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Sweeney, Oliver name only Democratic legislators to N.J. gaming summit panel

Republican lawmakers miffed by snub

State Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney (D-Gloucester) and Assembly Speaker Sheila Y. Oliver (D-Essex) Monday said the gaming summit to begin Friday in Atlantic City will serve as the legislative Democrats' answer to the Gov. Chris Christie's gaming commission.

"The governor and the Republicans had their task force, and now Democrats have our fact-finding missio...

New Jersey DEP feels it's done enough to avoid commercial shellfishing ban

BY JOE TYRRELL

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

By increasing patrols in New Jersey's commercial shellfishing areas, the state Department of Environmental Protection believes it has done enough to avoid a commercial ban on the industry.

In the wake of a June warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the DEP wrangled boats and personnel to increase patrols in commercial, but not research, shellfisherie...

Ernest Storr of Linwood pleads guilty to ballot fraud in 2009 Atlantic City mayoral race

Prosecution to recommend probation

A second man pleaded guilty Monday to absentee ballot fraud in connection with the unsuccessful 2009 mayoral campaign of Atlantic City Councilman Marty Small. The man also pleaded guilty to committing absentee ballot fraud while working for the 2008 campaign of then-incumbent Mayor Scott Evans.

Last year, another associate of the Small campaign pleaded guilty to co...

This Christie veto threatens New Jersey’s economy

BY LOU GREENWALD

COMMENTARY

The facts are simple.

Home sales in New Jersey fell 23 percent in May and 27 percent in June. Those numbers are even scarier considering those are typically busy times for the real estate market.

Home construction has plummeted.

Our unemployment rate stands at 9.6 percent.

As we saw painfully across our country, our economy relies heavily on the real estate industry. When it'...

Spirit Airlines charging carry-on bag fees to be faster

Atlantic City carrier says they also lowered ticket prices

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Spirit Airlines on Sunday began charging passengers to carry luggage on flights, an industry first.

According to dailyfinance.com, Spirit charges a $30 fee at check-in for any bag that is too big to fit under the passenger's seat. If passengers wait until they get to the boarding gate to pay, the fee goes up to...

Christie veto cuts N.J. funeral costs

Cost of registering a burial goes from $15 to $5,

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

No, Gov. Chris Christie is not going after New Jersey's coveted graveyard vote but he is keeping the state registar from permently tagging mourning families with a $15 funeral cost.

As his last act before taking a two-week vacation from Trenton, Christie has vetoed a bill that would have kept the cost of registe...

Hyped Corzine-Katz e-mails reveal absolutely nothing

BY CARL GOLDEN

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

COMMENTARY

The Corzine-Katz e-mails (former Gov. Jon and former public employee union leader Carla) are finally out and they reveal — drum roll, please — absolutely nothing.

If anything at all, the material vindicated Corzine's repeated assertions that he acted properly and ethically and avoided any discussion of pending contract negotiations.

Even the Star-Ledger w...

N.J. farms to produce beer, wine, hard cider, if Riley gets bill passed

Assemblywoman sees move as bolstering Garden State in alcholic spirits market

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

In what she describes as an effort to bolster New Jersey's status as one of the largest producers of wine in the country, Assemblywoman Celeste M. Riley (D-Cumberland) is pushing a package of bills that would allow farms to join wineries in the production of beer and alcoholic cider a...

N.J. bear camps out on golf course for two hours

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Police are still searching for a young black bear that was seen wandering along a stream that abuts the Knickerbocker Country Club last night.

Myfoxny.com reports that the young bear was first spotted near Stivers Street and 10th Street in Cresskill around noon on Sunday.

The bear, estimated to be just one year old, eluded capture and took a two-hour break and nap at th...

New N.J. corrections officers to be sworn in Asbury Park

Lt. Gov. Guadagno to give main address

Seventy-nine rookie state corrections officers will be sworn in Tuesday in a ceremony at the Paramont Theater in Asbury Park.

Corrections Commissioner Gary M. Lanigan will administer the oath to the new officers as the finale to an intense 15-week training program. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, a former Monmouth County sheriff, will be the guest speaker.

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