LAKEHURST, New Jersey, July 9 -- The U.S. Army Recruiting Command issued the following news: The U.S. Army's Mid-Atlantic Recruiting Battalion alongside the Governor's School of Engineering & Technology at Rutgers University and the Governor's School in the Sciences at Drew University are pleased to announce U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel & National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Astronaut Dr. Francisco Rubio as the first virtual keynote speaker at the Governor's School of New Jersey  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, July 7 -- The Defense Contract Management Agency issued the following news: With most of the country in some state of self-quarantine, the Army had a problem in March when the Defense Department issued a "stop movement" order that prevented them from getting 10 fresh-off-the-factory-floor UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters from a facility in Lakehurst, New Jersey, to the Republic of Korea. Facing an approaching deadline to load the aircraft on a ship bound for Korea, the Army  more

NEW YORK, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New York-New Jersey Regional Information Office issued the following report on the occupational employment and wages for selected patient care occupations in the New York metropolitan areas for May 2019: Among the 12 metropolitan areas located entirely or partially in New York, all had annual wages that were significantly above the national average for home health and personal care aides, and five had above-average  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Federal Communications Commission issued the following remarks by Commissioner Michael O'Rielly at the New Jersey & New York Wireless Associations' 2020 Update Webinar: Hello, everyone! I'm Mike O'Rielly of the Federal Communications Commission and it is my absolute pleasure to join you this lovely summer day. Let me start by thanking the New Jersey and New York Wireless Associations for inviting me to address all of you, albeit from the confines of a personal home. I  more

BALTIMORE, Maryland, July 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, Robert K. Hur, issued the following news release on July 6: Federal prosecutors in Maryland have filed a federal criminal complaint charging Dogar Singh, age 67, of Carteret, New Jersey, and Rehan Afridi, age 36, of West Deptford, New Jersey, on the federal bank fraud charges related to an alleged $10 million multi-state bank fraud scheme involving 76 businesses, including BBQ Tonite and Al Madina Kabob, which are as  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: The former acting business administrator for the Township of Orange, New Jersey, has been charged in a 28-count indictment with conspiracy, bribe-taking, money and property fraud, federal tax fraud, and making false statements in connection with a mortgage, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced. Willis Edwards III, 49, formerly of East Orange, New Jersey, and cu  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release: The Department of Justice announced $2.2 million in grant funding to law enforcement agencies and stakeholders through the Department's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) Community Policing Development (CPD) Microgrants Program. COPS Office Director Phil Keith announced 29 awards with award amounts ranging from $15,090 to $100,000. In th  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, July 9 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release on July 7: A Middlesex County, New Jersey, man has been charged with bank fraud, theft, and identity theft U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. Bernard Lopez, 40, of Sayreville, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of bank fraud, one count of theft of government funds, and one count of aggravated identity theft. He was arrested on July 6, 20  more

TRENTON, New Jersey, July 7 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, Craig Carpenito, issued the following news release on July 6: Seven people have been charged for their alleged roles in a large-scale conspiracy to commit bank fraud in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Michigan over the course of two years, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today. The criminal complaint unsealed today in Trenton federal court charges the defendants with conspiracy   more

HAMILTON SQUARE, New Jersey, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency - New Jersey Field Office issued the following news release: USDA's Farm Service Agency (FSA) reminds New Jersey producers to complete crop acreage reports by the applicable deadline for their county. Acreage reporting dates vary by crop and by county. Contact your FSA county office for a list of acreage reporting deadlines by crop. "To make sure you're eligible for many USDA programs, you need to f  more

SILVER SPRING, Maryland, July 9 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued the following feature story: Carl Alderson is the Mid-Atlantic Restoration Coordinator, NOAA Fisheries' Habitat Conservation, Restoration Center. He has worked with NOAA for 17 years and currently works out of J.J. Howard Marine Sciences Laboratory in Sandy Hook Highlands, New Jersey. Carl Alderson has been involved in multiple dam removals helping shad (and their cousins, alewife and blueback herring  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- President Trump issued the following remarks before the Marine One departure: THE PRESIDENT: So we're going to Miami. We're going to different parts of Florida today. We'll be back at about 11 o'clock tonight. And a lot of stops, a lot of very good stops, so we look forward to it. Tropical Storm Fay is probably going to be hitting a place called New Jersey, a good place, pretty soon. So we -- we are on the watch. We're fully prepared. FEMA is ready in case it's bad. It s  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $300,000 CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, to boost their capacity to support regional economic development strategies in response to the coronavirus pandemic. "The Trump Administration is eager to allocate these essential CARES Act fun  more