Category: SOUTH JERSEY

NJ Democrat and Republican Legislative Leadership For The New Session

Senate Democratic Leadership:

(Additional Leadership to be announced)

Senator Stephen M. Sweeney (3), Senate President

Senator Loretta Weinberg (37), Senate Majority Leader

Senator M. Teresa Ruiz (29), Senate President Pro Tempore

Senate Republican Leadership:

Senator Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (21), Republican Leader

Senator Robert W. Singer (30), Deputy Minority Leader

Senator Kristin M. Corrado (40), Conference Leader

Senator Chris A. Brown (2), Deputy Conference Leader

Senator Steven V. Oroho (24), Budget Officer

Senator Joseph Pennacchio (26), Whip

Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (16), Deputy Whip

Assembly Democratic Leadership:

(Additional Leadership to be announced)

Assemblyman Craig J. Coughlin (19), Assembly Speaker

Assemblyman Louis D. Greenwald (6), Majority Leader

Assemblyman Gordon M. Johnson (37), Speaker Pro Tempore

Assemblywoman Annette Quijano (20), Majority Conference Chair

Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor Marin (29), Assembly Budget Committee Chair

Assembly Republican Leadership:

Assemblyman Jon M. Bramnick (21), Republican Leader

Assemblywoman Nancy F. Munoz (21), Conference Leader

Assemblyman John DiMaio (23), Co-Conference Leader

Assemblyman Edward H. Thomson (30), Republican Whip

Assemblyman Harold J. “Hal” Wirths (24), Republican Budget Officer

Assemblyman Ronald S. Dancer (12), Deputy Republican Leader

Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (26), Deputy Republican Leader

Assemblywoman Holly T. Schepisi (39), Deputy Republican Leader

Assemblyman Erik Peterson (23), Parliamentarian

Assemblywoman Serena DiMaso (13), Deputy Republican Whip

Assemblyman Jay Webber (26), Appropriations Officer

Assemblywoman DiAnne C. Gove (9), Policy Co-Chair

Assemblyman Brian E. Rumpf (9), Policy Co-Chair

CAPE MAY COUNTY: Route 47/S Delsea Drive to be closed and detoured for priority roadway repair beginning next week

Closure in place until June to repair sinkholes undermining the road

LOWER TOWNSHIP, NJ–(January 17, 2020)–New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials today announced that Route 47/ S Delsea Drive will be closed and detoured beginning Monday for priority roadway repairs in Middle Township, Cape May County.

Beginning at 7 a.m., Monday, January 20, NJDOT’s contractor Mount Construction is scheduled to close and detour Route 47 in both directions between Indian Trail Road and Springers Mill Road for priority repairs to a culvert over Dias Creek resulting in sinkholes that are compromising the roadway. The project is anticipated to be completed by June 2020.

Local access will be maintained for residents and businesses. The following signed detour will be in place throughout the duration of the project:

Route 47 Northbound Detour:

 Motorists wishing to continue on Route 47 northbound will be instructed to turn right onto Indian Trail Road

 Turn left onto Route 9 north

 Turn left onto W. Hand Avenue

 Turn right back onto Route 47/S. Delsea Drive

Route 47 Southbound Detour:

 Motorists wishing to continue on Route 47 southbound will be instructed to turn left onto W. Hand Avenue

 Turn right onto Route 9 south

 Turn right onto Indian Trail Road

 Turn left onto Route 47/S. Delsea Drive

Variable Message Signs will provide advance notification to motorists of traffic pattern changes associated with the work. The precise timing of the work is subject to change due to weather or other factors.

Motorists are encouraged to check NJDOT\’s traffic information website www.511nj.org for real-time travel information and for NJDOT news follow us on Twitter @NJDOT_info and on the NJDOT Facebook page.

Address/Location

Lower Township Police Department

405 Breakwater Rd

Cape May, NJ 08204

Contact

Emergency: 9-1-1

Non-emergencies: 609-886-1619

Trump\’s Religious Liberty Reforms

January 17, 2020

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on

public policy reforms issued by the Trump administration on January 16

:

The public policy reforms governing religious liberty issued by the Trump administration are compelling and much needed.  President Trump has proven once again that he is the most religion-friendly president in the modern era.

