News roundup for Thursday, May 7, 2009
NJ Transit train and bus routes may become a casualty of the $62 million shortfall in Gov. Corzine’s budget. Already, some services have been cut and 20 percent fewer timetables are available for commuters.
Joe Biden is scheduled to be in Lodi today for a road groundbreaking — the first state project to use money from the $787 billion federal stimulus.
New Jersey voters could get to decide whether the state borrows $600 million for land preservation over the next three years under an amendment to a bill expected to be introduced and discussed today. (Six hundred million: a tough sell in this economy?)
West Milford’s environmental commission is seeking funds to extend a greenway, and possibly eventually combine two large tracts of preserved land in the township.
Plastic bags in Philly may start costing a quarter each under a plan being heard by the Philadelphia City Council today.
Red Bank Green asks readers for help IDing a bubbly buildup just below the Hubbard Ave. bridge in Middletown.
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