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Thomas Equels, Chief Executive Officer of AIM commented, “Our priorities are focused on positioning the Company to advance our clinical programs — especially in oncology and long-COVID — as quickly and efficiently as possible, executing our operational, clinical and regulatory milestones. This strategic transaction should reduce our expenses and save over $1.0 million a year in cash flow. The cash and cash-flow savings will be used to advance our oncology and long-COVID clinical programs.”

This transaction is in line with AIM’s strategy to advance its clinical and non-clinical activities with the shortest and most efficient path to potential U.S. Food and Drug Administration and European Medicines Agency drug approvals, providing opportunities for expedited success. The Company will retain access to space in the New Brunswick facility for activities related to Alferon-N and also intends to lease additional space in a N.J.-based facility suitable for product development and testing.

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A guilty verdict? Donald Trump and allies are bracing voters for the worst

WASHINGTON - When former president and 2024 candidate Donald Trump claims that the judicial system wants to put him in jail , he's not just protesting the ongoing hush money trial.

Trump is also bracing voters for the possibility of a guilty verdict.

At political rallies, on social media, and to reporters gathered at the courthouse in New York, Trump's attacks on the trial are designed in part to persuade voters to disregard a bad verdict, according to aides, legal analysts, and a review of his remarks.

"The New York judicial system has been absolutely abused," Trump told reporters Friday. "The whole world is watching."

Trump is accused of improperly influencing the 2016 presidential election by paying hush money to women , seeking to keep them from publicizing sexual liaisons. He has pleaded not guilty.

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Trump has not explicitly said he expects a guilty verdict, and occasionally expresses public optimism about the outcome of the trial. "Many good things are going on in the case," the former said Thursday.

But he has spent much more time claiming political bias by the judge , prosecutors and the jury pool, and argues without evidence that his political opponents will do anything to put him behind bars.

Trump and supporters have also predicted that a guilty verdict would be reversed on appeal, a step that would not be necessary if he is acquitted or if there is a hung jury.

Legal experts said Trump has little choice but to brace for a guilty verdict, given how it might affect his campaign against President Joe Biden .

In claiming the trial is unfair, Trump's targets include moderate and independent voters who have long been skeptical of his behavior.

"His base will believe everything he says," said Bradley P. Moss, a Washington, D.C., lawyer who specializes in government transparency issues. "The question is independents."

Trump appeals to New Jersey

Trump's latest effort to brace supporters for bad legal news comes Saturday at a campaign rally in Wildwood, N.J.

This will be Trump's first campaign rally since a May 1 airport event in Freeland, Mich ., where he went on at length about his legal concerns.

While discussing the ongoing New York trial, Trump said "we haven't had a decision here, but the decision here can probably only be one thing, I guess ... 'cause ... this whole thing - it's a rigged deal; it's a rigged deal."

Trump also equated the hush money trial to the major civil cases he has lost, one over bank loan fraud and two others regarding defamation and sexual abuse of writer E. Jean Carroll .

Altogether, civil courts have ordered Trump to pay more than $500 million in damages.

"Hopefully, we'll win all of that stuff easily on appeal," Trump said at one point in Michigan.

'Orchestrating Trump's conviction'

Trump is also trying to discount the New York verdict by citing legal analysts who agree with his criticisms of the case. Some of them say they believe Trump is bound for a guilty verdict because of the way the trial is being conducted by New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan.

In a Truth Social post on May 5, Trump cited comments by former federal prosecutor Andrew McCarthy that described "how Judge Merchan is orchestrating Trump's conviction."

Trump also attacks the gag order against him , describing it as an attempt to fix the case. Merchan has found Trump in violation of the gag order ten items over attacks on witnesses and court personnel.

In reading out criticisms of the case on Friday, Trump said he has to be careful because of the gag order: "If I mention the wrong word, they'll come out here and they'll take me out to jail some place, because that's the way it is with this judge - he wants to show how tough he is."

Rerun: Trump previously warned of indictments

The political world has seen this kind of courtroom drama previously, back before Trump was first indicted.

In late 2022 and early 2023, Trump braced supporters for the likelihood of indictments, and sought to taint them ahead of time by decrying the investigations as politically motivated.

In June of 2023, three months after the hush money indictment, Trump told a Republican group in New Hampshire that "there could be others coming," and described them as "election interference."

