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A leading New Jersey arts organization relaunched a website to give detailed information about events, discounts, venues and more from around the state. https://lnkd.in/ewmGqBBC ?

Raising cranberries and growing feed for cattle may sound like wildly different things, but farmers whose livelihood depends on them agree that NJ’s current drought is the worst they’ve ever seen. ?

When Dreeah Austin died two weeks after giving birth to a healthy baby girl, she became one of roughly two dozen NJ women who will die this year of pregnancy-related issues, almost all preventable. Experts say her story underscores gaps that remain in NJ’s maternal care system.

“They couldn’t control the weather. They couldn’t control the electricity,” said former Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, who oversaw NJ’s elections when Superstorm Sandy hit. “... but they could control who is going to be the next president of the United States.”

Join us for a virtual event on Oct. 29, when top New Jersey news reporters discuss the upcoming Presidential and Congressional elections and their potential impact on the state's business climate. Other key topics include state tax policy, the Hudson River Tunnel project, efforts to lure the 76ers to Camden, and next year's race for New Jersey's next governor. Complimentary registration is available here:?https://lnkd.in/eZTXDd6i Michael Shapiro, TAPinto.net - Local News and Digital Marketing Stacie Sherman, Bloomberg News Matt Fazelpoor, NJBIZ Brent Johnson, The Star-Ledger John Reitmeyer, NJ Spotlight News Presented by: Archer & Greiner, P.C.

Jersey Aero Club members have been flying almost daily to deliver donations?to towns damaged by hurricanes Helene and Milton. The?club’s treasurer said there have been more than 130 volunteers and about $130,000 spent to support the operation.

Princeton University researchers are looking to make a big?breakthrough in Alzheimer’s research with the help of a tiny insect.

If proposed legislation to lower the voting age becomes law, NJ would be the first state to enfranchise 16- and 17-year-olds in school board elections statewide, following in the footsteps of Newark and several other American cities.

Folks driving along Route 1 in New Jersey will enjoy a new view from now on at this Rutgers University–New Brunswick site: cows grazing alongside solar panels! It’s part of a $7.4M+ state-of-the-art agrivoltaics program?funded through state and federal agencies that is taking the study of the synergies between agricultural production and solar power generation into the field!! Watch this awesome agrivoltaics ribbon cutting via NJ Spotlight News featuring Rutgers University Project Lead David Specca, New Jersey Department of Agriculture Secretary Edward Wengryn, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office Director Dr. Becca Jones-Albertus, and Farm Manager Clint Burgher: https://lnkd.in/g5QKygMe #solar #energy #farm #solarfarm #solargrazing #agriculture #cattle #agrivoltaics #cattlevoltaics #newjersey