9 Things NJ Needs To Know This Week

NEW JERSEY - Good morning, New Jersey Patch readers! Welcome to Patch’s New Jersey Monday Manual, a brief round up of news you can use heading into the new week.

Weather

New Jersey is in store for several possible rounds of showers and thunderstorms this week, first on Monday afternoon and then again Wednesday, Thursday and Friday into the weekend. Tuesday appears to be the driest day in the forecast with mostly sunny skies and daytime highs near 78 degrees.

Jersey Mayhem

• A former police officer was sentenced to more than two decades in state prison in connection with a deadly police chase that took place in January 2019, authorities said Friday. Read more.
• Police responding to a welfare check at a New Jersey home on Memorial Day encountered a man with "numerous weapons" and a chainsaw before one officer shot and injured the man, officials said. Read more.
• Dozens of residents living in a Jersey Shore retirement community have filed a federal lawsuit against the Atlantic County Utilities Authority, claiming the harmful gases from a nearby landfill have sent them to the hospital and made breathing difficult. Read more.
• A Barnegat father was found guilty of aggravated manslaughter Friday in connection with the 2021 death of his 6-year-old son, prosecutors said. Read more.

Politics

• A controversial overhaul of New Jersey’s public records law is still sitting on the desk of Gov. Phil Murphy, with some advocates demanding that the governor veto it – and others urging him to sign it. Read more.
• The conviction of former president Donald Trump was a milestone that will echo in U.S. history. And there is no shortage of opinions on the matter in New Jersey. Read more.
• When it comes to getting state funding, towns and cities that meet their affordable housing “obligations” deserve to jump to the front of the line, a state senator says. Read more.
• Voters living in the 10th District of New Jersey are currently without a representative in Congress following the death of U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr. That will change when an election to fill the late lawmaker’s seat in North Jersey takes place later this year, advocates say. Read more.