
Dana DiFilippo
Senior Reporter at New Jersey Monitor
Contributor at GoodRx Blog
Journalist and longtime word herder, always hunting for a good story. @NJMonitor / @StatesNewsroom previously: @WHYYNews @PhillyDailyNews
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newjerseymonitor.com | Dana DiFilippo
by Dana DiFilippo, New Jersey Monitor April 10, 2025 SANDYSTON — Near the brook that feeds Lake Wapalanne, the city kids teeter and trip over mossy rocks on their way through the woods to collect water samples. They’ll test for dissolved oxygen, nitrates, acidity, and more, but they’ll also test their grit as they navigate nature 75 miles from their New Brunswick high school. The mud sucks the sneaker off one teen’s foot, leaving his classmates cackling.
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2 weeks ago |
breakingac.com | Dana DiFilippo
By DANA DIFILIPPORepublished with permission from New Jersey MonitorAn Atlantic City man who has been jailed more than 28 years will soon be free courtesy of the governor. Gov. Phil Murphy issued pardons to 87 people and shortened the sentences of six more in his second round of clemency actions Tuesday, making history for granting more clemencies than New Jersey governors have in the past three decades combined.
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pressofatlanticcity.com | Dana DiFilippo
Gov. Phil Murphy issued pardons to 87 people and shortened the sentences of six more in his second round of clemency actions Tuesday, making history for granting more clemencies than New Jersey governors have in the past three decades combined. With 36 clemencies signed in December, Murphy now has pardoned or commuted the sentences of 129 people since he created a clemency advisory board last June. “Altogether, it’s staggering.
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newjerseymonitor.com | Dana DiFilippo
Gov. Phil Murphy issued pardons to 87 people and shortened the sentences of six more in his second round of clemency actions Tuesday, making history for granting more clemencies than New Jersey governors have in the past three decades combined. With 36 clemencies signed in December, Murphy now has pardoned or commuted the sentences of 129 people since he created a clemency advisory board last June. “Altogether, it’s staggering.
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yahoo.com | Dana DiFilippo
Gov. Phil Murphy signing one of a handful of pardons he approved in New Brunswick on April 8, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the governor's office)Gov. Phil Murphy issued pardons to 87 people and shortened the sentences of six more in his second round of clemency actions Tuesday, making history for granting more clemencies than New Jersey governors have in the past three decades combined.
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