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Joe Fiordaliso, Former Livingston Mayor, Public Utilities President, Dies At 78 Joe Fiordaliso, Former Livingston Mayor, Public Utilities President, Dies At 78
Joe Fiordaliso, Former Livingston Mayor, Public Utilities President, Dies At 78 Joe Fiordaliso, the longtime president of the Board of Public Utilities and three-time mayor of Livingston, died at the age of 78, Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Thursday, Sept. 7. No cause of death was provided. Fiordaliso was appointed to Murphy's cabinet in 2018, having previously served as a commissioner on the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities since 2005.  Fiordaliso was born and raised in Newark and graduated from Montclair State in 1967. He taught at Vailsburg High School and Bloomfield High School. In 1988, he was elected to the Livingston Township Council, serving for three …
NJ's Last Coal Plant Imploded In Another Step Toward Cleaner Energy NJ's Last Coal Plant Imploded In Another Step Toward Cleaner Energy
NJ's Last Coal Plant Imploded In Another Step Toward Cleaner Energy New Jersey’s last coal-burning plant and towering smokestack, which ended operations in June, was imploded on Friday morning along the Delaware River.  Environmentalists welcomed the news, saying the 28-year-old electric generating plant had long been a leading source of pollution in South Jersey. Its demolition is also seen as a move toward clean energy. The plant's owners announced they would install batteries at the site to help transmit energy from offshore wind power. The site will be redeveloped by the Starwood Group. The Logan power plant was built as a 225-megawatt unit i…
President Biden Tests Positive For COVID-19 President Biden Tests Positive For COVID-19
President Biden Tests Positive For Covid-19 President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 after visiting Massachusetts, the White House announced on Thursday, July 21.  The president, who is vaccinated and boosted, will start taking Paxlovid and isolate while he battles the virus, the White House said.  He had been scheduled to visit Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania Thursday. #Breaking- President Biden has been diagnosed with Covid-19. pic.twitter.com/5CZtw5L2nq — WBZ NewsRadio (@wbznewsradio) July 21, 2022 This comes after President Biden visited Massachusetts to discuss new ways to combat climate change and push for clean ene…