The Trump administration has provided a much-needed corrective to the draconian directives promulgated by the previous administration: the role of religious liberty under President Obama was diminished to such an extent that it all but neutered the free exercise of religion in public policy programs. Trump has reversed this condition, awarding religious liberty the kind of breathing room it deserves, both morally and legally.

There are three areas of public policy affecting religious liberty that have been targeted for reform by the Trump administration: faith-based programs; higher education; and religious institutions.

While the directives that have been issued are tailored to each of these three sectors, there are two elements that are common to all of them: religious institutions will not be afforded a second-class status any longer and their autonomy will be protected.

The Trump administration wants to end the invidious practices of discriminating against religious institutions and associations that were instituted by the Obama administration. Any institution that does not treat religious institutions as the equal of secular institutions will be faced with the prospect of having federal funds terminated.

Religious autonomy is another feature of these reforms. For instance, the state cannot force religious associations to jettison their religious character as a condition of federal aid. Regrettably, this has been done, the effect of which has been to secularize these entities. What is the sense of having a religious institution if it cannot freely exercise its religious prerogatives?

In effect, the Trump administration is going to continue its efforts to put an end to the animus against religious institutions that characterized the Obama administration.

As is customary, the public is being given 30 days to comment on these proposals. I will submit a detailed account of the Catholic League\’s problems with the Obama administration in its handling of faith-based programs, and the need for the kinds of reforms as outlined in the new directives. We will make public our input.

Second-quarter run lifts NJCU past Rutgers-Camden women

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (Jan. 18, 2020) – The New Jersey City University women’s basketball team scored the final 13 points of the first half and 19 straight points over the second and third quarters combined as it went on to defeat Rutgers University-Camden, 67-57, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game here Saturday afternoon.

With their third straight win, the Gothic Knights improve to 6-8 overall and 4-5 in the NJAC. It marked the first time since January, 2002 that NJCU has won three straight conference games.

Rutgers-Camden fell to 9-6 overall and 2-7 in the NJAC with its second straight loss.

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NJCU has won its last two games against Rutgers-Camden, dating back to last season, after the Scarlet Raptors had won seven straight in the series. Rutgers-Camden leads the all-time series, 39-26.

The Gothic Knights got off to a quick 5-0 start and led, 12-2, before the Scarlet Raptors cut the gap to 17-12 at the end of the quarter. Senior guard

Fatimah Williams

scored 10 of those points for Rutgers-Camden.

The Raptors continued their surge by scoring the first five points of the second quarter – all by sophomore guard/forward

Tamara Johnson,

including a layup 1:29 into the quarter that tied the game at 17-17. Those were the last points the Raptors scored until two minutes into the third quarter. NJCU ran off the last 13 points of the first half, to take a 30-17 halftime lead, and followed with the first six of the third quarter to make it a 36-17 game and a 10:39 scoring drought for the Scarlet Raptors.

The Gothic Knights built a 39-19 lead before the Raptors whittled the margin to as close as eight points (56-48) with 2:43 remaining in the game. They also cut the gap to eight points (62-54) with 26 second remaining.

Senior guard Hannah Johnson led NJCU with 23 points, aided by 9-for-12 shooting from the floor, including 3-for-5 from three-point range. Junior forward Ayanna Lewis had a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds, while adding six blocked shots.

Freshman forward Sarah Edmond collected 13 points for the Gothic Knights, junior guard Alexandria Sams had eight assists, and six steals.

Williams notched her third double-double of the season for Rutgers-Camden, collecting 23 points to tie for game-high honors. She also had a game-high 13 rebounds, tying her career high set on Jan. 13 against the University of Valley Forge. Her 23 points raised her career total to 1,044, moving her into 13th place on the program’s all-time list. She passed Andrea Fogel (1986-89), who had 1,037 points.

Tamara Johnson collected 15 points, eight rebounds, four assists and three steals. Freshman forward/center

Kayla Newton

and freshman guard/forward

Jalissa Pitts

both added six rebounds, while scoring nine and eight points, respectively.

