Dr. Bonita Stanton, the founding dean of Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, is being recognized for helping to create “a school that recognizes inequity in health outcomes and that is demonstrating to students that health care disparities are born of structural and systemic racism,” according to the NMF.

Andrew Pecora comes on board at the Florham Park-based company after previously serving as president of Physician Enterprise and chief innovations officer and the institutional research official for Hackensack Meridian Health, overseeing more than 7,500 physicians as well as the business and clinical operations of the John Theurer Cancer Center and clinical and basic research of the Center for Discovery and Innovation.

The surgery performed at St. Luke’s in Phillipsburg marks the inaugural use of this technology, which was approved by the FDA in January, in the state. The first case in Pennsylvania will be performed at the system's Bethlehem location next month.

The $101 million deal marks the firm's eighth state of operation, snagging it one of New Jersey's 12 existing vertically integrated cannabis business permits and one of its six original alternative treatment centers.

The deal accelerates the Bedminster-based company's mission to harmonize the complete payment process on behalf of payers, providers and consumers with innovative pricing and provider selection tools.

The state opted not to continue a slew of federal unemployment benefits after Sept. 4 that hundreds of thousands of New Jerseyans counted on.

The specialty packager of frozen alcoholic beverages is tripling its South Jersey footprint with the lease of the freestanding, 63,347-square-foot facility.

The Tinton Falls company nabbed the Florida-based international marine, aviation and specialty risks insurance broker, which has served thousands of clients on six continents since 1972.

Data from the state Department of Health show the state logged 1,815 new daily instances and, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control, New Jersey logged a seven-day average of 2,087 cases as of Sept. 13—compared to a seven-day average of fewer than 200 cases over the July Fourth weekend.

The collection of 110 rental units is only the second community to carry the Clarus brand name, offering residents a lifestyle that emphasizes luxury, comfort, convenience, health and well-being.

The project marks the online gaming technology provider's entry into the United States marketplace.