Follow local news and events in Orange with The Jersey Bee. Here is the The Daily Buzz for Apr. 22, 2024 from The Jersey Bee.
Local news
Orange public schools plans a virtual preschool curriculum update meeting for families on Apr. 24. The meeting begins at 6 p.m. and will discuss a curriculum proposal for the 2024-25 school year. Add to 📅.
Orange Public Schools
City Green’s statewide Good Food Bucks program doubles the value of SNAP benefits when buying fruits and vegetables at food retailers. Families First SNAP/EBT users automatically receive Good Food Bucks when shopping at participating locations. A complete list of participating stores available online.
City Green, Inc.
New Jersey residents ages 14+ can obtain naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdoses, for free and anonymously at participating pharmacies, a program announced by Gov. Phil Murphy in January 2023. A complete list of participating N.J. pharmacies available online.
Orange Police Department
Regional news
Gov. Phil Murphy’s proposed $56 billion budget plan includes a 12% spending increase for the state’s nine prisons. Despite closing four state prison facilities and a 30% decline in the state’s incarcerated population since 2020, the yearly cost to keep each person incarcerated is expected to hit $74,254 in the upcoming fiscal year — four times the spending on each N.J. school student. Many N.J. prisons have been under scrutiny for its poor conditions, including no air conditioning, excessive solitary confinement, expensive communication charges, and pay raise distribution failures. New budget funds are said to support healthcare, staffing, building repairs, and a $1.3 million mail-scanning system, according to State Department of Corrections Commissioner Victoria Kuhn.
New Jersey Monitor
