BY JOHN REITMEYER NJ Spotlight Direct payments will soon be sent to many New Jersey residents to help offset ever-rising rents and property taxes under state government’s signature housing affordability program. Distribution began on Sept. 15 for a new round of state-funded Anchor relief benefits that can total as much as $1,500 per household, according […]

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Submitted Content – Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:11:32 +0000

BY CATHERINE CARRERA NJ Spotlight The staffs of roughly 200 New Jersey school systems may not know their 2027 health benefits premium costs when open enrollment starts next month as a result of a bureaucratic stalemate. A proposed 34% rate increase in the School Employees’ Health Benefits Program would “bankrupt” small districts and interfere with […]

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Submitted Content – Wed, 16 Sep 2026 10:08:54 +0000

A lawsuit filed against Mayor Mark Freda, the Municipality of Princeton and the Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad, based on a fatal crash that occurred in 2021, has been settled. The lawsuit, which was initially filed in June 2022, was settled on Aug. 17 in Mercer County Superior Court. A petition for dismissal of […]

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LEA KAHN, Staff Writer – Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:33:34 +0000

For nearly 30 years, generations of Allentown customers have walked into Bruno’s One Sweet Ride for homemade chocolates, old-fashioned candy and the kind of small-town conversation that comes with both. Soon, they will be making that stop somewhere new. Heather Saracen, who runs the candy side of Bruno’s, is moving her chocolates from the longtime […]

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Bill Sanservino – Tue, 15 Sep 2026 18:01:36 +0000

The Stop & Shop grocery store lost nearly $5,000 after a caller who pretended to be the company’s chief operational adviser contacted an employee overnight between Aug. 22 and Aug. 23, according to the Hopewell Township Police Department. The scammer provided instructions to the employee under the guise of an Occupational Safety and Health Administration […]

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LEA KAHN, Staff Writer – Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:43:47 +0000