End Overdose NOW! Tell Your Reps to End Overdose and Expand Access to Treatment SEND A LETTER Imagine a world where we have what we need to overcome our challenges, where we can get and stay well. The truth is life is hard. We all struggle with something and for many this includes addiction.Please take Read More »
‘My son … is not expendable’: More must be done to end the overdose crisis
‘My son … is not expendable’: More must be done to end the overdose crisis / Asbury Park Press / 5/10/21 Your Turn Eileen PalazzaGuest columnist When I read a recently published article titled ‘NJ’s fatal drug overdoses stay flat as nation’s numbers soar’ by Ken Serrano, my heart sank and I felt angry. My Read More »
Foundation Talk on Wind Farms Boosts Economic Benefits
Foundation Talk on Wind Farms Boosts Economic Benefits / The Sandpiper / 5/10/21 An hour-long online “Wind Power Talk” hosted by the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences on April 24 and moderated by Science Committee Chair Rick Bushnell was too short to answer all the questions by the 70-plus participants who Read More »
Don’t make Sandy victims repay federal disaster funds: NJ lawmakers
Don’t make Sandy victims repay federal disaster funds: NJ lawmakers / Asbury Park Press / 5/3/21 New Jersey’s entire House delegation has signed a letter asking the federal government to grant financial relief to families and towns still recovering from 2012’s superstorm Sandy. The letter, written by U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., asks leaders of Read More »
Wind opponents back Cape May County position
Wind opponents back Cape May County position / The Press of Atlantic County / 4/28/21 BILL BARLOW CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE — They could not all go in to the meeting of the Cape May County Commissioners on Tuesday afternoon, but opponents of a planned offshore wind farm knew they were heard when the members Read More »
Peaceful Protesters Air Concerns Over Wind Farms
Peaceful Protesters Air Concerns Over Wind Farms / CNJ Daily / 4/27/21 By MADDY VITALE Jeff Reichle and his son, Wayne, didn’t hold up signs expressing their opposition to a proposed offshore wind farm during a peaceful protest Tuesday outside of the Cape May County Administration Building in Cape May Court House. But the two Read More »
Opinion: New Jersey, ignore the outsiders. We’ve got our own experts to help us thrive.
Opinion: New Jersey, ignore the outsiders. We’ve got our own experts to help us thrive. / NJ.com / 4/6/21 By Maria Lopez-Nunez, Melissa Miles and Amanda Devecka-Rinear No one can truly understand a disaster unless they have lived through it. We’re all living through COVID-19 now, but for many of us, this is only the Read More »
Kill the X-Waiver!
Kill the X-Waiver! Tell Congressman Pallone to Expand Access to Medication Assisted Treatment. SIGN NOW As loved ones, people in recovery, and people who use drugs united to end the overdose crisis, we are calling on our NJ Congressional Representatives to support the Mainstreaming Addiction Treatment Act (HR 1384) which would eliminate the outdated and Read More »
New Jersey opens COVID-19 rental assistance applications
New Jersey opens COVID-19 rental assistance applications / The Press of Atlantic / 3/23/21 The pre-application process is open for Phase II of New Jersey’s COVID-19 Emergency Rental Assistance program run by the Department of Community Affairs. The program funds, awarded by a lottery system, will cover up to a year’s rent dating to March Read More »
Your Shore home prone to flooding? Your wallet won’t like new FEMA insurance plans
Your Shore home prone to flooding? Your wallet won’t like new FEMA insurance plans by Jean Mikle – Asbury Park Press Some homeowners in Monmouth and Ocean counties who live in the state’s most flood-prone areas could face soaring insurance premiums under an ongoing overhaul of the federal flood insurance system, according to new data released Read More »