The State legislature passed a statute that effectively ended the use of plastic shopping bags in New Jersey starting May 4. While widely, if grudgingly, applauded by many people, the enforcement of the law, it turns out, will fall almost entirely to counties and municipalities, which will get to keep less than a third of the fines collected.
The typical taxpayer in Frelinghuysen Township see an increase in property taxes of $12.76 in 2022 under the municipal budget passed on June 15.
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