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How well will the 2 percent cap work on NJ municipal budgets?

EDITORIAL CARTOON BY MIKE SCOTT

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

The NJ Senate, Assembly and Gov. Chris Christie reached a compromise on a "hard" 2 percent cap on municipal spending, but with exceptions for health care costs, pensions, debt service and emergency funds, there is plenty of links for these plumbers.

‘Bachelorette’ bares bad behavior

Envy drives Leslye Headland's backbiting comedy about a bridal party

BY MICHAEL SOMMERS

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

OFF BROADWAY REVIEW

Premiering on Monday in Second Stage Theatre's summer "Uptown Series" at its McGinn/Cazale space on the Upper West Side, Leslye Headland's "Bachelorette" is a mean-girls-gone-wild story set in a swank hotel suite.

An envious maid of honor, Regan (Tracee Chimo) secretly invit...

New Jersey Assemblyman calls for federal probe of Delaware River Port Authority

Assemblyman Domenick DiCicco (R-Gloucester) joined with Pennsylvania state Rep. Mike Vereb (R-Montgomery) Monday to request a federal investigation of the bi-state Delaware River Port Authority, which oversees four toll bridges.

The legislators sent their request in a letter to New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman and Pennsylvania Eastern District U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger.

The DRPA has b...

Radioactivity rampant in New Jersey well water

BY JOE TYRRELL

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Radioactivity in drinking water is more widespread in New Jersey than previously reported, according to well-testing data and a state report.

More than one-third of private wells tested in some South Jersey communities exceed recommended levels of radiological contaminants. In Mantua in Gloucester County, the figure was 100 percent.

The state Department of Environm...

New Jersey cancer patient marries with help from strangers

BY RHONDA BASSAT RIVERA

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

WEDDING TRENDS

On Saturday, June 26, 2010, bride and cancer patient Tina Tinervia, 33, wed Paul Velez, 34, surrounded by family, friends and kind strangers. All of the professional service providers who are members of the New Jersey branch of the Association of Bridal Consultants ("NJ-ABC") donated their time and/or services to make the newly-minted Vele...

President Barack Obama to visit Edison small business on Wednesday to discuss economy

White House has not revealed location

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

President Barack Obama will visit Edison Wednesday afternoon to discuss the economy at a small business, the White House announced Monday.

The White House would not immediately provide the name and address of the business or the time Obama will appear but indicated to reporters that the location will be in a small place and ...

Identity of officer who shot Dean Gaymon reported

Family of Atlanta CEO originally from Montclair disputes arrest statement

BY ALICIA CRUZ

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

Citing "unnamed law enforcement sources" the online publication Montclair.Patch.com has published the identity of the undercover Essex County sheriff's officer who fatally shot a prominent CEO of an Atlanta credit union in Branch Brook Park earlier this month.

The officer, Edward Esposito, 29, ...

Times of uncertainty not helped by President Obama’s Financial Reform Bill

BY CHRISTOPHER W. YOUNG

COMMENTARY

One is not hard pressed to appreciate the energy and execution ability of President Obama. Since he took office, he has passed the Healthcare Reform Bill, the Economic Stimulus Package and the most recent Financial Reform Bill. Despite his ability to get this legislation through the House and Senate and despite his appeared real conviction for these bills's value...

Rev. John H. Harris and Galilee Baptist Church in Trenton settle sexual harassment case

Agree to pay former secretary $50,000

A Mercer County pastor and his church have agreed to pay a former church employee $50,000 to resolve allegations the woman was sexually harassed by the pastor and then fired after reporting his alleged conduct to church officials.

Under terms of the agreement, announced Monday by the state Division on Civil Rights, Rev. John H. Harris, Jr. and the Galilee Baptis...

N.J. Supreme Court declines to hear gay marriage case

Rules case must begin a county court level

BY TOM HESTER SR.

NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM

UPDATED

The New Jersey Supreme Court, in a split decision, Monday declined to hear a case brought by six same-sex New Jersey couples who are seeking the right to marry.

The high court held the case initially needs to be heard in a state Supreme Court in a county seat.

"This matter cannot be decided without the development...