton Township Planning Board approved a Wawa to be located on a long empty and barren property near the Whitehorse Circle where a gas station once stood.

Council President Rick Tighe said that the new Wawa property will be located on the parcel of land that, along with a few adjacent houses, ...

MERCER COUNTY, NJ -- Caring for a loved family member is a personal for Beth Sholom, owner of Right At Home senior care services. Her mother spent 35 years working in a nursing home, and she spent most of her life working as a lawyer for the elderly and handicapped. After her family experienced the challenges of making sure their loved ones had access to the care they needed, ...

BORDENTOWN TOWNSHIP, NJ— The Bordentown Township Planning Board unanimously gave the go-ahead for a medical marijuana dispensary to be built on Route 130 at its meeting on Thursday night.

Curaleaf, a Massachusetts-based company that serves more than 350,000 registered patients in twenty-three states around the country, got preliminary and final site plan approval on its proposal to open ...

TRENTON, NJ – As winter turned to spring and the coronavirus began taking hold in New Jersey, small business owners faced a variety of pressing questions. Were they considered essential services? Would the federal government provide financial aid to keep them afloat? When could customers safely return in person? 

Enter the state’s Business Action Center (BAC) and its executive ...

ROBBINSVILLE, NJ --  As a local store focused on healthy pets and specialty options, Robbinsville's The Healthy Animal is hoping to bring pets and families together. That's why they are holding a dog adoption event this weekend and regularly host cat adoption days. 

Robert Walling, co-owner of The Healthy Animal, said that they reach out to various pet adoption groups in ...

HAMILTON, NJ -- Hamilton Township Mayor Jeff Martin is convening a group of local restaurant and eatery owners. The effort, he said, is to encourage opportunities to work together as indoor dining reopens and outdoors dining continues. Indoor dining was set to reopen at 25 percent of each establishment's capacity on Friday. 

"These are difficult times. We are here to ...

ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -- Keep those receipts handy for all purchases made through Labor Day weekend at any Robbinsville business and turn them in to be eligible for a reward, and entered for a grand prize. The Open for Business program encourages Robbinsville residents to support local businesses by providing rewards to those who patronize local retail, restaurants, service providers, ...

HAMILTON - ROBBINSVILLE, NJ -- Robbinsville Township Mayor Dave Fried and Hamilton Township Mayor Jeff Martin have heard enough complaints about  poor service and unfair consumer pricing by Optimum/Altice USA. Now they want answers.

"Our Township offices have been inundated with unanswered complaints," Fried said. "With school about to begin in our area, it ...

TRENTON, NJ --  On Tuesday, Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes commemorated August 2020 as the 14th annual National Black Business Month (NBBM). The observance highlights the importance of African-American businesses to the community as well as our national economy. It also generates awareness for the policy issues affecting African-American ...