This NJ Town Is Giving Residents $12,000 In Cash: Patch PM

Good evening North Jersey Patch readers! Here are some of the share-worthy stories from our area for today.

Here are the top five stories from North Jersey:

1. Newark has kicked off a bold social experiment, and it could make New Jersey's largest city a nationwide trendsetter, officials say. Hundreds of Newark residents will eventually get unconditional cash payments worth $12,000 spaced out over two years – with no strings attached and no work requirements. (Read more on Patch)
2. North Jersey infectious disease specialist Dr. Tatiana Mouravskaia had a hard time during the pandemic last year, she wrote recently on a GoFundMe for her family — "seeing people dying in from of our eyes, getting sick myself, and losing the man I love to the virus" — and just when she was feeling better this past March, her son was paralyzed in a ski accident. (Read more on Patch)
3. At its core, The Traveling Diary Tour is an exercise in "humanness." And according to the Montclair woman who created it, that's a powerful lesson in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. (Read more on Patch)
4. The Hudson Street waterfront was a sea of blue on Tuesday morning as dozens of Jersey City police officers and their families gathered to honor the 25th anniversary of the Police Unity Tour. (Read more on Patch)
5. A Princeton driver was able to escape after crashing his minivan into a retention basin in Hillsborough on Friday night in the Lowe's Home Improvement parking lot. (Read more on Patch)

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Tomorrow's Preview

Here's a look at tomorrow's weather, as reported by Darksky.

Wednesday, May 12

Partly cloudy throughout the day.

• High 66, low 40
• 9 mph winds, with gusts up to 26 mph

More to follow: New Jersey officials are taking aim at a new social media platform targeting children along with the latest on New Jersey's COVID recovery. Thanks for reading!