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Ocean City, NJ offshore wind farm hires firm to connect to power grid
Ocean Wind 1, the developers of a wind energy farm off the southern New Jersey coast, have hired two companies to connect the project to the electrical grid on land.
‘Free-speech absolutist’ Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44 billion
Billionaire Elon Musk has reached an agreement to acquire Twitter for approximately $44 billion, the company said.
Gas prices back on the rise in NJ, around nation after brief dip
Gas prices in New Jersey are rising again after a brief dip last week. The cost of a gallon of regular on Friday, April 22, 2022, was $4.09.
Excited buyers, Gov. Murphy celebrate NJ legal recreational marijuana
NJ’s recreational marijuana marketplace is open for business. Recreational sales of cannabis for adults 21 and older started Thursday, with the first alternative treatment centers opening early in the day.
NJ warden who ran jail where Jeffrey Epstein died retires
The warden who ran the federal jail where disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself was allowed to quietly retire from the Bureau of Prisons in February. He was most recently the warden at FCI Fort Dix, a low-security prison in Burlington County, NJ.
NJ sports betting breaks $1B again but casinos lag behind pre-pandemic level
New Jersey’s robust sports betting market broke the $1 billion mark for the sixth time last month in terms of the amount of bets taken. But March's figures were worse for seven of the nine Atlantic City casinos, which continued to lag behind their in-person gambling revenue levels before the coronavirus pandemic hit.
U.S. judge throws out mask mandate for airplanes, trains, buses
The CDC recently extended the mask mandate, which was set to expire Monday, until May 3 to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant of the coronavirus that is now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S.
CDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID rises
The CDC said it was extending the order to allow more time to study the BA.2 omicron subvariant that is now responsible for the vast majority of cases in the U.S.
Man wanted in Brooklyn subway attack arrested, officials say
Mayor Eric Adams said in a series of media interviews Wednesday morning that investigators had upgraded Frank James from person of interest to a suspect.
Police hunt gunman who wounded 10 in Brooklyn subway attack
Security was tightened around Mayor Eric Adams after a video with suspect Frank Jones surfaced in which the 62-year-old decried the United States as a racist place awash in violence and sometimes railed against Adams.