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1. Award-winning Swedesboro Public Library reopens
(Life/Style)

... back, and it’s better than ever.” Borough Councilmember George Weeks said, “The neatest thing about this experience is that the Swedesboro Library is the most used in Gloucester County, next to the ...

2. Rutgers and White House to host urban entrepreneurship summit in Newark
(Money/Economy)

Part of Obama effort to boost economy The Rutgers University Business School’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship & Economic Development (CUEED) is teaming up with the White House Business Council, ...

3. Christie is a threat to New Jersey’s water supply
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... back in the early 1900s. In 2004, the New Jersey Legislature passed the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act, which created the Highlands Council and charged it with adopting and overseeing ...

4. State cites eight historic preservation projects in six counties
(N.J./State)

The state Historic Sites Council Tuesday recognized eight projects and organizations that are working to preserve New Jersey history. The projects included a restored Depression-era movie theater in ...

5. Camden police concerned after mysterious document surfaces
(N.J./State)

... can to ensure the safety of their residents. Last week, the City Council approved a measure authorizing the city to apply for additional monies through the COPS grant funding. According to the U.S. Department ...

6. Christie Teacher Evaluations
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... person reviewing the teacher should also be represented in like manner. In other words, have an unrelated outside body do the teacher evaluations. The state should establish a review council for teacher ...

7. 'Swag' name change is temporary for Sean 'P. Diddy' Combs
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Diddy, King Combs, and now, for a week only, we will know him as "Swag." Combs, the winner of three Grammy Awards and two MTV Video Music Awards, also earned a Council of Fashion Designers of America ...

8. Remembering Richard Holbrooke
(Opinion/Commentary)

... firsthand. When Holbrooke declared January 2000 “The Month of Africa” at the United Nations – taking a seemingly unprecedented theme-based approach to his turn as President of the Security Council. ...

9. AG CASE# 200706634 FAILS TO BE PROSECUTED / ETHICS COMPLAINT FILED
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... Mayor Micheal Nutter and City Council. 4) For the record Rep. Brady's staff was duly advised by me of my initial reporting of Federal Corruption to PA officials as early as September 2009. I did so after ...

10. N.J. pension fund desperate for hedge fund returns
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Council is looking at ways to increase the return on their investments because the fund needs money. It has been raided for years by politicians desperately trying to balance a budget or keep campaign ...

11. Edison Police Chief Thomas Bryan receives five day suspension without pay
(N.J./State)

... officer, was denied due process because he did not receive a hearing prior to Ricigliano’s order. The suspension further fueled tensions between several township council members already at odds with ...

12. U.S. SBA provided New Jersey small businesses $1.1 billion in loans in 2010
(Money/Economy)

... Obama’s National Economic Council. The report, “The Small Business Agenda: Growing America’s Small Businesses to Win the Future,” highlights the importance of expanding and supporting the growth of entrepreneurs ...

13. Time to stop sticken it to the taxpayers
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... healthcare subsidy one age 62 (nothing before, no matter when you retire), and proportionately less for fewer years of FULL-TIME (not part-time ... e.g., councilmen, Commissioners, etc.) service. ...

14. Gov. Christie names Rochelle Hendricks first secretary of higher education
(N.J./State)

... the institutions. Hendricks will also serve as an ex-officio member of the Commission on Higher Education, the state Employment and Training Commission, the state Council for Adult Literacy Education ...

15. Nine N.J. counties and cities share $135,000 to promote healthy activities, eating
(N.J./State)

... maps. Monmouth County Health Department – $7,500 for creating school health councils. Monmouth Regional Health Commission – $7,500 for a healthy bodega initiative, and improving and promoting local ...

16. Geronimo a casualty of Osama bin Laden raid
(U.S./Nation)

... expected more from Obama. “Think of the outcry if they had used any other ethnic group’s hero,” the Onondaga Council of Chiefs said, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard. During his latter years, ...

17. Will N.J. beaches ban smoking?
(Health/Healthquest)

... told the Press of Atlantic City that Tuesday's City council meeting was just a work session for members to gather information and no decision to ban smoking at beaches was made. Wichterman, saying he ...

18. Fans get surprise on Star Wars Day
(Entertainment/Movies)

... technology based on science as we know it today. The Los Angeles City Council declared May 25, 2007 as Star Wars Day in honor of the 1977 20th Century Fox release date of Star Wars Episode 4: A New Hope. ...

19. Arrest of Trenton's Deputy Mayor Paul Sigmund is another embarrassment for Mayor Mack
(N.J./State)

... behavior wrought with red flags, Council president George Muschal told the New York Times. Muschal added that during recent encounters with Sigmund, he appeared "spacey" and his eyes were glassy. "Being ...

20. Gov. Christie nominates six Republicans to the state Pinelands Commission
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Mark S. Lohbauer of Pennsauken, a consultant on municipal redevelopment with the JGSC Group of Merchantville; Pemberton Councilman Richard H. Prickett, and Lacey Township Mayor Gary Quinn. The governor ...