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Democrats criticize Christie for moving slowly on seeking $268M in federal education aid

Governor's office says it will file when ready

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

New Jersey public schools began opening Thursday and Democrats are taking the event as a chance to criticize the Christie administration for what they see as the failure to move quickly on seeking $268 million in federal aid to finance the jobs of 3,200 unemployed teachers and support staff.

Meanwhile, state educati...

N.J. cook facing prison for allegedly putting his body hair in police officer’s bagel

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Remember hearing that breakfast is the most important meal of the day? Police say Ryan Burke, 27, of Stratford, gave bagels and lox a new meaning when he was serving breakfast back in February.

Burke, a former cook at a Marlton restaurant, has been indicted on charges of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and drug or food tampering after being accused of...

N.J. education reform does not require any more money

BY MURRAY SABRIN

COMMENTARY

The federal government will finish this fiscal year, ending September 30th, with a $1.4 trillion deficit. Instead of reining in federal spending to get its fiscal house in order, the Obama administration is desperately trying to "stimulate' the economy with money it does not have, including sending more money to public school's via a competition, "Race to the Top," suppo...

Hurricane Earl expect to disrupt New Jersey coast

Storm passing 150 miles off shore

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The New Jersey coast — particularly Atlantic and Cape May counties — will get elbowed by Hurricane Earl Friday with tropical force winds at over 40 miles per hour, heavy rain and dangerous surf.

David Robinson, the state climatologist, said the eye of the hurricane is tracking about 150 miles east of New Jersey in the Atlantic O...

Alligator caught in Wayne

Firemen flush Four-foot animal out of storm pipe near school

A four-foot alligator apparently thought classes started already in Wayne when he was spotted walking across the grounds of George Washington Middle School.

"It was near the storm pipe," said Wayne Det. Capt. Jim Clarke in a report on NorthJersey.com.

A woman taking a walk near the school on Wednesday noticed the creature and called the pol...

N.J. Technology Center at Fort Monmouth awarded $3M

Funding will help keep highly skilled jobs in state after base closes

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded almost $3 million to the newly created New Jersey Technology Center on the grounds of Fort Monmouth.

Congress authorized the money last year, but the DoD needed to finalize the funding, according to members of New Jersey's congressional delegation who promoted the project.

The money means ...

Court upholds suspension of psychologist Sumuelle Klein-Von Reiche for inappropriate relationship

She was treated to trip to Bahamas, shared former client's bed

A state appeals court Thursday upheld the State Board of Psychological Examiners' suspension of a Clifton psychologist for having an inappropriate relationship with a patient that involved, among other things, accompanying him to a professional convention in the Bahamas at his expense, and sharing his bed.

In the decision a two-judge pan...

N.J. leads nation in farmland loss

Report finds state lost more than 20 percent of rural land

New Jersey is leading the nation in a dubious category, rate of farmland loss, according to a new analysis by the Sierra Club.

The findings, which are in line with previous projections, are based on data from the National Resource Inventory prepared for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The figures, released in a report by the National Reso...

Christie vetoes five actions taken by Delaware River Port Authority

Governor wants more accountability for tollpayers

Gov. Chris Christie Thursday again exercised his authority over the Delaware River Port Authority by vetoing actions the agency took at it Aug. 18 and 25 meetings.

The governor maintains five operation changes taken by DRPA commissioners at the meetings did not go far enough and did not comport with the directives stipulated in his July 29 and August...

There are lessons to be learned from New Jersey’s Race to the Top debacle

BY RICHARD A. LEE

COMMENTARY

When a clerical error seemingly costs a state $400 million in federal education funding, there are plenty of lessons to be learned.

Some of those lessons are obvious. As I learned in my very first newspaper job, you can never proofread an item too many times. Secondly, if you plan to make a bold public statement, make sure the facts are on your side, especially in today's...