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1. N.J. woman found with 800 birds in her home will pay animal groups $60,000 and seek treatment
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... debris, has agreed to pay $60,000 and seek psychological counseling. She was found with 800 birds in her home, 375 of them dead. Ewa Matczak, of Belleville was hit with animal cruelty charges after that ...

2. Navigating New Jersey’s interstates
(Life/Style)

... kicked up a sizeable piece of retread several yards in front of me. (Retread and other potentially hazardous pieces of debris are a constant challenge. This morning, for example, I counted over a dozen ...

3. Patriotism gone sour: Singing of Star Spangled Banner at one N.J. high school was appalling
(Life/Style)

... pride of place? Lost in the debris of too much disillusionment, too much disappointment, too little hope? Looking around that high school auditorium, I wondered whether many of these kids would ever ...

4. Report: N.J. beaches open 99.8 percent of time
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... 27. No beaches were closed last season as the result of wash-ups of debris or trash. On several occasions, aggressive monitoring allowed officials to head off beach closures by responding rapidly to ...

5. Jersey shore gets perfect score on preseason test
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... beaches six times a week. Trouble signs visible from above include marine debris, surface slicks and broken sewer mains. "Developers are loving the shore to death, and beach goers are paying the price," ...

6. Feeling safe in my home town.
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... gangs to feel safe and wanted. Doing this involves making parents responsible for being good parents, the community providing safe recreation and places for kids to hang out, and removing this debris from ...

7. Members named to new Passaic River Flood Commission
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... that are vulnerable to flooding and storms to get people out of harm's way. The DEP has developed a streamlined permit process for the removal of debris such as tree snags that can exacerbate flooding. ...

8. ‘Into the Cold: A Journey of the Soul’ by Sebastian Copeland with Keith Heger — A Tribeca Film Festival movie review
(Entertainment/Movies)

... of the setting, or the daunting task the men face. Often, obstacles line up for miles. Rather than an unbroken plain, there are ice debris fields in every direction. Some of them are simply hedges for ...

9. Volunteers to gather at N.J. beaches Saturday to remove debris
(N.J./State)

Since 1985, over 70,000 volunteers have participated and removed over 3 million pieces of debris from New Jersey's beaches and waterways. The organization, Clean Ocean Action, has been the driving force ...

10. Christie forms commission to offer solutions to Passaic River flooding
(N.J./State)

... Blue Acres buys properties that are vulnerable to flooding and storms to get people out of harm's way. The DEP has developed what officials describe as a streamlined permit process for the removal of debris ...

11. Together we must act to stop erosion of environmental protections in N.J.
(Opinion/Commentary)

... our River," and we removed six truckloads of garbage and debris. In all the years since we have continued to clean the Elizabeth River, and we have stopped the major pollution sources. But because of ...

12. Red Bank's Hovnanian Enterprises to pay $1 million in Clean Water Act violations
(N.J./State)

...  The regulators said Hovnanian's violations included starting construction before obtaining permits, or failing to get them at all, as well as not taking steps to prevent silt and debris from washing ...

13. Laurence Harbor cleanup plan won't come until 2012
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... slag was used to build a seawall and jetties, it is "a priority... to get this done as quickly as possible." EPA officials said they have money for further investigation, and promised to remove debris ...

14. JetBlue engine cover falls off while departing Newark Airport
(N.J./State)

... cost of the round trip ticket and will be given a free round trip flight on JetBlue, Baldwin said. Crews were called in to clean up debris from the flight, closing the airport's runway 22 for about an ...

15. Off-Broadstreet Theatre’s talented cast brings life to ‘The Great American Backstage Musical'
(Entertainment/Movies)

... let's skip the story which may or may not have something to do with a small, New York night spot, broken or mismatched love duos, Hollywood, the London stage, World War II and any other debris that manages ...

16. Beach Sweep 25: Taking the trash out of the Jersey Shore
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... kind in the world. Beach Sweeps began in 1985 with 75 people on a single stretch of sand. By 2008, more than 5,100 people in 63 locations had collected almost 290,000 pieces of debris weighing an estimated ...

17. Minor earthquakes were common in Haiti
(World/International)

... when his green Toyota sedan began bouncing. He first thought that another driver had hit his car. He looked up to see buildings and debris falling all around him. The sky was quickly blotted out by a powdery ...

18. United States residents mobilizing to help Haiti
(U.S./Nation)

... was disturbing, with people screaming in fear and roads blocked with debris. Belair, a slum even in the best of times, was said to be "a broken mess". The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 ...

19. Stephen King has done it again with his latest novel ‘Under the Dome’
(Life/Style)

... is accumulating dust, pollution, and debris, so when the residents look up at the stars about five days after the dome appears, the stars look pink. The kids in the town are all having seizures. And the ...

20. Innovative Flambeau River paper mill getting off fossil fuels
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... mill residues and woody debris left behind after timber harvesting — qualified the business for two million dollars in low-interest government loans and two million dollars in grants to resupply the mill ...