MAPLEWOOD, NJ — On March 14, the NJ Transit board of directors took another step in the transition to a zero-emissions bus fleet with the awarding of a contract to design the infrastructure required for a limited deployment of battery electric buses at Hilton Garage in Maplewood and conduct a survey of current conditions at […]
SOUTH ORANGE / MAPLEWOOD, NJ — The South Orange–Maplewood School District announced March 10 that, as of the following Monday, March 14, face masks would be optional in K-12 schools, on school buses and in district office buildings. The district had originally announced on Feb. 22 that masks would remain required in school buildings, despite […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — On Feb. 15, the Murphy administration announced $8.6 million in 2022 Safe Streets to Transit program grants for 19 municipal projects in nine counties, including $290,000 to Belleville for a pedestrian safety project in the area around Silver Lake Light Rail Station. This year’s grants represent the largest amount of funds provided […]
ORANGE, NJ — On Feb. 15, the Murphy administration announced $8.6 million in 2022 Safe Streets to Transit program grants for 19 municipal projects in nine counties, including $572,312.50 to Orange for an improvement project at the Orange Transit Station underpass and Railroad Place. This year’s grants represent the largest amount of funds provided in […]
EAST ORANGE, NJ — East Orange Superintendent of Schools AbdulSaleem Hasan sent a letter to the community on Feb. 23 to discuss the district’s plans in regard to Gov. Phil Murphy announcing Feb. 7 that, as of March 7, face masks will no longer be mandated for students, staff and visitors at schools and childcare […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — West Orange Superintendent of Schools Scott Cascone discussed the end of the state mask mandate in schools at the West Orange Board of Education meeting on Monday, Feb. 7, saying that the district will not make knee-jerk decisions and will use corresponding local health guidelines to decide whether or not to […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Feb. 9, the NJ Transit board of directors approved the purchase of 25 additional MultiLevel III rail cars. The purchase exercises options on the original December 2018 contract with Alstom for the purchase of 113 new MultiLevel III rail cars. The additional 25 cars in this action are funded as part […]
NEWARK, NJ — Mayor Ras J. Baraka and Gov. Phil Murphy welcomed Vice President Kamala Harris and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan to Newark to highlight the success of the city’s Lead Line Replacement Program on Feb. 11. “Less than three years ago, we put the first shovels in the ground with the […]
TRENTON, NJ — Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck announced Feb. 2 that all 21 counties in New Jersey, and all 241 municipalities with populations of more than 10,000 or that filed related lawsuits, have joined the state in signing onto the nationwide settlement agreements with Johnson & Johnson and the country’s three largest pharmaceutical […]
TRENTON, NJ — Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck co-led a multistate letter on Nov. 19 on behalf of 24 attorneys general in support of a new rule aimed at fortifying Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, the policy that enables young people who arrived in the United States as children to avoid deportation and build […]