Only 19% Of New Jerseyans Applied For Property Tax Rebates?

Yep.

The deadline for applying for property tax relief was Tuesday and the state says only about one-point-seven-million home owners and renters applied.  The ANCHOR rebate program is included in Governor Murphy’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year.  Homeowners with incomes up to 150,000 will see a rebate of 1500 dollars, renters get 450 if approved.  So for all the property tax complaints from people in the state, only about 19% of people were bothered enough to actually apply for the rebate.

That 3 month old seal that was found crossing Route 35 in Brick passed her physical and has been released back into the wild.  She was fine.  That’s according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center.

A big scare in Lanoka Harbor in the 609 but police say a man’s death is not suspicious.  89 year old Robert McElvaney was pulled from a canal not far from his Laurel Boulevard home earlier this week.  Again, police say it’s not suspicious.

Meanwhile, to Sayreville in Monmouth County, the 732.  The former police chief of Sayreville -- John Zebrowski -- has been appointed to the late Eunice Dwumfour's council seat.  Dwumfour was murdered outside her home last month.  Police continue searching for a suspect but haven’t released much information.  They searched a small wooded area near the murder location the next day.  Security camera footage released was too grainy to show much.  But no news, no press conference.  The public is expecting more results in a more timely manner than this.

The nation’s oldest cheese shop is moving to New Jersey from Manhattan.  Carol King is packing up Alleva Cheese shop that's been on the corner of Mulberry and Grand in Little Italy for more than 130 years and taking it to Lyndhurst, just north of Newark.  They say rent got too high in NYC.