Trump wound up under indictment in four separate criminal cases .

In addition to the New York hush money case, the former president faces trial in South Florida on charges of mishandling classified information, and two cases in Washington, D.C., and Georgia on federal and state charges respectively of trying to steal the 2020 election from Biden.

Trump is seeking to delay the latter three trials to beyond Election Day on Nov. 5. He may succeed, leaving the New York case as his only trial during the election campaign.

Politically, the indictments may have helped Trump , at least with hardcore Republican voters who fueled his drive toward the 2024 presidential nomination.

Polls and primaries also reflected skepticism of Trump from moderate and independent voters, some of whom continued to support former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley even after she dropped out of the race.

Political impact

In the meantime, Trump is preparing for an actual verdict in the New York case - and a political impact that is unknowable.

Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington University who is often cited by Trump, said the former president's complaints about a "weaponized justice system" are legitimate.

Even if Trump is convicted, Turley said, he has a good chance to have the case reversed on appeal because "the entire case is becoming a dumpster fire."

Turley also said "no one would bet on an acquittal from a New York jury on Trump," but it's possible that jurors will deadlock and be unable to render any verdict.

Trump could legitimately celebrate a hung jury as a victory, he said.

Whatever the merits of the case, Moss said Trump has been treated fairly by the justice system. For example, Moss said that any other defendant would be in jail now for violating gag orders the way Trump has. "If anything," he said, "he's been handled with kid gloves."

Moss also said that, while Trump's base will stick with him no matter what, it's hard to see how a guilty verdict would help him.

"I don't see anything good coming out of this for Trump," Moss said. "The question is how much damage it does."

Contributing: Bart Jansen

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TITLE: Research Scientist 3 (One Health) ANNOUNCEMENT #: 34-24Please do not apply through Handshake. Please only apply if you meet the education requirements. Please apply via  [email protected] and refer to application information at:  https://www.nj.gov/agriculture/about/admin/employment/SALARY RANGE: $72,014.33 - $102,361.07LOCATION: Office of the Secretary, Trenton, NJISSUE DATE: 5/6/2024CLOSING DATE: 5/20/2024JOB DESCRIPTION: Under direction of a supervisory official within the Office of the Secretary, NJ Department of Agriculture this position will provide leadership support to the One Health Task Force; develop, evaluate, and monitor One Health programs; obtain decision-making authority in the absence of management for the execution of policies and plans related to goals and objectives; function as a liaison between Task Force members, inter-departmental representatives, federal agencies, and stakeholders; provide technical assistance in the development, evaluation, and monitoring of One Health and Department programs; assist Task Force with writing guidance for infectious and non-infectious disease outbreaks/affecting animals, humans, and environment; offer training and outreach to constituents; prepare grant applications, technical projects, and manage grant funding; prepare comprehensive reports and presentations; prepare annual budget reports, justifications, technical reports, and requests for program initiatives; review and research One Health literature and legislation to ascertain current and future trends and needs of the State; contribute to the development, implementation, and monitoring of NJDA program related initiatives as needed; does other related duties as required. REQUIREMENTS: EDUCATION: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Master’s degree in a discipline appropriate to the position.NOTE: Preference will be given to candidates with experience in the administration and coordination of programs in the fields of animal, human and/or environmental health.FOREIGN FOREIGN DEGREES: Degrees and/or transcripts issued by a college or university outside of the United States must be evaluated by a reputable evaluation service at your expense. This evaluation must be included with your submission and failure to submit the required evaluation may result in an ineligibility determination.EXPERIENCE: Two (2) years of experience in a field appropriate to the position.NOTE: A Doctorate in a discipline appropriate to the position may be substituted for two (2) years of experience indicated above.LICENSE: Appointees will be required to possess a driver’s license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.AUTHORIZATION TO WORK: Selected candidates must be authorized to work in the United States according to the Department of Homeland Security, United States Citizenship, and Immigration Services regulations.NOTE: The State of New Jersey does not provide sponsorships for permanent residency to the United States or work visa. IMPORTANT NOTICE:Effective September 1, 2011, NJ PL 70 (NJ First Act), requires all State employees must reside in New Jersey, unless exempted under the law, or current employees who live out-of-state and do not have a break-in service of more than seven calendar days, as they are "grandfathered." New employees or current employees who were not grandfathered andwho live out-of-state have one year after the date of employment to relocate their residence to New Jersey or request an exemption. Current employees who reside in NJ must retain NJ residency, unless an exemption is obtained. Employees who fail to meet the residency requirements or obtain an exemption will be removed from employment. ELECTRONIC FILING INSTRUCTIONS:Interested applicants must email a cover letter, including the announcement number, resume, and transcripts by the closing date of this Notice of Job Vacancy to [email protected] PROGRAM INFORMATION:The SAME program allows candidates, who identify as having a significant disability, to apply for non-competitive and unclassified positions through a fast track hiring process. For more information about the SAME program and the Fast TrackHiring program, please visit https://nj.gov/csc/same/overview/index.shtml , [email protected] , or call (609) 292-4144, option 3.NJ SAME Program applicants must email a cover letter, including the announcement number, resume, transcripts, and a signed and approved copy of SAME Program eligibility documentation (Schedule A Letter or Schedule B Letter), by theclosing date of this Notice of Job Vacancy to [email protected] New Jersey Department of Agriculture is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Rutgers got a $39 million NIH grant to turn research into medical treatment

