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1. NJDEP shows drought of action in water conservation
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY JEFF TITTEL COMMENTARY On Thursday, the Department of Environmental Protections announced it wants residents throughout New Jersey to begin conserving water, however they have done nothing to combat ...

2. Tribeca Film Festival recap: Top picks from the experts
(Entertainment/Movies)

... to work for the American military and state department after the invasion. Focuses on the tireless efforts of one young USAID worker who is trying to get many of these people _ now targeted by anti-American ...

3. Reina Peck of Cherry Hill accused of stealing over $161K in state unemployment benefits
(N.J./State)

... with public records. The indictment alleges that Peck obtained the $161,358 in benefits by filing eight fraudulent applications with the state Department of Labor between February 2009 and October 2010, ...

4. New Jersey's rare native plants need protection
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... around 1970, but it was not until the late 1980s that a Natural Heritage Program within the state Department of Environmental Protection was created for New Jersey’s rare plants. Unfortunately, the Natural ...

5. Mad Cow Disease scare forces beef industry into damage control mode
(Health/Healthquest)

... time of the diseased animal. According to the Washington Post, the Agriculture Department was not releasing the location of the farm or the size of the herd. It is not known how the California cow ...

6. Curb prescription drug use with National Take Back Day set for April 28
(U.S./Nation)

... prescription medications to local police departments' collection sites, where they will be collected and destroyed by the DEA. Lehighvalleylive.com reports that the DEA’s "Take Back" event in October ...

7. Woodland Park Police Officer Steven Vigorito Jr. accused of enticing child while in uniform
(N.J./State)

... way my department is run,” Galietti said, according to CBS New York. According to an Associated Press report on CBS News, Vigorito is a 39-year old married father of two, and a 12-year veteran of the ...

8. REVIEW: ‘The Columnist’ lacks detail
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... KGB pawn and we later hear that when his gayness was exposed, Alsop went to the State Department and forthrightly told his story. Headlines were suppressed but blackmail and dogged Alsop’s subsequent ...

9. False. As in, "pants on fire" false.
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

... egregious is this line: *The law seeks to use the unused balances to “be used for the benefit of all New Jerseyans to prevent tax increases and service cutbacks,” the state’s Treasury department states.* Here's ...

10. Education Law Center charges state DOE has failed to make emergent repairs in urban schools
(N.J./State)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The Newark-based Education Law Center announced Wednesday that it has filed a petition with a state Office of Administrative Law judge charging the state Department ...

11. Affiliated Dermatology in Morristown mourns loss of Emil Bisaccia, M.D.
(Health/Healthquest)

... in both its dermatology offices and its Ambulatory Surgery Center in Morristown, NJ. Certified by Medicare, the New Jersey Department of Health and Human Services and the AAAHC, this Center offers the ...

12. New Jersey wants your unused gift card balances, so start spending!
(Money/Economy)

... the state’s Treasury department states. The amendment to the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act also includes an abandoned traveler’s check if it is not cashed or spent in three years from the purchase date ...

13. NJIT Civil Engineers take first place at Concrete Canoe Competition
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... of The Louis Berger Group and Tai Luu, of Moretrench American Corp. “We also couldn’t have done what we did without the help of NJIT’s Allyn Luke, the volunteer safety person. The Denville Fire Department ...

14. Earth Day in N.J. shows Christie and enviros cannot agree
(N.J./State)

... of a lawsuit against a controversial new rule that would allow the Department of Environmental Protection waive environmental regulations if the DEP though they presented too much of a burden. Environmentalists ...

15. New Jersey's 'Crosswalk Law' needs to be enforced
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Law” went into effect on April 1, 2010, and, although it initially ignited some publicity, has been largely ignored by motorists and police departments alike. Interestingly, the legislation had bi-partisan ...

16. Protect yourself from 'ambulance chaser' fraudsters
(Money/Economy)

... records of any accidents. “Insurance fraud costs consumers and insurance companies millions of dollars every year,” reports Ken Kobylowski, Acting Commission of New Jersey’s Department of Banking and ...

17. 8 struggling New Jersey hospitals to share $30M in state aid
(Health/Healthquest)

BY TOM HESTER SR. NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Eight New Jersey hospitals that face financial and operation challenges will be awarded $30 million in state health care stabilization aid, the state Department ...

18. Min. 100 gallons of Hess diesel oil spilled into Delaware River off Pennsauken
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... response team based in Philadelphia, along with members of the state Department of Environmental Protection, are on scene and investigating the incident . A Miller Environmental cleanup crew is on scene, ...

19. Former Livingston resident Diorgiton Silva indicted on stolen identity, credit fraud charges
(N.J./State)

... of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security. It is alleged that between April 2005 and November 2009, Silva used the identity of a man who lives in Puerto Rico to obtain credit cards ...

20. Christie moves to improve job opportunities for disabled New Jerseyans
(N.J./State)

... competitive employment in the workforce for people with disabilities. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, as of March, only 20.1 percent of people with disabilities participated in the labor ...