Bill Duhart

Philadelphia

Multimedia journalist at NJ.com

Multimedia journalist for https://t.co/4IXfn7I1H8 with a track record of social engagement. When people aren't informed democracy is threatened.

Articles

Say hello to these adorable bobcat siblings at a N.J. zoo

1 week ago | nj.com | Bill Duhart

Adorable is an understatement looking at pictures of the two new bobcat cubs at the Cape May County Zoo. In fact, the 10-month-old brother and sister don’t even have names yet. But they have a new forever home at the sprawling, 80-acre site at the Shore. “A zoo in Arizona wanted to find new homes for them and we decided to get them because we had bobcats in the past and were hoping to get some again,” Hubert Paluch, the zoo director, told NJ Advance Media. “They’re both doing fine, adjusting well.
Check out this N.J. tulip farm’s new Dutch windmill surrounded by 8 million tulips

1 week ago | nj.com | Bill Duhart

Imagine nearly 8 million tulips blooming over acres of farmland in New Jersey. The flowers burst with colors and seem to disappear on the horizon. Then, picture a 100-foot-high, handcrafted Dutch windmill with an observation deck to take in the spectacle. It’s no mirage. The opening of the Dutch Dream Windmill is a milestone in the Holland Ridge Farm’s efforts to create an iconic, family-friendly destination to experience Dutch heritage.
This N.J. Shore town is accepting applications for 70 new apartments

2 weeks ago | nj.com | Bill Duhart

A new affordable housing development, Cornerstone at Lacey III, is accepting applications for 70 new apartment units in Lacey, Ocean County, until the end of the month. This will be the third phase of the development which will now have 188 units and will help fulfill the state-mandate for low-to-moderate income housing in the township. “This finishes up my prior, round-three obligation,” Veronica Laureigh, the township administrator, told NJ Advance Media this week.
Man dies after N.J. street-corner shooting

2 weeks ago | nj.com | Bill Duhart

A 34-year-old man died Saturday after being shot multiple times on a street corner in Newark, authorities said. The incident was reported at 5:40 a.m. near S. 17th Street and Madison Avenue, the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office said. The victim, Bashir L. Peebles, died a short time later at University Hospital. An official said he had no known last address. This investigation is active and ongoing. Thank you for relying on us to provide the local news you can trust.
Businesses hurt by I-80 sinkholes to get a little help

2 weeks ago | nj.com | Bill Duhart

Help is on the way for some businesses affected by the closure of a section of I-80 to fix sinkholes in the roadway. Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday announced the state Economic Development Authority will create a $5 million grant program for small businesses in Morris County that are losing money because of the urgent roadwork. “It’s been a grueling several weeks for Morris County business owners located off the Route 80 corridor,” Murphy said in a statement.
Car plunges into massive N.J. sinkhole

2 weeks ago | nj.com | Bill Duhart

A car plunged into a massive sinkhole in the road early Friday morning in Rockleigh. It happened in the area of 6 Volvo Drive in the Bergen County borough at 5:35 a.m, according to the Northvale Police Department, which responded to the incident. The driver was not injured and was able to get out of his car and the sinkhole that swallowed it, police said. The massive hole was caused by an overnight water main break.
Why this historic N.J. dam was left out of a bill that would have funded needed repairs

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Bill Duhart

A bill that would use $28.6 million in unused state money to fund loans for repairing 17 hazardous dams has recently made its way to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk for his signature. The historic 205-year-old Ewan Dam in Gloucester County, classified as a significant hazard, is not on the list, even though one of the primary sponsors of the bill in the state Assembly represents the area. First-term Assemblyman David Bailey Jr., D-3rd.
5 things kids, and your own inner child, won’t want to miss at N.J.’s new dinosaur fossil park

3 weeks ago | nj.com | Bill Duhart

The $75 million Edelman Fossil Park & Museum at Rowan University is scheduled to open Saturday, and many eager adults and children have been anticipating this moment - you might say for 66 million years. At least that’s what Rowan University and a pair of benefactors, Jean and Ric Edelman, who provided a third of the funding, are hoping. Just look at the address, 66 Million Mosasaur Way.
How a new library is set to transform this underserved N.J. community

1 month ago | nj.com | Bill Duhart

Clayton Mayor Tom Bianco was overjoyed when he learned his borough would be getting a county library branch. “I was joyous,” Bianco told NJ Advance Media. “I was totally surprised.”A $3 million grant from the New Jersey State Library’s Capital Projects Fund made it possible. It allows the Gloucester County Library System to build a nearly 4,500-square-foot building in the 700 block of N. Delsea Drive, with a projected opening in the spring of next year.
Check out this N.J. university’s $31 million expansion of its student center

1 month ago | nj.com | Bill Duhart

Rowan University is growing by leaps and bounds. A new $31 million addition to its on-campus student center was unveiled last week, and a $75 million dinosaur fossil park museum will have a ribbon cutting this week. The 31,000-square-foot student center addition features a glass façade and is modeled after a Greek agora, a central gathering place. The expansion includes a student commons, a 150-person event area, a seminar room, meeting rooms, a café, and an amphitheater.