WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Woodbine, N.J. (Sept. 17, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the Borough of Woodbine, celebrated the selection of Woodbine to receive a $1 million grant for the cleanup of several contaminated sites. The event, held at a Municipal Water Plant at Adams Ave. and Longfellow St., highlighted the transformative impac  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that OceanFirst Bank, N.A. has agreed to pay over $15 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by redlining predominantly Black, Hispanic and Asian neighborhoods in Middlesex, Monm  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the following litigation release (No. 2:24-cv-09214; D.N.J. filed Sept. 17, 2024) involving Joel David Castro Leon and Shmuel A. Sherr: * * * SEC Charges Two Israeli Residents with Manipulative Spoofing Scheme * * * The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced settled charges against Israeli residents Joel David Castro Leon and Shmuel A. Sherr for carrying out a manipulative trading scheme that netted them over $  more

NEWARK, New Jersey, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2024: The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that OceanFirst Bank, N.A. has agreed to pay over $15 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by redlining predomina  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: * * * Also being offered through ACT NOW funding are Conservation Planning Activities (CPAs), Design and Implementation Activities (DIAs), Conservation Evaluation and Monitoring Activities (CEMAs), Soil Health Practices, Tree Mortality Practices, and High Tunnels. * * * HAMILTON SQUARE, N.J., Sept. 18, 2024 - The United States Department of Agriculture's (US  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Navy issued the following news story: MIDDLETOWN, N.J. - The Navy commissioned the fast-attack Virginia-class submarine USS New Jersey (SSN 796) in a traditional ceremony held September 14, at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown, New Jersey. Download Icon Download The ceremony culminated a years-long process for commissioning the New Jersey, the third U.S. Navy ship named after the state of New Jersey, the most recent being the decorated battleship BB-62  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news: MIDDLETOWN, N.J. - The Navy commissioned the fast-attack Virginia-class submarine USS New Jersey (SSN 796) in a traditional ceremony held September 14, at Naval Weapons Station Earle in Middletown, New Jersey. The ceremony culminated a years-long process for commissioning the New Jersey, the third U.S. Navy ship named after the state of New Jersey, the most recent being the decorated battleship BB-62 w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- The White House issued the following readout of a roundtable on Sept. 17, 2024, with youth voting leaders: * * * Yesterday, on National Voter Registration Day, the White House hosted a roundtable discussion to hear directly from youth leaders about their nonpartisan efforts to promote youth civic engagement across the country. College and high school student leaders from Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Texas discussed their n  more