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1. A tribute to Gill Scott-Heron
(Entertainment/Movies)

... Friday night this past February, and my wife and I are at a reception for Jeff Johnson, a sculptor in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., whose latest show opened to critical acclaim. My cell phone rang. It was from Brie, ...

2. How Gov. Christie is like Pontius Pilate with school funding
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY SALVATORE PIZZURO COMMENTARY Sudden judicial decisions can be met with political maneuvering by parties hoping to take advantage of a critical situation. This may be the case with the controversy ...

3. Energy master plan goes against clean energy
(Opinion/Commentary)

... will cost the state green jobs and economic stability, critical pollution reductions, and energy independence. Christie is working to rollback critical protections that cut carbon pollution, promote clean ...

4. Gov. Christie's energy master plan for state includes a fifth nuclear reactor
(N.J./State)

... New Jersey Business Incubator Network. The New Jersey Environmental Federation, which endorsed Christie for governor in 2009, announced it is highly critical of the plan. “Today Governor Chrisitie ...

5. Give N.J. governors their own helicopter
(Opinion/Commentary)

... and emergency medical transports. Governors serve as the chief executive of the state and have critical responsibilities and duties. They shouldn’t have to hitch rides to do their job. New Jersey already ...

6. NJDOT allots nearly $29 million for repairs to 31 county-owned bridges
(N.J./State)

... considered structurally deficient, functionally obsolete or scour-critical. Scour refers to soil erosion around bridge abutments, walls or piers. The aid includes $4 million in unexpended 2009-10 funds, ...

7. Editorials take a bat to Gov. Christie for using State Police helicopter to fly to high school baseball games
(N.J./State)

... Tuesday in a state helicopter for purely personal and political business and then initially refusing to reimburse the state for the costs could hurt his image and make him look hypocritical. To impose ...

8. Christie hammered for using N.J. State Police helicopter for personal reason
(N.J./State)

... for critical homeland security activities and medical emergencies and, when necessary, to transport governors safely and swiftly to important state business,” Quigley said. “To use these vehicles to shuttle ...

9. Senate Judiciary Committee approves Republican Anne Patterson for state Supreme Court
(N.J./State)

... answers. We hope there will be more vetting of this nominee before the full Senate confirmation. The Supreme Court, being the highest court in the state, hears cases on many critical environmental and ...

10. Gov. Christie offers lukewarm response to Rutgers President McCormick's decision to resign
(N.J./State)

... to increasing applications and enrollment, all of these changes have helped bolster Rutgers’s standing in the higher education community. “At this critical crossroads, it’s important that Rutgers put ...

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

... world – a plan he maintains is critical for America’s cities. He believes entrepreneurship plays a central role in creating jobs and economic opportunity and is attempting to create public-private partnerships ...

12. Critic is critical.
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Yeah.... No one should pay any attention to this review. Of COURSE it's going to be similar to the original, it's the freaking HANGOVER. What do you expect? But, unlike what this moron is griping about, ...

13. RGGI Report Statistics and such
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... what are the job losses? Same with the economic benefit numbers (the 2.3 billion), offered without a good context. I am not critical of the wisdom of the Initiative as a whole. My concern is that ...

14. Q&A: Pete Hamill
(Life/Style)

... author of two short story collections; two memoirs, one of which is the critically acclaimed, ‘A Drinking Life’; two collections of his extended journalism, including an extended essay on journalism at ...

15. Democratic bill to change tenure standards for new teachers introduced in N.J. Senate
(N.J./State)

... teachers at the front of every classroom is critical to ensuring that all students are given the opportunities they deserve to achieve true academic success,” Ruiz said. “But success cannot be realized ...

16. Christie calls Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative a gimmick and failure
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... It is disappointing that New Jersey has decided not to be part of the solution, but we will continue to work with the RGGI states to tackle this critical issue.” The New Jersey Businbess & Industry ...

17. Democrat says Christie’s budget philosophy ‘born out of a moral vacuum’
(N.J./State)

Assemblyman critical of plan to cut $3M in Medicaid funding for poor BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-Bergen) Tuesday took a heavy verbal swing at the Christie ...

18. N.J. Sierra Club urges approval of EPA air quality standards for coal-fired power plants
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... He said limiting dioxin is critical for public health and safety. Dioxin has impacted birds and fish in the Delaware River. “Mercury is particularly harmful to pregnant women and children causing severe ...

19. Christie tells Legislature to find $500M in additional school funding ordered by N.J. Supreme Court
(N.J./State)

... said. “Let me be clear, I do believe funding education is critically important to New Jersey’s future. Even before today’s court decision, we increased education aid by $250 million to every school district ...

20. IRS takes aim at 501(c) election donors
(Opinion/Commentary)

...  Transparency in our electoral process is critical. And so is having enough money to effectively participate in election-related activity. For these reasons, both for good government, and for the ability ...