T he Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science has received $39.6 million from the National Institutes of Health to continue turning medical research into new therapies and treatments.

The seven-year grant will support the institute’s work through the New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science, a partnership that brings together other academic research institutions, health-care businesses, and patient advocates to try to solve systemic community health issues.

For instance, faculty and doctoral researchers supported by the alliance are studying how parents’ mental health affects child development. Others are researching whether there is a correlation between Medicaid coverage and preventable deaths, such as those due to gallstone complications.

The alliance also expanded access to COVID-19 vaccines in underserved communities and gathered clinical information for a national study about the long-term effects of COVID-19 on children.

The new funding will be used to launch and promote new clinical trials, strengthen community connections that improve research, and train more providers and researchers with diverse backgrounds.

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While Garden State politicos try to put the brakes on congestion pricing, the MTA is buying buses from New Jersey Transit in advance of the vehicle-tolling program’s June 30 start date, THE CITY has learned.

An MTA spokesperson confirmed that the agency paid $100,000 to NJTransit for 15 used coaches whose parts will now be used to help maintain the 1,030 express buses that connect borough neighborhoods not near the subway system with Manhattan.

The transaction took place as the MTA gets set to increase service next month on six express bus routes that run between Staten Island and Manhattan and Brooklyn and Manhattan — and after critics last year called on the MTA to boost express bus options ahead of the congestion pricing launch as a way to lure motorists out of their vehicles and onto mass transit .

“Isn’t that a great irony?” John Samuelsen, international president of the Transport Workers Union and an MTA board member, told THE CITY. “New Jersey is suing over congestion pricing and now, here they are giving buses to the MTA and to New York.”

Samuelsen has been among the most vocal proponents for expanding express bus service prior to the start of the long-delayed Central Business District Tolling Program . State lawmakers initially approved the tolling plan in 2019 as a way to reduce congestion and raise billions of dollars for the upkeep and expansion of the transit system.

Advocates are hoping that expanding the $7-per-trip bus service to and from neighborhoods far from Manhattan’s core will entice motorists to not drive into the city’s most congested parts.

“It’s exactly what I was calling for five years ago,” Samuelsen said. “It is a time to try to get this to be a paradigm shift in how commuters think about getting into the city from the outer boroughs.” Still, he sees more work to be done in a system with some 80 express bus routes in all.

MTA officials last month announced that the tolling program will begin June 30 , when most passenger vehicles with a valid E-ZPass will be tolled $15 once a day to go south of 60th Street in Manhattan from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekdays and 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends. Rates will drop to $3.75 during overnight hours.

Trucks and some buses, depending on size, will be charged $24 or $36 during the day and $6 or $9 after 9 p.m. Taxi fares would go up by $1.25, too, for any ride that starts, ends or travels within the zone, with fares for app-based for-hire vehicles rising by $2.50.

But the congestion pricing plan is facing continued legal opposition from motorists and elected officials — including New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy — with multiple lawsuits filed in federal courts on both sides of the Hudson River that aim to halt the first-in-the-nation tolling system.

