New Jersey car wash fined $446K for exposing workers to safety hazards
Federal workplace safety officials have proposed $446,864 in penalties against car wash operator ModWash LLC, saying the company willfully exposed employees to hazardous energy and failed to protect workers from excessive noise. The U.S. Department of Labor announced the citations Sept. 23. ModWash operates express car washes across the country, including five locations in Sicklerville,…
Skylands Stadium holiday light show opens Nov. 21 in Sussex County
A mile-long drive-through display of more than 2 million lights returns to Skylands Stadium in Augusta on select dates Nov. 21-Dec. 30.
Leonid meteor shower peaks Nov. 16-17 over New Jersey skies
The Leonids peak the night of Nov. 16-17. Rutgers’ Busch Campus observatory holds free open viewing nights on select Thursdays.
Pemberton Mayor Matthew Bianchini made accountability, professionalism, & violence central to his administration
You are receiving this because you subscribed to NJTODAY.NEWS. Too many emails? Use the links at the bottom of this email to switch to a daily or weekly digest, pick only the topics you want, or unsubscribe. Pemberton Mayor Matthew Bianchini attempted to violently confront a resident during a public meeting, reportedly saying, “I’m going…
Kean Jr. attacks on Bennett seen as diversion from Epstein, Scannapieco scandals
U.S. Rep. Tom Kean Jr.’s sharply personal attacks on Democratic congressional nominee Rebecca Bennett are drawing scrutiny as a possible effort to steer voters away from unwelcome attention on the Epstein files and a New Jersey Republican former mayor who was sentenced to 25 years in prison for repeatedly raping and molesting a young girl.…
Part three: The wars that came home
Wasting $8 trillion left 38 million displaced, a prison that won’t close, and Americans are no safer today than we were the day before terrorists turned airplanes into weapons
New Jersey raises minimum wage to more than $16 starting Jan. 1
Most minimum-wage workers in New Jersey will see a pay increase at the start of 2027, but the state’s poorest workers and those who rely on tips will continue to earn far less than the newly announced standard. The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development announced Tuesday that New Jersey’s minimum wage will rise…
More than 4,500 volunteers set to clean 80-plus NJ beaches in fall sweep
Clean Ocean Action says more than 4,500 volunteers have signed up to clear debris from 80-plus New Jersey sites Saturday, Oct. 24.
The United States is a threat to world peace
By every measure that once defined American moral authority, the government in Washington is now the danger the world fears most. In 1967, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. declared that the United States was “the world’s greatest purveyor of…
Tom Kean Jr.’s stance against gun regulations collides with shifting legal landscape
The majority of Americans care about passing firearms safety laws like universal background checks and increasingly want to elect candidates who will champion lifesaving legislation to reduce gun violence and make them a priority—not gun lobby profits. As New Jersey’s firearm laws face their most significant judicial upheaval in decades, the long record of Republican…
Army Corps sorts things out and saves taxpayer money
You are receiving this because you subscribed to NJTODAY.NEWS. Too many emails? Use the links at the bottom of this email to switch to a daily or weekly digest, pick only the topics you want, or unsubscribe. By JoAnne Castagna, Ed.D The hot cup of coffee you sipped this morning was made possible in large…
Anthony Salters & ‘Children First Team’ are surging as Hillside voters go to the polls
You are receiving this because you subscribed to NJTODAY.NEWS. Too many emails? Use the links at the bottom of this email to switch to a daily or weekly digest, pick only the topics you want, or unsubscribe. HILLSIDE, NJ — In local politics, it is often easy to get lost in the noise of campaign…
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