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1. Arrests made in cold case involving 1978 disappearance of five Newark teenagers
(N.J./State)

... seen on Aug. 20, 1978 at different times entering a pickup truck owned by Lee Evans who offered them part-time work. Allegedly the boys were led to an unoccupied home located at 256 Camden Street in ...

2. N.J. Legislature to begin review of Christie's $29.3 billion 2010-11 state budget
(N.J./State)

... Camden. While Christie sees his budget as tough love that will make local governments re-examine their spending, Democrats who control the Legislature see it as a financial burden on middle- and low-income ...

3. UMDNJ has successful ‘Match Day’
(Health/Healthquest)

Graduating medical students — 421 of them — at UMDNJ's campuses in Newark, New Brunswick, Stafford and Camden Thursday learned the identities of the medical centers where they will continue their training ...

4. Business leader urges legislators to not increase N.J. unemployment insurance
(Money/Economy)

... ( D-Camden), chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, said New Jersey has one of the highest unemployment insurance benefit rates in the nation. "What must be considered, however, is that we also have ...

5. Hunterdon County website N.J.'s ‘most transparent'
(N.J./State)

... he said. "That's the point." The top three counties in the rankings are Hunterdon, Camden and Sussex. The bottom are Salem, Passaic and Mercer. "It's not like we have 42 people working on the website," ...

6. Thousands of New Jersey’s CWA workers will picket state offices in protest of budget cuts
(N.J./State)

...  SOUTH JERSEY Bridgeton Noon — 1pm State Office Building 50 East Broad Street Bridgeton, New Jersey 08302 Camden Noon — 1pm State Office Building 101 Haddon Avenue Camden, New Jersey ...

7. Democrats call Christie’s budget a tax hike
(N.J./State)

... but we will also be reviewing this plan thoroughly, as is our constitutional duty, in the weeks ahead.’’ Assemblyman Louis Greenwald (D-Camden), the lower house Budget Committee chairman, criticized ...

8. Former state motor vehicle clerk Amanda Green pleads guilty to role in falsifying license
(N.J./State)

... to be 21-years-old. Amanda Green, 27, of Woodbury, pleaded guilty before state Superior Court Judge Irwin J. Snyder in Camden to second-degree conspiracy, state Criminal Justice Director Stephen J. Taylor ...

9. Leader of Camden Bloods' Nine Trey Headbustas gets 15 years for drug dealing
(N.J./State)

A Camden County man was sentenced to state prison Friday for directing the activities of drug dealers for the Nine Trey Headbustas set of the Bloods gang. Faquir Williamson, 32, of Camden, was sentenced ...

10. New Jersey’s tale of the two Red Banks
(Life/Style)

... as driving along I-295 just south of Camden, I came across an overhead road sign reading "Red Bank." I quickly went to my road map to see what road connected from near Philadelphia to Monmouth County. ...

11. N.J. technology industry stimulus bill approved by Assembly panel
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... and hospitals in the Newark, Camden and Central Jersey regions. This bill (A-904) requires the state Economic Development Authority to establish three innovation zones, with each zone surrounding a New ...

12. N.J. Highlands' development rights bill approved by Senate
(N.J./State)

... Gordon (D-Bergen) and Jim Beach (D-Camden). The bill was approved by the Assembly on Feb. 25. It moves to the governor's desk for consideration. — TOM HESTER SR., NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM  ...

13. Bill promoting economic development tops Thursday's Assembly committee agendas
(N.J./State)

... legislation to establish innovation zones to stimulate technology industry clusters around research universities and hospitals in the Newark, Camden and Central Jersey regions. The bill (A-904) requires ...

14. New Jersey State PBA feeling the heat in Trenton
(Opinion/Commentary)

... out to the taxpayers. Aside from these issues mentioned above, we still have the privatization issue brewing in Camden County and which has now taken hold in Monmouth County as well, where their freeholder ...

15. N.J. NAACP files ethics complaint against Sens. Lesniak and Bateman
(N.J./State)

... housing obligations of some 283 cities and towns. The NAACP and other affordable housing advocacy groups oppose the legislation. Colandus "Kelly" Francis, president of the Camden County NAACP, said, ...

16. Camden Assemblyman introduces bill to give authorities more clout to combat drug crimes
(N.J./State)

Assemblyman Angel Fuentes (D-Camden) introduced legislation Monday that attempts to give law enforcement more tools to effectively combat drug crime. The bill (A-2416) would give a law enforcement officer ...

17. Bill declares half of N.J.’s 566 towns already meet affordable housing obligations
(N.J./State)

... the state Supreme Court's Mount Laurel decisions. Under the bill, municipalities such as Princeton, Summit, Far Hills, Parsippany-Troy Hills, Newark and Camden would no longer have to provide affordable ...

18. Veronica Anderson gets probation for helping defraud Newark’s WIC program of over $1 million
(N.J./State)

... to vendors in Essex, Camden, Union and Middlesex counties. The fraudulent vouchers were deposited into the bank accounts of more than 20 WIC-authorized vendors throughout New Jersey. The state will recommend ...

19. N.J. Sports and Exposition Authority problems blamed on past decisions, competition
(N.J./State)

... convention centers, refurbish the old Atlantic City Boardwalk Convention Center, and improve the state aquarium in Camden. After the hearing, Senate Majority Leader Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex), the committee ...

20. Free program on building legal career on tap at Rutgers Law School-Camden
(Money/Economy)

... difficult economic market. Hosted by Rutgers School of Law-Camden, the program is being presented by the state Supreme Court Committee on Women in the Courts. "Shine Your Light: How to Make Yourself ...