In the case titled Marc Stephens vs Jerejian, et al, 15-3992, 2:14-cv-06688-WJM-MF, Plaintiff Marc Stephens is seeking to strike down New Jersey’s Firearm law as facially unconstitutional and in violation of the Second and Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Second Amendment of the United States Constitution reads: "A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

On October 27, 2014, Marc Stephens filed a complaint for deprivation of civil right in U.S. District Court in Newark against Superior Court Judge Edward Jerejian, Englewood Chief of Police Arthur O’Keefe, and attorney general of New Jersey John Jay Hoffman. The complaint filed by Marc Stephens, which is titled Stephens vs Jerejian, et al, alleges that New Jersey’s Firearm Laws are unconstitutional because each statue was motivated by and passed through legislature based on racism and discrimination.

The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's (NNJCF) charitable fund, Andrea Tilbian Halejian Memorial Fund, announces the Center for Food Action (CFA), a nonprofit organization based in Englewood, New Jersey, was awarded a grant of $1,000. The NNJCF donor advised fund memorializes Andrea Tilbian Halejian and contributes to qualified charitable organizations she supported.

Sustainable Jersey announced today that it is accepting applications from New Jersey municipalities and public school districts for energy projects focused on energy conservation, efficiency and renewable energy. Funded by the Gardinier Environmental Fund, $150,000 in grant money is now available. Applications are due on October 28, 2016.

In this year’s New York magazine “Best Doctors” issue, physicians on staff at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center were recognized as among the best doctors in the New York metro area. The magazine joined with Castle Connolly, one of the nation’s leading medical research and rating firms, to select the top doctors through a peer nomination process.

In April, the White House launched the Fair Chance Business Pledge encouraging companies from across the American economy to take action to ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to succeed, including individuals who have had contact with the criminal justice system. The pledge represents a call-to-action for all members of the private sector to improve their communities by eliminating barriers for those with a criminal record and creating a pathway for a second chance.

TRENTON –Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino announced that a doctor and seven other defendants were indicted today by a state grand jury on charges that they operated a drug ring that illegally distributed tens of thousands of high-dose pills of the addictive painkiller oxycodone. The doctor, who practiced in Somerset County, faces a first-degree charge of strict liability for drug-induced death in connection with the overdose death of the adult son of one of the other alleged ring members.

President Obama declared a major disaster exists in the State of Louisiana and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms and flooding beginning on August 11, 2016, and continuing.

(Bergen County, New Jersey ) The New Jersey Association of Verismo Opera, the house opera company of the Bergen Performing Arts Center, announces the company has received a grant award from the Bergen County Division of Cultural & Historic Affairs. Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco and the Freeholders awarded more than $86,000 in grants for local arts groups in Bergen County, New Jersey.

Baltimore, MD – Last week, NAACP President and CEO Cornell William Brooks issued the following statement marking the 51st anniversary and first presidential election without the full protection of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.