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December 5, 2019: NJTV News with Mary Alice Williams
12/5/2019 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
A statewide ban on single-use plastics has been voted out of committee.
A statewide ban on single-use plastics has been voted out of committee. And paper bags could be next. A new grant for three of NJ's major academic institutions hopes to improve health. Former inmates talk life on the outside and what they need from legislators to keep them out. We’re about to go skiing at Big SNOW in American Dream. And, a big dig to clear centuries of toxic waste from Paterson.
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NJTV News
December 5, 2019: NJTV News with Mary Alice Williams
12/5/2019 | 27mVideo has Closed Captions
A statewide ban on single-use plastics has been voted out of committee. And paper bags could be next. A new grant for three of NJ's major academic institutions hopes to improve health. Former inmates talk life on the outside and what they need from legislators to keep them out. We’re about to go skiing at Big SNOW in American Dream. And, a big dig to clear centuries of toxic waste from Paterson.
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Clip: 12/5/2019 | 3m 2s | American Dream's indoor ski slope Big SNOW opened on schedule -- and to a sold-out crowd. (3m 2s)
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