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Film Studio Part Of $1 Billion NJ Waterfront Project Will Be Funded By $4.7M Grant Film Studio Part Of $1 Billion NJ Waterfront Project Will Be Funded By $4.7M Grant
$4.7M Carteret Stages A movie production studio in Carteret got a financial boost from New Jersey through a $4.7 million state grant. It's part of a $1 billion, 10-acre redevelopment project, according to Carteret Mayor Daniel J. Reiman. The project includes a 1.2 million-square-foot movie production studio complex called "Carteret Stages." Five grants totaling $9.5 million were awarded throughout the state as part of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority's Film and Digital Media Studio Infrastructure Program. Nearly half of the state funds went to Carteret to build public access to a former brownfield …

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by Jon Craig
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Major Music, Comedy Stars Performing Across NJ At 2024 North To Shore Festival Major Music, Comedy Stars Performing Across NJ At 2024 North To Shore Festival
Major Music, Comedy Stars Performing Across NJ At 2024 North To Shore Festival Major musicians and comedians will perform across New Jersey in an arts festival unique to the Garden State, officials said. The North to Shore Festival will return in 2024 for its second year in Asbury Park, Atlantic City, and Newark, the state announced in a news release on Thursday, Mar. 7. Hundreds of thousands of people attended the three-city, three-week event in June 2023. Despite many events being free, the first edition of North to Shore generated $7.6 million in ticket sales. "Our inaugural North to Shore Festival was the beginning of a proud, new annual tradition that bring…

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by Chris Spiker
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Atlantic City Gets $9.8M For Innovative Projects To Revitalize Downtown Atlantic City Gets $9.8M For Innovative Projects To Revitalize Downtown
Atlantic City Gets $9.8M For Innovative Projects To Revitalize Downtown Atlantic City is getting nearly $10 million for several innovative projects, which include transforming a former candy store into a boutique hotel and developing a vegetable farm out of shipping containers, officials said. Five projects in Atlantic City will receive $9,849,778 in grants from the state's Activation, Revitalization, and Transformation (ART) Program. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) announced the grant awards on Thursday, Feb. 9.  The goal is to support recovery in cities that were especially hurt economically during the pandemic. "With the help of o…

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by Chris Spiker
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Get In, New Jersey: Local High School Is Backdrop In New 'Mean Girls' Movie Get In, New Jersey: Local High School Is Backdrop In New 'Mean Girls' Movie
Get In, New Jersey: Local High School Is Backdrop In New 'Mean Girls' Movie New Jersey is doing its part to make "fetch" happen once again. A new musical adaptation of "Mean Girls" is hitting theaters on Friday, Jan. 12, and many parts of the movie were shot in the Garden State. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) estimates the reboot of the high school comedy will generate about $36 million for the state. Avantika plays Karen Shetty; Renee Rapp plays Regina George; Bebe Wood plays Gretchen Wieners and Angourie Rice plays Cady Heron in Mean Girls from Paramount Pictures. Jojo Whilden/Paramount © 2023 Paramount Pictures Many scenes in the n…

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by Chris Spiker
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$50M Investment As Campbell's Relocates Jobs To South Jersey $50M Investment As Campbell's Relocates Jobs To South Jersey
$50M Investment As Campbell's Relocates Jobs To South Jersey Hundreds of new Campbell Soup Co jobs are expected to relocate to New Jersey with the consolidation of snack business offices in Connecticut and North Carolina, the food giant's officials announced. Campbell's is moving an estimated 330 jobs to its Camden location, bringing the total jobs there to 1,600.  "We’re reimagining our Camden Headquarters, our home for more than 150 years, and investing $50 million to make a great space even better," the company said in a press statement on Wednesday, Jan. 18. The company is consolidating its Snacks offices in Charlotte, NC, and Norwalk,…

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by Jon Craig
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Major Redevelopment Plan For Montclair's Lackawanna Plaza Revealed Major Redevelopment Plan For Montclair's Lackawanna Plaza Revealed
Major Redevelopment Plan For Montclair's Lackawanna Plaza Revealed The 115-page redevelopment plan for Montclair Township's Lackawanna Plaza has been released, but township officials won't be voting on it until next month. The report was completed by developer David Placek of BDP Holdings, and was presented at the Oct. 25 council meeting. If the project gets the majority vote from mayor and council, it will go to to the township's Planning Board for review and then back to council for another vote. Lackawanna Plaza.Google Maps Five buildings for multi-family housing, a supermarket, bike path, open spaces and walkways, and ample parking/reconstructed tr…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Sickened By Reports,' Murphy Orders Investigation Of Abuse At Notorious Women's Prison 'Sickened By Reports,' Murphy Orders Investigation Of Abuse At Notorious Women's Prison
'Sickened By Reports,' Murphy Orders Investigation Of Abuse At Notorious Women's Prison UPDATE: Gov. Phil Murphy appointed a special investigator Wednesday to probe allegations that several inmates were beaten at New Jersey's notorious prison for women. Murphy said he ordered a "full independent investigation," under the direction of former federal prosecutor and ex-state comptroller Matthew Boxer, into what happened at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women in Hunterdon County on Jan. 11. “I am sickened by the horrific reports of what happened” Murphy said. Female inmates "have long been uniquely vulnerable to abuse" and must be "treated with dignity and respect" li…

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by Jerry DeMarco