NJCU shot 25-for-57 (43.9 percent) from the floor and Rutgers-Camden shot 20-for-62 (32.3). The Raptors held a 42-38 edge off the boards, but also made 27 turnovers, while NJCU had 24.

The Scarlet Raptors return to NJAC action Wednesday when they host Rowan University at 6 p.m.

Big first half powers NJCU past Rutgers-Camden men

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (Jan. 18, 2020) – The New Jersey City University men’s basketball team raced to a 50-25 halftime lead and went on to defeat Rutgers University-Camden, 83-66, in a New Jersey Athletic Conference game here Saturday.

The Gothic Knights improve to 7-9 overall and 4-5 in the NJAC with their ninth straight win over Rutgers-Camden. They lead the all-time series, 66-5.

Rutgers-Camden falls to 5-10 overall and 2-7 in NJAC play.

After a couple of early lead changes, sophomore guard Kayton Darley put NJCU ahead to stay, 5-4, with a jumper. The Gothic Knights had an 11-point run midway through the half and closed out the first 20 minutes by scoring the final seven points. Their 50-25 lead at the break was fueled by 11 points from junior guard Denzel Banks and 10 from Darley.

The Raptors managed to cut their deficit to 14 points on three occasions in the second half, but couldn’t slice NJCU’s lead to single digits.

The Gothic Knights placed nine players in the scoring column, led by Banks with 15. Senior forward Jaimik Moore and junior forward Jahmere Calhoun both notched 14 points, while senior forward Sam Toney added 13 and Darley finished with 10.

Banks and Calhoun both notched 10 rebounds to finish with double-doubles, helping NJCU control the boards, 43-24.

Junior guard

Arian Azemi

finished with a game-high 26 points, only three days after collecting a career-high 35 in a win over Montclair State University. Azemi added eight rebounds, five assists, two steals and one blocked shot.

Senior forward

Isaac Destin

notched 21 points and a team-high three steals for the Raptors, while junior forward

Ian McCarthy

scored seven.

Rutgers-Camden shot 20-for-46 (43.5 percent) from the floor, while NJCU shot 27-for-63 (42.9). The Raptors made 23 turnovers and the Gothic Knights had 19.

Rutgers-Camden hosts Rowan University in an 8 p.m. NJAC game Wednesday.

Looking for A Forever Home: Meet Louisa

Meet Louisa. Louisa is looking for her loving forever home. An owner surrender, she is an even tempered girl. She gets along well with other dogs her size. She is friendly, affectionate and enjoys going for walks. She can be a little strong on the leash at first, but soon settles to enjoy a nice stroll. Please no homes with young/small children, small animals, small dogs or cats. Interested in adopting Louisa? Please visit www.huskyhouse.org today to fill out an application.

More about Louisa

Up-to-date with vaccinations

Not good with cats

Good with dogs

Available date: 3/17/2017

Birth date: 5/14/2014 (not exact)

Color: Black with Tan, Yellow or Fawn

Adoption and Rescue

Husky House\’s goal is to place our orphans in permanent loving homes as they already have been abandoned once before by their former owners. We strive to match the right dog with the right family based on the families needs and experience. All former Husky House orphans will receive a lifetime discount at the

Snowdog Lodge

.

Please visit our

Facebook page

for regular updates on Adoption Days at our facility in Matawan, NJ.

How do I adopt from Husky House?

We ARE NOT a walk-through facility. Adoptions are by approved appointments only.

Fill out a non-binding application

We will be checking your vet and personal references

Phone interview

Homevisit

Upon completion and approval of application & homevisit, come meet the dog(s)!

If you have any other questions regarding adoption please email us at

huskyhouseinc@gmail.com

.

Matawan, New Jersey

hh.applicationreviewboard@gmail.com

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Salem County Republican Chairwoman Linda DuBois Endorses Van Drew

Salem County Republican Chairwoman Linda DuBois released the following statement endorsing incumbent Republican Congressman Jeff Van Drew for re-election.

