The Sussex County Prosecutor’s Office will be hosting a webinar to address questions and concerns residents may have about the current use of force policy by law enforcement.

The online town hall will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Monday, July 27, where Francis Koch, county prosecutor, will convey information to the public about the current policy and what suggestions may be made to adjust it. He will also ask for input from the public on suggestions on revising the decades-old policy.

An incredibly powerful and diverse array of over 170 organizations, representing hundreds of thousands of New Jersey residents including unions, environmental justice, social justice, community, faith-based groups, urban mayors, and an united environmental community called on the NJ State Assembly to pass the strongest possible version of the cumulative impacts bill (S232/A2212) out of committee today and the full Assembly on July 30th. 

Central Valley Congressman Josh Harder Pushing for Bipartisan Vietnam Vets Legislation in Defense Bill - Fair Care for Vietnam Veterans Act Would Guarantee Benefits to Tens of Thousands of Veterans Left out of Existing Agent Orange Exposure Program

New Jersey remains the only state in the country to still use the colonial-era public office title of ‘freeholder’. Dating back to before the American Revolution, the title was used at a time when only white male owners of debt-free land could hold office. Today, it is a term often derided because of its inability to capture the actual duties of elected county officials.

Governor Phil Murphy made an impromptu visit to The Windlass restaurant on Lake Hopatcong on Thursday to discuss issues of grant money, weed harvesting, and HABs with Jefferson Township Mayor Eric Wilsusen and the mayors of Roxbury, Mt. Arlington, and Hopatcong, which also surround the lake.