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‘Jerseylicious’ launches second season with fans everywhere from U.S. to Australia

BY LINDA MOSS

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Five months ago, The Gatsby Salon was a local beauty parlor known mainly just to its clientele in central New Jersey. The mother-and-daughter team that owns and runs it didn't have fans Down Under. And the nasty feud between a big-haired blonde hairstylist and deeply tanned brunette makeup artist was a private matter.

But that all changed when a TV program called "...

Ilya Kovalchuk is officially a N.J. Devil for 15 years

New deal made possible after NHL and players association come to agreement

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

NHL training camps will be opening soon, and still the Ilya Kovalchuk story continued. But just before 3 a.m. early Saturday morning, Kovalchuk's 15-year, $100 million contract with the New Jersey Devils was accepted and registered by the league.

After working through the night, nearly 10 hour...

George Clooney’s ‘The American’ (with trailer): Movie review

BY JOE TYRRELL

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

MOVIE REVIEW

George Clooney's new thriller, "The American" refers to someone who travels the globe reflexively killing people, although he may no longer be at the top of his game.

No, he's not named George or Barack, just the generic Jack. Mercifully, there are no geopolitics in "The American." Unfortunately, this Focus Features release offers very little in the wa...

Brian Warner of Toms River gets prison for child luring

BY ALICIA CRUZ

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

With help from the testimony of his young victims, their mother, a neighbor, and a librarian, Deborah Hanlon-Schron, chief trial attorney in the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office, was able to convict Brian Warner of Toms River of attempting to lure three children into his van back in 2004 and possessing bomb-making materials along with a stun gun at his mother's C...

N.J. train deaths a growing concern

BY ALICIA CRUZ

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The editor/publisher of the Cliffview Pilot.com wrote a stinging editorial in relation to the recent spike in 'Trespasser Fatalities" that claimed the lives of four people on New Jersey rails recently.

Editor Jerry DeMarco said , "I'm sorry, NJ Transit. ‘Their bad' just isn't good enough," and added, "If I hear one more blame-the-victim quote about these deaths, I jus...

Christie expected to tell aides to boycott Assembly hearing into the $400 million ‘Race to the Top' debacle

Democrats want to keep governor's most embarrassing moment alive

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

UPDATED

What if legislative Democrats held a hearing, in part, to keep political heat on the Republican Christie administration for blowing the opportunity to gain New Jersey $400 million in federal Race to the Top education funding and none of the invited aides to the governor showed up?

The answer...

Second N.J. ‘gaming summit’ to be at Meadowlands

Democratic legislators to examine horseracing, Sports Authority operation, stalled Xanadu project

A 10-member panel of Democratic legislators will convene Friday, Sept. 10 at the Meadowlands to hold a second "gaming summit'' hearing in an attempt to improve or promote horseracing, gambling, and the New Jersey Sports Authority and consider how to handle the nearby stalled Xanadu shopping and enterta...

N.J. State Police warn of heavy trooper presence on roads during holiday weekend

5 people died in accidents last Labor Day

State troopers will be out in force on New Jersey roads and waterways this holiday weekend looking for speeders or drunk, drugged or aggressive drivers whose actions might lead to serious or fatal crashes.

"If you operate a vehicle or watercraft in a way that threatens safety, we will hold you accountable," Col. Fuentes, State Police superintendent, said. "I...

Hurricane Earl slipping past Jersey Shore

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Two hundred miles off Sandy Hook, Hurricane Earl, a shadow of its former scary self, is slipping past New Jersey Friday causing nothing but higher than usual waves, gusty winds and rain.

While Atlantic, Cape May, Ocean, Monmouth counties and the eastern part of Burlington County remain under a tropical storm warning, New Jersey was not even mentioned in the lat...

N.J. gambler leaves grandson alone in car at Pa. casino

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Legislation has just been introduced in Pennsylvania to increase punishments for leaving a child inside a car. On the same day, a grandfather was arrested at Parx Casino in Bensalem casino for doing just that.

A New Jersey man is facing charges for allegedly leaving his 12-year-old grandson in a car while he gambled.

Cbs3.com reports that sixty-year-old Alexander Salter...