As a slurry of sand and salt water sprays onto the beach, a line of bulldozers shape the accumulating sand and the 43rd Street beach in Sea Isle is briefly turned into a playground for heavy equipment rather than sunbathers.Work is underway on a $21.6 million beach project, one of several summertime projects set to take place this year and the first to get underway.
Mother To Prison
According to authorities, a mother from Little Egg Harbor Township who previously spent time for the heroin-related death of her 11-month-old child is going to prison once more for trafficking more than 1,500 pills containing methamphetamine. U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi sentenced Denise Manco, 49, to 12 years and seven months in federal prison on June 8 in federal court in Trenton, according to U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer.
Rowan University Layoff
Clinical psychologist Julie Harrison, who works with abused children in South Jersey, got a letter from Rowan University titled "Notice of Layoff." The letter dated May 12 stated that she would no longer be able to work as a teacher, researcher, or provider in Camden County "due to the loss of state appropriation funding." Harrison is employed by the Rowan-Virtua Child Abuse Research Education and Service Institute (CARES), which does research on the topic and offers assessment, treatment, and other services to South Jersey children who have been abused. The announcement followed Gov. Mikie Sherrill's proposal to reduce the program's $1.85 million line item in her state budget blueprint.
Local Economic Impact Of Spielberg Filming Movie Here
Director Steven Spielberg's newly released sci-fi thriller "Disclosure Day" brought some Hollywood star power to rural parts of Atlantic and Cape May counties during filming last year. It also brought something else – jobs and millions of dollars in economic benefits for New Jersey's film industry. According to BreakingAC.com, the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission announced that the movie generated an estimated $34 million in economic impact during its 23 days of filming in the state.
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