The Record: Letters Friday, May 24
Source: Aim Veron
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 09:33:37 -0700 | sports-news
The age-old New Jersey practice of double dipping occurs when state employees "retire," begin collecting a pension and then are rehired, often the next day...They retire, collect a pension and begin accruing a second or third pension at the taxpayers'...
Doblin: To Christie, laurels; to Davis, red-hot Currie
Source: Item of Millbum and Short List
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 08:49:30 -0700 | sports-news
On Tuesday, Republican Governor Christie came to heavily Democratic Paterson to accept an endorsement from Paterson City Council President Anthony Davis, a Democrat...On Monday night, Currie, the Passaic County Democratic Committee chairman, flat-out asked Davis whether he was endorsing Christie...
NJ homeowners hit by Sandy can apply for grants
Source: SF Gate
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 19:34:18 -0700 | travel-news
N.J. (AP) New Jersey is now accepting applications from homeowners seeking grants to rebuild homes damaged by Superstorm Sandy. The grants are part of $1.8 billion in the first round of federal aid sent to New Jersey to deal with...
Mohegan Sun Wants Regional Tourneys, But NCAA Says 'Not So Fast'
Source: The Hartford Courant
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 15:37:25 -0700 | sports-news
The Mohegan Sun, endorsed by coaches and athletic directors at the AAC meetings this week, now awaits formal approval by the presidents. That is expected soon, then the final negotiations take place...The tournament, which spring-boarded UConn to its eighth championship,...
New Jersey bars filled premium liquor bottles with cheap booze, authorities say
Source: Fox
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:05:54 -0700 | political-news
N.J. Twenty-nine bars and restaurants, nearly half of them TGI Fridays, filled premium brand liquor bottles with lower-quality booze and sold it to patrons who thought they were buying the good stuff, authorities said Wednesday. A yearlong investigation by...
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Posted by: breezy-glow96
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 21:17:21 -0700 | your-story
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Civil disobedience rising across America as citizens fed up with criminal government
Source: Natural News
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 02:49:30 -0700 | disasters-news
To many veterans of the 1960s-era civil rights movement there is a rising angst and discourse among the populace that is eerily familiar to them. Nearly everywhere you turn, crowds of angry Americans are gathering, no longer content to merely...
N.J. Democrats want to halt college building funds
Source: Edgewater View
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-24 03:15:58 -0700 | sports-news
Some Democratic lawmakers in New Jersey want to block the state from helping to pay for construction at two religious schools. A Jewish yeshiva, Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, and the Christian Princeton Theological Seminary were both approved last month...
Court: Wiretaps of central NJ married couple not admissible in drug case
Source: Waldwick Suburban News
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-21 11:41:01 -0700 | sports-news
Prosecutors will not be allowed to use phone conversations and text messages caught by wiretaps in the case of a husband and wife accused of running a drug distribution network in central New Jersey. A state appellate court has found...
N.J. lawmakers hear calls for closer monitoring of hospital takeovers
Source: Clifton journal
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 16:35:17 -0700 | health-news
Union and community advocates on Monday called for stronger state oversight of for-profit takeovers of not-for-profit hospitals at a hearing by two state Senate committees. More financial information must be disclosed by the new for-profit owners, and the state must...
N.J. Senate leaders take jabs at one another
Source: Leonia Life
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 11:36:42 -0700 | sports-news
The two most powerful men in the New Jersey Senate are locking horns. Democratic Senate President Stephen Sweeney has pulled all 7 Republican-sponsored bills from Monday's agenda and says no GOP legislation will see daylight until further notice. Republican Leader...
NJ plan would make drivers pay by mile, not gallon
Source: Community News
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-20 08:53:46 -0700 | sports-news
N.J. (AP) A New Jersey state senator is suggesting dropping the gas tax for drivers of passenger cars and replacing it with a per-mile charge. The Senate Transportation Committee is discussing the measure on Monday. Sen. Jim Whalen's proposal would...
On table in NJ: Using sales tax to preserve land
Source: Item of Millbum and Short List
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 22:09:43 -0700 | sports-news
N.J. (AP) A New Jersey Senate panel is poised to consider a plan that calls for funding open space preservation purchases with sales tax revenue for the next 30 years. A proposal to put the long-term funding question on the...
Buono tells NJ: It's BWOH'-noh, not Bono in new ad
Source: Franklin Lakes Oakland Suburban News
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-23 22:13:49 -0700 | entertainment-news
N.J. (AP) Name recognition is a problem plaguing the Democrat who wants to challenge New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in November...In the ad starting Monday previewed by The Associated Press, Buono tells voters it's not Boh-NOH', as in Cher's onetime...
Insight: The fight for North Dakota's fracking-water market
Source: Reuters
Trenton :: NJ :: USA | updated 2013-05-19 21:19:05 -0700 | political-news
Topics Related Video The Trenton Water Depot in Trenton, North Dakota, is seen March 26, 2013. In towns across North Dakota, the wellhead of the North American energy boom, the locals have taken to quoting the adage: "Whiskey is for...
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