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New law unlocks 3,000 MW of new community solar capacity in New Jersey
Today, Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill into law paving the way for an additional 3,000 MWDC of community solar in New Jersey. S4530 / A5768 follows a string of record-breaking electricity capacity prices in the PJM region, which are forecast to...

US News Best High Schools in New Jersey list
U.S. News & World Report released their findings for 2025-2026 Best Public High Schools. The multifaceted digital media company annual review analyzed more than 24,000 U.S. public high schools with 411 New Jersey schools making the rankings. Its...

The business of C-sections
Kelsey Birch remembers the crushing pressure, the sharp jerks, and the feeling of hands inside her abdomen. "I felt like I was being torn apart," she said. "I couldn't handle it." Birch, a then 28-year-old emergency dispatcher in Colorado, hadn't...

$28.68B Company Announces Kobe Bryant Biopic: Exploring Lesser-Known Story Behind Potential Title
From a public memorial service at the Stables Center to countless murals. Kobe Bryant’s legacy after his unfortunate death has been told many times; each time, it creates an impact like never before. Even Vanessa Bryant has been dedicated to...

New Jersey Juvenile Courts Turn To Wraparound Services To Keep Youth Out Of Detention
(MENAFN- GetNews) New Jersey juvenile courts are increasingly turning to wraparound services - also known as the wraparound model of care - to help young people avoid returning to the juvenile court system. The approach coordinates mental health...

New Jersey Gov. Murphy reveals South Jersey transit modernization plans
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced three transportation initiatives for southern New Jersey, including expanding Camden’s electric bus fleet, an express shuttle between Vineland and Atlantic City and a $5 million federal investment to expand...

Nevada Regulators Press FanDuel on Prediction Market Ambitions
Written by Chavdar Vasilev Chavdar Vasilev Chavdar Vasilev is a gambling news writer with several years of experience in the iGaming industry. He started creating promotional content but soon found he loved reporting on the industry itself. Since...
‘Hoping For A Dead Heat’: Full Sisters Race Against One Another In New Jersey-Bred Stakes
After breezing in tandem twice this month, Molly’s a Bullet and Bel Pensiero will find themselves in adjoining stalls in the starting gate for Sunday’s $100,000 Eleven North Handicap at Monmouth Park, one of three stakes races on the 12-race New...
Cronheim Mortgage Arranges $33M Loan for Refinancing of Northern New Jersey Apartment Complex
23HAWTHORNE, N.J. — Locally based financial intermediary Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $33 million loan for the refinancing of Hedges at Hawthorne, a 118-unit apartment complex in Northern New Jersey. The property houses 10 studios, 27...

CBRE Negotiates $117M Sale of Apartment Complex in Park Ridge, New Jersey
28PARK RIDGE, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated the $117 million sale of The James, a 240-unit apartment complex located in the Northern New Jersey community of Park Ridge. Completed in 2021, The James offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units that are...

New Jersey Jewish Business Alliance hosts lunch
The New Jersey Jewish Business Alliance hosted its 11th annual Legislative and Business Luncheon on August 6. The program, at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, united a group of business and community leaders and legislators to recognize...

Robinhood sues regulators as sports event contracts resume in New Jersey and Nevada
Robinhood says more than 60,000 of its customers in New Jersey and Nevada are at risk of losing access to its newly relaunched sports event contracts, as it seeks federal court protection from potential state enforcement actions. The company filed...

The Meadowlands Ideal
At night, the New Jersey Meadowlands can look like the entrance to hell. Smoke from a nearby garbage incinerator rises in plumes. The monstrous steel frame of a 3.5-mile bridge looms over cars racing in and out of New York City. For decades, such...

Port Industrial Market Demand Softens
While US imports continue at a healthy pace, the volumes in the first half of 2025 have not translated into stronger demand for industrial commercial real estate in many port-proximate markets, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s U.S. Midyear Ports...

I’m Sick & Tired Of These New Jersey Gubernatorial Polls: Op Ed
I’ve been covering the wildly inaccurate New Jersey political polling data for more than 33 years. Do They Get It Wrong By Accident, Or, On Purpose? Just look at a few recent examples. The Governor Phil Murphy versus Jack Ciattarelli 2021 race for...

Great Bay CEO Receives Company Person of the Year Award
WEST ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., Aug. 22, 2025 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — The Great Bay Insurance Group (the “Group”), the leading provider of coastal homeowners’ insurance in New Jersey, today announced that Timothy J. Byrne, Sr., Chief Executive...

Learn All About New Jersey and the Gilded Age at the Brick Library
originally published: 08/21/2025 Melissa Ziobro (BRICK, NJ) -- Want to expand your knowledge of New Jersey history? Join Melissa Ziobro, Director of Public History at Monmouth University, as she presents "NJ and the Gilded Age" on Saturday,...

New Jersey GOP gubernatorial nominee points finger at Democratic governor for soaring energy bills
FOX Business correspondent Madison Alworth reports on what may be causing huge energy price hikes for New Jersey residents on ‘The Bottom Line.’ New Jersey Republican gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli criticized Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s...
Sparks fly at BKFC New Jersey press conference
Newark, NJ (August 21, 2025) – The tension could be cut with a knife on Thursday afternoon at the Launch Press Conference for Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship’s (BKFC) highly anticipated New Jersey premiere. Thursday’s BKFC New Jersey Press...
Hurricane Erin moves northeast as flooding and rip currents threaten East Coast: Live updates
What to know about Hurricane Erin Hurricane Erin has caused coastal flooding and “life-threatening” rip currents on the East Coast this week. The storm is now moving away from the U.S., but it will still produce hazardous conditions along the East...