The MTA announced in April that trips will be added to express bus routes that have the highest ridership during any single hour of an average weekday. The $880,000 needed to add service comes from the Outer Borough Transportation Account, which state legislators created in 2018 to spend $50 million annually to improve transportation outside of Manhattan.

But Streetsblog reported that more than $40 million in the transit improvement fund has barely been touched.

“As we prepare for the commencement of congestion pricing, the new service will give commuters on higher ridership express bus corridors in Brooklyn and Staten Island additional trips to get to and from Manhattan,” Richard Davey, president of New York City Transit, which runs the subways, buses and paratransit vehicles, told members of the MTA board’s transit committee last month. ”We hope to see a rise in ridership.”

While MTA officials have repeatedly said that all bus routes entering the so-called congestion relief zone have ample capacity to accommodate an expected influx of new riders once the new tolls kick in, increased frequency is seen as a way to draw more passengers to mass transit.

The six express bus routes receiving additional service are:

• BM2 (Canarsie/Spring Creek – Downtown/Midtown) 
• BM5 (Spring Creek – Midtown)
• SIM1C (Eltingville – Midtown)
• SIM4C (Huguenot – Midtown)
• SIM23 (Annadale – Midtown)
• SIM24 (Prince’s Bay – Midtown)

Multiple sources told THE CITY that the parts from the newly acquired NJTransit buses can play a vital role in propping up the MTA’s existing express fleet.

“They wouldn’t be bringing coach buses in if they didn’t need them,” Samuelsen said.

It’s not the first time the MTA has looked elsewhere for equipment that transports its riders. Michael Cortez, an MTA spokesperson, noted that the MTA purchased Orion V buses from Westchester County in 2009, while in 2017, the Long Island Rail Road leased train cars from the Maryland Area Rail Commuter system to meet demand for increased summer ridership. 

A representative from an express bus riders’ organization said commuters need reliable service most.

“It says a lot about the lack of maintenance,” said Vittorio Bugatti of the Express Bus Advocacy Group.

Trump cheered by thousands in big rally at the Jersey Shore

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With boardwalk rides towering around him, former President Donald Trump on Saturday evening made sweeping vows about New Jersey, continued attacks on President Joe Biden , and railed about his legal troubles in a speech before thousands of supporters at a campaign rally on the beach in Wildwood.

Back on the campaign trail after a key week in his hush-money case , the presumptive Republican presidential nominee also compared his ( quickly debated ) crowd size to Bruce Springsteen’s, referenced Hannibal Lecter while warning about undocumented immigrants, threw punches the Garden State’s most recent two governors, and announced an endorsement in the state’s closely watched U.S. Senate race.

Trump started his 90-minute speech in the famed Jersey Shore city by once again predicting he will pull off an unlikely feat that no White House contender from his party has accomplished since 1988: carry the deep-blue Garden State, which he has lost twice by double digits.

“As you can see today, we’re expanding the electoral map,” he told the audience gathered on the sand six months to Election Day. “We’re going to win the state of New Jersey.”

Trump blasted Biden, his Democratic opponent, over the economy, repeatedly linking him to high inflation. At one point, he argued high prices on food which as hot dogs — like the one he said he ate just before the event — are draining Americans’ wallets.

The former Atlantic City casino mogul , who still spends summers at the golf club he owns in Bedminster , said voters in New Jersey and neighboring Pennsylvania — a critical swing state — should support him if they want “lower costs, higher income, and more weekends down at the Shore.”

He also declared he knows the Jersey Shore “better than more than most of the people that are here, I hate to tell you that,” adding “there’s nothing like it.”

“If you want to keep it going, you have to vote for a gentleman named Donald J. Trump,” said Trump, decked in a navy suit, red tie, and red MAGA hat.

“If Joe Biden wins this election, the middle class loses and New Jersey loses.”

And as former New York Giants Lawrence Taylor and Ottis Anderson watched from the crowd, Trump proclaimed dominance over New Jersey’s most beloved rock star.

“Is there anything better than a Trump rally?” Trump asked. “Bruce Springsteen. We have a much bigger crowd than Bruce Springsteen. Right?”

In other words, it was a Jersey edition of a sprawling, irreverent, and often-fact-checked Trump rally speech.

Biden, meanwhile, held a private fundraiser in Seattle on Saturday during which he said Trump is “clearly unhinged,” according to a report by CNN .

