Tag: Gov. Phil Murphy

McKenzie A. Wilson of Jersey City has been named chair of the Fort Monmouth Economic Revitalization Authority (FMERA), filling the position that has been vacant since the passing of Robert Lucky, formerly of Fair Haven, in March 2022. 

Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver died Tuesday, Aug. 1. The 71-year-old was admitted to Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston on Monday for an undisclosed medical issue.

Picking up unfinished business from its last meeting, the Atlantic Highlands Borough Council voted May 25 to authorize an ordinance establishing permit fees for those wishing to film in the borough.

In the words of Gretchen Wieners, “That was so fetch.”

After years of bureaucratic foot-dragging, Gov. Phil Murphy has intervened in the Oceanic Bridge replacement project, requesting the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), the entity with final say in the matter, reconsider proposals from the county and citizen groups for a lower bridge height.

Last Friday, Gov. Phil Murphy formally requested an independent investigation into the “financial emergency” at New Jersey City University (NJCU), a public college headquartered in Jersey City with a one-year-old campus on Fort Monmouth.

As crowds flocked to New Jersey cannabis dispensaries, Monmouth County has yet to see the retail side of legal adult recreational marijuana.

Multiple settlements with the pharmaceutical development corporation Johnson & Johnson and other opioid distributors have yielded a $641 million payout to the state, which acting Attorney General, Matt Platkin, and Gov. Phil Murphy announced will be used on treatment, prevention and strategies to combat the opioid epidemic.

If inflation rates, a global health crisis and the threat of a world war weren’t enough to trigger your stress levels, the idea of “range anxiety” might just do the trick if you happen to own an electric vehicle, or are mulling over the notion of acquiring one.

As of March 7, students, employees and visitors of schools throughout New Jersey will no longer be required to wear masks.