Critical transportation projects for Mercer County could see significant improvements through federal funding secured by Representative Chris Smith (NJ-4). Federal dollars will be dedicated for the Mercer County TRADE bus service as well as roadway safety improvements. Under the Mercer County bus purchase initiative, new buses and equipment will be purchased for transportation service programs in Mercer County in Fiscal Year 2022. The $915,000 appropriation also will cover the cost of replacing... Read more

By Jonathan D. Salant | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Legislation to help the U.S. compete with China will include a provision calling for a plan of action to move the 2022 Winter Olympics out of Beijing if Rep. Chris Smith has his way. An amendment by Smith, R-4th Dist., to have the U.S. lead an effort to move what he’s dubbed the “genocide Olympics” failed on a party-line vote in the House Foreign Affairs Committee. But he said he would try to get the amendment onto the House floor for another ... Read more

By Nicole Rosenthal, Patch Staff Four Red Bank Regional High School students were recently honored in a congressional competition judging their recent artistic achievements. The winners were announced earlier this month by Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-4), the sponsor of the annual high school contest in the Fourth Congressional District for the past 20 years. The contest was held as part of a national competition organized by the Congressional Institute to recognize exceptional young artists in each di... Read more

By Lindy Washburn, Asbury Park Press Staff Writer - New Jersey's rate of autism among children has always been high, but some of the largest school districts — including Toms River, Newark, Jersey City and Elizabeth — have rates even higher than the state average. And in Toms River, the state's largest suburban school district, the autism rate is more than twice the state average, with one in 14 8-year-olds in the district on the autism spectrum, according to the first study to compare a cross-s... Read more

Heavily traveled bridges on Route 33 and Route 35 and improvement projects for Freehold Borough and Middletown recently cleared their first hurdle as they were approved by the U.S. House of Representatives House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) on the way to a likely floor vote, said Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), who sponsored each of the four projects. Smith worked with state and local officials to propose and insert prioritized local transportation projects into the Invest in Am... Read more

By Carly Baldwin, Patch Staff — Middletown is currently making plans to open a new park/parking area, to be located at the corner of Navesink River Road and Hubbard Avenue, and next door to River Plaza Elementary School. That is currently a vacant lot. It is owned by Middletown Township. The park will tentatively be called Koleda Park, but the Township is still working on the name, said Middletown Business Administrator Anthony Mercantante. "The primary benefit of this park is to provide safe p... Read more

The winners of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition have been announced by Congressman Chris Smith (R-NJ), who sponsors the annual competition and art show for high school students in the Fourth Congressional District as part of the nationwide competition organized by the Congressional Institute to help recognize and foster artistic talent in each congressional district. View slide show of Red Bank winners, above left. Several students from Red Bank Regional High School, Little Silver, have be... Read more

By Sulaiman Abdur-Rahman, Staff Writer A bipartisan duo is still aiming for Trenton Water Works and similar public water systems across the United States to be lead free in 10 years. Republican Congressman Chris Smith of Hamilton Township and Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas have reintroduced their “Get the Lead Out Act” legislation in the new session of Congress this month. PHOTO: Trenton Water Works water filtration plant. Rich Hundley III — For The Trentonian The measure, formally ... Read more

George Woolston - Burlington County Times A request for federal funding for the project to connect the Fort Dix and Lakehurst sections of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst has gone before a new committee. U.S. Reps. Andy Kim (D-03) and Chris Smith (R-04) recently submitted separate $8 million requests to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure for the Route 539 overpass project. In his letter to the committee leadership, Smith called the project his "top transportation priority."... Read more

The Ocean County Library was honored to greet Congressman Chris Smith, who represents Ocean County and New Jersey's Fourth Congressional District in Washington, D.C. He was met by Ocean County Commissioner Joseph H. Vicari, the Board's liaison to the Library; Ocean County Library Commission Chair, Ruthanne Scaturro; Ocean County Department of Consumer Affairs Director Stephen Scaturro; Library Director Susan Quinn; and Ocean County Library Staff. Congressman Chris Smith visited the Ocean County... Read more