“It’s clear that … when he lost in 2020, something snapped in him,” the president told attendees. “Just listen to what he’s telling people.”

Still, Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee, said he believes the election will be “close.”

Saturday marked the second time in four years Trump hosted a rally in Wildwood. The last time was a winter-season event inside the local convention center in 2020, 10 months before he lost to Biden.

This one was held outside along the Atlantic Ocean, with the boardwalk’s famous ferris wheel and Great White roller coaster providing the backdrop, during a breezy and busy May weekend. It comes as Trump and Biden prepare to face off in a rematch in November.

Trump said there were 100,000 people on hand. Lisa Fagan, a spokeswoman for the city, told The Associated Press she estimated the crowd to be between 80,000 and 100,000, based on having seen “dozens” of other events in the same space. That’s despite Wildwood’s mayor saying the area of the event could accommodate up to 40,000.

Debates over the crowd size erupted on social media.

U.S. Rep. Jeff Van Drew , R-2nd Dist., said from the stage this was the largest political rally in New Jersey history — though it likely falls short short of when then-presidential hopeful Franklin D. Roosevelt appeared in Sea Girt in 1932, a gathering that reportedly drew 120,000 people.

A number of people began exiting the beach as Trump’s speech passed the hour mark.

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Saturday’s event also came as Trump continues to be on trial in a courtroom two hours north in Manhattan, a case that has limited his time on the campaign trail. This was only his third rally since the trial started four weeks ago.

He faces three other unrelated criminal indictments , as well.

Trump appeared in Wildwood under a judge’s gag order that limits his legal ability to comment publicly on witnesses, jurors, and some others connected to the trial. The judge already has fined him $9,000 for violating the order and warned jail could follow if he doesn’t comply.

At the rally, Trump compared himself to notorious gangster Al Capone.

“I got indicted more than him,” Trump said. “On bulls**t, too.”

He also alleged, without evidence, that Biden is behind the criminal charges he faces, saying he has been “forced to endure a Biden show trial, all done by Biden.” He derided the president as a “total moron,” as well.

Plus, he referred to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg as ”Fat Alvin” and said the judge is “highly conflicted.”

Trump has repeatedly accused the Biden administration and Democratic officials in New York of using the legal system to block his return to the Oval Office. Prosecutors allege Trump broke the law to conceal an affair with porn actor Stormy Daniels that would have hurt his first presidential bid.

Last week, Trump was forced to sit through testimony from Daniels, who described a sexual encounter with the former president in stunning detail. Trump is set to return to the courtroom next week, when prosecution witness Michael Cohen, Trump’s former fixer, expected to take the witness stand.

Democrats held a press call Friday ahead Trump’s appearance, noting the U.S. lost a net 2.7 million jobs during his time in office — a period affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Under Biden, U.S. employment is 10% above where it was when he took office.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy , a Democrat, also smacked Trump on social media .

“As Trump holds his rally today in NJ, he remains focused on himself, not the American people,” Murphy wrote. “Joe Biden continues to deliver results: investing in infrastructure, reducing prescription drug costs, and protecting reproductive freedom. The choice is clear.”

National polls show a tight race . In New Jersey, a recent survey from Emerson College found Biden leading Trump here by 7 percentage points and by only 5 when third party candidates are added.

Though New Jersey is heavily Democratic, there are pockets of MAGA support here. Wildwood is in the middle of one swath.

Saturday’s crowd also included many residents who said they came from out of state, including Pennsylvania. While some questioned why Trump would spend time in New Jersey, a Trump campaign official told CNN the campaign believes it could get local TV coverage in nearby Philadelphia.

“I went to school in Pennsylvania,” Trump, a 1968 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, reminded them.

Trump said he plans to make a play for several other traditionally blue states, such as Minnesota and Virginia.

“And actually many other states. This guy’s so damn bad, it could be all of them,” he said of Biden.

Toward the end of his speech, Trump noted New Jersey is “home to some of the toughest, smartest, and most talented Americans ever to walk the face of the earth.”

“This is the state that pioneered the boardwalk, the diner, the motion picture, and gave the world America legends like Thomas Edison, Buzz Aldrin, Frank Sinatra, and so many more,” he said.

“Now, we are a nation in decline. We are a failing nation. We are a nation that has lost its confidence, has lost its willpower and has lost its strength. ... But we are not going to allow this horror to continue.”

