Vol. 16 - No. 45
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166 And 37 Looks Done, But There’s Still Work To Do
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–Photo by Chris Lundy There are still mark-outs and signs of construction, but they don’t impact drivers. Some drivers probably won’t notice that the intersection still needs some work.
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| April 6, 2019
By Chris Lundy LAKEWOOD – An assembly of civic leaders, ban kers, and developers met recently to work towa rd d isma ntli ng roa dblocks to affordable housing. M i ke McNe i l , a s t h e NA ACP’s housing committee chair for the state, hosted the event held at the Lakewood Municipal –Photo by Chris Lundy Building. There are a lot Reva Foster, chair of the New Jersey Black Issues of people working toward Convention, described how many people are losing getting people into homes, their homes. (Affordable - See Page 5)
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By Chris Lundy TOMS RIVER – There is a huge difference between what the intersection of Routes 166 and 37 looks like today and what it looked like a year ago. Some would even say it looks done. However, there are still a few more projects to do, according to Steve Schapiro, deputy Director of Communications for the New Jersey Department of Transportation. In terms of how traffic will flow, nothing will change from how it is now, he said. What will change is the roadway
itself. Final milling and paving still needs to be done. The DOT plans for this to happen overnight, so that the road closures won’t impact as many drivers, he said. There is also a plan to have this done before the increase of traffic that comes on Memorial Day, which had been previously discussed. After that, there is just landscaping and cleanup that will need to be finished up, but that is not expected to affect drivers, he said. (Work - See Page 2)
Did Recreational Marijuana Hurt Other Marijuana Bills? By Chris Lundy TRENTON – The vote for recreational, or “adult use” ma r iju a na has taken center stage but the medicinal mariju a n a m ove m e nt a n d expungement of records might have been hamstrung by it. A vote was planned for a package of bills that would legalize adult use marijuana, expunge records of people charged with possession of up to
5 pou nds, and expand med ici nal ma r iju a na use. However, when Democrat leaders were trying to f i nd out how much support there was, they came up short on definite “yes” votes. Senate President Steve Sweeney said during a press conference that they decided not to put it up to vote because it would be defeated. So instead they (Marijuana - See Page 2)
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