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Fed Pauses Interest Rate Cuts Despite Trump's Push For Immediate Reduction
The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate in place, pausing further cuts and ignoring a demand by President Donald Trump to immediately drop rates. After three months of reductions, the Fed decided to keep the key interest rate target at 4.25 to 4.5 percent. The Fed announced the decision on Wednesday, Jan. 29, after its first meeting since President Trump returned to the White House. Chair Jerome Powell said the Fed is monitoring inflation and economic stability under the Trump administration. "We remain committed to supporting maximum employment, bringing inflation sustain…
Trumbull-Monroe, CT
Traffic
Route 34 Across Stevenson Dam In Monroe Reopens To Traffic After Flood Damage Repairs
Part of a busy roadway carrying traffic across a dam in Connecticut has been reopened after being damaged by severe flooding, officials announced. Route 34 in the Fairfield County town of Monroe and New Haven County town of Oxford between Route 111 and Coppermine Road has been reopened after suffering damage from flooding on Sunday, Aug. 18, the Connecticut Department of Transportation announced on Tuesday, Aug. 27. The stretch of road carries traffic over the Stevenson Dam on Lake Zoar. Although traffic can now cross the dam, Route 34 remains closed between Coppermine Ro…
Mahopac, NY
News
$1.5M To Go Toward New Outdoor Amphitheater In Hudson Valley For Popular Festival
Elected officials have announced $1.5 million in federal funding that will help pay for a permanent home for a Hudson Valley theater festival that attracts tens of thousands of visitors each year. US Senator Chuck Schumer just revealed that the funds were secured in pending legislation to go toward the expansion of an open-air Shakespeare-style amphitheater overlooking the Hudson River in Putnam County. The amphitheater, which the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival will use, will be built on a 98-acre former golf course property in Philipstown that was gifted to the fe…
Lower Merion-Narberth, PA
News
Philly Woman Stole $184K In COVID Relief Money For Butt Lift: Warrant
A Philadelphia woman is accused of fraudulently cashing a COVID-19 relief check and spending the money on plastic surgery. In an arrest warrant obtained by Local10.com, authorities said 30-year-old Ashley Stibbins-Parker made a bank account for a Georgia entity called "City of Weston LLC.'' Investigators believe she used the account to collect $184,838.72 in federal CARES Act funding meant for the real City of Weston in Florida. Broward County commissioners sent the money to Weston City Hall via check in February 2021, but by the next month, it had been deposited into Sti…
Albany, NY
Schools
$12M For Electric School Buses Awarded To 6 Capital Region Districts
A half dozen school districts in the region will receive over $12 million in federal funding to pay for electric school buses. Six districts, located in Albany, Rensselaer, Saratoga, Montgomery, and Warren counties, were awarded nearly $12,080,000 in federal rebate funding through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new Clean School Bus Program. The program is meant to help underserved districts transition to low or no emission buses without overburdening local taxpayers, Sen. Chuck Schumer’s office said. “This $12+ million federal boost will help power schools in the Capital Regio…
Lakewood, NJ
News
$1.5M In 'Critical' Upgrades Coming To Ocean County Wastewater Plant
Ocean County is getting more than $1 million for major improvements to a wastewater treatment plant, officials said. The county will receive $1.5 million for work at the Central Water Pollution Control Facilities plant in Berkeley Township. Republican Rep. Chris Smith announced the federal funding in a news release on Friday, Mar. 15. The goal is to improve safety and reduce environmental risks at the plant on Hickory Lane. "This critical federal funding will allow Ocean County to demolish, replace, and rehabilitate the digester tank cover and other mechanical, structural, and electri…
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
News
New Details Released On $20M Upgrade For Atlantic City's Boardwalk
The most iconic part of Atlantic City is getting tens of millions of dollars in upgrades. But many millions more are needed to fully repair the Atlantic City Boardwalk. The city held a news conference on Tuesday, Mar. 12 to discuss the next steps in the major undertaking to fix up the boardwalk. Atlantic City and Asbury Park got the largest shares of the $100 million from the state's Boardwalk Preservation Fund. Each city will receive $20 million to make vital improvements to their boardwalks. The media event was also an opportunity to show off the work already being done on the boardwalk,…
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
South Brunswick Gets $500K Federal Grant For New Police Officers
South Brunswick has received $500,000 from the federal government to hire new police officers, according to Police Chief Raymond Hayducka. Hayducka announced the funding through a U.S. Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant. The grant was for four new officers. The federal award will support up to 75 percent of the new officers’ salary and fringe benefits for three years, the chief said. In addition to the four officers hired under the COPS grant, two other officers were hired recently to replace retired officers, he said. “We have a long history of excel…
Franklin Township, NJ
News
Traffic Nightmare: Portions Of Route 78 Closed For $28M Repair Project Veteran's Day
It's going to be a Veteran's Day filled with congestion and delays on Route 78 Eastbound in Somerset County, the New Jersey Department Of Transportation announced. The left lane on the eastbound side will be closed from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m, on Saturday, Nov. 11 as construction continues on a bridge deck project. The lanes will be closed before the Routes 78/287 interchange split with one through lane maintained. All Route 78 eastbound traffic will be directed to stay right, as the left two lanes over the temporary bridge in the median will be closed to make repai…
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Central Jersey Firefighters Get $4M In Federal Funds To Boost Staffing
Perth Amboy Fire Department will receive $3.6 million in federal aid to increase staff, U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone, Jr. announced on Friday, Sept. 1. The federal funding comes from FEMA. Perth Amboy Fire Chief Edward Mullen said that with the funding "we will be able to hire 12 additional firefighters, increasing our personnel to 84," “This is wonderful news for Perth Amboy," Pallone said. "The federal funding will allow the city to maintain adequate staffing to meet the needs of the city’s growing population and keep residents safe and healthy.”
North Hunterdon, NJ
Lifestyle
Family Of 4 Left To ‘Restart Their Lives’ As Home Below Rt. 46 Tunnel Condemned From Landslide
A Warren County family has been left to rebuild their lives with no help from insurance after their home was condemned from the massive landslide caused by last week’s torrential downpours. White Township residents Kelly and Mike, as well as their two daughters, awoke to a fallen tree ripping off their home’s electric meter during the Route 46 landslide on Sunday, July 16, which gave them and their pets enough time to evacuate, according to a GoFundMe launched by Danya Bloch, a friend, the following day. Flood waters destroyed the family’s home and a vehicle, leaving them to rely on tempora…
Mahopac, NY
News
'Never Forget The Tragedies': Schumer Calls For Safer Train Crossings In Hudson Valley
Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is calling for safer train crossings across the Hudson Valley to prevent more people from being injured or killed in accidents. To help accomplish this, Schumer announced a two-part plan on Friday, Dec. 9 to increase safety at these crossings and prevent tragedies such as the 2015 train crash in the Westchester County hamlet of Valhalla, which killed six people when a Metro-North train struck an SUV stopped on the tracks. Schumer also cited the 2013 Spuyten Duyvil train derailment in New York City, which killed four people and injured more …
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