
Michael Diamond
Business Reporter at Asbury Park Press
Business reporter covering the New Jersey economy for the Asbury Park Press and the USA TODAY network.
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1 week ago |
app.com | Michael Diamond
Faced with soaring rent and a shortage of lifeguards, Long Beach Township bought an old motel to provide affordable housing. With rent at $100 a week, the motel is a draw for out-of-state lifeguards. LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP − Faced with a persistent shortage of lifeguards needed to man 54 stands and patrol 12 miles of beach, officials here decided to throw in a perk that would be difficult to turn down: a room at the former Long Beach Inn for $100 a week. The room is nothing fancy.
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2 weeks ago |
usatoday.com | Amanda Oglesby |Michael Diamond
Polls closed at 8 p.m. in New Jersey's closely watched gubernatorial primaries, with six Democrats and five Republicans vying for their party's nominations. Democrats Ras J. Baraka, Steven Fulop, Josh Gottheimer, Mikie Sherrill, Sean Spiller and Steve Sweeney filled a crowded ballot in their race to replace Gov. Phil Murphy, a fellow Democrat. Among the Republicans, Mario M.
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3 weeks ago |
app.com | Michael Diamond
Rakesh Antala, owner of the former Nokia Bell Labs building in Holmdel, has a new plan to attract research and development to the site. Antala's initial proposal to build senior housing ran into opposition from the community. HOLMDEL − Rakesh Antala, whose initial plan to redevelop the historic Bell Labs property here into a senior housing campus was rejected by the town, has a new idea that he hopes will return the building to its original intent: scientific research and development.
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3 weeks ago |
northjersey.com | Daniel Munoz |Michael Diamond
motion by the Trump Justice Department to abandon the settlement has drawn the ire of community advocates and legal experts, who say it would make it easier for banks to engage in redlining.
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4 weeks ago |
app.com | Michael Diamond
The issues on the table include staffing levels, wages and benefits, among other issues. Nurses at Southern Ocean Medical Center in Stafford have voted to strike beginning June 9 if they can't come to terms on a new agreement that will bolster staffing, its union said. The Health Professionals and Allied Employees Local 5138, representing 350 nurses, said negotiations quickly broke down this week after the hospital's owner, Hackensack Meridian Health, dismissed its proposals on staffing.
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RT @OglesbyAPP: Florida's white ibis are thriving in #NJ and nesting in Ocean County for 1st time https://t.co/TMVaJzYCyw via @asburyparkpr…

Republican bill cuts Medicaid for unemployed, undocumented children, Planned Parenthood https://t.co/1v4MnmqHwe via @usatoday

"The state Department of Human Services had been aware that residents were suffering under Broadway’s care as early as 2019. Yet it allowed the company to expand." More on NJ's broken group home care. https://t.co/FUBJIrKfJU