“Congressman Van Drew has a deep understanding of the issues facing South Jersey, particularly when it comes to the needs of our agricultural community,” said DuBois. “Congressman Van Drew has stood up for South Jersey and with President Trump, so it has been no surprise to see the overwhelming support the Congressman has received. I am proud to join the thousands of rank and file Republicans who have come up to him in coffee shops, diners and out on the streets of South Jersey in offering my full support to Congressman Van Drew.”

DuBois served on the Pittsgrove Township Committee for 27 years including 5 years as Mayor. Since taking over as the county party chair, DuBois has successfully lead the party’s efforts to regain and maintain Republican control of county government.

State Assemblywoman Joann Downey Endorses Stephanie Schmid for Congress in New Jersey’s 4th District

Joann Downey, who has served as State Assemblywoman for LD-11 since 2016 and is the top ranking female Democratic official in Monmouth County, announced today that she is endorsing Stephanie Schmid to be the 2020 Democratic nominee for Congress in New Jersey’s 4th District.

Joann Downey

“Stephanie has the background and expertise as a retired Foreign Service Officer, US Diplomat and human rights attorney to finally flip this seat and represent our district,” said Assemblywoman Downey. “For years we’ve watched Chris Smith attack women’s healthcare in our name, and that needs to end now. I had the pleasure of getting to know Stephanie personally as she volunteered and worked hard for not only my race but so many of our local races. I look forward to having a partner at the federal level to work for our community and what truly matters to our constituents.”

“Assemblywoman Downey is someone I respect and admire for her incredible dedication to our community. She is a woman who has won tough elections and I look forward to her mentorship and full support in taking Chris Smith head on,” said Schmid. “I have spent my career, not in service to a political party, but in service to those who have not had the voice they deserve in our democracy. I am thrilled for the opportunity, as the first woman ever to represent this district, to finally fix our broken healthcare system, address the excessive tax burden on middle class families in New Jersey, and be a transparent, present representative that our community can be proud of.”

Stop & Shop Donates $31,000 to The Community FoodBank of New Jersey

Area Food Banks to Commemorate 311 First Downs Recorded By New York Giants During the 2019 Season

Purchase, NY (January 9, 2020) – Stop & Shop, the official supermarket of the New York Giants, is proud to announce a $31,100 donation to The Community FoodBank of New Jersey and seven other food banks across the tri-state area. A contribution that reflects their pre-season commitment to donate$100 for each first down recorded by the Giants during the 2019 season. The Giants final season total was 311 first downs.

The $31,100 will be divided among 8 of Stop & Shop’s regional food bank partners –  The Community FoodBank of NJ, Fulfill, The Food Bank for New York City, Feeding Westchester, Long Island Cares, Island Harvest, and The Connecticut Food Bank. The food banks will use the donation to fight hunger in their local communities – supporting nutrition programs and providing resources to those in need.

“Stop & Shop has a longstanding history of giving back to the communities we serve with a focus on fighting hunger,” said Bob Yager, SVP of Sales and Operations for Stop & Shop. “This donation underscores Stop & Shop and the Giants’ mutual commitment to assisting food banks in New Jersey, New York City, Westchester, Connecticut and on Long Island.”

The first down donation is just one of the ways the Giants and Stop & Shop have worked together to fight hunger.  Earlier this year, and every season, Stop & Shop sponsors the Giants’ annual food drive at MetLife Stadium, as well as donates thousands of turkeys alongside the Giants as part of the supermarket’s annual Turkey Express Program.

About Stop & Shop

A neighborhood grocer for more than 100 years, today’s Stop & Shop is refreshed, reenergized and inspired, delivering new conveniences for customers. Committed to helping its communities enjoy better food and better lives, Stop & Shop has a longstanding history of giving back to the neighborhoods it serves with a focus on fighting hunger and helping children to enjoy healthy, active lifestyles. The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC is an Ahold Delhaize USA Company and employs nearly 60,000 associates and operates over 400 stores throughout Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey.

About the New York Football Giants

A cornerstone franchise of the National Football League, the New York Football Giants began play in 1925. With eight championships, including a victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLVI, their second in five seasons, the Giants are the only franchise in the NFL with a Super Bowl victory in each of the last four decades. Headquartered at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center in East Rutherford, N.J., the Giants enter their 96th season of play this fall. For more information, visit

www.giants.com.