That wasn’t the only time Trump mentioned Sinatra, a Hoboken native. In his remarks about hot dogs, he recalled how Sinatra once told him: “Never eat before you perform.”

“I’m not performing. I’m a politician, if you can believe it,” Trump said.

It would be a huge upset for Trump to take New Jersey. He lost the state to Biden by 16 percentage points in 2020 to Democrat Hillary Clinton by 14 points in 2016. Registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans here by about 1 million.

Michael Tyler, communication director for Biden’s campaign, rejected the idea of Trump winning the state.

“I think here on Planet Earth in the Biden campaign, we’re going to remain laser-focused on winning 270 electoral votes,” Tyler said. “We’re focused on communicating directly with the voters who are actually going to decide this presidential election.”

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During Saturday’s speech, Trump also repeated his unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him, called mail-in voting “corrupt,” thanked the U.S. Supreme Court justices he appointed for helping overturn Roe v. Wade, said he would leave abortion policies up to the states, and promised to deport any foreign student who bring “jihadism or antisemitism” to colleges in the U.S.

He also stood by Israel in its war with Hamas in Gaza, saying he supports the country’s “right to win its war on terror.”

“Is that OK? I don’t know,” Trump said. " I don’t know if that’s good or bad politically. I don’t care.”

During comments about curbing undocumented immigration, Trump brought up “the late, great Hannibal Lecter,” the notorious serial killer/cannibal in the 1991 film “The Silence of the Lambs.”

“He’s a wonderful man,” Trump said.

He noted the scene at the end of the movie, where Lecter says he is “having an old friend for dinner” as he peers toward his next victim.

“Remember the last scene? ‘Excuse me, I’m about to have a friend for dinner,’ as this poor doctor walked by. ‘I’m about to have a friend for dinner.’”

Trump has mentioned the character before when making claims that mental patients are coming over the U.S. border — which his campaign has not shown evidence to support .

Meanwhile, Trump cracked jokes about Republican Chris Christie , a one-time ally turned rival who consistently blasted the former president during a presidential campaign that ended weeks before the New Hampshire primary .

“Does anybody like Chris Christie?” Trump asked. “He was a major case of Trump derangement system.”

He referred to Christie as a “fat pig,” as well — an insult he has used before .

Trump then knocked Murphy, promising supporters that if he wins in November, they “won’t have to worry about Gov. Murphy and his 157 windmills” — nods to the wind turbine program at the center of the Democratic governor’s energy policies .

“We are going to make sure that ends on Day 1,” Trump said.

Trump’s appearance was a spectacle in Wildwood. From the boardwalk, curious onlookers peered through gaps in a blue plastic barrier attached to a chain link fence running the length of the venue space. Some tore holes in the plastic to get a better view as Trump spoke.

Trump flew from New York City to New Jersey in his trademark blue plane, which soared low over the rally around 4 p.m. His motorcade — carrying North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a possible vice presidential pick — passed under the boardwalk around 5:30 p.m.

The former president arrived on stage around 6:30 p.m. to a roar from the crowd. He finished his remarks just before 8 p.m.

Trump also weighed into a critical local race, endorsing Mendham Borough Mayor Christine Serrano Glassner in the high-stakes election for the New Jersey U.S. Senate seat currently held by indicted Democrat Robert Menendez .

Serrano Glassner is running in the primary for the Republican nomination against developer Curtis Bashaw. She has ties to the former president: Her husband, Republican operative Michael Glassner, helped manage Trump’s 2016 campaign and was chief operating officer of Trump’s 2020 re-election bid.

“She’s a fantastic woman,” Trump said. “I’m giving her my complete and total endorsement.”

Both Serrano Glassner and Bashaw — who lives in nearby Cape May — were in the audience at the rally.

“I was going to stay out of it, but you’re running against a Christie person,” Trump said of Bashaw, who donated to Christie’s presidential campaigns.

Earlier in the rally, Van Drew, a Republican who represents Wildwood in Congress, told the audience “we remember four years ago, when we had a great economy.”

“There is nothing wrong with saying you believe in America,” said the congressman, a former Democrat who switched parties in 2020 and became a vocal Trump backer.

He also touted Trump’s stance on immigration to a cheering crowd.

“Immigration is a good thing,” Van Drew said. “Legal immigration.”

