Chris Christie not inclined to allow N.J. kids access to marijuana

BY REBECCA SHEEHAN

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

In regards to  the New Jersey State Department of Health medical marijuana program , minors are allowed to participate, based on the law – but the New Jersey Governor believes otherwise.

According to an Nj.com article published on Monday, Governor Chris Christie said, “he is not inclined to allow” children to participate. “I am very concerned, if we go down ...

Justice for Sammy: Cocker Spaniel Packs Brick Courtroom

BY REBECCA SHEEHAN

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

“Woof, Woof,” may have been the testimony uttered by an abused cocker spaniel if on the stand in a Brick Township courtroom on Monday.

“I want to see justice done in this case,” said Amy Ulness of Fairfield, Conn., in an Asbury Park Press article . Ulness left her home at 6:30 a.m. on Monday in order to see justice served in the Brick Township Municipal Courthou...

N.J. Sinkhole Swallows Man in Warehouse

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

A man from the Bronx was swallowed into a large indoor sinkhole while operating a forklift at an East Rutherford warehouse on Monday.

Danny Rodriguez fell into a hole that was described as about 40 feet wide and nearly 10 feet deep.

Bon Jovi Talks About Daughter’s Drug Overdose

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

New Jersey’s own Jon Bon Jovi called his daughter’s overdosing on heroin last year his wake up call as a father.

Stephanie Bongiovi was arrested at Hamilton College in New York and charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance. Charges were later dropped because of New York’s Good Samaritan 911 law.

Bon Jovi, 51, said he got a call at 2 a.m. from his 19-y...

N.J. Targets Electric Cars For Flat Fee

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Senator Jim Whelan has changed his plan to replenish New Jersey’s Transportation Trust Fund into a flat fee of $50 for operators of green energy vehicles.

Whelan’s original bill would charge electric plug-in and alternative-fueled vehicles 0.00839 cents for each mile they travel.

The Atlantic City senator argued that operators of alternative vehicles are not currently...

'The Master Builder' Off Broadway Review: John Turturro Tackles Ibsen

BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

“The Master Builder” is Henrik Ibsen’s 1892 drama regarding a troubled middle-aged artist’s fatal attempt to recapture the creative daring of his younger days.  The play is one of the most challenging Ibsen works to stage effectively because it possesses a strange mix of natural and mystical qualities.

The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s new production of the...

China losing jobs to U.S. manufacturer

BY REBECCA SHEEHAN

Moving jobs from China back to a small town in Pennsylvania is exactly what a 125-year old medical device manufacturer is trying to accomplish.

DeVilbiss Healthcare , which is a world leader in the design, manufacture, and marketing of respiratory medical products that address the respiratory needs of patients in institutional and homecare settings, announced o...

Removing Second Amendment isn't way to solve gun battles

BY GINA G. SCALA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

COMMENTARY

In my experience, there are not many middle-of-the-road New Jerseyans. You are either a Big Blue or a Gang Green fan; a Bronx Bomber or an Amazin’s fan; and a Devils; Rangers or Flyers fan.

If you are a Democrat you bleed blue and if you are a Garden State Republican, there is only one color for you: red. The only person, who waned, in my experience, w...

N.J. woman says Angelina Jolie’s mastectomy message wrong

BY REBECCA SHEEHAN

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Movie star Angelina Jolie, who recently underwent a preventative double mastectomy, got blasted by an outspoken New Jersey teacher with a strong family history of breast cancer.

“It upset me,” Debbie Gentile-Abbood said in a NYPost.com article, of her reaction to the movie star’s announcement that she underwent a preventative double mastectomy. “That’s good fo...

Kiss and Tell with Joe Jonas

BY REBECCA SHEEHAN

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Joe Jonas is apparently quite the heartbreaker if you ask pop sensation and former girlfriend, Demi Lovato .

"We were in a relationship and we broke up, and at one point, I was really mad at him," Lovato  said in an interview with ABC’s Nightline News .

Lovato, who rose to success on the Disney Channel’s short As The Bell Rings before starring in the...