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1. Jersey Shore restaurants opening after Hurricane Sandy
(Life/Style)

... Rumson Undici, Rumson, is open Firefly, Manasquan. Is open with live jazz. The Mill, Spring Lake Heights. Re-opens Saturday night. Brandl, Belmar. opens tonight. Bahr's Landing, Highlands. Opens for ...

2. N.J. snow accumulation totals: Freehold wins!
(N.J./State)

... along the coast in Toms River, Brick, Berkeley Township, Highlands and Middletown where the storm was expected to hit hardest were told to evacuate the areas. The latest storm was said to cause 150,000 ...

3. Hurricane Sandy N.J. volunteer efforts organizing
(N.J./State)

... their services. Backup hotline numbers are 609-775-5236 or 908-303-0471, and volunteers can also e-mail rowena.madden@sos.state.nj.us.According to the Atlantic Highlands Herald, anyone requesting help ...

4. Mary's Place by the Sea: Free cancer therapy center continues October fundraising efforts
(Health/Healthquest)

... Blue Bay Inn, located in Atlantic Highlands. “Runway for Recovery” is a not for profit organization that raises money for the fight against breast cancer, cancer research and to help fund cancer health ...

5. N.J. School of Conservation: The back-to-nature school
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... Highlands make up the classroom. Check out what’s happening at the New Jersey School of Conservation, whose 240-acre campus sits smack in the middle of Stokes State Forest in Sussex County. Founded in ...

6. USA Women's Soccer has 3 members from N.J. and are represented by many more
(Sports/Professional)

... 22, of Highlands is in gymnastics, Nick Delpopolo, 23, of Westfield is in judo, Steve Kasprzyk, 30, of Cinnaminson will be rowing, and Matt Emmons, 31, of Brown Mills will be shooting. And along with ...

7. Olympics preview: Christie Rompone and Jordan Burroughs among many N.J. Olympians
(Sports/Professional)

... 110m hurdler Jeff Porter, 26, of Somerset; epee fencer Maya Lawrence, 31, of Teaneck; saber fencer Dagmara Wozniak, 24, of Avenel; trampolinist Steven Gluckstein, 22, of Highlands; ...

8. The impact of diverting federal conservation funding in N.J.
(Opinion/Commentary)

... included for the Highlands Conservation Act, thanks to New Jersey Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen. The Senate may be able to provide more robust funding with the continued leadership of New Jersey Senators ...

9. REVIEW: 2013 Dodge Dart marks the return of a classic
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... driving. But on the open road, the turbocharger makes a mark. Driving up the steep grade of the Hudson Highlands rising just past West Point the Standard model struggled to move the speedometer into the ...

10. 2nd Jersey Shore Wine Festival to be held at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood
(Life/Style)

... throughout the shore and at the Highlands Jazz & Blues festival. She also has two albums and is working on her third. Sunday afternoon will feature the blues/soul sound of The Christopher Dean Band. ...

11. Tips for viewing New Jersey's diverse wildlife
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY MICHELE S. BYERS COMMENTARY When it comes to wildlife, New Jersey is well positioned. Not only does the Garden State have highly diverse geography — from the mountains of the Highlands to the ...

12. Activists give Christie a 'D' for environmental record
(N.J./State)

... coal, natural gas and diesel. On clean water, he received failing grades for efforts to dismantle the Highlands Act and failure to fulfill his promise to better protect the state's most important waterways, ...

13. Jersey Shore Restaurant Week starts April 12: Let the feasting begin!
(Life/Style)

BY MARGARET MORGAN NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM The eagerly anticipated Jersey Shore Restaurant Week™ (JSRW) returns to the area April 13-22, 2012. Nearly 70 restaurants from the Highlands to Toms River will ...

14. Earth Hour tonight: N.J. leaders dim lights at Thomas Edison National Historical Park
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... in a generation like the Highlands Water Protection and Planning Act to protect the source of drinking water for more than 64 percent of the state's population and a multi-bill package to turn the tide ...

15. Permit Extension Act would create 'Ground Hog Day' in N.J.
(Opinion/Commentary)

... Act would not only tack two extra years onto the life of development permits that would have expired years ago - extending them through 2014 - but would also open up large areas of the Highlands and Pinelands ...

16. Lopatcong Asphalt Plant
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I have personally lost my faith completely in the Highlands Act and the council appointed to administer its values. Recently Lopatcong Township passed a vote allowing for an asphalt plant to be built ...

17. Lawyers for Anna Gristina, accused N.Y. brothel operator, say minors were not involved
(U.S./Nation)

... enforcement and stashing away cash to flee the country just in case she was caught. A legal U.S. resident from the Scottish Highlands, the 44-year-old mother of four set-up a home for rescued animals, ...

18. Black rail, golden-winged warbler, and red knot birds named to N.J.'s endangered species list
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... of the Landscape Project takes into account the new species' statuses, and implements a new, more precise scientific methodology used previously only in the Highlands region," David Jenkins, chief of the ...

19. Christie’s budget attacks NJDEP and clean energy economy
(Opinion/Commentary)

... the DEP’s staffing continues to be cut drastically, major programs have been added including clean cars, Highlands, and global warming. With the economy starting to turn around there may not be even be ...

20. Assault on N.J. environmental law would make Dracula proud
(Opinion/Commentary)

... important but fragile northwestern Highlands, Raritan and Barnegat Bays, and the Pine Barrens, whose environmental protections have been assaulted by developers for years. Some legislators are playing ...