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1. Delbarton School lawsuit alleges sex abuse cover-up
(N.J./State)

... and Bill Crane, who are in their 40s, filed a suit in Superior Court in Morristown on Tuesday morning alleging that they were sexually assaulted and/ or abused by the Rev. Luke Travers, 55 and the Rev. ...

2. N.J. legislature hellbent on growing government with 'N.J. Residential Foreclosure Act'
(Opinion/Commentary)

... can do to stop this legislation. As Bill Eames of the Morris Patriots asks, “Are you comfortable thinking that the NJ Foreclosure Relief Corporation may purchase the house next door, across the street ...

3. New Jersey Jewish Film Festival (NJJFF) celebrates 12 years starting Sunday
(Entertainment/Movies)

The 12th Annual New Jersey Jewish Film Festival (NJJFF) will open on Sunday, March 18 with Gei Oni—Valley of Fortitude at the Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum, Morristown, (5:00pm & 7:45pm screenings). ...

4. N.J. Assembly Committee moves to enhance transportation safety for people with disabilities
(Opinion/Commentary)

... District 40 (Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic), Assemblyman  Upendra J. Chivukula, District 17 (Middlesex and Somerset),Assemblywoman  Marlene Caride, District 36 (Bergen and Passaic), and Assemblyman  ...

5. Assembly votes: lawmakers given power to subpoena Port Authority officials, documents
(N.J./State)

... Michael Carroll (R-Morris) did not vote. Wisniewski on Monday announced that New Jersey and New York lawmakers will also hold a special joint public hearing on Staten Island on April 20 to discuss Port ...

6. New Jersey gets $27.8M in homeland security aid
(U.S./Nation)

... amount of funding awarded to the 31 UASI areas nationwide. The New Jersey UASI, which includes Jersey City, Newark, and the counties of Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Middlesex, Morris, Passaic and Union, is ...

7. Affordable Care Act, health insurance reform, works as it approaches 2nd anniversary
(Opinion/Commentary)

BY MICHAEL MORRIS NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM COMMENTARY March 23rd marks the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and while many on the “right” attack its passage as being an attempt to ...

8. Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. James Cullen of Jefferson honored at White House dinner
(U.S./Nation)

Obama recognized veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan Lt. Cmdr. James Cullen, a Coast Guard reservist from Jefferson Township and a Morristown police lieutenant, was among the service members honored at ...

9. U.S. Route 130 still most dangerous N.J. road for pedestrians
(N.J./State)

... Union County - 9 US-1, Middlesex County - 7 Route 35, Middlesex County - 6 Route 28, Union County - 6 US-46, Morris County - 6 US322/40 Atlantic County - ...

10. Internet email attachments celebrate 20 years with a song
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... of Computer Science in the School of Arts and Sciences, contributed his voice. Specifically, his musical tenor voice. Back then at Bell Communications Research in Morristown, Littman enjoyed weekly ...

11. State tells 2 failing charter schools to shut down, reapproves 16 others
(N.J./State)

... Charter School of Trenton; Academy Charter High School, Lake Como; Greater Brunswick, New Brunswick; Unity Charter, Morris; The Red Bank Charter, Red Bank; Community Charter, Paterson, and Paterson Charter ...

12. State widens ban on sale, possession of synthetic marijuana in New Jersey
(N.J./State)

... calls reporting exposure to synthetic marijuana in 2011 – a 711 percent increase from 2010. Seventy percent of the synthetic marijuana reports last year originated in Middlesex, Ocean, Monmouth, Morris, ...

13. Majority of New Jerseyans give their hometowns, schools positive ratings
(N.J./State)

... Jersey (Hunterdon, Somerset and Morris counties), with the score being +35, down from +45. The Garden State Quality of Life Index was created by the Monmouth University Polling Institute to serve as ...

14. Trout in the Classroom program offers N.J. students appreciation of nature and conservation
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... providing students with the opportunity to care for and observe the growth and development of an animal we study is priceless,'' Wendy Towers, a science teacher at the Jefferson Middle School in Morris ...

15. N.J. recycling efforts get state aid boost
(N.J./State)

... $485,100; Monmouth Planning Board, $386,100; Morris Municipal Utilities Authority, $259,600; Ocean Department of Solid Waste Management, $347,600. Passaic Recycling and Natural Resource Programs, $336,600; ...

16. Sex and lust in 'Downton Abbey' and 'Clinton' documentary
(Life/Style)

... her error by describing it as “lust.” The truth of President Clinton’s sexual affair takes a long time to emerge as well. Although his close friend and advisor Dick Morris counsels him to tell the ...

17. REVIEW: ‘Blood Knot’ twists with time
(Entertainment/New York Theater)

... biracial half-brothers eking out a hardscrabble existence in a shack in a “coloured” shanty town in South Africa in the early 1960s. The ginger-haired Morris (Scott Shepherd) easily passes for white but ...

18. N.J. Democratic leaders to focus on middle class when reviewing Christie's budget
(N.J./State)

... all want to cut taxes, but we should cut the right taxes and we should help those who need it most." Sen. Anthony Bucco (R- Morris), the Senate's Republican budget officer, said, “The governor has continued ...

19. How to win an Oscar: Be white, male and aging
(Entertainment/Movies)

... other than the nine best-picture nominees for proof that 2011 was more than merely an adequate year for movies," said Wesley Morris of the Boston Globe. Like others, he pointed to changes in the voting ...

20. Madison Councilman Dr. Vincent Esposito charged with selling oxycontin prescriptions
(N.J./State)

... It is alleged that Esposito typically charged $90 to write an oxycodone prescription for 120 pills of 30 milligrams. Esposito was lodged in the Morris County Jail with bail set at $75,000. Under state ...