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1. Former Perth Amboy mayor Joe Vas pleads guilty to corruption charges
(N.J./State)

... a fraudulent scheme with a city contractor, Imperial Construction Group Inc. of Pine Brook. On Aug. 3, the owners of the company, Frank Dominguez, 47, of Chester, and Richard Briggs, 50, of Long Valley, ...

2. Melvin Ramos guilty of money laundering, conspiracy
(N.J./State)

... contractor, Imperial Construction Group Inc. of Pine Brook. On Aug. 3, the owners of the company, Frank Dominguez, 47, of Chester, and Richard Briggs, 50, of Long Valley, pleaded guilty to third-degree ...

3. Elimination of N.J. prevailing wage standards proposed
(N.J./State)

... repeal all laws providing for the payment of "prevailing wages" in New Jersey, including the state Prevailing Wage Act and the state Public Works Contractor Registration Act. It would also remove all penalties ...

4. U.S. stimulus results in $27 light bulbs in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... Legislative Services, examined program oversight by the state Community Affairs Department. According to Bloomberg.com, one contractor billed the state $27 for light bulbs, while another charged $1.50 ...

5. N.J. home improvement contractors nailed by state for not being registered
(N.J./State)

Face fines of $5,000 to $500 Twelve unregistered home improvement contractors are facing fines of $5,000 to $500 after they were caught in a state Division of Consumer Affairs sting in a vacant house ...

6. Amtrak interested in ARC tunnel for high speed rail
(N.J./State)

... to negotiate project costs and cap overruns before work starts on major projects. "There is protection for the states because contractors won't hold the taxpayers hostage," LePatner said. "We have to ...

7. Joseph Budis of New Providence indicted for illegally obtaining public contracts
(N.J./State)

Contractor allegedly used sham company to bid on projects A Union County construction contractor whose companies had been barred from public contracts has been indicted on numerous criminal charges for ...

8. It's official, Christie orders shutdown of ARC tunnel project
(N.J./State)

... insisted the ARC tunnel was hopelessly over-budget, yet he never used the bidding process to see if it could be brought back under control. If the governor were to kill the project because no contractor ...

9. N.J. Turnpike Authority cuts employee perks and benefits
(N.J./State)

... that every dollar we spend is spent wisely." The commissioners, including Simpson, also decided to take bids in December for a private contractor to take over toll collections. The action would replace ...

10. N.J. DEP moves to make tire dumps part of state’s past
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... reimbursed the county $200,000 for the cleanup. Contractor Magnus Environmental Corp. shredded the tires at its Wilmington, Del. facility for use at the Salem County Landfill. The project was completed ...

11. Ex-Morris tax official Anthony Crecco facing prison
(N.J./State)

... contract to software vendor Vital Communications, despite personal connections to the company and its chief executive officer. A committee appointed by the county tax administrator to evaluate contractors ...

12. N.J. DOC deputy commissioner Lydell Sherrer allegedly offered to save correction worker’s job for $10,000
(N.J./State)

... the Department of Corrections, he would find the worker a job with a contractor and that either way, the worker would be making between "eighty [$80,000] and six figures," according to court documents. ...

13. New Jersey's charter school experiment: Money doesn't guarantee success
(N.J./State)

... of others set out to remake the school, hiring contractors to rewire and refit the building and enlisting new vendors for curriculum changes and testing preparation. When parents walked through the school's ...

14. New Jersey's charter school experiment: Glen Pinder shakes up Lady Liberty Academy
(N.J./State)

... school purchased new science equipment to fit out labs, and smart boards for classrooms. Electricians and other contractors worked on the building itself, rewiring and retrofitting space for offices. Certainly ...

15. S O P
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Anyone who hires a contractor should do a background check, get referrals, check the business license, and ask for a certificate of insurance, and then with the paperwork provided, call to confirm that ...

16. Contractors' guarantees are no guarantee at all
(Life/Style)

... hurricane, high winds, strong rain, and flooding, which so far has taken nary a flake of stucco from our 100-year-old rental property house in Bradley Beach, NJ. But when it comes to shoddy general contractors, ...

17. Christie might divert $2.2 billion from tunnel project to fund highway and bridge repair
(N.J./State)

... previous administration's plan to manage and oversee this project were ‘insufficient to detect fraud and ensure contractor integrity' shows there was a race to get a shovel in the ground in order for former ...

18. N.J. Dept. of Education misses deadline for OPRA request
(N.J./State)

... Commissioner Bret Schundler for "all documents prepared, received, maintained, controlled or otherwise possessed by you, your employees or any independent contractors employed by the New Jersey Department ...

19. Buono denies N.J. education officials' second request for more time to produce Race to the Top records
(N.J./State)

... controlled or otherwise possessed by you, your employees or any independent contractors employed by the New Jersey Department of Education related to, discussing or describing New Jersey's 2010 application ...

20. Jenicar Builders of Newark and Kearny pleads guilty to role in Perth Amboy corruption scandal
(N.J./State)

... Thursday to performing $25,000 worth of free masonry and paving work at the mayor's house. Jenicar Builders Contractors Co. Inc. of Newark and Kearny pleaded guilty through its president to a charge ...