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1. Appeals court holds state standards blocking availability of affordable housing in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

Orders COAH to develop new rules within 5 months BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM A state appeals court Friday held that the state Council on Affordable Housing has done too little to remove ...

2. Christie, Mayor Langford make agreement to ease property taxes in Atlantic City
(N.J./State)

... Local Finance Board, city officials said the $9.5 million operating deficit was the result of nearly $13 million in tax and casino tax credits due to successful tax appeals. They said that to control costs, ...

3. N.J. towns hurt by large number of property tax appeals
(N.J./State)

BY WILLIAM G. DRESSEL, JR. ANALYSIS A recent League of Municipalities' survey has measured the extent to which residents have filed and won tax appeals, in the current year. The one hundred fifty ...

4. English
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... supporting exclusively, monolithically, Democrats and the Democratic party agenda. None of this agenda appeals to me. NONE! Yet my voice is never heard. The latest NJREA Newsletter (Sept. 2010) supports ...

5. N.J. DEP opens Office of Dispute Resolution
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... finding common ground, however, we will not compromise protection of the environment." DEP decisions regarding permits or enforcement actions often trigger appeals, usually in the form of a request for ...

6. An iPhone democracy is not far off
(Opinion/Commentary)

... permits candidates to reach voters that historically have been hard to reach with a message that directly appeals to them. In this impassioned political season, with the very future of public policy ...

7. Christie proposes ethics package for all levels of New Jersey government
(N.J./State)

... overturned in-part by a state appeals court which – without passing judgment on the intent of the order – said legislation would be required to enact the restrictions. "This is undeniably a matter of ...

8. Edwin Stern named to sit on N.J. Supreme Court
(N.J./State)

... cases in Jersey City and Newark. He became an Appellate Court judge in 1985 and was named presiding judge in 1998. As the presiding judge, Stern oversees 35 judges who handle approximately 7,000 appeals ...

9. My journey through the healthcare system
(Health/Healthquest)

... claim for the pre-existing condition, but in doing this gave me access to their appeals department, which actually had an employee able and willing to help me get through all the red tape winding around ...

10. ‘Jerseylicious’ launches second season with fans everywhere from U.S. to Australia
(Entertainment/Movies)

... animal prints; believes the tighter and the shorter the better; and spends a fortune on eyeliner and acrylic nails each year. That's a big element of the "docu-soap," a show that appeals to more than ...

11. Court upholds suspension of psychologist Sumuelle Klein-Von Reiche for inappropriate relationship
(Health/Healthquest)

She was treated to trip to Bahamas, shared former client's bed A state appeals court Thursday upheld the State Board of Psychological Examiners' suspension of a Clifton psychologist for having an inappropriate ...

12. Kenneth Houseknecht denied appeal of 1991 murder conviction
(N.J./State)

A state appeals court has denied a request to use a brain function expert to overturn the 30-year prison sentence imposed on a juvenile for the brutal murder of a 12-year-old Deptford Township girl. In ...

13. U.S. Marine Cesar Laurean goes on trial for murder of another Marine
(U.S./Nation)

... Mexico. A series of appeals followed the 23-year-old former Combat Logistician's apprehension that held up his extradition for exactly 12 months and one week. On April 17, 2009, the FBI announced ...

14. For Trenton-based Arlene Milgram, it’s all art, all the time
(Entertainment/Movies)

... goes back to ancient Greece, which appeals to her, and the wax can "smell beautiful," she says, mentioning too the "fat-crayon like oil sticks with their luscious colors and buttery textures" that she ...

15. Convicted murderer Sean Kenney denied new trial
(N.J./State)

A state appeals court has denied a new trial to a Woodbury Heights man, who originally faced the death penalty for the 1993 slaying of gas station attendant. The appellate panel ruled the record of the ...

16. Sarah Palin and many others are mastering the art of ‘political’ speak
(Life/Style)

... there is no such thing as "soft rock". But now you are told that your favorite now appeals to an "older demographic". No one wants to hear nice words for "over the hill", so you respond that he still ...

17. Sen. Sarlo says public employee health, pension costs will hinder local efforts to obey 2 percent cap on property taxes
(N.J./State)

... the reserve for uncollected taxes and the burden of assessment appeals. "The governor was right when he said, ‘New caps without the toolkit are unworkable,''' Mironov said. "Having reached agreement ...

18. Study declares Tea Party is not a populist or independent revolt
(U.S./Nation)

... each location home to a dramatic Senate race pitting an establishment Republican candidate against an outsider who appeals to Tea Party supporters. – TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM  ...

19. N.J. appeals court affirms conviction for Arthur Tiggs
(N.J./State)

A state appeals court has affirmed the murder conviction and life sentence imposed on Arthur Tiggs for the murder of Lance Pettiford on April 6, 2006 outside a Newark bar, Essex County Acting Prosecutor ...

20. N.J. police may have to learn 150 languages as a result of state Supreme Court ruling
(N.J./State)

... while intoxicated and refusing to take a breath test. Until Monday he had lost appeals in lower courts. Marquez said that he had not understood what police were reading to him and that he had taken his ...