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People sit on the beach on a weekday afternoon in Ocean Grove, N.J. on May 2, 2024 as a Christian flag and an American flag flutter in the breeze. The state of New Jersey says the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association is violating state beach access laws by keeping people off the beach until noon on Sundays. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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This, too, could pass: Christian group's rule keeping beaches closed on Sunday mornings may end
By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press
Wed,05/15/24-2:24PM , 136 Reads
OCEAN GROVE, N.J. (AP) — In this seaside community that calls itself “God's Square Mile at the Jersey Shore,” all the land is owned by a religious group that has for generations enforced an 11th Commandment: Thou shalt stay off the beach on Sunday morning.
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A gambler lights a cigarette at a slot machine in Harrah's casino in Atlantic City N.J., on Sept. 29, 2023. On Monday, April 29, 2024, Atlantic City's main casino workers union asked a judge to let it intervene in that lawsuit. (AP Photo/Wayne

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Workers in Atlantic City casino smoking lawsuit decry 'poisonous' workplace; state stresses taxes
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Mon,05/13/24-1:04PM , 117 Reads
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A group of Atlantic City casino workers asked a judge Monday to ban smoking in the gambling halls, citing the toxic effects of working in a “poisonous” atmosphere, while the state said ending smoking could jeopardize a half-billion-dollar pot of money for senior citizens and the disabled.
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Ryan Hegarty, assistant director of Stockton University's Maple Project, toiches a tap he just placed into a red maple tree at the university's Galloway, N.J. campus on Feb. 21, 2024. The university is using a federal grant to examine the feasibility of establishing a maple syrup industry in southern New Jersey, where the predominant maple trees yield half as much sugar as those in New England, which produces most of the nation's syrup. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

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Maple syrup from New Jersey: You got a problem with that?
By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press
Sun,03/24/24-11:05PM , 165 Reads
GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — Welcome to New Jersey, known around the world for Tony Soprano, Turnpike tolls, chemical plants, and ... maple syrup?

If a university in the southern part of the state has its way, the sticky sweet brown stuff you put on your pancakes might one day come from New Jersey.
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A load of sand is dumped on the beach in front of the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City, N.J., Friday, May 12, 2023. The Ocean, Resorts and Hard Rock casinos want federal officials to expedite a beach replenishment project planned for 2024 so that it creates usable beaches this summer, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says work might not start until the fall. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)

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Too much Atlantic in Atlantic City: Beach erosion has casinos desperately seeking sand by summer
By WAYNE PARRY - Associated Press
Mon,03/18/24-1:25PM , 218 Reads
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The ocean and beaches have always been a part of Atlantic City's identity: from salt water taffy to Miss America bathing beauties to the name of the place itself, the city has been marketed as a place to have fun by the sea.
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Chance of Rain: 90%
Max Temp: 81°F
Min Temp: 65°F
Feels Like: 74°F
Dew Point: 65°F
Humidity: 81%
Sunrise: 6:20 AM
Sunset: 6:00 PM

Wind Speed: 5 to 10 mph
Wind Direction: SW
Wind Gust: 12 mph
Sky Cover: 79%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 65°F
Moon Rise: 10:26 PM
Moon Set: 8:14 AM

A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 11am and noon, then showers and thunderstorms likely between noon and 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 5pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely. Some of the storms could be severe and produce heavy rain. Mostly cloudy. High near 81, with temperatures falling to around 72 in the afternoon. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

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