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Atty. Gen. Chiesa, State Police Supt. Fuentes to meet about high-speed trooper-led sports car caravans

Closed-door huddle set for Wednesday in Trenton

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

How “unprofessional actions will not be tolerated” will be the topic of a closed-door meeting Wednesday in Trenton between state Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa and State Police Superintendent Col. Rick Fuentes and will include the March 30 and 2010 high-speed, trooper-led caravans of sports cars, The Star-Ledger ...

Rutgers football: Jawan Jamison and Savon Huggins to likely form running back by committee

BY MATT SUGAM

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

PISCATAWAY – As the game of football has evolved, so to has the role of the running back. The proverbial workhorse running back is becoming fewer and farther between. It’s clearly evident in the NFL, and trickling down to the college game.

And so, Rutgers is faced with a conundrum. Do they have a workhorse running back or go by committee with Jawan Jamison and Savon...

McDonald's $1 soda thief caught in Fla.: Hamburglar still at-large

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

It wasn’t exactly a Brinks robbery, but the guy isn’t getting a break today due to a string of past offenses.

ABC News reported that 52-year old Mark Abaire of Naples, Florida was arrested and is being held on $6,500 bond after leaving a local McDonald’s without paying for a cup of soda with a retail value of $1.

Naples Daily News reported that a manager told authorit...

New Jersey wants your unused gift card balances, so start spending!

BY YURI RESETOVS

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

You could say that the dispute started at the beginning of 2011, when New Jersey lawmakers voted for a law that would allow the state to claim the remaining balance on gift cards that remained unused for two years after their purchase.

The law seeks to use the unused balances to “be used for the benefit of all New Jerseyans to prevent tax increases and service c...

NJIT Civil Engineers take first place at Concrete Canoe Competition

Some two dozen civil engineering students at NJIT were stunned last Sunday as they took first place in the 2012 Concrete Canoe Competition for the New York metropolitan region. This was NJIT’s first year in the race following a long hiatus and students spent months designing, fund-raising and building their own concrete canoes. Sunday’s event at Denville's Cook's Pond was the final event—a competi...

Former Eagles safety Brian Dawkins, 'Wolverine,' set to retire after long NFL career

BY DAVE RAGAZZO

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Giants fans are no strangers to number 20 on the Philadelphia Eagles. That number belonged to Brian Dawkins, who terrorized Giants receivers for 13 years while in Philly and established himself as one of the best safeties to play in the NFL.

On Monday, Dawkins announced his retirement via Twitter after 16 seasons in the NFL. He spent the first 13 with the Eagle...

Inside 'A Streetcar Named Desire' after-party: Blair Underwood and Nicole Ari Parker star in the Tennessee Williams revival

BY PAULA SCHWARTZ

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

After the opening night performance of “A Streetcar Named Desire” Sunday night – and after dolefully checking out the yacht-sized limos parked outside the theater - we hoofed it four blocks in the fierce rain to the after party at the Copacabana. At the door someone handed us a garland of Mardi Gras Beads and we walked into what looked like the French Quarter ...

Earth Day in N.J. shows Christie and enviros cannot agree

BY BOB HOLT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Earth Day, a nationwide celebration of the environment, has come and gone once again. Or as some environmentalists in New Jersey called it, “Sunday.”

The day was not acknowledged by Governor Chris Christie. And Doug O’Malley of Environment New Jersey said there’s not much to celebrate on this Earth Day.

According to NJ Spotlight, Environment New Jersey was part of a la...

REVIEW: ‘Ghost The Musical’ materializes on Broadway

Musical version of a romantic movie offers some astonishing stagecraft

BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

BROADWAY REVIEW

Better look out, “Spider-Man” -- here looms up “Ghost The Musical,” a wildly flashy new Broadway spectacle likely to haunt your claim for special effects awesomeness.

Some astonishing visual effects and striking production designs often make “Ghost The Musical” – aw, let’s jus...

Charles McFadden, father of Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, dead at age 79

Fought long battle with cancer

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Charles McFadden Jr., 79, the father of Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, died Sunday evening after a long illness.

McFadden’s death led Gov. Chris Christie to cancel a fundraising trip to Texas. He was prepared to address a National Republican Congressional Committee event for U.S. Rep. Pete Sessions.

State officials Monday offered condolen...