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1. Will Ackerman to perform at Two River Theater in Red Bank
(Entertainment/Movies)

... turn into incredibly powerful encounters with people... I may be out of the entire thing," he laughs. When speaking to Will Ackerman, one gets the impression of a person sure of his place in the world, ...

2. ‘Tales From the Tunnel’ sound familiar
(Entertainment/Movies)

Subway stories involve gross encounters of the third rail kind BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW A series of seriocomic anecdotes and vignettes regarding people's experiences ...

3. Heed the call to ‘See Rock City’
(Entertainment/Movies)

... night alone in the New Mexico desert outside Roswell, desperately hoping for a close encounter. Yet another episode regards a single woman taking her ailing grandfather to the Alamo, where 60 years before ...

4. ‘Freud’s Last Session’ talks of God
(Entertainment/Movies)

A brief encounter with Freud and C.S. Lewis offers some lively debate BY MICHAEL SOMMERS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM OFF BROADWAY REVIEW A lively visit with two deep thinkers, "Freud's Last Session" ...

5. N.J. black bear hunt gets final approval for December
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... non-lethal bear management techniques and enhanced efforts to keep human food sources, especially household trash, away from bears to limit troubling bear-human encounters. "It is clear that a historical ...

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

... change in autumn, plenty of places to encounter nature including one's own backyard (where we had a bear earlier this year in February — another story for another day) and in general, a quieter, cleaner ...

7. Earl B. Harris pleads guilty to attempted murder following shootout with police
(N.J./State)

... his juvenile nephew had knocked on the door and asked if there was marijuana for sale. Patrolman John W. Morris encountered Harris in the parking lot of a Dunkin Donuts on South Broad Street. When ...

8. Newark police misconduct demonstrates a disturbing pattern and jeopardizes community safety
(Opinion/Commentary)

... as a Newark police officer in 1989 and encountered racism in the department after just a few months on the job. He spent the next seven years fighting for his rights, until the Newark Police fired him ...

9. U.S. Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn New Jersey's growth-regulating Highlands Act
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... development restrictions in Northwest Jersey. The six-year-old act aims to protect water supplies by limiting development across portions of nine counties. From the start, however, it encountered opposition ...

10. Obama and Netanyahu on same page in meeting
(World/International)

... from their long-awaited White House meeting here Tuesday. Speaking before reporters, the two men, whose last encounter here in March appeared to confirm a crisis in bilateral ties, lavished compliments ...

11. Aggressive black bear captured and euthanized in Passaic County
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... police and a conservation officer and wildlife technician. Wildlife officers monitored the area for the past week and set traps for the bear. They encountered three other bears but none displayed aggressive ...

12. Christie offers compromise on 2.5 percent property tax and government spending cap proposal
(N.J./State)

... the cost increases that school districts encounter as a result of spikes in enrollment and health insurance premium increases, as well as start-up costs for a new school building, such as staffing and ...

13. Officials address N.J. toll collectors gone wild
(N.J./State)

... to avoid having to deal with the verbal and sometimes, physical abuse they encountered. Now, they're seeing change and not just in silver. Last month Turnpike officials began a customer service presentation ...

14. ‘Grand Manner’ recalls a grand star
(Entertainment/Movies)

... "Kit" Cornell. Some 60 years later and with many fine plays like "The Dining Room" and "The Cocktail Hour" to his distinguished credit, Gurney writes imaginatively and sweetly about his brief encounter ...

15. U.S. coach Bob Bradley respects World Cup second round opponent Ghana
(Sports/Professional)

... the USA out with a 2-1 win in final group round-robin match. U.S. team captain Carlos Boganegra says the make-up of both teams is different, plus this is a second round knockout encounter. "They have ...

16. Origins of a Jersey Fourth of July
(Life/Style)

... July Fourth celebrations. I went on a journey in search of more. However, not much was found. The first record encountered related not to any holiday celebration, but rather to the very act declaring ...

17. Rutgers growing marijuana
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

...  When I was in High school in the 70s, I didn't touch marijuana, nor alcohol, etc. Yes, I was a "straight arrow", so to speak. Even after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (ms) and encountering ...

18. State finds probable cause in sexual harassment claims at Newport Swim and Fitness in Jersey City
(N.J./State)

... bodies, but to his own anatomy, sexual preferences and proclivities, and his purported sexual encounters with women at the club. Pizarro, who is no longer employed at Newport Fitness, has denied the ...

19. Love affair with front lawns giving way to wildlife habitats
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... changes from the city so neighbors can sell their extra garden produce, and hire others to help them. They've encountered surprising opposition from local realtors. "Just think, you could pick up some ...

20. True Rwandan President
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Mullo's encounter with Kagame speaks volumes about the president's true character and human side. This is unlike most African leaders. ...