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☆ Chris Christie blasts Trump's 2024 presidential campaign as a 'vanity exercise' meant to 'try to make himself feel better'
  + stars: | 2023-05-07 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Chris Christie on Sunday called former President Trump's 2024 bid a "vanity exercise." The former governor is mulling a 2024 campaign of his own and is set to make a decision this month. Chris Christie of New Jersey on Sunday once again blasted former President Donald Trump's presidential campaign, calling the ex-president's 2024 effort a "vanity exercise to try to make himself feel better." "I'm very concerned that what we're heading towards is a Trump-Biden rematch," Christie said. The former governor has indicated that he would make a decision about a 2024 campaign sometime this month.
☆ Hundreds of pounds of pasta dumped in Old Bridge, New Jersey
  + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Adrienne Vogt | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +5 min
This question had residents of Old Bridge, New Jersey, scratching their heads over the past few days, although part of the mystery may have been solved. Uncooked spaghetti found along a stream in Old Bridge, New Jersey, in a photo taken by resident Nina Jochnowitz, who said all kinds of things are dumped in the Jersey woods. The Old Bridge Department of Public Works mopped up “what appeared to be 15 [wheelbarrow] loads of illegal dumped pasta along a creek in a residential neighborhood,” Shah said. Full disclosure: Old Bridge is my hometown. Two Old Bridge residents (again, full disclosure: my parents) made a previously unplanned stop on Thursday afternoon near the scene, and my dad walked through the wooded area.
☆ Teen bans on the rise: malls, theme parks, and even a Chick-fil-A are requiring chaperones to stop rowdy minors
  + stars: | 2023-04-28 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Shopping malls, theme parks, and a Chick-fil-A restaurant are starting to require chaperones for teenagers. Curfews for teens are nothing new — they first popped up at malls in the 1980s and 1990s. Southern California's Knott's Berry Farm announced in April that it was instituting a stricter policy in response to "increasing incidents of unruly and inappropriate behavior," the theme park said. Visitors pose for photos at Knott's Berry Farm. Jae C. Hong/APKnott's Berry Farm isn't alone in cracking down on unsupervised teenage visitors recently.
☆ New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy expands AP African American studies course in the state and blasts Ron DeSantis: 'Enough already of all this nonsense coming out of Florida'
  + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Phil Murphy is expanding the AP African American Studies course in New Jersey for 2023-24. Ron DeSantis' criticism of the AP course curriculum. Ron DeSantis of Florida's campaign against the curriculum of the course as "nonsense," according to The New York Times. The AP course, currently in its pilot stage nationwide, is being taught at one New Jersey high school out of 60 nationwide. Ron DeSantis in Florida.
☆ Cyber Monday set to eclipse Black Friday again as e-commerce
  + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Brian Cheung | Brian Cheung Is A Business | Data Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +4 min
Adobe Analytics expects consumers to spend between $11.2 billion and $11.6 billion on Cyber Monday. Overall, Black Friday sales topped $8.9 billion last year, versus $10.7 billion on Cyber Monday 2021. Meanwhile, e-commerce giant Amazon said sales on Black Friday broke a record, underscoring the appeal of shopping online. Sarah Hymer, a mother of two in Utah, said she hadn’t planned on any in-store Black Friday shopping. Rega, holding multiple bags, said Black Friday prices struck her as “comparable” to a year ago.
☆ Good Luck Finding These Uggs This Winter
  + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Chavie Lieber | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Lblanck Tejada, a 26-year-old Nordstrom retail associate at New Jersey’s Westfield Garden State Plaza mall, recently noticed an uptick in teenagers dashing to the Ugg section, then walking out disappointed. The shoppers, Mr. Tejada said, are all looking for the Ultra Mini Platform—a new take on Ugg’s shearling-lined boots, with a tiny shaft and a chunky base, that is selling out and giving rise to a retail frenzy.
☆ How Hurricane Sandy transformed the Jersey Shore into 'a playground for the rich'
  + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Zoe Rosenberg | Dan Latu | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +17 min
Jersey Shore residents battled through a patchwork of programs to rebuild after Hurricane Sandy. Even 10 years after Hurricane Sandy, Barbara is still reminded daily of the mental and financial toll it took on her. Courtesy of BarbaraThe bureaucratic red tape around flood insurance and rebuild programs linked to Hurricane Sandy deepened the divide between the haves and have-nots of the Jersey Shore. Milliman, an actuarial company that works with FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program, found that about 47% of coastal dwellers had flood insurance, The Inquirer reported. "After Sandy, there was a lot more money coming in," Mery, who has built Jersey Shore homes for 15 years, told Insider.
☆ Democratic Rep. Andy Kim faces off against Republican Bob Healey in New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District election
  + stars: | 2022-11-05 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Rep. Andy Kim is running against Republican Bob Healey in New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District. The 3rd District includes Hamilton, a swing town and one of the state's most populous municipalities. New Jersey's 3rd Congressional District candidatesKim, first elected in 2018, is bidding for a third term. Voting history for New Jersey's 3rd Congressional DistrictNew Jersey's 3rd Congressional District covers parts of Monmouth and Mercer counties, including Hamilton, a swing town and one of the state's most populous municipalities. His challenger, Healey, has raised $4 million, spent $3.8 million, and has $228,000 in cash still left to spend, as of October 19.
☆ Why New Jersey doesn't let people pump their own gas
  + stars: | 2022-10-22 | by ( Delon Thornton | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
New Jersey is the only state in the U.S. that doesn't allow customers to pump their own gas — anywhere. There's always an attendant on duty to pump gas for customers at these full-service stations. However, Oregon's laws are far less strict and allow certain parts of the state to have self-service gas stations. Historically, gas stations with attendants were popular in the first half of the 1900s. Watch the video above to find out more about New Jersey's full-service gas stations, why self-service options don't find a home in the Garden State, and what's next for its gas station owners.
☆ How political candidates are targeting you on social media based on your music tastes, shopping habits and favorite TV shows
  + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Casey Tolan | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +11 min
(CNN) Marco Rubio hopes to sway voters interested in Chick-fil-A, Ram trucks, and Duck Dynasty. "Political campaigns are using that to their advantage." Rogan, a controversial figure who's popular on the right, attracted more attention from campaigns targeting Facebook ads than any other interest topic in the period analyzed by CNN. The targeting data shows a wide variety of approaches. But most people likely have no idea that they're seeing certain political ads because of their interests in a band or TV show, Woolley noted.
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