TOP LOCAL News
By MATT DOHERTY
August 9, 2024
The Belmar and Lake Como Chamber of Commerce has officially been established, marking a significant milestone for the local business community. Driven by a group of passionate business owners, the chamber aims to enhance economic growth and tourism while supporting local businesses. The founding ...
Circle of Friends Café, located at 1709 Main St. and Lake Como, NJ, recently marked its one-month anniversary, celebrating a successful beginning as a unique establishment providing paid employment opportunities to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The café employs over 20 ...
The Supreme Court of New Jersey recently issued a decision which underscores the importance of drafting clear and unambiguous indemnity provisions in contracts. In the case Boyle v. Huff, the Court held that an indemnification clause cannot apply to first-party claims unless the parties include ...
WASHINGTON – The recall of Boar’s Head deli meats has been expanded to approximately 7 million pounds of deli meat and poultry products. The updated recall issued by Boar’s Head Provisions Co in Jarratt, VA, includes additional “ready to eat” meat and poultry products due to possible Listeria ...
Case Medical, a manufacturer of medical devices and products for sterilization and infection prevention, has received a new FDA 510k for the SteriTite® Universal Container System and MediTray products. The SteriTite® container system is a family of a rigid, reusable, sterilization containers and ...
Editor’s Note: An excerpt of this interview first appeared in the August edition of COMMERCE Magazine. This is the full version. Each year, COMMERCE Magazine and the Commerce and Industry Association of NJ (CIANJ) celebrate the dedication and achievements of women in leadership within New ...
The digital August issue of COMMERCE Magazine is now available here. This month’s cover story spotlights the 2024 Enterprising Women in COMMERCE nominees, a spectacular class of high-achieving women across a range of New Jersey business and academia. The winners of the awards, now in their ...
The Port of New York and New Jersey cemented its status as the nation’s second-busiest container port for loaded imports and exports, moving over 2.8 million loaded TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in the first six months of the year, while traffic at the Port Authority’s vehicular crossings ...
A Rowan University researcher is developing the first robotic-surgery system designed to align fractured long bones, such as the thigh bone (femur). These bones often don’t heal properly due to misalignment – causing pain, difficulty walking, and other long-term problems. Mohammad ...
The City of Paterson is requesting up to $125,000 from the New Jersey Urban Enterprise Zone Authority (UEZA) to hire a consultant to assist in formulating the new five-year plan for the city's Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ). Established in 1994, Paterson's UEZ aims to revitalize urban communities and ...
Leer en español Tess Holley described the reaction when The Neighborhood Center, a nonprofit that focuses on Camden's youth, learned it had received a grant for the first time from the Camden Education Fund. “Really? We got it?” Holley, the Center’s assistant director, said was the response ...
The Long Beach Island Police Department has announced the first ever Long Beach Island Jr. Police Academy, hosted by the Long Beach Township Police Department. The Jr. Academy is open to ages 10-12 and will take place from August 19-23 from 8a.m. to 3 p.m. daily. The deadline to sign up is ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Nearly two years after proposing a massive warehouse project for the former Hercules explosives site in Kenvil, the company behind the endeavor no longer wants to do it. On July 19, Hartz Mountain Industries, of Secaucus, withdrew its application for zoning relief, an application ...
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a law Thursday establishing the Next New Jersey Program in hope of attracting artificial intelligence (AI) investment to the state. Bill S3432/A4558 authorizes the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) to issue up to $500 million in tax credits ...
When the Olympic flame is officially lit on Friday, July 26 in Paris, France for the opening of the summer games, 23 of New Jersey's finest athletes will be among the almost 600 athletes representing Team USA. The more than 10,500 athletes competing in the XXXIII Olympiad hail from more than ...
The Murphy Administration said 133 New Jersey-based employers have received grants through the Career Accelerator Internship Grant Program to provide 574 paid summer internships to New Jersey college students, including those who currently attend or graduated from an in-state college or university ...
After 11 years as a transformative leader, Dennis G. Wilson, President and CEO of Delta Dental of New Jersey and Connecticut (DDNJCT), will retire from the company effective December 31, 2024. Paul Di Maio, currently Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Chief Administrative Officer, will ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Morristown has landed on Fortune's Top 10 Best Places to Live for Families in 2024, announced Town officials. According to the list, Morristown ranked No. 9 behind Overland Park, Kansas at No. 8, Lafayette, Colorodo at No. 7, Franklin, Tennessee at No. 6, Mason, Ohio at No. 5, ...
Hunterdon Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Level quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ...
OCEAN GROVE, NJ — Comfort Zone and The Emporium at Ocean Grove located at 44-46 Main Ave celebrated 40 years of collective business on Saturday, July 20 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by dozens of community members. Assemblywoman Margie Donlon honored business owner Stephen Mandeville ...
Columbia Bank has opened a new branch at 1 Market Street in Camden, NJ. Camden Mayor Victor G. Carstarphen; town Council members; Thomas J. Kemly, President and CEO of Columbia Bank; bank executives; local Camden non-profits; and others, shared in the celebrations at the July 19th ribbon cutting ...
The New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants' (NJCPA) economic survey of more than 500 members in June revealed a relatively guarded stance on New Jersey’s economy for the second half of 2024 and a more positive take on the national economy. An equal number of respondents (43%) ...
BeiGene will mark the grand opening of an $800 million manufacturing and clinical R&D center at the Princeton West Innovation Campus in Hopewell, N.J., on Tuesday, July 23 at 11:00 a.m. Governor Phil Murphy and Hopewell Mayor Courtney Peters-Manning among other dignitaries will join John V.
Leaders from the Panasonic Foundation and Panasonic Corporation of North America were joined in July by over 100 community stakeholders and state and local officials to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Panasonic Foundation. As the philanthropic arm of Panasonic North America, the Panasonic ...
Governor Phil Murphy has signed Bill S3192/A4454, which is known as the "Real Estate Consumer Protection Enhancement Act," incorporating certain protections for consumers engaging in residential real estate transactions and certain aspects of commercial real estate transactions. The measure will ...
On the heels of opening its new location at American Dream, the New Jersey Hall of Fame (NJHOF) has announced its next class of inductees. The list of 18 honorees includes actress Meryl Streep, actor Paul Rudd, Jersey Mike’s Subs founder Peter Cancro, former New York Giants quarterback Phil Simms, ...
EDISON, NJ – Hackensack Meridian JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute has announced the graduates of its prestigious Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Program and subspecialty fellowship programs. The highly ranked residency program trains physicians from around the nation who ...
The State of New Jersey has centered social equity efforts in the launch of its in-state cannabis market, including through the first-of-its-kind program to provide direct financial and technical assistance to qualifying social equity applicants, according to a statement. The New Jersey Economic ...
Some businesses and travelers in New Jersey are feeling the impact of a global technology outage. Gov. Phil Murphy said businesses and banks are impacted and flights are grounded. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike says Friday's outage happened when it deployed a faulty update to computers ...
Leer en español A campaign to showcase Camden city businesses with a “Buy Camden First” website and database is in the works. The city allocated up to $183,514 in federal American Rescue Plan funds to spend on the initiative’s development with DiLorenzo Davis Consulting of Margate, Atlantic ...
