He became homeless 3 weeks before the pandemic. N.J. nonprofit helped find him permanent housing.
Updated Feb 20, 2021;
Posted Feb 20, 2021
The Salvation Army has been operating a shelter at the Holiday Inn in Newark during the pandemic. Newark Human Services Director Drew Grisham and counselor Ra-Janee Fuller helped Luis Rosario, a man who had been homeless during the pandemic but found permanent housing with help from the Salvation Army. Saturday, February 20, 2021. Newark, N.J. USA (Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media) Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media
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When Luis Rosario signed his lease on Jan. 1 to his Newark apartment, it was the culmination of a nearly year-long process from homelessness to securing permanent housing.
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Good Monday morning!
Today was to be the deadline for weed negotiations, with a quorum forcing Gov. Murphy to take action on the legislation on his desk. But Speaker Coughlin on Friday delayed the quorum, giving the Murphy administration and Legislature more time to quibble over details about how to deal with underage users that continue to delay the implementation of weed legalization, despite the fact that 67 percent of New Jersey voters approved it.
9-Month-Old Baby Taken from Parents on Routine Traffic Stop in North Carolina
Baby Truth with parents
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New Jersey couple Raymond Sykes and Kaila Boulware were traveling back to their home in New Jersey with their 9-month-old son after visiting Kaila’s father in Florida for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Also in the vehicle were their two dogs, MANUELA and Rayla. Rayla is the 9-month-old baby’s puppy.
MANUELA (left) and Rayla the puppy (right).
On the night of December 3rd, 2020, while driving through Troy, North Carolina at around 3 a.m., the family was stopped by two sheriff deputies.
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Good Tuesday morning!
We’re probably two days away from the Legislature voting to legalize marijuana.
But did you know that even after weed is legalized, a person caught growing even a relatively modest amount of it could face up to 20 years in prison, including a mandatory minimum sentence?