A big day in Trenton yesterday as various committees and legislative bodies etc. advanced bills on paid sick leave, pay equity, gun control and medical marijuana.
The Census Bureau released new statistics and NJ Future put together a helpful chart showing which New Jersey counties gained and lost population between 2016 and 2017. Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland and Salem are among those that lost.
“The giant sucking sound you hear is folks moving out of South Jersey,” Jim Kennedy, on the Twitterbox, says.
Who remembers the first time the phrase “giant sucking sound” was used in a presidential debate?
Nanette LoBiondo’s got a detailed story on the retirement payout being made to the Ventnor Supervisor of Public Works who’s been on the job since 1972, when he made $2.50 an hour. I’m sorry we missed this yesterday.
Nanette also did an interview with a person from Margate who thinks it’s a good idea to SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. The nerve of these people!
By the way, if you’re from Margate and making the trip “across the pond” this summer, why not visit the original Margate on England’s southeast coast. English people are bonkers as this classic Chas and Dave song inspirationally attests.
Elsewhere in sport, Glory Days profiled its Boys Basketball Player of the Year (he’s from Atlantic High) and Boys Swimmer of the Year (from Mainland!) Congratulations to all who participated. Who knew, when you started out, what heights of excellence you would achieve.
For more feats of journalism from across your region, see below:
Pleasantville High School Teacher Pleads Guilty In Prescription Fraud Case–A Pleasantville High School English teacher is one of the latest to plead guilty in a multi-million dollar prescription fraud scheme. breakingac.com
ANOTHER WIN FOR POLICE, FIREFIGHTERS IN EFFORT TO CONTROL OWN PENSION FUND–New Jersey police officers and firefighters moved a big step closer yesterday to gaining control over the investment of their retirement accounts, as lawmakers in the Assembly and Senate gave final approval to legislation that would significantly restructure how their pension fund is managed. www.njspotlight.com
$20B is spent at the Shore every summer. Here’s how towns are fighting for your vacation bucks–The competition among Jersey shore towns is so intense that even regulars need encouragement to keep coming back, and it may take a free movie or a blues festival just to lure first-timers for a day trip. www.nj.com
N.J. may soon be a better place to die–The state Senate on Monday passed legislation overhauling the state medical examiner system, three months after an NJ Advance Media investigation revealed that decades of neglect and dysfunction had undermined suspicious death inquiries. www.nj.com