School mask mandate in N.J. to be lifted March 7
Schools can still choose to require their students to wear masks.
Financial assistance for N.J. homeowners available starting Feb. 8
The program will provide up to $35,000 in assistance to cover mortgage arrearages, delinquent property taxes, and other housing costs.
State to merchants: License plate holders must not conceal information
The driver fine for a first violation is $100.
Cranbury, Montgomery, and Ewing schools to receive state funding for panic alarms
Montgomery schools will receive $267,839.
N.J. governor reinstates public health emergency
The state of emergency expires every 30 days.
Video: N.J. governor’s 2022 state of the state address
The speech was not given in front of an audience due to the pandemic.
N.J. governor declares a state of emergency ahead of winter storm
The state of emergency goes into effect at 10 p.m. Thursday.
N.J. governor deploys National Guard to help long-term care facilities
The National Guard members will begin their assignments Jan. 10.
New Jersey expands income eligibility for prescription drug assistance for seniors and the disabled
The income limit for the programs has increased by $10,000.
Trenton Free Library to receive funding through state construction bond act
The library only receives about $2 million from the city each year.
First Lady Tammy Murphy tests positive for COVID-19
The first lady is asymptomatic.
Four more corrections officers, associate prison administrator, charged in assault cases at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women
Second-degree charges carry a sentence of five to 10 years in state prison and a fine of up to $150,000. The second-degree official misconduct charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years in prison without possibility of parole.
The last straw: In N.J., single-use plastic straws to be provided by food businesses upon request only starting Nov. 4
The ban of carryout bags and foam containers take effect next May.
N.J. acting attorney general issues guidance to prosecutors on enforcement of outdated law governing sex lives of people with HIV
The law has been on the books since 1997.
Mercer County left out as FEMA approves disaster declaration for six N.J. counties, including Somerset, Hunterdon, and Middlesex
Residents and business owners in Mercer County and other counties can still report damages to the state online.
N.J. Governor: Twenty-five residents of the state died during Tropical Storm Ida, six residents still missing
More information is expected to be released by state officials Friday.
N.J. attorney general releases discipline records for police departments across the state
Several officers in the Mercer County region were disciplined in the second half of 2020.
Feds demand that New Jersey Department of Corrections officials take action to protect prisoners from sex abuse at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women
The New Jersey Department of Corrections must implement policies and practices to protect prisoners at Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women from sexual abuse by guards, the U.S. Attorney’s Office and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division said in a complaint filed with the state this week. A proposed consent decree, which must still…