Spotted along the boardwalk were a few people wearing T-shirts that read “Proud Boys,” a right-wing group the Anti-Defamation League has labeled as extremist . Among the crowds gathered at the entrance to the beach awaiting Trump’s arrival were three masked Proud Boys members .

Police said no permits for counterprotests were filed with Wildwood.

NJ Advance Media staff writers Spencer Kent and Andre Malok and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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ExxonMobil to close NJ campus after Clinton Township balks at redevelopment plan

ExxonMobil announced it will close its Hunterdon County research facility to consolidate its corporate research operations at its headquarters in Houston.

The decision by one of the world's largest corporations, with a valuation of $460 billion, will result in most of the jobs on the 757-acre campus at the intersection of Route 22 and Interstate 78 in Clinton Township being offered the opportunity to relocate to Houston.

The corporation is also closing another research facility in Sarnia, Ontario, about 65 miles northeast of Detroit.

The closures will be done in phases and should be completed by 2028, according to a report by Bloomberg.

Local and county officials said they are disappointed with ExxonMobil's decision.

"ExxonMobil's Research and Engineering facility has been a part of the Clinton Township community since it opened over four decades ago, supporting thousands of jobs in that time," Clinton Township Mayor Brian Mullay said in a statement." We are incredibly disappointed to learn that ExxonMobil has chosen to close this facility over the next few years. We will work closely with our partners at Hunterdon County Economic Development & Tourism, the NJ Highlands Council and ExxonMobil to ensure that the developable portion of the property continues to contribute to our area's economic success and that the ecologically critical areas are preserved to protect our environment."

“The Commissioner Board was disappointed to learn of ExxonMobil Corp. plans to close its research and technology hub in Clinton Township, in phases through the year 2028," Hunterdon County Commissioner Director Jeff Kuhl said in a statement. "Hunterdon County and ExxonMobil Corp. have a enjoyed a long-standing relationship and we valued ExxonMobil Corp. not only as a large employer, but also as a partner and supporter of many local community events. We wish that management would reconsider the move but have been advised that this is part of broader consolidation into ExxonMobil Corp. Houston headquarters. Hunterdon County will continue to work with the State of New Jersey to develop new options for the site that benefit residents and the local economy.”

"With this consolidation, New Jersey is effectively losing hundreds of good-paying, high-educated jobs at a facility that was on the cutting edge of clean energy technologies," Ray Cantor, deputy chief of government affairs for the New Jersey Business and Industry Association, said in a press release." In short, it’s a blow to the innovation economy that New Jersey strives to achieve."

Cantor said the closure "should serve as a reminder as to why New Jersey needs to greatly improve its business climate and to be more competitive with other states."

"While there is no known link to this New Jersey closure and corporate taxes, it is also a reminder that having the highest corporate tax rate in the nation, as currently proposed by Gov. Phil Murphy, does not help our competitiveness as corporate consolidation, expansion and relocation decisions are made every day," Cantor continued.

The future of ExxonMobil's campus sparked a controversy in Clinton Township when last fall the corporation proposed changing the zoning of its campus that borders routes 22 and 31 to possibly allow 2.1 million square feet of warehouse development.

Joe Wong, a commercial portfolio manager for ExxonMobil, told the Clinton Township Council on Sept. 27 that the company is not going to expand its operations beyond the 150 acres it now uses on the campus.

"We don't see growth in the future," he said.

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The company's research and development facility, a three-story 850,000-square-foot building, has 500-600 employees and pays the township $3.5 million a year in property taxes, Wong said.

But because the company does not see expanding its operations, about three quarters of the property is considered "surplus," he said, adding that any future plans will include land set aside for conservation as farmland and a wildlife habitat.

"We have no final plans, just options," he said, adding the company wants "to start the process" of "collaborating" with the community "to start the process to see what is possible" on the campus, built in the early 1980s.

That proposal generated a firestorm of opposition from residents and township officials who had concerns that truck traffic from the warehouses would choke routes 22 and 31 and worsen the congestion on the highways.

In 2017, Exxon broke ground on an expansion at the Clinton campus, which it called "a key center of innovation that supports the company’s broad research and development programs."

The expansion included a new engine testing center, a lubricant research and development blend plant, and enhancements to existing facilities to accommodate employees relocating from Paulsboro.

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