By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/14/2025 12:11 AM
The nurses visit new mothers at home within two weeks of hospital discharge
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/14/2025 12:09 AM
Agency seen trying to blunt opposition as deadline nears
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/14/2025 12:07 AM
What the cuts could mean for NJ’s public schools
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/14/2025 12:06 AM
If willing, Gov. Murphy and lawmakers could right the wrong
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By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 7/11/2025 6:31 PM
We bring you what’s relevant and important in New Jersey news and our insight. Watch as the NJ Spotlight News team breaks down today’s top stories. Booker: Ban ICE agents from wearing masks during arrests Some agents wear unmarked tactical gear, face masks and no visible badges. Newark summer youth curfew aims to support, not […]
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Interview: Maya Pinto, National Employment Law Project
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By NJ Spotlight | Joanna Gagis | 7/11/2025 6:14 PM
NJ lawmakers moved $45M from local organizations
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Some agents wear unmarked tactical gear, face masks and no visible badges
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How the city is providing resources for youth during summer months
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/11/2025 12:12 AM
Small Business Administration field offices, including in Newark, could be shuttered
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/11/2025 12:09 AM
Lower-income communities of color face greatest risks
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/11/2025 12:08 AM
Federal funding to support hazard mitigation will safeguard more lives
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Interview: Anxiety, stress, PTSD and the role intergenerational trauma plays
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By NJ Spotlight | NJ Spotlight | 7/10/2025 6:30 PM
We bring you what’s relevant and important in New Jersey news and our insight. Watch as the NJ Spotlight News team breaks down today’s top stories. Trump’s birthright citizenship ban blocked, again NJ led the initial multi-state effort defending birthright citizenship. State Police unions sue to block investigation of traffic enforcement patterns Unions argue attorney […]
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Unions argue attorney general’s investigation is retaliatory, unconstitutional
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Hinchliffe Stadium will host Cosmos games starting in 2026
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NJ led the initial multistate effort defending birthright citizenship
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Employees could see up to a 36% increase in insurance premiums
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By NJ Spotlight | Maire Crowe | 7/10/2025 12:11 AM
During confirmation hearing, Sen. Andy Kim questions Neil Jacobs on his climate change views
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Could upcoming election be a factor in promotion of get-tough legislation?
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"Shell art isn't a new genre; it's been with us for centuries. The Victorians often framed their family photos with shells. ... The medium also came to the fore in the 1970s when everything was embellished with shells, from photo frames and mirrors to trinket boxes and even furniture." — Stephen Crafti, The Sydney Morning Herald, 4 June 2025
Did you know?
Embellish came to English, by way of Anglo-French, from the Latin word bellus, meaning "beautiful." It's in good company: modern language is adorned with bellus descendants. Examples include such classics as beauty, belle, and beau. And the beauty of bellus reaches beyond English: its influence is seen in the French bel, a word meaning "beautiful" that is directly related to the English embellish. And in Spanish, bellus is evidenced in the word bello, also meaning "beautiful."