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SJM_SouthernExposure_0819_SouthernExposure_11_08 7 / 30 / 19 12 : 58 PM Page 2 by Joe Metz New minimum wage for New Jersey employees , which is up from the previous $ 8.85 an hour and expected $ to increase to $ 15 by 2024 . 10 5,103 $ 12 Amount that seven ShopRites in Camden and Gloucester counties raised for the National Brain Tumor Society during their “ round - up ” event in May . Total badges that the Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey are adding for girls to manage their leadership experiences . 42 $ 3,399 50 Amount awarded to STEM programs at Rowan University and the Spreadsheet Lab Manual in South Jersey by the National Science Foundation . $ 1,000 Amount donated by members of the Mount Laurel Area Women’s Club to Camp Firefly , which helps children who are grieving the loss f a family member . o Number of patients forced to evacuate The Pines at Voorhees Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center due 183 to defective air conditioning during last month’s heat wave . $ 3.8Million Budget for NJ Transit starting in 2020 , which will be used toward training / hiring engineers , funding transit to the American Dream mega - mall , new buses and rail cars and other infrastructure improvements . $ 3,525 Total donation amount the Knights of Columbus Council presented to Camp Sun ‘ N Fun and the Cherry Hill Food Pantry . Feet of new water main installed in Haddonfield with final restorations scheduled to be complete in the fall . 330 SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 16 issue 5 SouthJerseyMagazine.com | 13
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SJM_SouthernExposure_0819_SouthernExposure_11_08 7 / 30 / 19 3 : 57 PM Page 3 SouthernExposure HIT OR MISS by Joe Metz New Jersey’s Labor and Workforce Development Department announced that the monthly jobless rate had fallen to 3.5 percent — a record low . The Cherry Hill Free Library was awarded $ 1,500 to expand its Eng - lish as a second language ( ESL ) program which will fund book clubs that will help ESL students . The New Jersey State Council on the Arts awarded Collingswood’s art center Symphony in C a pair of grants totaling more than $ 188,000 , which will be used toward operating support and arts education . Voorhees has paid more than $ 92,000 this year to get rid of recyclable material that is growing higher every month as well . Moorestown police received a false report of a double homicide with a firearm , sending several first responder departments to the scene . The call wa s later determined to be unfounded . Riverwinds Restaurant owner Fotios Farmikas has been hit by a sexual harassment lawsuit just weeks after settling a class action lawsuit for $ 525,000 . “ It’s our aim to DID YOU make higher HEAR ? education more affordable and accessible . We are doing it smarter ; we are doing it more cost efficiently — that is why we are here today . It’s a great day for education . ” — REP . DONALD NORCROSS ON THE MERGING OF ROWAN COLLEGE AT GLOUCESTER COUNTY AND CUMBERLAND COUNTY COLLEGE . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 16 issue 5 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 14 |