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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.
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- 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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- Miss New Jersey participants pass on roles through the generations
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When the people associated with the Miss New Jersey Pageant describe the event and other local pageants that lead up to the finals as family affairs, they aren’t joking.
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- South Jersey crabbers fishing old pots out of Great Bay
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Braving icy winds, choppy waters and frigid winter temperature, six teams of commercial crabbers have combed the muddy bottom of Great Bay the past few months in search of, well ... trash.
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- Middle Township high-schoolers buy water-safety books for students
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MIDDLE TOWNSHIP — Debbie Hess held a colorful children’s book in her hands and quizzed her preschool students about the lesson it had inside.
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- Local fishermen gain victory regarding Beesleys Point Bridge
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Anglers won a big victory Monday as state Sen. Jeff Van Drew announced a plan that will allow them to continue to fish the Great Egg Harbor Bay waters around Drag Island.
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- 'DOO WW' places Wildwood's doo-wop culture into marketing realm
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WILDWOOD — Sure, you can DO AC, but there’s no reason you can’t DOO WW, too.
- New Jersey Supreme Court hears dunes vs. views case
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TRENTON - When their Long Beach Island town built a dune system a few years ago, it blocked Harvey and Phyllis Karan's view of the ocean. They sued and won $375,000.
- South Jersey Road Report for Tuesday, May 14
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Egg Harbor City, Lower Bank Road: Repairs to the Lower Bank Bridge mean the road will be closed indefinitely. Motorists are advised to use Green Bank Bridge in Mullica Township as an alternate route.
- New Jersey legislation would create state coastal commission
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A controversial state Assembly bill that could radically change how planning and zoning occurs in coastal towns has advanced out of committee, along with another bill that would require storm-damaged properties to undergo an environmental review before rebuilding.
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