Joseph Sofia is the New Jersey and New York Metro food markets senior vice president and division manager.

Presently operating alternative treatment centers in the state serve more than 66,200 patients, 2,500 caregivers and 1,092 physicians in the expanding medical cannabis program.

The New Jersey Chapter of the National Association of Corporate Directors will recognize three board members and two boards at its second annual Director of Year Awards this spring.

“What we’re going to do on Monday is pass what we thought was the consensus” bill, said Sen. Bob Smith, D-17th District, the measure's main sponsor and chair of the Senate Environment Committee. “That consensus is falling apart.”

Their beers have been on bar taps and store shelves since 2013, but now the brewers – and its fans – will have a place of their own in Bergen County.

Carlos Abrams-Rivera will lead the division through the end of Camden-based company's second fiscal quarter.

“Sports wagering is a high-wage, high-growth sector that has already benefited New Jersey’s economy,” Tim Sullivan, who heads the NJEDA, said in a statement. “Creating good-paying jobs and cultivating a talent pipeline to support this burgeoning industry is critical.”

Bedminster-based Swander Pace acquired a majority stake in Voortman Cookies in 2015.

The multi-phase Four Corners Public Arts project is a public-private partnership between real estate investment firm Paramount Assets, developer RBH Group, the City of Newark via Invest Newark, the Newark Downtown District and Newark Arts.

Dasheeda Dawson, the driving force behind marketing firm MJM Strategy and business education service The WeedHead & Co., is launching a Cannabis Wealth Challenge on Jan. 1 to provide 1,000 applicants free access to her introductory industry digital course, and her “How to Succeed in the Cannabis Industry” workbook.

The restaurant's holding company HRI Holding Corp. filed bankruptcy in November.

The Garden State is among the first three states and three Native American to have its regulations approved.