Floods, How to Take the Bus to New York and More – Friday’s Roundup
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Ok so the nor’easter is coming. We hate to pile on with these stories, but you should probs be prepared for flooding, not that that’s an unusual occurrence down here.
Rooming Houses, Needle Exchanges and More – Thursday’s Roundup
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After a lot of public comment, council voted unanimously in favor of the needle exchange becoming mobile-only, with restrictions on where and how frequently it can operate. The ordinance has not become law yet, and CRDA will be part of the implementation effort of the mobile unit, Councilman Jesse Kurtz (who presented the ordinance) said.
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CRDA, CRDA, CRDA – Wednesday’s Roundup
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Charlie Birnbaum, the world’s most famous piano tuner, whose house in the Inlet CRDA wants to tear down, is back in the news as arguments are set to be made in front of appellate judges in Jersey City, per this story in NJ.com.
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Donuts! Coffins! Rent Burdens! – Tuesday’s Roundup
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Time to Eat the Donuts
What the what? The Ventnor Dunkin’ Donuts is open. Scratch that. I’m being told it’s not a Dunkin’ Donuts. It’s a “new generation” space “known simply as Dunkin’.” Free wi-fi.
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Everything’s Great – Monday’s Roundup
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Thirty-eight percent of New Jerseyans were either living in poverty of classified “working poor” in 2016, NJ Spotlight reports, citing the latest United Way ALICE report.
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Prisons, Historic Buildings and More – Friday’s Roundup
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The DOJ is investigating the Cumberland County jail after a large number of suicides and attempted suicides, the Press of AC’s Molly Bilinski reports.
Inmates got little cards asking about “large systematic problems.”
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Trump Plaza, Debate Night and Mapping Deportation Cases – Thursday’s Roundup
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Former workers at the Trump Plaza can collect severance checks Thursday and Friday at the Local 54 offices, Lynda Cohen reports. The payouts were negotiated in 2009. The Plaza closed in 2014. I guess that’s what they meant when they said Trump was “slow-pay.”
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Sonny Lea RIP And More – Wednesday’s Roundup
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Sonny Lea, an Atlantic City Legend, died after a car crash Monday. He was 83. Lynda Cohen has the story.
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Supermarkets, Sandy and #MeToo – Tuesday’s Roundup
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The sexual assault scandal in the Phil Murphy administration is spiraling quickly, seemingly. “Furious, disgusted,” said Sen. Teresa Ruiz, “and then empowered to have read the story of a survivor that lends her name and her face to how the system appears to have let her down in a very dramatic way.”
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Assault Allegation, Wind Project and Send us your Goats! – Monday’s Roundup
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A volunteer for the Phil Murphy campaign has accused a member of the governor’s administration of sexual assault, alleging, the chief of staff for the New Jersey Schools Development Authority, Al Alvarez, raped her in April 2017.