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The start of summer in some shore towns may feel more like a construction zone as they gird for beach replenishment projects aimed at repairing erosion caused by Hurricane Sandy.
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- April home sales rise nationally, but not in South Jersey
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Home-sales figures released Wednesday provided a fresh indication that the nationwide improvement in the housing market is not yet evident in southern New Jersey.
- South Jersey shore towns promote their resiliency following Sandy
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Several local resort towns, including Brigantine and Sea Isle City, will participate in the Friday launch of New Jersey's Stronger than the Storm initiative.
- State officials say people who ordered the good stuff were served cheap liquor; local firms part of probe
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Nearly 30 bars and restaurants in New Jersey are being investigated for allegedly charging patrons for top-shelf liquor but pouring them cheaper varieties, the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control said Wednesday.
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- Climate conditions allow mosquitoes to thrive in South Jersey
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Cape May County’s Department of Mosquito Control has been tracking the growth of mosquito larvae since April and killing them where they find them, using a bacteria not harmful to humans.
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- Sen. Jim Whelan retools plan to tax alternative-fuel vehicles
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A local legislator is changing his approach to ensuring that owners of alternative-fuel vehicles fairly contribute to maintaining state bridges and roads.
- On table in NJ: Using sales tax to preserve land
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New Jersey voters have agreed 13 times to allow the state to borrow money to buy land for preservation. Now they could be asked to approve a more farsighted plan _ preservation funding for the next 30 years derived from state sales tax revenue.
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- Powerball jackpot closing in on another record
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A little more than a year after three tickets split a world-record lottery prize, the jackpot for Saturday's Powerball drawing was nearing historic territory.
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- Fairness for women still a battle, Buono says
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Fairness for women in New Jersey is still a serious battle in the 21st century and having a woman's voice in the governor's seat would be an important victory, Democratic gubernatorial challenger Barbara Buono said Friday in Atlantic City.
- Ocean County freeholder says New Jersey needs consumer advocate
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Ocean County Freeholder Joseph H. Vicari says New Jersey doesn’t need a state Board of Public Utilities, but instead could benefit from a consumer advocate.
- Two lawmakers want New Jersey's tobacco-purchase age raised to 21
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Two New Jersey lawmakers proposed Thursday to raise their state’s minimum age for buying cigarettes to 21, reaching across the Hudson River to borrow an idea from New York City in a gesture of regional cooperation to keep tobacco from many young adults.
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- Cumberland County College in Vineland holds 46th commencement ceremony
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Kelsie Macera, of Vineland, never thought she’d be standing in front of her classmates at Cumberland County College delivering the student welcome at graduation.
- New Jersey unemployment rate drops to 8.7 percent
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TRENTON — New Jersey’s unemployment rate fell significantly again in April to 8.7 percent — the lowest it’s been in four years, the state Department of Labor said Thursday.
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- New Jersey to use federal funds to buy homes that are flood prone
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New Jersey will use $300 million in federal aid to buy out about 1,300 Hurricane Sandy-damaged and flood-prone homes in the state.
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