FLORHAM PARK—AAA and the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (NJMVC) joined together Wednesday to remind motorists that cars need seasonal checkups to maintain safety and maximize operational efficiency.
Category: State News
Officials: Pension Reforms Save $267 Million For NJ Towns
TRENTON – Gov. Chris Christie announced that the pension reforms he signed into law on June 28 will save New Jersey’s property taxpayers and local governments $267 million in Fiscal Year 2012.
High School Students Invited To Enter Anti-Alcohol PSA Contest
TRENTON – The prom is one of the most memorable celebrations in a high school student’s life. A statewide educational initiative is aiming to make sure that proms this school year will be memorable to students for the right reasons.
Former Newark Employee Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Federal Child Nutrition Program
TRENTON – A former employee of the City of Newark has pleaded guilty to conspiring to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from the federally funded Women, Infants and Children (WIC) nutrition program by means of fraudulent vouchers, Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced.
Recovery Advice From FEMA Can Resolve Concerns
NEPTUNE — New Jersey residents seeking federal disaster assistance will find that sometimes it’s not as simple as registering, waiting a few days, and then getting a check in the mail.
Salvation Army Seeks Holiday Kettle Volunteers
UNION–The Salvation Army’s iconic red kettles will begin appearing at retailers, malls and grocery stores beginning on Friday, Nov. 18. Donations collected from these kettles during the holiday season are used for food, warm clothing and small toys and gifts at Christmas.
Ex-Employee Accused Of Stealing State Money To Pay Her Rent
TRENTON – The Division of Criminal Justice today obtained an indictment charging a former fiscal analyst for the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development with stealing approximately $18,525 in state funds by issuing unauthorized government checks made payable to her landlord to pay her rent, Attorney General Paula T. Dow and Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor announced.
Inaugural New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Ride Planned
HOLMDEL— The American Legion Riders have announced the First Annual New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Ride to benefit the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Foundation and the Vietnam Era Museum & Educational Center.
Report Finds State Police Complied With Federal Benchmarks
TRENTON – A new monitoring report on State Police enforcement activities issued by New Jersey’s own Office of Law Enforcement Professional Standards (OLEPS) documents continued compliance with federal benchmarks set under a 1999 federal Consent Decree that has since been dissolved, Attorney General Paula T. Dow announced today.
Assemblyman Blasts NJTV For Showing Cartoon Instead Of Christie Press Conference
TRENTON – Assemblyman Patrick J. Diegnan Jr. blasted NJTV for failing to cover Gov. Chris Christie’s press conference this afternoon. While the governor was announcing that he would not run for president, the successor to NJN followed its regular broadcast schedule and showed a children’s cartoon.