The chairman emeritus of the Bridgewater-based Somerset Patriots talks about how the team survived through the summer, the outlook for next season and what its new affiliation with the New York Yankees will mean for the region's economy.

Bassist Jerry ‘Wonda’ Duplessis, now producer, has since collaborated with Justin Bieber, Destiny’s Child, Mary J. Blige, and more. He will assist with the venue’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and lead its new artist advisory board.

More than 25 percent of the respondents – which represent groups from nearly all 21 counties in the fields of visual arts, music, dance, performing arts, art education, and more – indicated they were uncertain of their ability to survive continued loss into the next calendar year.

Pushing for legal protection is a key component of the ongoing negotiations for a federal COVID-relief bill ahead of the Friday federal appropriations deadline.

Dining establishments need monetary assistance from the federal government to survive the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and to stay open.

The grocer's Maplewood and Hoboken South locations shuttered this week. A location in Gillette will soon be joining them. If a buyer isn't found for locations in Warren, Bernardsville and Ridgewood, they will close in 2021.

Scott Rudder has stepped down from the role of president at NJCBA. Longtime Strategic Advisor Edmund DeVeaux has assumed the role.

This is the Jersey City-based distributor's 29th acquisition under CEO Robert Tillis and President Jason Tillis.

The event will include more than 20 seminars plus exhibitors from cannabis and cannabis-related companies looking to network and fill positions in New Jersey.

The deal brings aboard a variety of oils and shortening to the Parsippany CPG company for $550 million cash.

The move was hailed by the team and local officials, who worried that the New York Yankees’ decision to move its affiliation to the Somerset Patriots in Bridgewater could devastate the local economy in New Jersey's capital city.

The Hunterdon County cidery is one of six in the northeast to make the list and the only one in New Jersey.