by Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger

The New Jersey Council on the Arts today awarded $18.8 million to the state's theaters, symphonies, museums and dance troupes. The money, announced at the council's annual meeting in Trenton today, is $2.2 million less than the amount awarded last year.

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