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New Jersey Cannabis Advocate Named as Consultant to Build No-Cost Cannabis Technical Assistance Program

SBN News Director Steve Lubetkin has an exclusive conversation with Jersey City attorney Jessica Gonzalez, who the New Jersey Business Action Center (NJBAC) has selected as its consultant to develop and launch the NJBAC Cannabis Technical Assistance Program and Training Academy.


New Jersey Scores Poorly in ‘State of Tobacco Control Report’

New Jersey is listed as among the middle of the pack for states with the policies to prevent and reduce tobacco use, according to the American Lung Association’s 21st annual “State of Tobacco Control” report, released today. The state earned mostly mixed grades on this year’s report but did improve from an ‘F’ to a ‘D’ for access to cessation services. SBN News Director Steve Lubetkin discusses the report with Dr. Andrew Berman of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School.


Advocacy Groups Call on Murphy to End Budget Raids on Clean Energy Fund

In this audio news report, SBN correspondent Steve Lubetkin speaks with participants in a gathering of New Jersey labor, environmental, health and advocacy groups at the State House Thursday to demand that Governor Phil Murphy keep a years-old commitment to end raids on the Clean Energy Fund to pay for other state budget priorities.


Millville native serves aboard USS Nimitz

PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 6, 2023) U.S. Navy Yeoman Seaman Chanel Davis, from Millville, N.J., edits an instruction aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68)….


Lumberton resident commissioned as a U.S. naval officer

Lt. j.g. Eric Fotso, a resident of Lumberton, New Jersey, serving at Fleet Readiness Center Aviation Support Detachment Joint Base McGuire, Fort Dix, Lakehurst, New Jersey, recently commissioned as a U.S. naval officer.