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Minor to mayor: 'Lose the Blackberry, Mr. Booker'
Mon, 08/03/2009 - 07:58 — admin
Newark must turn over list of e-mails regarding Facebook donations, judge rules
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 08:08 — admin
NEWARK — An Essex County judge today ordered Newark to turn over an itemized list of e-mails surrounding Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s $100 million donation to the city’s schools.
Campaign cash means trips, meals and golf for some candidates
Mon, 01/30/2012 - 08:06 — admin
Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo used campaign funds to pay for hundreds of meals, dozens of golf games, a flight to Puerto Rico and even repairs to his bicycle after taking a spill in a county park.
U.S. Rep. Rob Andrews (D-1st Dist.) used them for a $9,000 trip to Scotland with his family.
N.J. facing critical blood supply shortage
Mon, 01/09/2012 - 16:17 — adminOnly a two-day supply on hand
BY TOM HESTER SR.
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
New Jersey has less than a two-day supply of blood for trauma care, a critical issue, and state Health and Senior Services Commissioner Mary E. O’Dowd on Monday will ask New Jerseyans to help solve the problem.
State health officials said Friday that blood donations go to help people facing surgeries, organ transplants, cancer patients and accident victims.
Fast-Tracked and Rewritten Bill Could Put Some Public Schools Under Private Management
Mon, 01/09/2012 - 16:15 — admin
The Urban Hope Act could bring new public schools -- with some for-profit management -- to some of Jersey's poorest districts
First proposed by Gov. Chris Christie and since taken up by South Jersey Democrats, a plan that would open up select public schools to nonprofit or even some limited for-profit management appears poised for passage in the final days of the legislature's lame duck session.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, City Council, feud over future of municipal watershed
Mon, 01/09/2012 - 16:09 — admin
Longtime Essex County freeholder replaced by fellow Democrat
Mon, 01/09/2012 - 16:07 — admin
ESSEX COUNTY — Brendan Gill has replaced longtime freeholder Ralph Caputo, providing a new face but maintaining the Democratic grip on the Essex County freeholder board.
Gill will represent the 5th District municipalities of Belleville, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, Montclair and Nutley, which Caputo had done since 2003.
Carter: In Newark, it's never too late for seniors to celebrate the new year
Mon, 01/09/2012 - 16:05 — admin
NEWARK — As it got closer to 12 o’clock, Newark’s senior citizens turned up the noise an extra notch.
They tossed tinsel and blew noisemakers as the clock approached noon.
N.J. Assemblyman Gary Schaer’s foreclosure bill is finally signed into law
Mon, 12/26/2011 - 22:51 — adminBY SALVATORE PIZZURO
COMMENTARY
After many months of negotiations and revisions among members of the State Legislature and the Governor’s office, it has been announced that Assemblyman Gary Schaer’s bill, designed to protect homeowners facing foreclosure from unscrupulous consultants, has been signed into law.
Braun: A little girl's journey for a sister in dire need leads to a bittersweet reunion
Mon, 12/26/2011 - 22:44 — admin