Tag: Congressman Frank Pallone
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‘Ah-ha moments’ happening in county Magnet Schools’ new AgriScience program
The AgriScience program on the Middlesex County Magnet Schools campus in East Brunswick has expanded, launching a new curriculum in line with the Curriculum for Agricultural Education. The career major now includes an emphasis on food science and safety, animal science, and landscape design, in addition to the major’s previous focuses on the cultivation of…
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Old Bridge secures federal funds for new community building along Laurence Harbor beachfront
OLD BRIDGE – The township has secured federal funds for a new multipurpose community building along the Laurence Harbor beachfront. Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6) announced he secured $2.25 million for Old Bridge in the Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee spending bill for Fiscal Year 2023 in a statement on July…
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Crumbling Cheesequake Creek jetty receives $30 million in federal boost for rebuild
OLD BRIDGE – Construction to rebuild the crumbling stone rock Cheesequake Creek jetty, which services marinas in Old Bridge, Sayreville and South Amboy, is expected to begin in Fiscal Year 2024. That is when Joseph Seebode, deputy district engineer and chief of programs and project management for the New York District of the U.S. Army…
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Joshi sworn in as mayor of Edison; calls on community to work together for ‘unity and good government’
https://youtu.be/YNe5XRCrOMU EDISON – It was only fitting that Mayor Samip “Sam” Joshi took his oath of office at his alma mater, John P. Stevens High School. It was in the halls and classrooms of the school where he was inspired to begin his political career. He was just 14 years old when he volunteered as…
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Area towns support community solar projects
Gov. Phil Murphy signed the Clean Energy Act of 2018, directing the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to establish a community solar program. This allows commercial real estate owners to rent their roof space to house solar facilities that power their community. The state is currently in the second year of a three-year…
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Students create app that uses facial recognition technology to transfer emotional data during online instruction
Winners of the 2020 Congressional App Challenge for high school and middle school students in New Jersey’s 6th Congressional District include Samay Nandwana from Princeton Day School and Ansh Bhatti and Aditya Shelke from Middlesex County Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Technologies in Edison. Their app DataMeet uses facial recognition technology to notify…
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New Jersey hospitals to receive COVID-19 funding
New Jersey’s 6th Congressional District received more than $177 million as part of the $1.7 billion in funding received by New Jersey health care providers from the Provider Relief Fund established in the bipartisan Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act. JFK Medical Center in Edison received $59.6 million, Monmouth Medical Center in Long…
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Pallone roundtable touches on numerous issues, Trump administration
With cups of coffee in hand and journalists ready to listen and ask questions, Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-Middlesex, Monmouth) served as the host to a media reporters roundtable discussion over breakfast recently in Keyport. “With [President Donald Trump] and Republican policies having a negative impact on New Jersey, one, of course, is the tax…
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South Amboy startup attempts to block robocalls
SOUTH AMBOY – Officials are trying to find a way to stop, or at least slow down, the unwanted spam call. Congressman Frank Pallone (D-Middlesex, Monmouth) visited South Amboy on June 19 to introduce proposed legislation to stop unwanted robocalls. The visit took place at the headquarters of TelTech, a startup company that works to…